Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-08-19
JUDD'S RECOMMENDATION.

The case of c. p. Judd has become no
torious, and any light that can be thrown
upon it is eagerly sought for. Democrats
who have the interest and welfare of the
country and Of the Administration at
heart were naturally chagrined at such
an appointment, and supposed that his
recommendation was made by Demo-
Gratis. Such was not the case, but his
strongest hackers were Republicans, and
prominent Republicans. A Washington
special to the New York San gives the
history of the whole affair We give the
dispatch entire, that all may know the
true history of this shameful appoint
ment. Here it is:
Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright
gives the following history of the case OF Z.
! p. Judd, the special agent of the Labor Bu-
reau, who has just been arrested for horse
stealing, and who is found to be jail bird.
Mr.. Wright says that Judd came to him with
! strong credentials from Senator Teller, Sen
| ator Bowen, Mr.. Chilcott, Judge Goldthwaite
/ of the Supreme Court of Colorado, Repre-
sentative Rowell of Illinois, and others, all
of whom spoke of him in the highest terms.
! Several said they knew him well, and that he
was peculiarly adapted for the office. On
these recommendations Mr.. Wright made
the appointment.
Soon afterward Mr.. Thomas, the Colorado
member of the National Democratic Com
mittee, wrote to MrSWright criticising the
appointment as unfit, as Judd, he said, was
an unsavory character with bad record.
This charge Mr.. Wright reported to Judd,
with request for an explanation. Judd
telegraphed that the charge was wholly
false, and that his life would dety
| the strictest scrutiny. Not satisfied
with this, however, Mr.. Wright referred
the charges to those who eneorsed his appli-
cation, and In reply his hackers repeated
their recommendations, affirming that udd
character and record were stainless, and
suggesting that Mr.. Thomas must be think
ing of another Judd. Influenced by these
representations, Mr. Wright let the matter
drop, and the next he heard from the ire
proachable Mr. Judd was his arrest for horse
stealing, and his admission that he was
guilty of that charge, and that he had
already served two terms in the Colorado
penitentiary for similar offences. To make
sure that there was no confusion In Judd S
case, Mr.. Wright telegraphed to day to Mr..
Thomas, whose reply left no doubt as to the
identity of the prisoner. He will according
| ly be dismissed the service tomorrow, by
order of the Secretary of the Interior.
From this it will be seen that two Re-
publican Senators, Teller and Bowen,
gave him his first credentials, and that q
Republican Representative, Rowell, oi
the Fourteenth District of Illinois, also
endorsed him. Labor Commissioner
Wright was clearly imposed upon, and
that had the advice of Mr.. Thomas, the
Colorado member of the National Dem.
I ocratic Committee been taken, the
Judd scandal would never have aris
en-. 1t is satisfaction to know
that Judd's recommendation came
from Republicans and not from Democrats
Such recommendations point a moral
and Democrats should be very chary il
accepting Republican suggestions as tC
who should and who should not bt
recommended for office This mora
should be especially needed in Utah
where the journal (Which holds the fore
most place among newspapers for 9
thousand miles in either direction" is sc
disinterestedly anxious that none but
"real Democrats shall be placed in Of
flee. Judd was "real Democrat" anC
had the unqualified endorsement OF emil
nent Republicans