Salt Lake Telegram | 1909-08-27 | Page 1 | "Oh, What a Liar He is," Says Former Governor Black

I Oh What a aLiar Liar He Is Says r Former oriner G Governor Govern Gover Gover- vernor ver- ver n nor r Black 4 The I The allusion of Col Sterrett 4 4 5 to me I have havo Just read and with with- 4 J- J out any opportunity to think it 4 v 4 over I can only say that from 4 5 P start to finish it is a malicious 4 01 4 5 fabrication 4 4 4 The I The only truthful statement 4 1 I- I in Ia It is that the idea of securing 4 4 cots from rein the tho government I t. 4 1 J- J with me sue as every idea 45 4 1 4 5 which was wu of any value to the tho 4 4 executive committee had to i 4 v vv 4 v originate with some one besides r 4 4 Colonel Sterrett 4 When he says that I wrote the letter letter letter let let- ter to Senators Smoot Sutherland and Congressman Howell ho he again tells tho the truth but unless my memory fails me he insisted upon si signing nin that letter hotter first and a number of other gentlemen 6 signed ned tho the letter as all can be easily proven pro by bv bythe bythe the ori original nal letter or by a copy of ot it i in Colonel Sterrett a s office When he says that if I would write the letter that he ho would write the rep reply that I would receive ho he is ill again a s from the truth or in lan language ua e that mav may be bo better understood an unmitigated un UD un- un mitigated unqualified accomplished liar All th these o things thinA can u be 1 0 proven if he ho is isri ri right ht b bv by Fisher Harris as he be was wall familiar fa with over every overstatement statement that was taken I I never had one word either by byword byword byword word or otherwise e with Senators Smoot Sutherland or Congressman man Howell regarding regarding re reo re- re garding this letter and knew nothing about the tho result until Colonel Sterrett t boasted to me inc that he had gotten th the cots after the exchange e of a a. number o of letters and telegrams telE intimating to me nie that poor efforts had efforts had proven futile lutill J 1 never ne asked for tor cots and Colonel Sterrett never n told mo me that 1000 would ho bo sufficient Ho lie accomplished tho the whole hole and the credit is thing thin entirely entirely en en- due to him I may ha hove have something something some some- thin thing to say flaY rC regarding ardin this mutter matter after I ba have havo e had haa time to di digest it it for au anything any thing thinA connected onn t with Colonel Sterrett needs di digestion and assimilation