Show I I 1 UP FOR JUNE SKEEN Tells What Was in Letter That Compromised the Miniature Miniature Miniature Minia Minia- ture Jerome ALSO SHOWED HIS HAND Weber Velier County People leople Now Know I for 5 Certainty Certainly That and V Richards Are Arc the Men rII II By 11 Hurl Burl J Im Armstrong tron V V Og Ogden Ogdon on Oct 28 All 28 All Weber county was surprised to learn a few days ago ngo that II II H. had written n a n letter letter let let- ter tet which showed that lint he and C. C C. C Richards were the men behind the tho lit littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe gun gun In his Iral praiseworthy praise worthy work worl of reform They were startled to learn that the contents of the letter compromised ed uncovered ered rell his backers and showed the In Insincerity insincerity In- In sincerity of Skeena Skeen's SI attack on the city in the Ogden Waterworks compan company's Again Ogden was even more startled today when a portion of or the purported letter was wan published In tho the papers In denying the whole story tor Skeen has n the tho following which appeared red alongside irle of respectable ra reading leading matter Cam pa tens ten's BI Biggest t t Canard I canard of Undoubtedly the biggest e l canar the campaign was as made mado the basis for 3 a. a column three stol story In the tho Smoot organ of last Wednesday when It was charged that Judge H. H H. H anti and antiC C C. C C. Richards of Ogden Og en were wore the themen men that wOre were prompting tho the actions of Attorney J J. J T D. D SI Skeen In pro prosecuting the grafters nt l-nt rs of or tin th lii Republican party now V In office The careless way Va VaIn In the truth was as handled in Inthis this story i Is IH an In Indication of the methods that have been us URO cl au all through the campaign Knowing that lint the they dare not attack Mr h Sheens Skeen's methods or his acts acL In lit prosecuting these m men mn n they have attempted to ridicule him nail and show how that his methods metho s were not of the tho proper propel sorL From ever every conceivable point they thy have attempted this but all I to no effect In the face of or tho the rit- rit t- t tacks Mr tIr lr Skeen has grown gron In political cal strength and his el election cllon as count county attorney on the Democratic ticket I. I Is almost certain As evidence e of oC the Juggling of the truth uS used in an effort to show how that Judge was wc ht Mr fI n 1 nm nf nt n i tl ci written Il I by Mr r V n i pp t to Attorney ti ney 12 T. M f Allison on Jr of or Salt lIt La Lake e. e which was sent ent to E. E M. M Allison sr st of oC this cit city by mistake and anti from him hima a copy COP carried d to pie he official organ Is quoted as follows Mr Ir Sheen f Is so busy with his candidacy can can- ncy for the nomination as county attorney that he Is Js not ver very deeply Interested in the lie suit and he will be beall beall all Bright later on on V Iv What the Loiter 1 Says V r rt r- r t quotation from tho the r rf Va not exactly the words used In the letter letter letter let let- ter anti and no attempt was waft matte made at the lie time to lo sa say that the wor words s were Identical Iden with those which appeared In Inthe Inthe Inthe the letter ietter has now come through with the thC closing paragraph ph which he fays is as follows Mr h Skeen ha not yet jet l l an- an S me uw on thai I tat proposition You Imo that lie lit 1 is L' L quite quill busy Y YN gelling N endorsed upon wn the the- Democratic Demo Beam cratic ticket for fur count county hut hilt I am thu quite salaried lIl that lint If It he JIB i Mould drop drol irni the till mailer that Dial Mr 11 Ir t ii and Mr h Ir the time lio lu me- me metin tin hit backers drop It il also o. Mr Mi Allison jr I Is the attorney y in Salt Lake for the he Ogden Waterworks Waterworks Water Water- works company anti and he hp hall hail written to Mr mir some Home weeks ago ngo about the Skeen suit stilt against l Ogden anti and the company rh The The- proposition referred to by IW Mr Ir is the suit stilt against