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Show "UNCLE JESSE" SUED F0j,0i Salt Jikc, Nov. S. Robert Anderson, Ander-son, city attorney of Provo, charge.? "I'ncle Jesse" Knight, Democratic candidate lor representative from I'tah county, with defamat'on of character char-acter in a suit flh-d In the district court Monday and demands $."0,imu damages. Anderson says that "Uncle Jesse's'' slander of hlni was uttered In Knight's speech in the Democratic Mate convention held at Provo Sep. lember 13 of this year. In this speech "l'nele Jesse," Anderr.on says, declared declar-ed that he was tbe worst kind of a man the Republicans could have elected elect-ed ami charged him with being an adulterer, as follows: "I want to tell you sotneth'ng abou' the officers they (tie Republicans) elected, which, in my judgment, would always be the class whenever Ihey had a chance to elect. I have no doubt some of you have read In the papers about the scandalous reports of the prosecuting attorney that they elected. They knew Ma reputation well before thc elected him and everybody ev-erybody knew he was the worst kind of a man that could have been elected elect-ed lie was an adulterer and they knew It." Why It Hurt So. "I'ncle Jesse," Anderson says, s a man of extreme wealth and vast Influence In-fluence financially, politically and morally throughout the lntcrniounlain j p-lon and especially here in I'tah, I having -en nominated for governor by the puis Democratic slate convention conven-tion at Ogden, abio having announced announc-ed himself as a candidate to be voted for at. the state election this year. "Uncle .lease." he further charges, uttered ut-tered the alleged slander in the presence pres-ence of urn delegates to the convention conven-tion and many other persons with the wicked Intent of maliciously Injuring him In his feelings, good name, reputation repu-tation and profession. Anderson thi n proceeds to sing his own praises. He says that he was born at Fountain Green, this state, and is years old He was partly educated ed-ucated In the rtrlghani Young university univer-sity and Is a graduate of the law-school law-school of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He has been a member of the bur of the supreme court of the state from December De-cember 10, lSlis, and is at the present the city prosecuting attorney of Provo, Pro-vo, be also recites. For alleged laceration of feelings, defamation of character and injury in business, Andei-;on thinks $."iU,bi)) would ' not he too much balm. |