Show REDO REDD OBJECTS TO INFERENCE HES HE'S ON TRIAL OVER RACIN RACING Governor and State Fair Manager Are Taken to Task ALSO COMMISSION Charges Ap p- p Betrayed Trust Placed In Them C Special l SAIT fALT LAKE Feb Branding H-Branding statements ments contained In the th of Ernest Holmes state fair man man- manager manager man acer ager to members of the th bou house e corn com com named to Investigate the charges of misconduct against the state stale tato racing commission as false and made mode with deliberate Intent to mislead the public He Charles Hedd Saturday afternoon a statement on the th matter which Is to be b Incorporated In a communication to the th house bouse of representatives In his statement Hedd not only charges charee Manager Holmes with deliberately misrepresenting misrepresenting tse th facts but reiterates reiterate his charges of reported graft craft on the part of members of ot the racing commission reiterates charges that 11 i L L as a member ot of the state fair board and as attorney for forth forth th Dahnken Kyne-Dahnken racing Interests was Vas guilty of ct Improper conduct as asa asa asa a state officer and accused Governor Governor nor Dern with attempting to place him Mr on trial Instead or of orthe the racing commission which Hedd says ays Is III guilty In the th public mind of whether the In in- in investigating In committee is able to prove It or not OF OP STATEMENT Mr Redds Redd's Redd statement follows A day or two after the th house passed H B No 4 repealing the racing act the th fair board asked me meto meto meto to meet them In their office They are apparently a much concerned about statements that were ere pur put purported purported ported to have been made by me connecting them with the th question question- able conduct of ot racing I stated to Own that at no time either on th-foor th loor of ot the house or else else l e had I directly or Indirectly b or otherwise accused a board ot of o misconduct conduct My Iy statements on the floor floor of ot the A i t eI- eI eIx y I x planed that sine receivIng notice of thia that I had talked With a number othe members of the house and had found not one wb had got ot the th Impression from y n remarks that the Integrity ot of the state slate fair board was In ques question tion I did however make the statement that H I-I L L was guilty of questionable conduct when he acted In the th dual capacity as asan asan asan an attorney for tor Mr Kyne Nyse a mom memo member ber of ot the fair tall board when Mr Kyno Kyne and the th board were the th two contracting parties affecting affecting- racing concessions at the th fair grounds GWEN GI RD'S nO THANKS iS I offered to make a statement to the house to explain that I In Inno lano no noway way Implicated the te state tat fair board with malfeasance In rela rein relation relation tion to their thel- handling racing The members of ot the the- fair board were apparently fully satisfied with my statements and thanked me for forth th lbs frank way In which I discussed th the matter I 1 was In the course of ot Inc Ing this statement when the th gov eov addressed a e communication to the th house hous asking that an of ot the tho th state fair board and the th state stat racing commission be made I cannot understand why the governor should ld be so con con- concerned con concerned In having the th fair board In- In in In when In so o far tar as I know no charges were preferred against them This house hous will re- re remember remember re remember member that when we w were ero dis cu cuing the committee to make the investigation I fully that thatto ISO so far as ILS I was LS concerned the th fair fall Continued 1 on Page c Five n REDD REDO OBJECTS TO INFERENCE V Continued from front Page Pace One board had never ne been und inder under r suspicion suspicion cion ASSAILS SS After Arter the governors governor's request for tor investigation I asked Mr Holmes It If the fair fall board wan wanted led addition addition- additional al statement lIe He seemed unconcerned corned I took It from front his attitude altitude that my statement on the floor ot of the house a day or or two vas W sufficient It seems however that there Is 11 i II a a deliberate attempt upon pon the part of some Individuals Individual connected with the fair board to give ghe the public a very wrong wron Im Impression In Saturdays Saturday's Tribune Mr Holmes for tor purposes best known to himself publishes a let let- let letter ter written to H H Crouch chair chair- chairman chairman man of ot the th Investigating commit commit- committee committee committee tee In which he ho makes the th absolutely false statement that statement that I agreed to retract statements made mad on the tho thedoor floor of ot the house To Quote from his letter Mr Redd appeared be before fore lOre the board boud on an and 1 stated that accusations made mad by him In so tar far fara as they related to the thi state fair board were untrue and unfounded and