Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-16
DELEGATE SINGISER.

r'~r, Challenges His Accm>ers ~ the
Proof. AVID Openly, E.rcibly and Must
Ta"ntiMyly D-6-s the Norman Church
A Pr'M'Mcti"n that Must Carry COm.
victi"n ~ Every Fair. Minded Man.
A few days ago the Salt Lake Tri.
bune contained a lengthy screed from
Wood River, which seemed to make.
out case against Hon. L. +. Slngi.
ser, our Delegate in Congress-, hut
Gnasmuch AS the letter voiced the SEN
timents prevailing at that time in the
minds of m,ny staunch Republicans
herc) we refrained from commenting
upon it until Mr.. Slnyser could have
had al opportunity OF replyi~y TO his
accusers. NJ. Slngisrr has replied,
and as an independent voter We con.
TESS that we were surprised aud lie.
lighted on reading it. Surprised to
see MIR. Sing'ser SO positively deny the
charges against him, 'telig ted to see
lslm c"ntrovert them SO successfully.
10 permit the rea lrrs of the TINES
to judge for themselves, we reprodac,
those parae raphs Of Mr.. Singiser's let
ter that refer to the charges made
against him
y
The letter, so far as it relates to
dupl'city in my Congressional career,
| do not hesitate to de.ounce it as
false from beginning to end. have
nothing to conceal and nothing to
apologize for /" my course thus far as
Delegate IN Congress, and defy any
one truthfu!ly to charge that l have
not faithfully stood by my pledges:
In Southern Idaho my ma oritv was
due in great degree to my position
on the anti Mormon issue, aud il has
heen my ann to prove myself worthy
of the confidence bestowed upon me
by the Republican anti Mormon party.
| challenge any one to produce The.
slightest evidence that have directly
or indirectly catered Tor Mormon sup.
port. The assertion of an understand
ing ever existing between George ..
Cannon or any other Mormon and
myself is false and absurd. If the
author of such >landerous accusation
has half the spirit of a man, le. him
come out over his own signature, in.
stead Of skulking behind deceptive
alias. ] repeat, challenge him to
produce single jot Of evidence Of
any such complirl'v. How far he
may he in the conf lence of George
| Z. Cannon aud other Mormon frauds,
| do not know, but he is at perfect
liberty to produce any letter ever
written by myself Concerning my
course as delegate.
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AS to the apportionment business, ]
have only to say that it was not an
issue in the last Congressional cam.
paien, for the simple reason that it
was expected that the / errtorial Leg
islature would remedy the defect.
Those really responsible for Altura>'s
present Unfair representation are her
own Representative, $ in the last Leyis-
lature. The Territorial Legislature
offered to increase their present repre-
sentation hree-fold, but whether from
the Indifference or incapaci Y of thu.
Altura> delegations, OF any other Gauss,
the measure failed. Owing to such
failure it was hoped that Congress
might come to her relief. As repre-
sentative of the Territory, | left not a
stone unturned to secure justice to
Alturas county. That the measure
was not successful is que in yrea,
degree to the opposition Of the MOI
mon Democrats, vino. through Dele.
gate Game and Senator Safer, us, d
all their influence against it with the
Democratic members of each house.
This opposition in itself, even with a
Democrat House, mi yht not ha> e
been fatal, had it not been backed bv
the leaders of the Mormon D-mocrar,
of Idaho (wIlo>n power my assallant
seems endeavoriny secretly to
streng,hr") wiring to Washington
that it was political measure.
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The "true inwardness'' of the
anonymous communication is further
-vnced by its cowardlv attempt to
procure its publication just on the eve
Of the meeting of the Territorial Con.
vention. before | should have All op.
portunty to be heard in NV own de-
tense, and thus do me an III ,ry
without the chance to strike back.
Such political a~sas>ins are not new
in our history. This attempt to strike
blow i" the dark, or bravo lik. ,
stab in tn" back, cannot fail to bring
the inevitable consequence of revert
! ing on the heads Of the cowa' div as
saiIants. The statement that tn.
writer of the letter voices the senti-
ments Of the people Of Wood River is
of course only an assertion, aud is
sufficiently met by fat denial. The
writer of the letter does not voice til.