Show FURTHER REFUTATION WE REGRET that it becomes S necessary necessary necessary essary to notice any allY more the dis dis- disreputable disreputable rf reputable organ of the Liberal party on the matter of its libel against the Mitton Mitten of Wells Wells- Wellsville Wellsville Wells Wells-ville ville We published the affidavit of those gentlemen which ought to have been sufficient to draw forth forthan forthan an apology from the sheet that at- at attacked at attacked tacked them but it was n never ver known known to perform a gentlemanly act of this kind nor to frankly and f i I fairly acknowledge an error when detected in falsehood That organ endeavored to make a turn and twist from the matter by assailing Mr Buchanan who Signed his name as a witness to the affidavit We replied to this at- at attack attack at attack tack and showed bowed that it was just as false as the state state- statement statement statement ment of the purpose of the Mitton in coming to this N city but the falsehoods lods against Mr Buchanan were repeated and his attention having been called to this he has requested us to publish the following That is our apology for again alluding to the subject Editor BRor De ret Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY Oct 2 1889 1889 Permit me through Ugh the columns of your paper to reply to some state state- statements statements statements ments made by the Salt Lake Daily Tribune concerning me In its issue of the the leading editorial under the heading of of Being bythe Caught They Confess which by the way is simply an effort to main main- maintain maintain maintain tain its previously circulated libelous ent nt concerning Mr Edwin Mitten Mitton and Mr John W Mitton Mitten it says But now to the bottom facts 1 in n the Wellsville case These two men named were notified by A M Buchanan who figures on the affidavit as j witness to the two Milton and Mil Mit- Mitton Milton ton ton signatures to go up to the bank that President Cannon wanted to see them They went and on ar arriving ar- ar arriving arriving riving found the affidavit that is printed in the News all ready for them to sign they obeyed counsel and signed it The above is given as the bottom bottom u a in the Wellsville case and I desire the public to remember this statement while they read the fol- fol fold following following fol following d lowing First It is not true that l I noti fied those two men to go up to the bank Second It is not true that I figured on the affidavit as witness to the two Milton ani Mit Mit- Mitton Mitton Mitton ton signatures 3rd It Is not true that I notified Ie these two men that President k Cannon wanted to see them It Is not true that these two J men on arriving found the affi- affi affidavit affi affidavit 1 davit that is printed in the NEWS i printed all already for the themi them to sign and The statement statement that they 3 obeyed counsel and signed it is an- an another any an another y other of the Tunes Tune's l libels on the Mitton No one offered 7 either of those gentlemen any ad ld ad- ad advice advice vice in regard to signing the affidavit affidavit vit that was printed in the NEWS j but their signature being placed too to 1 the nt in question was the result of their desire to vin- vin vindicate vin vindicate J their character and also to toI I show to the public the utter falsity of the alleged Wellsville letter Jetter which the Tribune says is a sample of hundreds of such letters received at the Liberal headquarters k I J will win here state that I have never spoken to President Cannon nor he heto heto heto to me concerning the alleged Wells Wells- Wellsville Wellsville Wells Wells-ville ville l letter or anything connected w t tw tr r with it and that when Mr Edwin a p Mitton and his son aon Jno W Wf signed the affidavit no other per per- person pel person son was present except myself and Mr Iversen the not Dot try A M BUCH BUCHANAN AN It is the custom with the un- un unI crapulous persons who libel respect respect- respect respect- respectable respectable able citizens in the sheet-above sheet men men- mentioned mentioned when exposed in one false false- falsehood h hood od to utter another equally atro atro- atrocious atrocious cious turning the question en- en entirely entirely en with the hope that it will wil not be followed further The Th falsehood against the Mitton was aggravated by the attack on or F Mr Buchanan but it has failed to t divert attention from the main maila issue which was that the h were lied Hed about And the tissue of ol falsehoods about Mr Buchanan does L not alter that fact nor if the statements statements state- state ments mente were true would it justify the theA- theA original lie ie Enough b has now been said to toI demonstrate how utterly unreliable and indecent the Liberal organ is and j have to believe believe be- be believe a we every reason lieve that its ita course in this regard is isas isas istas as disgusting to respectable and con con- conservative conservative con fc people of its own party as asit asit it is to the individuals chiefly concerned concerned con- con corned |