Show CAN THIS BE TRUE 7 grave charges preferred against newspaper publishers the fol following lovin is from the intermountain and speaks for itself it bears the caption peo P pie ae in glass houses the people of utah have hae been told that managers man igers of the republican party la last s t fall sold out to the liquor interests it has been added that this paper was nas beneficiary to the extent of a new press lecause because of that sale of free men bv the politicians sonic some people have accepted these statements as facts and that is 13 doubly wite because the charges are nt true therefore they give the people a bad opinion of men who nho are their friends and at the same time grieve those friends to know that that OP opinion should be their unde undeserved arved icv id ard one of the cases illustrative of many comes in an edito editorial edi tonal lial in the salina call of february tel twelfth fth Lincol ns birthday the edi editorial torill appears under the title the truth of it and is as follo follows R Is there anyone anione brave enough to deny that the republican machine from united states senators and a governor down to the lowest loest under strap pei sold themselves and the splendid citizen citizenship hip to the liquor in and such a gang is celebrating Lincol ns birthday god help the people who arc sold like cattle bargained away annay by mean politicians crins like ba badji ja girls to a re resort ort for proof we refer you ou to three great papers we are republican on principle but we must stand with the people against an unholy ging gang headed bv elec elective tiNe and appointive officers why will nill the people allow allon this if the cause for which the traitors and Ju ludaes daes tand stand is good and holy wh NO do they need to u use e monea mone and borrup tion to lie and deceive and bribe and force to gain the daya wh should professed saints find sweet companions com pinions in keepers of diese look it these things you ou voters that is from the siina salina call published every friday at salina utah bi J A and C N lund as we vie gather fiona the piper itself beffie passing to the main issue we WC want alit to present 1 i I couple of letters NN written ritten by the call proprietors and editors to mr lr ired fred J kic kicmol el of ogden in january of thi s present N i ear car here are the letters salina utah january 13 1909 ilon ion fred J kiesel ogden ut my ly dear sir senator sevey and representative martin jensen of th legislature are from our district and both are subscribers and driendl fri endl to us if you non wish nish some work ork done in your interest let us know for w we e will nill circulate a petition in this counts against prohibition or local option and do it right yours truly J A LUND th other letter is dated january 25 and is es fiill follows we have in our possession all the details in regard to the bargains made between the liquor men of this state and the politicians politician chec arti articles elps have been drawn from from men IN who be know and they are strictly reliable and not look well in print we have hac planned to publish them and send copies to each member of the legislature and lin i in fact an endeavor is being made to have them brought out you have it in your power to stop this and all other cf forts yours THE publishers the letters are now in the hinds of the republican and mv v be seen here by anyone doubting their genuineness and later they will be returned to mr tr kiesel their owner who has kindly loaned them for this publication it I 1 on what further disposition may v be e made of them i in a matter of indifference to the with reference to the above C N lund disclaims disclaim all responsibility for or knowledge of the letters and places the blame upon his hi brother J A lund who ho he claim wrote the letters and sent them without his knowledge or consent the reaper has no comment to make |