Show i I AA TF 1 REPUBLICANS ARE R IN TROUBLE fi i c. i I a Anderson son 11 an of Sanpete County Committee Committe e d 1 4 sT iJ Fe Federal rand Grand for Using Congressional ii oy y Jury for g r F JI ank t to Distribute C Campaign Literature ure In 1904 5 a V D on a 0 charge of using t oll official cial envelopes for tor other t than an Lc go govern t business business and to ta avoid i t t v the payment of postage Louis R. R J JAi Ai Andt son of ot Manti Republican i county county chair chairman of Sanpete county coun ty yesterday plead not guilty j and was was' was released on bond His ff t case case will case will probably b y go to trial at atthe atthe t ti i the April term of the U United ni erl I i. i States court r L Al Mr r. r Anderson is alleged to to have i committed committed the offense during the campaign n of 1904 1904 1901 The The case cabO grows t out of the practice of f using con congressional eon eon- gressional r franks to circulate campaign cam cam- AN litera literature r The The federal irr statutes do pot not permit il es fra franks ks i t Ito to be lie OC used for the the cir circulation ul tion of my any matter except official correspondence corres corres- I I p n extracts from the from the Congressional Conr Con Con- r gressional 1 Record and other public government documents Mi Ande Anderson son son is is' accused of having hav hav- ing mg ingus us d 1 f fra ranks ts ks to carry through the mails political matter not of a public character cht while while he be w was s sit it acting in his capacity is as ao nty chairman The case was vas tak taken n up tip by hy the tho e inspectors ors tors and by them referred t to the i fed federal federal r 1 grand jury ury which found the thon indictment against Anderson Congressional franks aro are used b by h hundred md e of f thousands to spread political addresses ma made e in in congress conr con- con gress grebs r sl debates on party measures measures I etc etc and their use uso for this pur purpose par pur pose pos is 18 is not prohibited by the pres present press ent laws t so long as care is e ex- ex I I to nothing but bu t public documents Mr Anderson is said to be only y one ot of several Republican county chairmen in Utah Utah who received bundles f t franked envelopes last fall with requests ts to address them to voters in in their counties In Inmany Inmany Inmany many cases it is if is said the county chairman did not know kno the tho contents contents con con- tents of the envelopes but presuming presuming presuming pre pre- suming that th they y were all right addressed and mailed them as requested The Herald last fall directed attention t to the fact that the Republican Republican Re Re- publican an state te committee e was using ing the congressional frank freely in in Salt Laso Latte City In Included Included Included In- In in envelopes addressed to residents of the city in in a addition to speeches etc that were matters matters mat mat- of public publio record r were ex extracts extracts extracts tracts from the Commoner of July 13 and President Roosevelt's speech of acceptance delivered July 27 which could not have been taken from the Con Congressional Record because congress had adjourned adjourned adjourned ad ad- during the previous mont month These envelopes also contained A Timely V Word Woid ord to Women by J. J Ellen Foster an address p pro o pared in the interest of the Republican Republican Re Re- publican party Following the publication ion of the Heralds Herald's article the clerks of the state committee ceased to include the questionable matter in the frank envelopes Herald |