| Show THE congressional investigation IT la Is well known that Attorn attorney ff P F 8 richards was waa onri of the he dek delegation kation of democrats who iw went ent to washington to advocate atme rule bale for utah before the congressional committees we met the gentleman this morning and learned that he be had just returned has baa been considerable discussion in reference to what his hie brother mr C C richards of ogden stated before the senate committee during the argument argy meAt for the faulkner bill we prevailed upon him to ta make a statement of the faite which we now give for public information it has baa been published in this city and elsewhere that mr C C Ri chardiO made sin an attack on DO wa utah commas rs and to in anwer to th att question from ai senator akili dec declared dared that ex senator ramsay and senator paddock W were ere ell engaged i it ed I 1 in the wrongdoing wrong doing complained V 1 0 of the troth la that mr richards was wad explaining that the utah commission 81 61 on its It arrival herb contrary to the ap rn and letter of the statute uti under which they had bad been ftp appointed wilted assumed aco executive le legislative tive mind and judit judicial ial fun functions cUoni 11 senator da davis via asked who had done this and mr richards replied that he was not ac accusing efting individuals but bat speaking of the commission pressed still further he be said he did not know how individual members voted on any question but this thia was done by the body but senator davis davie asked aked whether the gentlemen named were included and received for answer that they certainly were mr richards re berred tho committee to the case of murphy vs ramsay et al U S reports in proof of his bis statement which was sent for and thus showed beyond dispute that what he said was true and that the supreme court of the united states had overruled the commission and decided that they had exceeded their lawful authority in a report sent here and also to other parts of the colloquy was garbled and connected with another part of his bis speech where it did not belong this did an injustice to the gentlemen named as well as to the speaker and therefore mr F S richards when it came his turn tun to a address the comm committee attee made this explanation mr richards mr chairman and gentlemen ot of the committee before proceeding with my argument I 1 desire to bring your attention to the associated press report of the proceedings of last saturday day which doubtless through inadvertence ver vor tence twice toes does injustice to the cause I 1 re represent resent and to our position alid to our oar attitude towards the gentlemen who have composed the utah what I 1 allude to occurred through interrogations by members of tho in which the names of governor ramsay and senator paddock were used the error in this joesp report grow grew out of bhe fact that in condensing matti matters arn that weir were stated in one connection appe appear a x by bv the report to have been stated state in another cool connection lection ano an being thus out of place aiace do db injustice to us and appear r to cast reflections on t the 13 commissioners who were these that were not intended jug rw 40 ua all th the k apology 1 or ire re ok 0 1 craw fishing that was doneald done and will te be seen been was merely I 1 a of ah erroneous press dispatch and not bot A I 1 withdrawal of anything that had bird been stated to the committee and to show how ebli matter ws was viewed by that body one of the members suggested that chat the 06 questions and answers in relation to senators ramsay and be eliminated frond from the report and that was agreed to by by the committee this will dispose of the story that mr richards succeeded in doctoring the official report of the proceeding so as to omit the personalities referred to that gentleman had bad nothing to do with the chU changing nging of the text but the omission wi was made as here explained thus it will be seeh seen there was as no BO personal attack made by mr richards upon ant anybody bady and no retraction or eidde cause for the off official iclal report port eh 0 thit the system was as expose and condemned If instead istead of the 0 official clil o 0 appointed to carry it out and th the facts stated cannot be d dall buted nor can the argument be over come that present condit ioni ious in U sih require relief and de demand nianda a change mr 1116 richards bardi regards the passage 81 elf the hokap botoe crytle bill as almost ag aa he reports the change of senti ment at washington wonderfully favorable to utah and its people he feels very much encouraged at tb the e prospects before us and abd pleased at the reception accorded to all the members ot the delegation with bibb he was associated we are glau to learn the facts in regard to this watter matter and we know that our readers will receive this explanation as entirely reliable |
