| Show A CARD As to a statement attributed to me ata meeting in brigham city on monday last to the effect that a certain man load bad been paid for stealing the election of salt dikke city and he was wae now at the beati bead or of another political oal organization 10 and my later denial of having either made or intended any attack upon anybody on the occasion I 1 I 1 referred to I 1 desire dee ire to say baj I 1 have absolutely no knowledge of having made the statement quoted above or anything like it so that there could have been no wilful intention on my part to prejudice or injure the certain man referred to or the cause with he le ift at present adein identified tilled in what I 1 have since said concerning the re mark I 1 was intentionally as an positive and unequivocal as aa I 1 knew how to bt bar because 1 sit reit perfectly conal font that it could not have been malle made without leavi leaving ng some impression impre aalon on my mind which latter as aa stated elated was not the acilee but on conversing converging subsequently with some of 0 thine to whom I 1 referred to in my interview for its corroboration I 1 was informed to my astonish moot that some soma such remarks had actually tu ally been made of course I 1 immediately mined lately t ciok bok pal pains no to have the w whole bole truth of the incident communicated to those most moat affected by it ir and now feel eel it only proper that this public ocoa slon alon should be taken to lay jay it before the community I 1 repeat that there was waa not a scintilla of malice or of of malicious intent in my mind and no desire to be offensive offet sive to anybody and I 1 can therefore with the utmost candor and express regret that hat the inal jent dent should have occurred trod anything that co could U id be construed into an etem attempt it to revive bitterness or throw additional dit ional unpleasantness unpleasant into the she prea pre out ent excitement or militate against future harmony and welfare I 1 should and do regard aa extremely deplorable and I 1 should regret exceedingly if anything that I 1 may have said could be used as an having ft a tendency I 1 in that unfortunate direction whatever in ili fluence ilu enci I 1 have with the people of utah I 1 desire to be used to bring about as an improved condition of feeling between the be different classes of the community and that so ao far as aa politics and oft boldi holding tg are concern edthe words worda mor aloe mou and non noa mormon should bili b stricken out of our vocabulary in keeping with the spirit of these them I 1 would further say that if the me gentleman gen gleman who has taken athla matter a aft per pe ronal to himself is still disposed to it as aa wilful and offensive I 1 wish to withdraw the remarks and trust this statement will be satisfactory to him as aa an apology Q CANNON |
