Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-03-14 | Page 16 | What Did Kiesel Confess?

WHAT T L DID KIESEL SS Ono One of ot tho tito current slanders of ot a aman aman aman man who Is trying to frighten th j state of ot Utah is 19 that Fred J. J I Kiesel 1 confessed to Browning and Johnson of or Ogden that ho had hat fixed I Reed need Smoot and there would bo be no prohibition legislation Tho The Ho lie has bas been een repeated so often otten th that t somo some people accept it as an true But Mr Johnson of or Ogden Osden one ono of or ortho tho the two to whom tho Is said sald to have boon beon made plainly repudiates tho the story Ho says Mr Kiesel never Ol told him hint anything of the kind lelnd and that that Ito ho being a l Democrat Democrat Demo Domo- crat and a n man of ot sound mind and memory would memory would have havo r remembered it if JC it had been said wid Fred J J. J did say that th lie he didn't believe 0 ho he would contribute any mone money to tho the Weber count county Democratic Demo Dom cratic crotle campaign c. n fund Cund for Cor Fred is not nota a n prohibitionist and tho the Weber eber Democratic Democratic Demo Demo- cratic platform declared for prohibition lion tion That is what Johnson reports as tho thio confession of or Mr r. r 1 is himself n n. citizen of or Utah always In tho the past and certain to remain In future a n. useful part of oj th tho state Ho is much as moro helpful help hell ful mi to Utah than tho the circulator of ot p slander slanders as s Washington was a betterman bettor better man than Benedict Arnold lb Ho says Sart I ho never ne confessed to an any ono one that ho lie had fixed Senator Smoot and I that ho didn't fix him and didn't tr try Senator Smoot declares thero was tas I no trade trado between him and KIesel Johnson a man of ot repute and standIng stand stand- Ing log in tho the state denies that ever told him him there thero was Mr Browning Drowning has not been inter Inter- viewed Wo ro dont don't know knot what is his lila position But wo we do o know that ono one moro more of or tho the lies Hes of ot tho the liar has been nailed