Show I PREST r MAKES A DENIAL DENIAL J J q 1 S tie He Never Had a Suspicion I That Ho Was Appointing a Polygamist to Office in Utah Chai b Mr Says le lie Never Heard of It Till Made in tile the Grosvenor Makes I Ti die t of Alleged Polygamous Status 0 of Several Federal Officials in of jug the lie ir Statement Flatly Denied by Jr fr Issue of J Scrap of Evi nce in Support of the Charges Against the Leter b by Rev I t T TIlE THE W Washinton D C Jan Ho on reo re the hearIng In the Oram to today Y Grosvenor appeared and nd dI denied d the statement b by tute tha that he a tor hal had said Son soon nl as the administration hal be thal wih with making this with lh k that ap Ual a polygamist he dil dil not J let anYa l arow r under his e t Mr Grosvenor claimed that ho told that hat h did not believe belee any search h r reveal any such papers protestIng t al appointment ot of O Or Orson son SmiTh 8 as postmaster at Llan Logan Mr Lents fl tas present and reiterated ts his statement ol denied this to be betre betrue tre true lo Postmaster Generl General Smith pro produced prod d a leler letter from rom Rev Mr Ir Clemens n ot of Salt Lake date dated Novem November November ber Ur addressed to President Yi against Smiths appointment on en the tho ground that ho how w wu polygamist It t a that this leter letter got In the theli li i tHie lr department with without out bel h by the fourth assistant general and Its presence J hn krown until these chares charges M then desIre desired to have havethe the tl dl received this ieter letter and fed betor before the tho committee a atI d why bf he did nt not 01 coil the Qt at of i the department to I it ln wi will be resumed on Te ton Jan t lt OfU oC ih t al ge polygamous status of v r r federal In Utah Ulah WIS was t today f me by the committee on ln t In view 0 of the statement unde atthe e lat last session by Mr Ir Lent author of the resolutions of ton tion the tho committee ha had reo re quested Postmaster General Er Em ory Smith J Addis Pot Par lr secretary to the resident and aul Grosvenor to b be pres present re reent ent Before Delore the committee met the dl Informally the right and of asking the Presidents secretary to submIt to Chairman Lud Loud maintaining that such suchA r A COUtS course would In effect amount to the 0 of the President ad sad an In Into e executive uthe Mr lr Grosvenor made n a ld flat denIal ot of bItt made mada by Lenta a as to the words We have hae not let lel the gru grass gw grow une under our feet In reference to the The he WI was hiton al ai Mr Grosvenor sid said and he would hare 0 as Lon soon expected that a private conversation wit with a member Of hi his family amly be brought before the committie as to he haye this tak talk brought hare Mr Go enor said ald hi his statement to Mr Lent was wa In substance thAt the tho Investigation would tal fail ther there was wa nothing In the charges charges and that thal he be had taken steps to lera learn the facts tach at the time ot of denying on the toor floor of the house UI his denial was bal based on bl his knowledge Cf of the character Of the Pre Pres Ident blent Ito Ho said uld he had als also said t to sir Ir Lent tat that a sarh would Qui show how that there ns ot cf dence to 0 sustain the charges nty due duro dueing Ing n a call caU at the White House 01 on nn an other matter malter Mr Ir Grosvenor lid said the President remarked to those prent present that he had never had a suspicion that he was wa In any on one cully guilty of polygamy as he ha bad ner never beard of the charge until It was made In the house T To many questions Mr Grosvenor em his sweeping lz denial ot of the language and inferences attrIbuted to hm b by Mr fr Lentz Lent I as reported by the newspapers |