that he would make II a retraction thereof In writing and read the tho same on the floor ot of the hou house e No retraction was ardy sardy for I at notime no made mad an any l accusation against t aln this board Mr Holmes was present at the th first firsts session s lon held by the th Investigating committee He H heard my state state- statement statement ment on the witness stand land In which I testified that the th fair board had never been charged charred with miscon miscon- misconduct misconduct duct In connection with racing In spite of ot this testimony and my for tor- for board Mr r Holme 8 Holmes Is willing Willing to de deliberately mislead the public when he says lays say that I admitted soak soak- makIng log Ing a false statement DEn BERN DERN CONCERNED The Th Governor appears much concerned about the th charges made against the racing commission In Inthe Inthe the Interest ot of the people ot of the th state tat of ot Utah I made certain statements against member members ot of the racing commission upon evi- evi evidence evi evidence dence that appears sound to me Surely the th governor tov would not ask us to continuo continue racing when those best b t acquainted with Its con conduct duet belle believe bellev the th State Racing commission guilty of graft arratt rr t Sure Sure- SurelY Surely ly the governor knows that on- on only only on only ly a a small per cent of ot the tho ho crim criminals throughout the land are found guilty yet et before the th bar barot Vet ot public opinion they stand Bland con convicted meted The Th stron Itron tron language ot of Governor Derns Dern's various arlous state state- statements mont ments would almost have hav the ef- ef effect feet t-feet feet of Intimidation Surely a law maker of the state can ex- ex express ex express press his well founded opinions In the th Interest of ot the th people as against those tho who would abuse abuso their public office for tor private gain The Th racing r eln- eln commission hu has without doubt hid had the protecting advice ot of shrewd and scheming attorneys They have havo no doubt taken every very precaution to cover their unholy tracks Mr ncr nor ner was the th attorney for tor f r Mr Kyne and associates who obtained the racing concessions at the th fall fair fairground ground He He was was a member ot of the fair board and I am further Informed that he be presented a D bill to the th state racing commission 1000 for services rendered to tok jt t 7 Many litany ot of the tha most mOlt prominent business men men ot of the cIty both before and after atter the I Introduction of ot the repeal meas Incas measure measure I ure said that It was a crime against the tho ho good food name nam of ot the state to permit racing to contin contin- continue continue ue UG under the direction of ot the present commission I am ant most thoroughly convinced con that wrong wrongdoIng wrongdoing doIng has been prevalent from the very ery beginning Having this opInion I woul would be bo unfaithful to tomy tomy I Imy my trust as a member of ot the laturo legislature of ot the state If It I would not use every ery means within ny my V po potter er to prevent continuance ot of these evils NEED BEST nEST ME When the racing bill was as con con- considered con considered t two tao 0 years years ago a a commis- commis commission sion alon lon made mad up of ot men of ot high character was considered most moat es- es essential ea Under the th provisions of ot the act act aci complete and ana absolute control was placed In the tho hands ot of the th commission We W e knew that It was a difficult matter matt r to han han- handie handle dIe dle and had every reason to be- be be bellev llev lIeve that the th governor go would name men of ot unquestionable In- In Integrity integrity in and men who enjoyed the confidence of ot the people From the beginning I have favored a searching investigation In ot of o the rae rae- rac log commission I have hav urged on the floor of ot the th house and In Inthe inthe the appropriation committee that ample funds be b furnished Vital witnesses from ou outside require time and money I am wondering It if the th governor wants the Investigation Investigation gation finished within a week so that It will trill be a II white whit wash As the Investigation moves forward I am very sure cur that the memo mem mem- mem member bees bers ber Of oC the th racing commission wilt will lose lo all enthusiasm for tor It At the th present time they are filling newspapers with declara declara- declarations declarations lions of their Innocence There has been a studious effort to tol tol l ad the tho public to believe that I am on trial It Is the state rac- rac racIng rae rac-ln rac Ing commission and those ted with them all 1111 appointees of the governor who are lue under sus- sus sue sus suspicion of ot having betra tied bell ed their trust as public officers as well as being guilty of ot 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