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Show S. II. GILS0X AAIX. . He Makes a Rfplr (o the "i"rib. nneV Crilicl-mc The following letter by tx-d-puly llirdial Oilsan apjirs in tlie Herald. As the Tribune deigns to notice my "humorous" letter, I thought I would review the article nnd answer the umo, I also w Mi to stale here, that I have the MnuV-t fc-jlltigs (personally! (person-ally! for Itr. Ianuan and the editors of the paper, and I am free to say-that say-that I regret being compelled to eay anything against either of tlnm. I, hnurever iln lint (nr Am! hfivf. rn? said, anytliinK against them v ra tionalnien Uutcfistv?, ftr "somu cauelome. nce-a, they have appat-tfy become insane, and I J hove simply attac.ed their insanity. in-sanity. They have attacked me and thuptinclples of justice in Mich a manner tliat compelled me to the course that I Im e taken. In noway, gentlemen, hive you answered cij "huruorou-" litter, nor the rea-sons set down for my nr- (raj Ing no self agalnct yout paly. In no lattlculir hive j-cu attempted at-tempted to refute tile charges of COtruptteri WaJe by mo against the . patty you represent. , ,. . I understand It to let"c Hlleof law that 1' ef-a-ta sjiecificailv made-. J' sci denied, are admitted. Thin lore, you admit that what I stated is true. It is not necessary for me to farther ursue thesubject, and I will now refer to j our notice of me as a humuri-t. In saying that I nm rt humorist, you have bit tlie nail square nn t!r-heaJ. t!r-heaJ. I have always toca considered consid-ered a man who po?ised a great fund of humor. riuco early ehild-liol ehild-liol I have noticed with pnd 'Xat niy hutttor srI-M a piit theocca-sicus theocca-sicus thr;t rxsenleil themselvi-, thi-jr" 'he vari lug teems of life. In my letter of Augut 1,1 was no; aware tliat I ttrurk oue of m-j tholcesl tins of humor, until my attention was called to it by the TrViunc notice of the 2nd. As soon as I was made aw are that I bad written a humorous article, I set to work to clxssify it. I found In 'ook ing over the letter that it wis the e-iIet kiud of humor to wnte, Ic-cauc Ic-cauc it xm truthful. There Is an old anil true saying that "hiirccr Is the truth -rupcrty joreis-ite-l.' But, gentlemen, ' don't think !t was the kipiiof humor that n ould cause you 'e TJjure your diaj hrgms by excessive exces-sive hilant-;. viass thl kind of burner with the humor expressed by the criminal crimi-nal who was condemned to die in a faw ifar. uftf ti hi (teelinpi! tt Iti'lit ' his plpo by a cand'e fr fe-ir T itijcr- I lui ni heal;1 I 'on,d . a kicker. lj"i.e yni full credit fortpeaking tlie truth , oui-odunug the wliele camraiu. ' Thst I was a kicter fveuty-ftve yesrs jgo in Nevaua. This is the trulil, Auu I cxpeet to km. agalli't all vrong--eio-rj?d""o tile next twe-nlv.5"- jsir if I im j te Hvc that 1-igth of i I wilitellyou tlie reaiou why 1 wasakicker tweuty-llvu jer-rsngo, 1 ind leave the rmbllc lu Judgi ' hethir 1 wasJustlHcd In the MlI:. When lire civil va- i'roko out I 'kickeil agilnst lliti soemv'e'!'f the United -tajt. HlB n million people - tfe tTTr; tame kit k as I did. I I I. vie the kick honestly a itiauy others did. I w..s raied to t-eheve thit sluery ws riht, 1 lielieve-d tliat the south did whit he siiould hio done whin she fmight for Iwr rights. 1 believed this to lie t fai t until the commis-tion commis-tion was sent by the Southern Confederal Con-federal to treat for piaie with Mr. Lincoln; whan Mr. tinco'n told them to - heme and laj down tciir-ras-, and iftheyshould do so tt should come into the I nloh withtheir rights unimaln-d, and when they fuled to acetrt tlioi-e tenns. I nude another kiek, ind rttunied to the old ll-ig, and said if thej wanted more t!i-a their rights I could notttay with Hum Which is good notigh for me. not-withstanding not-withstanding your i4atenieiii ILil no government is good enomrh or me. It is that flag and tliit government govern-ment and tte jnuciples of that roVemrnent whit u I am now trj Ing to nphoM. 1 do not Uiee the raising of the blood) shirt as the emblemof an honest government is ryht either in Utah or el-ewhcre. I do not believe that, although son.e of your partj rode with bhcridan (ami got covered with goretwentv miles awaj) they have any more-rights more-rights to till the offices cf the county thin thce who were torn in Utah, lome thousands of milew away, and rode U!de llngham Young tu enty j ears ago, providing theyareashoaeftand liouorablo a.