| Show THE tenderfoots TENDER FOOTS APOLOGY it is with much reluctance that the editor of the BROAD AXX ax obtrudes anything of a personal nature upon thet the public through the columns of this paper but being a comparative stranger in salt lake city and having been called a carpet badger and charged with other offenses not in keeping with good morals we take this occasion to explain to the public who we are and why we are here in the first place every good business ness man aud and reputable citizen I 1 should be able to give references of his character in places where he has formerly lived the following gentlemen know us well and if any of our enemies or friends care to write to any or all of them they will find we have been considered a tolerably decent fellow our references are as follows hon WN W N roach IT S senator hon john D benton ex mayor W A yerxa of coun ty Edwards editor of the forums corurn tames james S campbell dan W Marrita minister to australia alfi 0 H alchier An chier bank elamer examiner of N D hon W B mcconnell IT S district judge anil and hon 6 5 barnes allot all of the above are of fargo N ay D also reade beade garrett joseph S woodruff T W magill ron hon T S quin quincy cyl ja X H EL morris and many others of Chic chicago vgo ill as well as the following of salt like lake city who knew us years ago S H babcock bathell ther G W ry C hmitchell PM W i mtchell itchell A C keeley keefe y J L gavegan john milton H milton ild and robinson bros we could double the above list but space tor for bids we wera bom in virginia al 41 yem years ago spent 12 years in philadelphia went to st paul minn in 1878 thence then ceto to fargo N W D jin in aw 1879 at chich time we were mso married to wife after re chere ten years lears removed to chicago where we lived until the s rot 1895 when we came to aalf benest bena t of the I 1 meach eat b ing ae ieli i deal deg tegwith with u us ai aus ta YN fa as generously asila ve andin which dis appod iea during rt adlof myr the 0 men ss a M f s v ca iio tinned wela ave e teen f on conour OF W 1 y s s ai p t one x years on ai e s ol 01 ix eutha w e on re d pia ir k V A S 5 I 1 S S A my c C ia y s dakota we received a most kind and hearty welcome from the president was presented to mrs cleveland and remained to the afternoon reception we have the honor of being the first colored grand juror appointed west of the mississippi river having served in that capacity 1885 at fargo N Dap pointed by dan W marrita the democratic U S marshall with the above we drop the subject and will only add that we regret that there wu was a seeming necessity for a plain statement of facts in view of the unfounded charges appearing in an obscure city paper we again apologize to our readers for thus referring to these personal affair sand trust there will ill be no occasion for further all allusion aaion to the subject jumus JULIUS F TAYLOR editor |
