The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-09-16
INDIGNANT CITIZENS.
The Outraged People of Spring
City Speak Plainly of Johnson's
Libel.
SPRING CITY, Sept. 18th, '88.

SPRING CITY, Sept. 18th, '83.
Last night mass meeting of the
citizens of Spring City was held in
the Westinghouse, to take measures
to refute the slanderous lies of one
Jacob johnson, as published in the
SALT LAKE HERALD and Terrttor-
iaL Inquirer.
1. M. Behlnin was appointed
chairman, and John R Baxter Sec
retary of the meeting. The letter
of Jacob johnson was read also
the certificate of the judges of
election. A committee Of five per-
sons was appointed to draft reso-
buttons expressing the views aid
sense of the meeting, viz : Louis
Christensen, Robert Blain, n. B.
Adler, Henry Pussy, and E. A.
Ellington. The committee retired.
Speeches were made by quite a
number of citizens, which were
very spirited, Indignantly protest
ing against the lying and SANDER
Gus course of Johnson, and the false
statements of the judges of election
in their certificate to the Utah Com
missioners. They also declared
they had liberty ~ vote without let
or hindrance.
The committee came in and pre-
scented the following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted:
PREAMBLE AND RESOLUTIONS.
Whereas, at sundry times Jacob
Johnson has Wantonly misrepre-
sented the citizens Of this place, and
his vile accusations have been
passed unnoticed in the past, it noT
! ceases to be virtue to withhold
any longer from retutlng his vile
ISLANDERS aud falseho0ds. Therefore,
Be it YesoIced, AS the sense and
expression of this meeting that the
said letter of Jacob johnson is a
| tissue of falsehOOds, as no fraud or
outrage was committed on the legal
voters of this city, only the one
committed by the said Jacob john
son entering the room where the
Judges of the election were and TAX
ing the Peoples party tickets and
scratching them, and inserting
thereon names to suit himself, which
course was objected to by some of
the citizens present, and the tickets
were taken possession OF by legal
voters of the Peoples party and
held by them so they could be had
all the time the polls were opened
ReSoiUed, That it is a base false
hood that Joseph T. Ellis ascer-
tanned how any one voted, as he
never interfered with any ticket but
simply tailed the number of votes
cast. 1t is also false as regards the
polygamists blocking up the polls
or preventing any ole from voting
neither did they threaten the judges
or any Liberal voter.
1t is also false in regard to the Off
GERS of the peace refusing to inter~
fere or preserve order, as there was
no occasion requiring interference
| ResoZUed, that it is a gross libel
on this community as regards the
stabbing of James Commander, as
| no such thing rs stabbing took
place, but according to his OWL
! statement at the time Of canvassin&
the votes, he was pricked with {
pin, but this we cannot Vouch for
Therefore,
Be it resozoed, That it is the sense
of this meeting, that the said Jacol
Johnson is q Wilful and maliciou
maligner and slanderer, and as sucf
totally unworthy the respect ant
fellowship of the citizens of thi
ResolUed, That it is the sense o
this meeting that the certificate sen
by the judges Of the electson is
base aud INSCRIPTIONS falsehooC
got up to inYalidate the election
and bring the citizens of Spring cit
into disrepute with their neighbol
ing cities.
ISAAC NJ. BENJAMIN, Chairman
JOTIN r. RAYTER. Secretary,