| Show THE THOMAS WEST EXPOSURE IN a former article we made some commenia com menta upon the conduct of the two agents in washington nAton of the salt lake chamber of comi merce governor A L thomas and hon C W west the article was incited by the incidental exposure of the sneaking perfidy of mr mn thomas exhibited before the althe house committee on territories on wednesday it seems necessary to make further allusion to the subject i and in order that no injustice may be done to any of the patties it IS i proper to place a review of the matter before our readers au and d leave them to judge of the merits of the controversy this method I 1 is a aleo suggested as t mode of treatment that the record of rascality made by prominent political denial demar goguel and self peckers may be preserved and that examples of double dealing dishonesty may prove a warning to future generations arthur L thomas and caleb W west are the authorized agents of the salt lake chamber of Comme commeria Com merca reft the was poad paid by that body to repair to washington and labor in behalf of the movement mot ement to secure a liberal appropriation foe for a suitable government bull building ding to be erected here and to secure a portion of the port fort douglas reservation for a public park MT mr west is the of the chamber aul receives a salary being a paid off ioen that there may be no mistake about these theme gentlemen being the author rived agents of the association named we here quote from a set seb of resolutions pawed passed by it afew days ago in relation to the worms fair be it resolved further th copies of the foregoing be sent to governor governer A 4 thomas and hoe HOB C W wet now representing the salt lake chavar her ber of commeree Conan wree at washington MC wf lbassi carrying out the purposes thaw resola and request their concurrence and operation cooperation co oo therein when the report was published in this city that aud west were using the influence and money of the chamber of com meree merce which claims to be nonpartisan to urge the passage of legislation that thab would disfranchise numbers of its members member ej there was something akin to a ao sensation in the community the commercial organization being specially agitated re garding it the liberal organ came to the rescue as fol follows lowe yesterday it the herald ferald had a purported rumor from washington charging that governor thomas and ex governor west were under the guise of speaking for the chamber and in the em employ of the chamber trying to 0 bainum lon the saints it amounted to very little 1 in the herald but cheim the fews last hat evenly echoed the same taft and gravely asserted that the flis matter should be b investigate dL bohin thea that was proof that behind the herald the and the chiefs of the creed have determine dif 0 isible to prevent any Mormon froia ta joining the chamber artia it is enough A to say that wide ade from row the impossibility of governor thomas and ex governor wed doepp anif A thing the rules rula of the chamber camber which have never for one me moment relaxed explicitly foreid forbid any reference reft to polities or mw any work these theme gentlemen ington for a purpose and th abat pu purpose 1610 16 h to 10 enhance the hie basi basined nem of 9 this his city by having a grand public be bonding alding provided for and to try to b have ave tile the unsightly west side of the military reservation converted into a delightful resort for abr this thi people iad fd the mere intimation of their betraying betray their ia am a insult which their r 1 past live are a protest against the attack upon them is as a eo cowardly as i if i ia false it will be observed that the chief aim aall IMor organ asserts I 1 in effect that it if the two Wivi duAls referred to did influence tiola against the saints they were guilty of betra betraying betray yAng ioK their trust tru aP 9 and logI logically mAly ot of a dastardly piece oft infamy in consequence of the reports and general on we sub subject jeet the direct directors ers of we the chamber of commerce on OB friday april I 1 IS 18 telegraphed td its two agens to the effect that the NEWS and herald had bad charged them ibm with the re referred ferrod to whether the chamber did it intentionally or not efam aja arch pr pa pared red to say any but it is a fact that it misrepresented this journell jour nall nali made no direct charge the following being the language used it is currently reported and widel widely believe cb here that caleb W west is operating ase retty in in the furtherance pending Con congrow grew dional legislation ibi fox went of all members member of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints at in another part of the article we stated that we gave the the benefit of the doubt and insisted that the rumor should not be taken as conclusive until proof was exhibited As the report turns out to be true however this is of but little moment except that it gave this paper the appearance of pronouncing unqualified judgment prema aurely when such was not the caw case so far as we know the two gentle men addressed made no direct reply to directory the of used the chief antl anti mormon organ as their shute through which to coni con vey their reply the following appearing in its issue of april