Show I Aii THERE GRAHAM Mr Halliday Proves Troublesome Trouble-some to Your Highness THE CHAIRMAN CALLED He Believed the Enquirer Reports and Challenged Mr Halliday How He Crawls Back In his HoleThe Truth Too Much for Graham PROVO CITY Utah September Correspondence l DISPATCH On September 4th 1894 the Enquirer editorially published certain statements purported to have been made by me at a democratic meeting held in Goshen a few days previously Not satisfied with the statements made in said editorial l Mr Graham on September 5th1894 sent me a letter making further inquiry about what I said at said meeting I answered his letter of inquiry denying the statements state-ments published and his question and inasmuch as he fails to mako any correction cor-rection I deem it only just to myself and friends to hand you his letter and my answer I also hand you for publication the affidavits of twelve reputable citizens of Goshen denying the statements in said editorial Respectfully I V L HALLIDAT PROVO CITY Sept 5h 193JJ V L HALLIDAY ESQ DEAR HmDld you at a recent democratic dem-ocratic political meeting held in Goaben use in substance ttierolp itojj language lan-guage towit Who pays the tithing The democrats i demo-crats If not what did you say in reference to that subject If so will you meet a representative of the Enquirer who will submit to you a list of the democratic officeholders office-holders with the amount tithing paid by each in 1893 in this stake of Zion and if correct to consent to its publication An early reply will oblige Respectfully J c GRAHAM PROVO CITY Sept 1894 JOHN 0 GRAHAM ESQ Provo DEAR SIn I was much surmised to receive yours of recent date in which you nskwbetbir at a recent democratic political meetiug held in Goshen I use in substance the following language lan-guage towit Who pays the tithing The democrats demo-crats And further if I would consent to the publication of a list of the amount of tithing paid bv democratic office holders in Utah county for 1893 I will not now question the propriety propri-ety of your interrogatories but if it will be any satisfaction t > you I will say that 1 did not use any such language lan-guage nor convey any such idea and any statement to the contrary it as lalse as the editorial published in your paper pa-per on September 4 1894 in which you make it appear that I made otuer statements in relation to temple build era and workers etc In the second place what right have you to ass and what right have I to consent to the publication through a newspaper of other peoples private business Sacred business if you please And do you think a mans qualification for office should be measured meas-ured by the amount of tithing he pays Is that one of the issues of your campaign cam-paign If BO will you guarantee that all parties you may nominate for office of-fice this fall will be good tithe payers Should this rule be applied it would be quite interesting to know just how much tithing the republican city officers of-ficers of Proyo PIV For instance how much does the city marshal city attorney at-torney superintendent ol waterworks chief of tire department etc pay You can no doubt gee what ridiguoua results your unworthy proposition would lead to 6 In conclusion I haveugRedV I that too many false atatemjua6 oeen published in your pap tttng n a in a false light when youji nv had t the facts by simply asfi for em aud you know it J Reap 1Y V IiALuSi lY tit i t TERRiTORY OF UTAU COUNTY 6i UTAH I lc ly in H Page rhoma odds it es Gardner Joseph Li ald It r Y Duiida John Morgan DidJ l 1 n Jane W Edwards W V ice b Eliza Gardner and S S field inK first duly sworn on oatl depOse and say That we and eac of u9 tiere present at a democratic heeim Ae 1 In Goahen ou the 23d oftAugaB t t x94 at which O P Malmber and L Halliday were tbe speakers That we were present when t be id meeting commenced and r 1 t icfifd ail 4h til it adjourned and pear said by said speakers eq That we have read the editori liBhed iu the Enquirer under sees September 4 1891 purporting I statements made by Mr Hal I taid meeting In relation to th dents ot the Mormon church 1 builders and temple workers being 1 democrats That said statements arc false as no such language was used by him That he did say that the democrats were in favor cf and supported home industry and referred more paiticu laxly to tbe Buear factory at Lebi and showed that democrats bad subscribed to and paid in part of the capital stock of said institution That democrats were on tbe board of directors that governed and controlled itandfurther that in the year 1893 according to eta tistics obtained from agents in charge of the eugar beet industry about three democrats to one republican were raising rais-ing euguar beets in Utah county thus fostering and sustaining that institution institu-tion That the statements in said editorial ed-itorial with reference to temple and temple workers is absolutely false and without foundation Signed Wm H Page Thomas DoddsJames Gardner Joseph Litchfield Mary Dodds John Morgan David Paxman Jane W Edwards Wm V Price Eliza Gardner S Stanfield Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of September A D 1894 OTTO F MALMBEBO Justice of the Peace Utah County In addition to the above O F MaIm berg the above justice made the same affidavit before T B Hectic notary public V L H |