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Show SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, OCTOBER Special Edition, Judge Powers Answer afternoon the questions propounded to him by Truth in its issue of October 19, and repeated Judge Powers on Saturday handed Truth his reply to October 29. The judges communication is as fol in itd issue of lows: October 29, 1904. Editor of Truth, Salt Lake City, Utah: On my return home this morning, I find a statement in your paper that ten day3 ago you did me the honor to ask me certain questions, through the columns of your paper, and you very I beg to kindly repeat the questions. state that I did not see them until this morning, and I now make answer: First You inquire: Is it not a fact that prior to your going to Portland, a delegate to the miners congress, yoij prepared and gave to the Deseret News a typewritten copy of the as pre-senxati- speech you delivered on bef- ore the congress? Tp which I make answer: I did not present the Deseret News a typewritten copy of my speech advocating the claims of Salt Lake City, but did give the News a printed copy and furnished in this Truth, the same to each newspaper town, including the editor of and I furnished it to the Associated Press and the Scripps-McRa- e News association. Second You inquire: Is it not a fact you knew before making that speech that it was absolutely settled that Denver would get the headquarters of the association?" Answer It is net a fact. Third You inquire: Is it not a fact that Lafe Pences attack on Utah was a ,u,.ll!) 3b for the dual purpose of Prejudicing the Smoot case and to give you the opportunity to make a grandstand play to further your chances for any Mormon people, or to any one else. Sixth You also inquire: After making your campaign talks at various places throughout the state, dont you frequently privately tell influential Mormons that the Mormon church authorities are behind your candidacy and that the church wants you to be elected. Answer I have never al any time made any such statements in substance or in effect. I have told the people that I believe the Mormon church authorities, by that I mean the first presidency of the church, are not behind my candidacy, and I do not think they care whether I am elected or not. Seventh You inquire: If you are desirous of a clean campaign, and if you believe, as you say, that no man is fit to advance the cause of Utah who appeals to the religious prejudices of the people, why do you carry around for exhibition at the proper time the Deseret News., editorial . referred to above, and why do you tell some people in substance that you are the church candidate?" Answer I do not do anything of the kind, and have never done anything of the kind. Do you ex Eighth You inquire: pect Mr. Howell to go around denying everything he sees in the papers not calculated to further your candidacy? Answer I do not expect anything of the kind. I did hope- that he would in a manly fashion declare, as I have declared in regard to my candidacy, that he did not desire an election secured by the circulation of such insinuations as are contained in the questions which you put to me. Very truly yours, O. W. POWERS. . - Truth has nothing in the world against Judge Powers. On the conconwho trary, the editor and everybody nomination and election to congress? Answer It is not a fact, and I am in- clined to think that the person rote this is well aware question it Is not a fact. that nected with this paper is friendly to Is it not a fa0?trlll"You ln(lulro: to stated lou certain parties in lortiaini that the interviews you newspapers in Portland, nich interviews wore published, and : lr S!1)f!'rl1 before the mining con-eswould elect you to the United acates congress, although at that time s, party?11 n0t lh0 nominee of Anawer- -u is not a fact. Is it'not a fact inquire: sinhave a?' tllis lime i11 your possesDesom? xTlitorial cliPPed from the iV,ws, which editorial is in terms ery laudatory of yourself and before the Mining con- Portlan(1 and that you exhibit thl l. sinnofl6 to Mormon people on occa-the- r I would be likely to fur-your campaign?" no t?mer7Tllat is not a fact, and at ce t18 campaign opened havft Tl ' 1 uVou - exhibited such an editorial to Number 31, 1904. In answer to question No. 2, Judge Powers says he did not know that it was absolutely settled that the headquarters would go to Denver, before the judge delivered his speech. If Judge Powers, on the ground at Portland didnt know that Denver would win before he delivered his speech, he knew less than people in Salt Lake, who read the dispatches in the newspapers regarding the matter knew. The dispatches stated positively that Denver would get the headquarters. Judge Powers is not behind most people in foresight, and general intelligence. As to the third question, there is no way of proving that Pences attack on Utah and the Mormons, and Judge Powers reply was a put up job," but some of those who attended