Show AS TO THAT TUN DEFICIT DEFIOrI Senator Johnson Question aa no noTo asTo To ft Whore hero thA Money Come From Front State Senator Willis Johnson who ho for tor ho pat past few weeks leek has bus been acting as mis measurer of nt tho the Louis worlds fair commission was yesterday subjected to some somo very crit criticism for tor his alleged failure to ly I and publicly state whore the time camo from from that lint wits was now In III thin the cum com commissions missions treasury but hut which was not there a n couple of ot weeks before It hinted Hint ho was trying to cover mut mutters leIs up liP he ho know knew something ho lie would not tell toil The Tho result wits was Ill ho ha was Willi placed In iii an embarrassing rig situation el I Ion He IIo I Ic made It very ery clear dour that hint ho lie was not lIot n it party to nay any wrongdoing amid that lint ho lie would not become one cite Yesterday Ye ho ha arose III In the senate amid outdo made a n state statement mont fluent to 10 his brother senators that com coin completely exonerates him from OilY shadow of ot blame bill me What he lie saul said follows Mr Ir President Pre and Ouch Fellow lellow Senators I rise to a it question of ot highest t personal that of ot making an explanation tion on u II question that hits has been made machO by hy circumstances that I was waR to o control to seriously Hellou ly ct upon some of ot my nets acts if it not to involve my toy 1 I know kno that associates on Oil this floor ore not parties to the tho then lion ns its II to my conduct or standing but there are aro others sonic some of ot them prom pram prominent bent Inen citizens who wonder or why Ill I hae lueve haens ns OR they lucy say liay remained d silent when In lit their Judgment I 1 should speak 1 I have havo a reference refo rence to the thai discussion il and criticism that tint has hM arisen out of ot tho the recent report of ot the tIme Joint committee ap 1111 pointed p by hy this hits body bOIl and amid the tho house to inquire Into tho tIme It affairs of ot o f tho time Utah worlds fair commission of ot which I forthie for tho pmt Il few tow weeks only been lJ en the time treasurer succeeding the thc lion Hon Hoyt In III that n ci 1 short time limo prior to lila his hi departure for to I It was WAR not in III my Judgment prosier proper for tor formo forman mo man to say Fay upon n It subject which a IL special committee was Investigating gating The committee was up tip of ot and nud Intelligent ent gentlemen who t ime were able ablo to 10 speak for themselves which they the have done domme limit Hut In hI view vie of the time criticisms and ac no accusations In i mu tIme the house houlle and ii lid by IJ other persons with lIh regard to lo time tio fact that there a it difference us nl to 10 tho thiC condition of ot time the treasury of ot the tho fair commission nil ns between tho tIme of ot January And tho the present time timmie I J want to say this Kurly III In January there then In nn an overdraft nt at the batik bank Now there thero Is money on hand to the tho amount of ot 1250 Just us liS stated In III tho the com corn committees mittens I nm nm blamed and placed under tinder suspicion for tor not where this money moncy came tram from I hive have ro nothing to hide hilio In III tho time matter There Thero Is lit noth nothing lug ing In to hide In III fact foci so far ns as I know knoll This amount of money monc aH turned over overto overto overto to me mo ns OS treasurer of the tho commission It came from tIme tho secretary of ot tho lie com coin commission mission anti and was turned In to covet cover tho tIm amount called II 01 for tor by U tho time missing vouchers of ot the secretary or for tor orders drawn on oil tho the treasurer for tor this amount over flInt above that IhA t no counted for rice Tho secretary claimed that these were either cither lost loot or cur misplaced That Is a it matter of ot which I t know nothing I have havo simply stated tho the facts In itt tho the ounce case so fur far ns as I t know them They rhey explain how there is III now nowa when whelm there thero a 8 I surplus In lit tho the treasury wits recently u it deficit I In lit to a fL finest Ion train from President dent Love Lovo ho hue said ho would like hike to hoo tho lie statement go FiO Into tho tIme Journal Se Hr nbc II tor cr thought ht that Johnson attached too much Important to lo what ho lie termed Idle Id Ic lid simm Hut nut John Johll Johnson son soil Oll did ml Id not muot think N so whereupon Sen Senator ator atmur declared tImid that his C it tes had thin the most Implicit I cit confidence con In his hl Integrity anil that lint ho Imo wits was sure tho they public hail hAd hAdIt It being heln manifest that lint there was WAR In iii Inno Inno no wise viso tho hue leant blame b If Senator Johnson anti tho thin latter encouraged ACI nt lit tho tIme confidence placed In iii I n him by hy his hili associates tho lie discussion terminated I without any an otiler being niacIn made for the statement to go 10 Inlo Into tim tho 0 n him by hy his hili associates tho lie discussion terminated I without any an otiler being niacIn made for the statement to go 10 Inlo Into tim tho 0 |