Show 1 0 R 11 congress asked to return mm the Thou thousand dollars Do lars OLD IES REVIVED A matter discussed hy by prominent From men lien during daring the late territorial campaign tile the following I 1 inform information aaion cime came over the wires fron from 1 washington 11 ton to the herald the secretary of tile the treasury sent to congress today a c commune U ni eq action troll recommending tile of 2 to geo Q cannon ac 0 atall paid on oil a forfeited given ayen in r february rsm for MA hig I 1 a appearance ppe arance ill in tile the united states court at salt sait lake city utah under indictment for violation of the io o called edmunds law both the secretary and solicitor state tile the money has been covered in ill tile the treasury and think it should be paid back ack to cannot cannon accompanying lanying C the recommendation is a ions statement from froin mr cannon reciting reciting nil all the details of the affair the above dispatch renews s many old and bome fome quite lecent memories it recalls rc cills the stormy days of 1896 and certain warm e vents events of oi the last political campaign the bond deferred to was give by mr cannon before judge zane in the office of tire united states in marshal arshal on oil feb 17 1886 to secure his hi appearance two beek weeks 8 later to answer to an indict indictment men t ch charging irging him with unlawful cohabitation mr cannon did no appear and abc ii f and paid the sureties beins being the late bishop john S sharp harp and feramorz little at the same time the above mentioned bond was given another of was required by commissioner E L B critchlow in ill another case the sureties being II 11 S eldredge and francis Franci armstrong this bond was also declared forfeited but was riot not paid and the obligation ZD was recently canceled by tile government during the heat of the last earn aien laign aign the Ile publican candidate for or delegate sought 7 to make POI political capital out of this bond affair all alleging 1 irig in some of his southern speeches that excessive bonds had been required of his father under a democratic administration but it had remained for benjamin hamson to open his big heart and cancel tile obligation mr rawlins Ra in a speech at provo referred to the subject and a wilfully distorted version of his bis remarks was industriously y circulated the republican candidates effort to make political capital out of such material fell hat flat and was abandoned |