| Show BAD n c A 4 HAD I CAUSE S V N Not ot t even oven tho the Salt Lake Tribune hn hag hns ever so o gro grossly ly L l' l orr ended on-ended as In its iLs leading lg article of ot Monday June twenty twentY- i fourth reproduced entire without the change chang of a n line hue J- J In this Ihl page e If It there here be depths of oC shameless de r yr ton lion lower than those sounded by IW tile tho writer of that artt artl art wholly beyond the Imagining of decent men r t- t elf Ip Ih are arc TT z c Vc c Vc trust you ou will vIII rend tho the article In n till full If you oU do eto you ou will I find that O. O J. J Salisbury S Is accused ac- ac cue of having sold his services to the Republican party part J of oC Utah for or the tho promise of political office that he gave of oC the Republican I of his money for tho the cause party In Iti the hope of winning the honors of official pot po- po t sillon that he became chairman of or th the state committee j only after having ha secured secund th the pledge that the United t L' L States should be h his and that he lavished a his Jils mone money in the belief that the promise would be he kept ept I t Mr 11 Salisbury lied died led In New York while on his wn way to a a. point In Europe where he lie had previously pro found r relief from the malady malad which threatened him which him which had threatened atoned him for Cor or years years years-a a deathly disease of the heart which he realized which he had fronted dall dally daily which chich he had combated bravely bra from hour to hour never losing his courage and never for tor an instant flattering himself that lint he could ultimately conquer Probably no noman noman man alive ever greeted tho the morning with a a. more sublime courage courage than did O. O J. J Salisbury He had heart trouble and he knew that sooner or tZ later hater It would kill him He knew that at best est bra tenure of life Ufe was brief and that his Ills weapons of defense were quiet the absence of oC excitement excitement excite excite- ment mont the avoidance of oC exertion the placidity of f an existence ex ex- ex- ex 1 tence apart from Crom the struggles with which his earlier da days s 's had been filled Knowing this he first accepted a position last summer summer sum sum- j mer mer iner on the state executive committee of or the Republican i party j i I e lat iY following t the date te of or the s state ft convention when m health ill air James T T. Hammond Hammond Ham Ham- mond to resign tho ho state slate chairmanship Mr Salisbury I permitted himself to be drafted dratted Into a n service ser for which there was In all the world no adequate consideration other than that of ot honest and disinterested devotion oon to duty ut o He was not chosen choHen chairman by Smoot He was proposed ed for or the place of or state chairman b by Judge Prick Frick who had been een named as a n. candidate for the su supreme supreme su- su preme promo court A committee of three three Judge Judge Frick Congressman Congressman Con Con- gressman Howell and Major ajor H IL P. P M Myton was Myton-was was was appointed b by Mr Hammond Ir to confer conCer with Mr Salisbury who was wasat wasn n at the time in Idaho Falls and secure an an answer from him Major Myton lyton was a member o of the state committee commit commit- t tee and was tho the representative of that bod body in talking wl with h Mr Salisbury Ho called for Salisbury from tho the state committees committee's headquarters and the three three three- three Major Major Myton Judge Prick and Congressman Howell went Howell went from headquarters to the Bell telephone building In State StaLe street where the thc they were supplied with three telephones an and there they had hall their conference Not one word of or that conference b by either ot C the three but was heard by the other two A And two o ot of the three men men Major Major l I Myton ton and JU Judge Frick Frick slate state to The Republican Republican and and they will be believed that believed that no wor word of or official preferment was suggested to Mr 11 Salisbury Congressman H howell Is In Europe but ho s surely rNy would corroborate them We 0 confess to u n feeling of at shame In having to deny thin statement so o ba basely ely made 1 by the Tribune For FOt Gods God's sake was not O. O J. J Salisbury well weB enough known In this I community Would Yo u the bribe of public tho the ID luI IDI lu- lu of official honors tempt him to a course courso where duty lut failed to Impel Is there a n man man man-is is there even a anA an J. J honest enemy who enemy who believes that O. O J. J Salisbury exacted a n. pledge to be made United States senator before h he would consent to lead tho the Republican party of Utah j No o pledge made was