| Show SMITH DENIES THERE WAS VAS CHURCH INFLUENCE Editor Telegram About two weeks ago I was tans approached by a a. considerable number of oC my neigh ai h hors bors and e Asking rite me If I would consider permitting my name Homo to be use used 3 as a candidate for tor a member of ot the rite board of or education from the First precinct I at nr first t declined for business rc reasons I Later Late on the same parties and others urged mo to reconsider and altar after dellb- dellb deliberating upon the rho matter for tor a a. number of or days I told them that If Ie they thought as they un urged ed that I r could be of at sen service Ice in the of or our public school system tern tem that I 1 would give roy my consent These parties so ao far as ae I know were composed of ot both bolls Mormons and non non non-Mor moos mons To be frank crank I really forgot to ask them thorn what particular form of or religion they did In In fact b believe lIe In io It it was by these par parties partIes Its and others like thorn them that my camps campa campaign was nap ex conducted and that too without arty any ny effort whatever on my part Cards CaNH Hero wera gotten out at their suggestion and antl I am told that these raids curds were wera distributed dis b by fiCO scores scales fES fE'S of or people Irrespective of religious persuasion throughout the First precinct No o influence of any character was ryas u used ed In m my behalf or indi indirectly r tartly cli- cli with m my knowledge c or consent I have havo aln alwa always S been bean to eo strongly h opposed cd to any in such Euch influences In school affairs that it Is la indeed a now now thought that an any such Influences have been abed t or could bo be used In Jn m my behalf with any hope that It could influence my action in t the flip l remotest degree I 1 have hate been approached on numerous occasions by leaders of of tho rho opposition with the suggestion that If tt 1 r would wO pledge myself to vote otc a against Superintendent Christenson I could havo the nomination without I 1 told them theta that I t tt would mao make no such pledges that I if an any person was Has to be removed from his posh poel- lion Uon II so PO tar far as I r was vas concerned It must musto be o done after a hearing hearing- and anel after I was waa conc convinced that tho rho good of ot the service demanded dc de- mended it t. t I hat ha havo o c retired as a a. candidate for tills this position for 11 the reason that there theta Is a determined effort b by tho rho people of the Hamilton school district to namo name a 3 candidate candidate candi candi- date data upon ulion a local Issue Isaac and that tha t. t loo too regardless g of or the Interests of orthe thi balance of the t and for or the further that such bitter blUe partisanship has haft been in in- in Into this controversy contro that it H to mo me that hat I f was nay Ito lio place for an any candidate candidate candidate candi candi- date w who would not yield to tl that at ence I will not Support q any n man naan for the tho school board hoard who oho attempts to partisanship par par- tl or Ot into p lu III to lo tho rho public 1 school system f I Ire Ire- repart re repeat peat part that I have havo not authorIzed any per per- person person son directly or 01 indirectly to uso UIO any ro re- re in m my 1 behalf and antl that it has trot not been done one so 60 far as I 1 now II A A. A SMITH |
