Show MR HIGGINS S MR DORRIT v I 1 editor Pru progress gress on november mr air D S dorrity sr published a statement in tais paper in which he ha arraigned mo me in a most vindictive manner it was full of 0 vile language and ugly words ile ho undoubtedly thought such an attack would bo be horol ded by the readers cherof as a specimen ot of high class literature lie ile evidently expected through such a piece to approach the acme ot of forensic kachlov mont as well as to enlist the applause and sympathy ot of every ono one who read it but sad as it may seem site such words as those cou pIped with the spirit which accompanied it issuing from the heart and pen of IL a high priest ot of gods chosen calls forth from a peaceful public only a i blush of 0 indignation and disgust such words only reveal more vividly than a mirror how and to what extent the sprit of righteousness really actuates his inner soul it if my social standing were to be measured by the bad names a man might call me I 1 would by this writing be verry un ular but fortunately that is not the legal decree of social justice and I 1 emerge from the onslaught unhurt and without a sigh agh the reason why I 1 mentioned mr air dorrity personally in the article lie he complains ot of was that lie he two years aso ago published some false statements which affected me personally lie also made public statements about mo me which were false at a time when I 1 had not a caring aring nor a chance to deny them ito ho also published ills his article in the last issue ot of the paper before ol 01 echlin so as to prohibit me from having a fair chance to disprove it that was not only false but it was cowardly and unfair this year lie ho began tho the samo same method of 0 procco duro dure against the lican party lie ho choss chose tho the last issue of tho the paper before election day ile he charged that tho the republican party had bartered their souls to the women ot of ill III repute of salt lake C as well as the liquor fraternity just juat in order to obtain their votes voles that was false as the vote of salt lake city proved on november ath As county chairman tor for the republican party it was my duty to show allow that it was false which I 1 did my reason for mentioning mr air dor rites name personally was because ho he was the first ono to adopt that method ile ho seemed to like that kind kind of work I 1 dered how lie ho would like to look some bome of 0 his own history in the face ace I 1 had ills his note in my possession a picture ot of which appears below which lie ho signed when ho he received the good hard earned money ot of an honest wall man ile he has never paid it back nor accent of it principal nor interest till this much I 1 say from my own knowledge the rest ot of what I 1 wrote in the article of november 3rd ard I 1 stated from information I 1 had received and I 1 so stated lit in my article however the public can say bay who is crooked false warped and low they can call say who is tho the character as assassin they know who first adopted this method of publication of things lings ti they know what was said that was false two years ago mr air dorrity published something about mr knox and mr air ryan malting making an endorsement which means to affix their names and then stand back of that endorsement publicly ile ho now speaks of 0 some private conversation with mr knox that a not an all endorsement A conversation with mr air knox does not constitute mr air ryans signature now it I 1 have misstated anything about mr air dorrity and lie he desires to have it investigated n a court of record I 1 suggest that lie he take taho advantage of it and lot let all tho the tact fact about tho the signing of tho the bolio come to light I 1 have no desire to injure ills hla character nor do I 1 propose to have him injure mine nor that of my party nor will I 1 retract one word ot of my article of november 3rd ard yours very truly WILLIAM VILLIAM B HIGGINS advertisement |