-theiroppunenli. a.-theiroppunenli. I will noi sjak of my connections connec-tions witi the --Liberal" party, nor lllCKICkl IliadH nmfntt If !,. e..v niary. That is befjru ypu. and acted upon in jour notice, t'llson as a humorist." It Is true that I have U-en an officer offi-cer for mnny years and have been interested in all gradi-i of e rimiiial aud civil procedure, nnd it dot seem to me to be the must supreme .E-dtforjou to isk wio 1 UIJ not . ramraence legal proceedlugsagalnst the CendUn arte of the roUUcal hullures Certainly that Is gall. I havea notion to drop nn Faberand admit that I am tion neil. However. I will answer oti by asMng one more pietlon. Ho could I hive proceeded I give it up. iTTtc.?overmni;Ilt appointed tho Utah Commission, granting them almo-t unlimited power in Utah The commission appointed the n-g jstrars. The convection nominated the n-gMrars to fill the oUIces. The registrars did the duly w ork. Then the Utah Comm-j-ion decided de-cided that the decision cT the reri'-trars reri'-trars was final. b The! courts sustained the decision of tlie commission. Now, I admit, I am hilly mixed, and many have stated this nuestion iu somewiiat ofa deforced shipe. Butitisasiinr the facts as anv I man has been able to get at. lilV ,'" ads-i-- me to go to a Goshe-a justly of the peace and have hnu revere the decisiou ortac tunreme court If not. I give it up. "Vi-S youray, I met hundreds of Saupetene. I believe that nianr or theni w ere here to vote, prolyl ? aj of them, li.it how wasit ihle with all the rulings, to l?the -otes iiitlie rallot tSx. YoL, certainly, cer-tainly, had no kick a coming; aul jou, by y our act. should have set a better example. As to whether I Jon field was lienor lien-or not, I care not. One thing is sure with all the cunning of a Poaer"' ther did their work, and sprung It before you were aware that tbey were in the Territory. O, Wonderful organirerl As to my purity and innocence I rni-ot aythat I have never made that claim, neither have I had others make the claim for mo In a convention; but I do believe that my purltv and innocence will compare com-pare favorably with the gentlemen upon your tlcieL I have never brn kno-A n tohtvf f?paratedapiiq I KSIKIBBIsll t and wife and lEfccn taJ V1 On a page of sacred hUtory. I ha e read these line?, "Thou shall not commit adultery." As to a "corruption" practiced for the list twenty years in county nflalrs, I will say nothing, as It hei'het Interests you of I what tber alio1- dMiik. br who .paid forlf. It twitters ncthihs to tlicse rfiid are running for efllce on either ticket. It docs not matter to you or I what prayers were sent or listened to in times that arep&li. We should liva la the present. Let us look only Into tho records of there Who dtElrcAhe oflices. However you--ft-lll not Under-jr-in'I ie is afiblcglilris lbir the pitA Jh any sen.'ie. The only odlccr tunning for an sfflce at Uiis election that is responsible respon-sible for any of tlie records Is Mr. Burt, the present sheriff. Tlie grand jury, who Indicted by whole-sale whole-sale county and city officials and censured the United States officials, failed to find anything: wrong in M-. Il'Jrt'e asauhtl tW billy thing of which it complained is the payment of officers rent to Ilingham to attend elections. You and I both know that at every election for i twenty years the deputy marshals have attended the polls and were paid their per diem by tho marshal, and the marshal charged it up to Uncle Bam, and was reimbursed by law. I nm willing to admit that it was a great wrong to have the 7er-a!d 7er-a!d publish my letter, as I know Uiot you were anxious to publish any and nil of my humorous article. arti-cle. I hope you will kindly forgive nie fpr dlnj: JXJ. Unite tlicclr-ctimilaaccs, tlicclr-ctimilaaccs, I thought tlie article would be better appreciated and relished by you by not having to disclphermy manuscript. 3Tow, as this is the last omvor-tunlty omvor-tunlty Iwi'l hiTe to talk to you berjrajarrarty has won the oil ices of halt Lake County, I wish to extend ex-tend to you a hearty invitation to call upon us in our office iu the county building, and I guarantee vou a hearty w elcome. |
