Show bennion admits false state statement ent in advertisement TELLS OF unverified ALLEGA ALLE A TION MADE IN OPEN letrell TO CHARLES R MABEY JUBEY harden bennion democratic secretary of state was called on the carpet saturday afternoon la in salt lake by members of the republican Ro state central committee and con polled to admit that be he had made misstatements in a letter he bad had written assailing charles R mabey republican candidate tor for governor mr bennion dennion in admitting that bis his letter did not state the facts said be he had been supplied with misinformation by fellow members of hia his party on the strength nath of their unverified statements ho he had signed tor for publication in the salt lake newspapers newspaper il a letter which ho he now admits did not set forth the fact facts mr bennion had taken exception to mr air Ala beys statement that the state had loaned to the town of orom orem mr bennion bad had said it was only the fact ae as admitted to the republican state committee by mr bennion dennion Is that the state land board loaned and the state industrial commission loaned 50 60 in his letter mr bennion dennion declared that when the loan from the state land board to the town of orem was approved I 1 all legitimate demands from the farmers had been met when called by the republican state central committee he admitted that when the first requisition of tor for part of tho the was drawn on july 15 1920 there were on file in the office of the landi land board application applications for loans from front farmers in various part parts of the state I 1 in his letter mr bennien had stat stated 7 that at the close df af governor term of office utah was indebted and bonded to the constitutional u limit when interviewed by the committee he admitted that the thel constitutional limit at that date on the states assessed valuation of 60 U as he 10 admitted that the total bonded debt on december 31 1916 was and the temporary loan ioan de debt bt making the total of oo he lie admitted that there was on hand in the sinking fund in cash and securities 96 95 leaving a total indebtedness of OS 05 which was short of bf tho constitutional limit mr bennion had bad declared that ou conr ly IY of the to the governor and popularly known 1 I 1 as the to 1 shot was expended land and that tho the balance had been re turned to the state treasury when shown the books at of the state auditor he admitted that they show 09 was spent from this appropriation i in his now notorious letter mr bennion had declared that the democratic ocra tic administration haa has cleared off ot of the states indebtedness when confronted with the figures he admitted that he had concealed the fact that of this amount 96 95 was provided by the I 1 republican being on hand in cash and securities when the democratic administration went into office in january 1917 mr air bennion had made the statement that governor bamberger will i turn over to his successor no fl flirting debt whatsoever when waited on by the republican committee be he admitted in bitted the truth of a report made by joseph ririe elate state auditor to the governor at the close of business may 31 1920 shoeing ing that on march 1921 there will mill be a deficit of 16 above all estimated rei roi cipas I 1 mr air bennion had eald said in his hi letter i ighut that the bond issue to in no way a burden upon the general taxpayer ho ile admitted to the rei publican state central committee that the motor vehicle fees for 1919 which go into this fund where from which must be deducted his own suggestion for the cost of this department he ile admitted that commencing in 1928 it will be necessary to set aside for interest and inking sinking fund to take ta ake care of ot these bond bonds the eum sum of annually in his letter mr bennion eald the state S tate public utilities commission by a single act baa has saved the state times its cost when asked to explain ex pt lain he was unable to specify that tha single act or to show how all of its ifs acte acts put together have bared saved the state tro treasury the placed itt at the 11 9 disposal or any part of it in his letter mr bennion quoted mr air mabey as baying saying that forty eight new boards or commissions have hate been created during the present four jear ear 11 tera terp of governor bamberger mr mabey never made any such statement eta so mr dennion again admitted that he had bad been in ln the tb u wrong rong mr bennion was obviously embarrassed ih in the pre presence senco of the republican state central committee whether he hlll write any mor corp morp open letters was not stated A I 1 political at advertisement |