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Show JESSE KNIGHT-SHOWS FAITH IJIBEra! Willing to Risk $10,000 That Democratic Candidate Candi-date Will Keep Pledges. "Uncle" Jesse Knight has evidenced his confidence in Simon Bamberger in a characteristic manner. Action was taken by Mr. Knight yesterday yes-terday morning at Provo, when he was j advised that some of Mr. Bamberger's opponents had, on the stump and in private pri-vate electioneering interviews, charged or insinuated that Mj Bamberger is j not safe tor prohibitionists to vote for, j because he is not sincere in his declarations declara-tions on the prohibition question. Mr. Knight, in speaking of tho insinuations insin-uations made against the sincerity of Mr. Bamberger, to the effect that he will not, if elected, carry out his party pledges and his personal declarations on the platform relative to the enactment enact-ment and enforcement of prohibition laws, made the following statement: 1 will put up a certliled check for J10.000, to be forfeited to any- charitable chari-table institution. If Mr. Bamberger does not live up to his party and per-sonyl per-sonyl pledges. I mean this. 1 am willing to risk $10,000 on Mr. Bamberger's Integrity. 1 have more faith in Mr. Bamberger than I have in a man who will bury his party because of Its corruption and then dig up the grave and get into It with the corpse. 1 |