t till the ell city on account or of the water fran tran- ch chise Ise O Ogden I in a Wonderment Ogden people are arc wondering how Mr Allison knew that Skeen was quite quit busy getting gelling Indorsed upon the time Democratic ticket for Cor county icy They are won wondering if Mr rea read In The Tho Republican the story of Skeen's candidacy acy and und like hike Mr MiS Allison he lie read In the Herald Skeen's denial of It Yet both of them knew that HI Skeen was quite busy husy Mr r confesses that he I Is satisfied f ed that lint If Ir he ht Skeen Sheen would hop the matter mailer his hits backers would a allio aiSt dlo dio It Mr Mi knew something some some- me- me thing lung that made him him satisfied p m antI and l when he lie Imparted hi his knowledge to Mr Ir Allison IIi on the latter laller too loo must have havo Leen li ne V lA Causes Uneasiness inc s. s The original publication of the contents contents con con- tents l nh of or the lettel caused Jr great nt uneasiness uneasiness re ness R In certain quarters of Ogden Og Mr Allison Allison'S connection of course COUlSO Is merely p personal 1 onal and has lIas political significance lIe He wrote toto relar regarding the lie S o o of tut sut u t In which he heas was vas In Interested In- In and Mr 1 end endeavored t to enlighten him When hen It was as learned In Ogden that the letter had been ad- ad blessed wrong and had been opened by a person for fOl whom It was not in Mr II Mr MI Sheen Skeen nn and their thell Imme immediate late associates In the Ito Ro- ha Skeen RIchards political com com- were t oh h pins and ne needles needle The rhe fh letter leU r was seen by hy several s persons per sons and while the ori original could not be he seen scon for or the lie reason renon that Mr Allison Alli son on 11 Jr ji ll it n as pt h prIvate tC and not public bus business what the letter lettel inti- inti maled was waR because It was Impossible to 10 learn exact In lii n. Mr fr Sl Sheen Skeen een Mr 11 and others ethers denied the thc existence tenc of the tIme I let letI let let- tt t- t t I ter t e I 1 V O lau laughs lI at Skeen All Ogden la Is laughing at nt Sheen Skeen and the the- situation Into which he lma Imo been thrown l by br th the tho e eO exposure of his Insincerity his 11 titter It 1 for tor the position po po- to which he hc aspires After Artel finding find find- mug ing that the lie statements tat about abom him are fat lar beneath hl his noti notice lc say says I 1 consider the tho statements coming coining as us they do tic from froni the lie disreputable I per per- I l t who are at the lit bottom holtom of this are ure areso so 30 0 colored and anti s so PO o evidently malicious lie I OUI that they are art not worth tho time time lime to consider them It Il would be ho beneath the dignity of or any tny honest man mun to deny or explain an any aimy of tiC Ir As far as I 1 Iam Iam am conci In Individually l the they have absolutely iii no effect upon me I scarce scarce- l I Is give them second thought I challenge chal chal- lenge Iengo them lo to prove c anything In m my S ute private bu business not hot entirely l proper I 1 am nm fully Cully Informed a an as to who 1 is h 1 I Ithe the most active In circulating these n rc r hI I know him him to bo bl a 11 person per on I IV V who vho spends l his time limo upon the lie streel L cornets corners and around arO saloons and cigar clAar stands who lr says a that lie lii t would not StOP Mop at ut anything to win a i L lawsuit antI and I 1 am ama not surprised ls l a al t L S I I L t L L the statements In view Ie of the fact fat that lint his natural abilities are nrC such and anti hl his lime Js ji so 0 that if ho he should win wInI u ft lawsuit he lit would have l to resort 10 in desperate means to lo do soI soI so I have ha yet d to receive e cel the tho first n penny pen lemi- ny 11 from an any person whatever cr to assist In Iii defraying th the expenses Incurred In prosecuting the tho Republican grafters I J have havo paid m my own counsel anti and u used ascii m my own vii tutu time t I. |