Senator Smoot did not select elect him him nor have ha anything whatever to do with that selection though ho doubtless approved it No promise a t of reward ard was made matle to Mr Ir Salisbury antl and the men who knew him know that such sueh an offer oreel- would have insulted hl himI him N I Mr Mr- 11 Salisbury gave save ju Just t five hundred dollars to the J t campaign fund It IMs Ills is not more moro than was given b by each cach of or three other men Big Dig his as was fortune open as was wa H his hand where objects of his desire were concerned i It Was not needful for him to give more The Republican 4 party part last year did I not have ha and did not need a big r 1 campaign fund The rhe people were ere with me party part The Ther t Tribunes Tribune's campaign of or lies and defamation na nad offended ed j them thiem The rec d of oC the American party part In the city ha had I dl disappointed th theta them m. m THE rIlE CALL OF Till TIlE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN PARTY HAD REACHED THE THEM I. I And tho they thoy rallied to the standard of ot the party which Mr Ir Salisbury Sails Salis- bury bur so splendidly led letl led In n which his friends so constantly supported him him and and they won Of or course the offensive e quality In the Tribunes Tribune's art art- cl cle clef which we herewith present Is its Imputation of In Insincerity Insincerity In- In sincerity on tho the part of oC Mr Salisbury Never No was wa calumny ill blacker Never ever has hns one of Gods God's created beings being stooped to so low a a. slander Mm Mi Salisbury was wa Incapable of oC dishonor lIe He accepted the place at nt tho the head of oC tho the state committee with all tho heroism which Inspires tho the soldier when ho fronts with deathless reso- reso the bristling parapets parapet of tho enem enemy of ot his flag the foes of or his country O. O J. J Salisbury knew that hi his service tH In that campaign would shorten his life lICo as In he knew that night would follow day da- And And he b best st of all al living people rc realized the tho sacrifice he ho was making when he accepted that commission at the hands of ot hi his fellow Republicans No o office could compensate him for tor he I I knew know he- he could n t r survive the activities of another cam cam- cani 1 But Hut there was wn the deeper reason He was A ft patriot And what he did was because m e he loved oved the time Republican party parly because he lie believed in its principles and d the perpetuation o oC or Its Us power power here here and everywhere e THAT was his Impelling motive THAT wn was the bribe held out nut to 10 him And Anti no man alive aliv knowIng knowing know- know Ing him would wold have ha suggested ted any an other j I In tho the presence of or man many men still sun re resident In Salt Lake Mr 11 Sall Salisbury bUl has r repeatedly stated within the past ast I year WIThIN WITHIN TIlE THE PAST YEAR mark you you that that he was not a candidate for fOl any chico state or ur national AND ND I THAT HE WOULD NOT 01 ACCEPT ANY OFFICE n nhai He lie has hai stated in the tIme presence of or many men men Mormons and Gentiles and Gentiles and the they are arc here to deny this statement If It It be e not true true that that that while he may at one ono time hn have entertained enter enter- d a desire to M servo serve t r hl his state In some office of or prominence prom vroni- tho the desire had passed in the Ow consciousness that his health would not permit it He lIo not only knew linew he could not survive the excitement of a campaign n especially after that fight last summer for Cor the state ticket ticker limit hut the ho Inherent honesty honest of the man was revealed in his a added ed statement that even If Ir chosen to oO ct he hp could havo have no assurance of oC serving his people for at ut an any hour he ho was likely to feel tho the grip of that a agony on at tho the heart which would warn him hini he hc mu must l hurT hurry from service lo to toa toa toa a spot where relief reller alone ha hail had l been heen secured In the past When hen 0 O. J. J Salisbury accepted that lint place Pince at nt the head heath of oC the state committee last summer he knew ho was shortening hii his life by hy tho the service Involved Imul And yet ct without a thought of rowal reward other oilier than thon would woul be he given IJ by a con consciousness of oC duty well done he lie accepted the task frisk And how mag ho lie discharged it H As we vo look 1001 back hac hacon on that campaign knowing how much ho ventured r realizing realising his absolute devotion to th tIme the cause which summoned him him we are thrilled at the recollection of ot his leadership hl lIe He fairly thrived fairly thrived on the conflict Day by day