Show mr hen ben I 1 E rich who was tile the joinder kindergarten 0 arten instructor at the recent republican ine meeting etingin 1 in logan 0 made a borry break when lie challenged any democrat to contradict his statements concerning the refusal of democrats to admit utah to statehood after promis promising itil to do ao lie repeated the statement and said lie he knew it to bo be true of his it personal knowledge 0 and ebil chal 0 ed any democrat to deny liis his statement before liia his fare face thereupon mr cluan who was in wash til anton ton during the time of the passage sae of the edmunds tucker act 0 and aiho was the private Secie tary ot of lion ilon john T caine made to mr roh tho the denial ile said 1 I 1 do not want to disturb your oe geeting eting mr rich but that statement is untrue then mr rich went on to explain that liis his personal knowledge of what lie said was what lie he heard lion ilon john T caine yay say and lie wanted to make affidavit to it but lie never to mr sloan mr toan loan did not deny what mr rich aid baid i about mr caine but lie did lacny the truth of mr 11 tich rich s statement that the democratic party had acted lit in bad ad faith and mr fr rich s fail failure tire to accept yr mr sloans challenge chal leme 0 is evidence of liis his timidity and conclusive that lie be dare not face his own etal dment |