| Show THOSE HERALD ACCUSATIONS I Its Reckless Assertions About Judge I Powers Deliberately False mendacious men-dacious and Malicious Reading certain editorial effusions in I the Salt Lake Herald concerning Judge I Orlando W Powers of the First District Court of Utah Territory wherein that I judiciary official is subjected to rather unkind and on the face of them unjust i strictures and ungentlemanly insinua j tions an Ogden News reporter sought I and obtained an interview with Isaac Goldberg the private secretary of the j Judge and Assistant District Court Clerk Upon the proper inquiries concerning the I allegations made bv the shoot rpforrprl tn J Mr Goldberg gave some positive and I wellsubstantiated information concerning the manner in which Mr Powers came I to the Associate Justiceship in Utah Eeporter What is there in the allega I tion that the Judge made his sudden departure for the Implied purpose of saving his official head pnp8e Mr Goldberg There is absolutely no truth in any such imputation I have on file hi my office a letter from Attorney General Garland dated two weeks before the famous alleged letter of the President granting him four weeks leave of absence to go back home so as to settle his extensive exten-sive legal business at Kalamazoo Eeporter Did not Mr Powers anticipate antici-pate an early return to Michigan before he came out here to Utah for the purpose you just mentioned Mr G Certainly he did the more s a his appointment the office was appitmenfo ofce a surprise sur-prise and took him in the prse tk him middle of a considerable ruahof business HowMiditKp ppointment come but t hiFt Mr GIt was entirely unsought for 1 by him He one day received a telegraphic tele-graphic message from 1 prominent friend of his a leading Democratic politician oi hs Michigan wherein he was asked whether I he would accept the position of Associate Justice of Utah Territory if tendered ustce To this he answered immediately in the affirmative I Uep How about the allusion to the to insin I Judge as a bore I appears uate that he had been assiduously seeking seek-ing for the promotion Mr GFar from boring the President Presi-dent with regard to the office he never I saw Mr Cleveland before the appointment appoint-ment except once at Albany before the I election Rep Wasnt he Washington during the period between the first intimation and the final consummation of the appointment ap-pointment Mr GSo he was in pursuance of a legal engagement formed long before he enggement had received any intimation concerning his intended appointment Out of motives then what is called of delicacy he being caled delcacy an office seeker he entirely refrained from seeing Mr Cleveland until after liis commission had been made out Eep How about the petition soliciting his elevation to official station Mr GThe petition was gotten up and signed by men who would not stoop to do BO dishonorable a thing as alleged in tho Salt Lake Herald The petitions received SnI signatures of such men as all the sigatures Court of Michigan Judges of the Supreme Cour lIch igan the entire Democratic portion of the Senate and House of Representatives of the State any many other leading officials cials and politicians even regardless of political party lines including Don r Dickinson of Detroit RepHow long does the Judge intend to be absent Mr GAbout until the middle of September I RepWhat is his reputation as a 1 jurist Mr GAs to that I will not say His record in Michigan however stands for itself and anyone taking the trouble of hunting it up will at once be convinced of the mendacious nature of the allegations allega-tions of the Salt Lake prevaricator I most emphatically wish in conclusion to express my deep indignation at and condemnation of any such course a pursued pur-sued by the Salt Lake Heralds stabin I theback assassin scribbler = |