doy as the time battle hattle grew rew more bitter bittel h he rose with fresh strength th and confronted an Implacable enemy with a strength and a n. steadfastness with an unerring judgment and a command of or strategic resource rarely equaled equaled- and he saw sa a the theo triumphant result In apparent better health than he had enjoyed for a year em It wa was as only apparent Within a a. few weeks he lie felt the return of those attacks which spelled tho the e end nd of oC life lIfo for Cor him and tind hurried to southern Ne a Nevada a where he ho lived much outdoors hoping tho the absence from cares would render unnecessary a n. trip abroad tl He w was not here hero to advise with the legislature which he had done so much to elect and returned only wh when n the winter had hall passed away He lie remained here for a time and anti then In discharge dis dis- dis charge chargo of his hut duty as chairman of the state stale board of or equalization he started tl again aln on work for the tho people of Utah And In the the midst of or It the summons of or the Grim Reaper was waN as received Then ho knew that the fight was to the tho death and for or the tho first time ho he left his work worle and passed to a struggle which on his death bed hed Never Ne In all nil tho the annals of the tho nation has hns there lived a man more clear of oC the charge of or selfishness or of Never has there been a man whose years ears were more clearly devoted to helpful work worl-c to right policies to the service of his state Never ever has there been one less likely to demand deman l compensation for services rendered Never over has there thero been ono one who would earn carry his duty nearer the gates of a yawning grave grave asking asking nothing hut but the consciousness that he had fully done his dut duty We suppose suppose there is need in the Tribunes Tribune's campaign campal n t to i. i convince menu men of or pr ence in hi Utah that among RepUblicans Republicans Republicans Re Re- publicans here hereL politics means and service means sale We UPP suppose o it Is hr necessary t. t for them lo to tomake make leaders of the he I Republican party part in state slate and na nation nation na- na tion odious In the lie e eyes eyo o of or those whose adherence Is de de- de- de sired But what can be bc said saltI of or a n. cause which demands a malignant slander on the life liCe of a man whom all honored What shall shaH be said when lies Hos are necessary to advance ance a party's parts interests There is not in me tue en- en lire tire tiro article of the Tribune herewith cited one assertion which is true Not one Not Kot one Its utter falsity Is known to scores I tIts Its Infamy of r slander is realised b by hundreds hundreds- And AntI it cannot cannot It it surely cannot bo cannot-bo bo approved b by any on one But there is a a. deeper depth of diabolism ln in this effort of the tribune At the tho vcr very moment when its writer writer was penning the ghastly slanders against the name of a a. goo good man gone loving friends were lifting e ho lie casket containing the still form of or 0 O. O J. J Salisbury and an lowering it to tho the grave While the tho God-forsaken God heart was wac inspiring the theme and the brutal hands ero tracing those lines JInes of or shameful slander the lie solemn service service son ice of the tho church was being uttered over the final resting place nIece of nf one who i the nf of t J honor n n n And A hours before those shameful line of or defamation s saw aw the light the mourners had carried to their several h homes omes a n heavy heartache for the loss Joss of or a a. MAN i Gentlemen o of 01 Utah has not this light fight gone bone too far h ht Has as not tho the limit of or fair fall conflict been passed Shall t there here be no regard reg-artl for men no respect for tor women no c consideration for sincerity no rio patience with honest op 01 opposition po position Must slander follow w a man to his his death and pollute his grave with known untruths of or wicked cd men If It Ih thre re be he no flO day in life and amid health when truth la Is a n. sufficient weapon shall not Justice find place at the tIme sl slue side oC of the coffin coma which the lifeless form of oC a n. citIzen If a cause demands libel in life and defamation In death Is It worthy your support There Thero is Js not a line ot or truth In tho the Tribunes Tribune's article Not Net a line lino Not ot a a. statement there I Is based In la fact Clet I If IC every ever word were true humanity would la lay Its hand han upon th tho lips of oi allegation in the hour of oC sol solemn nm ceremonies and silence would clothe the memory of or the departed Can Cnn you ou who lU knew the dead this approve stabbing of hi ims corse |