the congress declare that it was, and that the circumstantial evidence pointing to that deduction is more than reason, ably conclusive. to questions answers Judge Powers four and five are contraverted by signed statements, made by Harry S. Joseph, who says he is willing at any time to make affidavit to the veracity of his statements. The one in regard to question four reads as follows: On the verandah of the Portland hotel in Portland, Oregon, on the evening of the day on which the Mining congress decided in favor of Denver as the permanent home of the American Mining congress, Judge Powers, and myself were discussing the doings of the day in the congress. We talked especially of the attack made by Mr. Pence on Utah and the Mormons, apd of Judge Powers speech in defence of Utah and in favor of Salt Lake for the permanent headquarters of the association. In that conversation, and directly germane to it, Judge Powers said he would get the Democratic nomination for congress and would bo elected sure. His plain meaning, to my mind was that his speech and general attitude in the Mining congress would greatly help his election. I said Well, this business thou and there: (meaning the Pence episode in tho Mining congress) wont hurt you, thats sure. Tho judge acquiescedinci-in that remark.' The report of this dent which appeared in the Herald of October 29 is not as I gave it in several essential particulars. H. S. JOSEPH. , 14 appeared in the Deseret News, laudatory of the speech Judge Powers delivered at the Mining congress at Portland in favor of Salt Lake being selected for' the permanent headquarters of the American Mining congress. The editorial also commended Judge Powers, myself and others for the fight we made for Salt Lake in the contest for the permanent lieaquarters of .the congress. Judge Powers, then and there, called my attention to the Deseret News editorial. He said it was the editorial: he had mentioned to me some weeks before, and that it wouldnt hurt me. He also suggested to me that it would be a good thing for my candidacy to get some copies of the editorial for my own use. I did not, however, take the judges advice. I now have the marked copy, Judge Powers handed to mo for the inspection of any one who cares, to know the truth. H. S. JOSEPH." & We believe that it is a fact that Judge Powers had camWo have paign pamphlets printed. seen them and so have many others. In this pamphlet is reproduced the Deseret News editorial commending Judge Powers for his defense of Utah in the mining congress. These pamphlets were distributed in many places among the voters with the editorial in question marked. It is not reasonable to suppose that Judge Powers had the pamphlets printed for his own delectation. Its only object was unquestionably to place the claims of Judge Powers before the voters. It is also established that Judge Powers considered the editorial would help his candidacy. lie thought it would have a similar good effect for Harry Joseph, a Republican running for ofllce, and the judge suggested to Mr. Joseph that he ought to get some copies of the editorial for difctribulion. Judge Powers says lie did not exhibit tho editorial since the campaign began. Is there here a quibble that it was not the original editorial in the News, only copies of it? As to tho answer to question six, Truth may. have something to say in a clay or two. The answers to questions seven and eight, stand or fall with the answers to questions four and five. Truth is not acting tho part of an attorney against Judge Powers as a candidate for congress. We. simply give the facts as near a3 possible, and leave the people to form their own conclusions. & While we are in this question business, there are a few more queries we ask Judge Powers: First Was your speech at Portland a political issue? If not, why inject it into this campaign at all? Second In your campaign speeches, well-establish- . the judge, and has been for many years. We, however, think the judge displayed bad judgment and made a mistake when he addressed that open letter to Congressman llowclls. He gave those opposed to him politically an opening for attack, gave them an opportunity to pry into some of his own campaign methods. ' those questions, In propounding Truth liad solid foundation for believinRegarding question five, Mr. Josephs ing that there was truth behind the sinuations contained in the questions. st ateinent is as follows : About two weeks ago, when the camIn regard to question No. 1, it is imI met Judge material whether the copy of the paign wa3 well under way, He handed cafe. Dese- Powers in the Vienna speech given by the judge to the me one of his campaign badges and or printed. one of . his campaign pamphlets entiret New3 was typewritten The point is that it laid the found- tled, 'An Appeal for Utah. He opened 11 on which ation for tho editorial which after- the pamphlet at page there Is a copy of an editorial which wards appeared In the News. . ed i i |