embodied in a long special from 1 its washington bureau the attention of governor thomas and ez eaf governor west having been called today to the tb statements published in the NEWS and respecting spec ting their attitude towards the cullom bill they replied that it was no new thin thing their for these papers to wre present their actions and motives and said that this had bad been the uniform course of those these sheets with respect to all public men op opposed ased to their principles and jethu method ft both gentlemen while expecting and intending to give further attention to the matters which occasioned their visit to washington reserve the right which every citizen has of acting independently on any proposed legislation 11 the first point sought to be made in the foregoing Is ia to the efton that the he agents of the mamber chamber bad been misrepresented on the subject at jews the question now arises taking this as governor thomass thomas whan did dick he be utter a falsehood wits was it when making claim to being or BOW when be admits having influenced the disfranchisement legislation tion the second point embodied in im the extract extra cAla Is that two agents claim the me take way any position they please in any proposed bab dauod IaU oD that means tb JoUn the right to use ane aftem by the chamber of comm commerce ecce to secure um UR disfranchisement of a num number berof of its members and rendo render the profession of 01 that body to nou noa a glaring it amounts to reserving the right to be guilty of what the tribune calls betraying a trust which is treachery for the purpose or making this espow it Is in order here to rep reproduce au an excerpt from the speech delivered on wednesday by hou hon john T value caine before the committee on territories oriee while the bill was under f consideration mr caine said an astonishing element in this matter is that the measure is seeking enactment the endorsement Andor of any party in utah or the other territories ri ako who wants such legislation who asks ask for itt it wo no man who has any direct interest in this question queston qu esdon A few days creys ago I 1 inquired of the r nor of mah who is here and he stated 1 td emphatically that he was taking no part and would noldo not do so one way or another prominent men here from ulah irah are equally as atly oart althis At this point Delegate dubois interrupted the speaker and said that governor thomas ex e governor west and members of commission wh who were hore here all favored the bill and thought it should became a law that governor gomor thomas had made such a statement before two or three members of the committee 1 mr caine replied lie he would only repeat what governor thomas had mid to him that he be thomas had talked the matter over and had decided to no part either for or against the bill and then remarked aaa THE DESERET WEEKLY the committee have now both statements before them and can judge what kind of a man governor thomas is P 19 A special to the leading anti mormon 11 journal of this city appeared in its issue of april 2561 that sheet under the following sensational sat ional and defamatory headlines in large type A MORMON LIAR ROAST fiD GOVERNOR THOMAS GIVES OUR DELB GATZ A EARNED CASH GATION ANANIAS CAINE AT HIS OLD TRICKS his excellency corners the saintly sam slick and wants to E snow biow why he cant act qt Decent decently ky the church deley delegate a te squirms and Is extremely buncom rt able annexed esthe is the alleged justification ion of governor thomas SALT LAKE TRIBUNE BURE BUREAU AtT fourteenth street NOTON D C 1 april governor thomas was greatly surprised surd r 1 se d upon arrival in this city today fr from m a trip to new york yorito P learn that he had bad been quoted by delegate caine yesterday esterday as not in favor of the cullom dis franchising bill and that the statement bad been made to the house committee on territories the truth is in that john T caine has been guilty of a very shabby trick one of the meanest which the sam slick of the sat ver ever had a the honoree amor te bb com to father er the e facts are these on wednesday last the committee off conr territories oties of the house had under the chasing act delegate dubois spoke in favor of the bill and caine appeared for the opposition in the course of his argument caine stated that judge baskin alone fathered the measure and that it was not supported by the governor or any other federal official fi dubois contradicted the statement asserting that the governor and the commissioners to his personal knowledge favored the measure to this caine replied that the governor of the territory had personally assured him that he was taking no action in regard to the bill and did not propose to and impressed the committee with the idea of governor thomas silent opposition to the bill this war wan rather a setback set back to du bola bois and placed both him and the governor in au embarrassing position As the governor was oat of the city he could not be seep to explain matters matter today however governor thomas returned from new york and baying been informed of tibe the manner in which the shrewd mormon attorney attorn ov had distorted a private remark into an official declaration indignantly dign antly sought mr caine for an interview ter view