| Show THAT i iTin Tho Tin position of at the De cret News In regard rogar 1 to t tho ho alleged Interference e of ot the President of ot the United 1 States with th lie of ef a I United states Senator Is not flat fairly stated slated by lIy olther of or our morn mom morning ing lag contemporaries It Is simply this We Wt decline to accept as ail authoritative tho the men statement HI of a II newspaper ocr cor correspondent respondent re In u a l reported Interview the Junior senator from Utah that the tho tb President had hatt sent a 1 m to I Ith the th Legislature of oC n a sovereign State of or the Ill Union for tor the tile purpose of at In that flint body tu in Its selection of or orn n Senator Tho rho h Interview business Is not uni 1111 universally regarded ns liS something to bo lie entirely relied upon anti unless It Is I further authenticated tl than by uy Its pub publication In hi tho the papers IJ Jera to which It wits was furnished It should not be bo received as anything further than a 1 newspaper re rl report repert port pert 0 I t It ought not to 10 affect In tho the degree the discharge of the Important duty devolving upon the Legislature Ls of or the State of ot Utah A great outcry outer has naturally arisen tho ihie alleged action of ot tho the il 11 nt lIt which Is III very el ery strongly denounced boUt both from Crom Democratic and to offset Orr lt the numerous dentin uttered nl t Preel President l dent tient 11 elt attempts am 1110 be being ing made to show that what hiat he M h Is III snit sall to have h done dono Is not nn its claimed unprecedented It Is stated that Cleveland and President each Il h gave gA suggestions against the tho nom nomination nation of ot n J a a n Senator train from Ilah Those These assertions are ao positively untrue President Cleveland made no such endeavor neither Il did President McKinley While It IH is unusually very cry to prove a n negative wu WI could do this ns liS to 10 both these the o Instances If iV we weso so Ito desired und had space to spare parc for the purpose Ono One point will wll make malo the tho falsehood tI about Cleveland l Very clear When ho was alleged to have taken such uch a step ha lie was Wall not President and had not been Jeen for tor Or I two years enra I The fabrication of pC the tale tolo that Is 19 I told by b a n Washington paper Is h further furth r evidence to 10 us tie of ot the tho unreliability h ty of ot S the report tho the course in this matter of President lIt We e take no stock In his alleged message to the lie Legislature AH 11 to the ulti ultimatum We wo need say nothing further Even cn the story told by the tInt interviewer ilor do a not justify the use of ot such uch n a term turin I not nor has there thie Ui re been boon uny defiance of ot the tho lie President In the tho announcement that Heed Smoot Is still a II candidate nor will wll there thoro be In the action of ot the Legis kiture whatever It way may be he beTho beThe Tho The story put In circulation that President had sent a 1 mes message message sage to President Joseph V P Smith In relation to this title matter Is also allio u tL posh positive tive tIo falsehood matte made out of or whole cloth There Is neither reason nor ex ox excuse CUt cuse for tor the untruth It should recoil recall upon Us its manufacturers We Wo maintain our view lew as to the tho duty i of ot tho gentlemen elected by the tue people to represent them In tho the Legislature of ot Utah They ought not o to be he Influenced in OilY any way by a n amere amere mere nero newspaper Interview as ns to what the tho President lre Is alleged to have sold lId privately ely to a n irson lr who ho lion hM Treated It to n a 1 por reporter nor no should they be s 1 In any way tray tv kv 1 tin tilt story President J Cleveland and Ien It If It were true w itch it certainly i 1 not riot that Hint would not Justify th thUr pres ent rN chief executive of oC the nation III In at al attempting tempting to 10 Interfere with thorn In the of a a n legislative duty du duThe The Intent of or the Is ap up parent The Tho parties that behind hh J the plot at have cry ory to poorly concealed the tho ho wires wIth have been b II work workIng rk Ing We trust that th tin not nut succeed Wit Ve V do not net bellevo fo ro foe n II moment that it will wilt Even If Ir need Smoot could rould Uc lie swept out iut of oC the U way A the end In vIet of at till the lii schemers would not hut bo bl attained It will III In III our opinion do 10 damage to the Interests of ot It Ito chief promoters and will certainly cerl t t no credit Upon them nor 1101 upon Ulon the tho i arty which they the urn uro supposed suppose suppo l to And among those who be bell 1 ll o that President nt lt has hae as na d 1 to take a hand band in 11 matters mattare that liar ire outside of ot hi lilt pro pre rogatien It will wll not 1106 of oC mi nil hone bene fl Ii to him The whole matter mailer mn ter shows great indIscretIon on Oil the rIte part of ot ita It principal manipulators trod and should till fall I I flat to the ground |
