Show MORE LIGHT ON THE SUBJECT the following communication corn muni cation called calle d forth by an editorial in last laet even ingils leifi lEW fi Is IP cheer cheerfully jully published in ia orber that mi ME letcher zuay may not be placed in any false pos itsou cefole the mini it Is pleasing lo 10 know abat he be is IB responsible lor no do uch tuch t ex oi a as ac were attributed to him by the denver SALT dalr LAKE may 1893 editor deseret news dear sir on yesterday my iny attention was called fur fir the first time t ti tile the following item taken the joocky mountain denver D nver news of may 11 th by a reprint of the same it in the abe bait aalke tribune and an editorial ment lu iu the DESERET NEWS MR MB ROLLINS resignation hon J R lechter of salt lake city lias has just returned home alter after a three days visit to denver mr lechter formerly lived at ouray and represented ouray county in the fifth general assembly he stated that he waa satisfied that the resignation of delegate joseph L PADd rollins lins of utah could have been influx eng d only by the discovery of something serious and mr lechter surmised it might have been the discovery of some crooked work on the part of the mormon oh a 9 washington the dispatches announcing cing mr rollins rolling resignation bouncing noun k of him as a mormon this is not correct his parents were members of the church of latter latte day saints but delegate bollins is a democrat crat and has always been in favor of parky pany division I 1 was in denver on monday the fth dinst and there first learned of the resignation of D legate bowline from gilb published in the rocky mou utai u news of that date DELEGATE RESIGNS THE 18 A FEELING OF HENSION IN POLITICAL CIRCLES special to the news AIT f LAKE LAIK EMay may 8 when word adik reached a hod here from washington today flat J if 14 delegate to congress hild had resigned there aki was consternation iong division democrats in this city alln s to is an apostle apost lg of of ene mormon k ran bot is viry very pronounced in hi his leni e nation of church s ste p his was made 0 a hugher brigher 1 kyound than evoli even his friends 0 eted A 4 of his bis nomination nomi natien 11 l he A waged d warfare z against 0 di f 1 1166 11 heholt 66 it was ii very natural I 1 m j party to believe eve that Bawlin fi would be ne mosea cabit tham out ut of the wilderness 1 L amess of woe hau f to C ate hii ib basoa mariba siron in d iia ill rt 01 8 art mucha froym him m aside id from the 96 t 0 fats office but now that he baft resigned abay can scarcely see their way out and ieng not dot at all unlikely that a republican him that is it the liana put up no it a gentile nominee and an the a mormon tor for in that event vote would possibly be t thrown anthe side of the republicans V they would elect their man without I 1 acuity the caad of the resignation bas not been learned yet but the general impression is ik that the mormon church h i P been pop en endeavoring davorin to regulate utah and thae anat rawlin s lias has d ed to their game and appa become te di dia u a bi bequer 1 0 to o 1 lection dhoti he jj made rousing roaring speech in this city in which he denounced the mormon church for its efforts to elect Cwi cannon inon the church republican nominee a and nd gave due notice that he would brook no DO church interference when it was in his power to offset it mr went to washington some time ago for the purpose of addan advancing cig utah appointments in general and of espousing the cause of alfares young of this city in particular who was one of tle the leaders in the race for the of the territory in spite of raw linss linsa efforts however C C richards of ogden a prominent member of the mormon church was given the place it is also understood that a telegram was sent to rawlins from ogden a few days day sago ago demanding demandil deman diD g him to drop his favorite and indorse richards for the i place in the absence then of definite information it is believed that the church is still in politics and that his resignation is the result of his disgust and chagrin chaar in I 1 the tribbie will print interviews with all of the prominent democrats in the city tomorrow they express surprise that rawlins has forsaken his hi party at such a critical time and the majority ED arity of them nay that no cause 1161 would j justify such it a move on his part governor west will order a special wootton election within the next twenty days for some isome time in the near future at which time rawlins successor will be elected while passing along the street in company with a friend we met a re porter of that paper ani teaming I 1 waa from salt lake reference was waa made to the telegram nd and I 1 called his attention to some inaccuracies such ach as rawlins loan is an apostle in die ae mormon church that subsequent to raw lins lina lin s election he made a rousing a leech in this city in which hedt he ue bounced the mormon church for its efforts to elect cannon the church republican nominee and gave due notice that he be would brook no church interference when it was in his power to off offset set it 00 then them told the reporter something ot ol the personal history and ebar character acter of mr rawlins and pd expressed great fur c prise at his bin action in the thelt tatter but nu no reference whatever was made tp to the other her thin than was contained la in I 1 the telegram and I 1 did not express any opinion or oe surmise as t to 0 its connection with the matter W inference the r may have gathered came from the salt lake telegram and not from anything I 1 said this ole talk was not in the nature batuto pfau interview sonly j 1 onay an accidental con werda tift not 1101 intended for publication and is in connection with a mere personal me mention ormy of my presence in denver it seems to have been thrown in I 1 As strictures tures upon myself it to is not necessary to reply to them since they are founded upon an entire mis lake as to facts nd I 1 trust you will make aa tull full a correction as one gentleman way may expect from another J 19 |