governor thomas accosted caine in the rotunda and demanded an explanation caine stated that he had bad only quoted the governor as not interested te in the bill and tried to squirm irm out of the responsibility for any attempt to place the chier chief executive in an improper light before the committee on territories governor thomas controlled himself but vigorously denounced caines action as unfair unjust and as a gruss misrepresentation of his bis position he called to caines memory a casual meeting in the capital a short while ago when caine drew him aside from governor and said to him that he wanted to ask a question which he could answer or not 1 lam I am constantly asked out ent mom members berkof of congress I 1 said calne caine whether you are not here working in the interest of the bill prepared by baskin barkin k gobe governor bor thomas frankly informed him birn that governor west and himself were not here for any such purpose that their visit was solely in reference to the public building and park and that be proposed to take no active interest in any general legislation what rig right t had you demanded the e Gover norto take taka a remark drawn from me by youg you and wrenching it from its connection use it to further your own purpose by iving giving it a fal false fale e and distorted meanings meaning by so doing you have deliberately attempted to place mein me in a false position wh which iob you ought to have known from my whole public life I 1 never would have assumed why cant you represent the people of your territory instead of your church alonet alone delegate caine denied that be was representing the mormon church 11 you represent nothing else I 1 retorted thomas your papers lf bave have been filled with lies and misrepresentations of governor west and myself ever since w we came here because you suspected that our mission was to influence antichurch anti auti church legislation we have done nothing find and said nothing except except when our private views were asked aske as you asked me for mine and got them we have appeared before no committee and sought no committeemen ind have attended as you know or ought to know to I 1 le ile bitsi business for which we came here caines performance has been successful only in injuring his big cause governor thomas who will not be in the city on saturday morning when the committee on territories will meet called on chairman struble Str lible and authorized him to say at the meeting that he personally and he be believed he spoke for all the loyal citizens of utah favored any legislation which would crush crash the mormon power that this bill was in that direction that the mormon organization was a menace to iford good govern government men t and christian air civilization iza tion that it degraded womanhood made capital of the sincerity of the people and invaded the sanctity of religion and that the government government overn ment could not too soon take decisive action the house committie e on territories will take up the utah franchising disfranchising dis bill on saturday next when jere wilson will be heard board for the saints ants the flaming headlines of the governors organ might be taken as 88 correct if alo applied plied to mr gainers caines detractor mr thomas admits ad mite that he did make the statement to the delegate that the latter at tributes tri buted to him before the committee mr caine did him no injustice placing him on neutral ground as taking no active position for or against the disfranchisement measure he placed the governor in the position ostensibly assumed by the latter when he accepted five hundred dollars from the chain ber of commerce to pay his expenses at the capital the stuff the answer to Mr Caines question as to his bis attitude being bei ng a confidential comin communication uni cation is the veries t rubbish the interrogation being put by the delegate to enable him to ascertain the status of mr thomas in relation to the disfranchisement ohi chi hill bill but if he intended it as of what character was the statement urging the legislation in question made to members of the committee he admits both state statement menti ss otherwise he be would make dubois a falsifier the one statement is the antithesis of the other and he is therefore in the light of a self proclaimed hypocrite with two tongues and a double face seeing fleeing that he has been completely exposed he now proclaims his own villainy being according to the tribune lauie yr guilty of betraying a trust hiving the special of the leading organ head headlines lints and al ajl we i HOW give one which appeared in the herald of april which correctly explains the position washington D C april 24 governor thomas returned from new york this morning he is boiling over with wrath at delegate cadue for i sing his name in his argument before the house ouse committee on territories yesterday wherein he said that governor thomas had emphatically stated to him that be thomas was taking no part either for or against the baskin disfranchisement bill ho charges dete yate a le caine with a breach of courtesy an fn in making ube of a private conversation dewyatt Dew gatt caine when a asked gilted about the matter spurned the charge of breach of courtesy he says that when he inquired of governor thomas if he |
