The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-09-01
HOW THEY TAKE IT.
The Reply of Mr.. Haywood to
Marshal Parsons
A VERY PECULIAR PRODUCTION.
When Did the Weber County Republican,
Committee Purchase the Universe >
Busting" the Liberal Party.

Below is the reply of gentleman tanned
Haywood to Marshal Parsons recent
letter:
Dear Sir-I am in receipt of yours of
the 18th, in reply to resolution of county
committee (RepublicaD) and make our
! acknowledgements for your prompt atten-
ton. We do not feel like juggling You as
hastily or unfairly as you do US. Indeed,
1t. might be thought that the names ap-
| pended to the papers asking for the re
moval OF MIR. Pratt were sufficiently known
! in character and reputation to cause a
slight hesItancy before imputing o'them
| anything disreputable and as dishonorable
as this applies, with exceptional force to
one so well advised and acquainted as
! yourself.
The men who signed the petition, the
I city government and her officials and the
Republican committee of this county. are
now as they always have been, in favor of
law, order, peace, progression and the
| greatest good to the greatest number. They
were so last February and were largely il
| the majority.
| The same people know that the OppOsi-
| ton claimed to have the same desire, and
/ yet having the government of the city
since its inception, their efforts resulted
| in only transferring crime to the streets
and to the back yards and the back rooms,
and worst of all to the quiet houses of
good citizens.
| You and your deputies are almost exactly
! following the methods of the municipal
governments preceding the present one
here. You have only to read your own
newspapers to see the effects of such en-
deaVors.
! There is scarcely week that some heart
/ broken father is not seeking a maynard
daughter, enticed away by one or more
men who swarm your streets and hotels
continually hunting for that which you seek
to suppress. The cases that are published
are but one i'll hundred.
! The present authorities in Ogden do not
believe this is the right way to correct the
| evils complained of; experience teaches us
| that on the contrary it merely results III
carrying on with security far more serious
crimes. We are able to cope with crime,
and propose to do it, but we are going to.
commence and carry it on in the light eff
reason and experience, and not as dictated
by passion and prejudice.
GAgain, there must be something in the
bearing and execution of orders by Mr..
Pratt that is distasteful, or else there would
not have been so many sign the petition
for the people here arc not afraid to strike
wherever the fault may lie.
Again, Mr.. Pratt assumed to speak for
the Liberal party. We want no bosses here.
nor do we want anyone to assume to be one
many burdens to break the one-man power
of the opposition to now have the same
thing attempted in our own ranks.
Again, while we do not wish to interfere
with Mr. Pratt's penchant for newspaper
nOtOriety, yet as a public officer if he de
sires to quote the policy or political sayings
of another it is objectionable if done other
wise than correctly.
Again, the sending of Mr.. Pratt to take
charge of this district is a violation Of the
Republican platform in spirit.
You, Mr.. Marshal, owe your appoint
ment to the plank, portion of which reads
as follows: Pending the preparation for
statehood, all officers should be selected
from the bona fide residents and citizens of
the territory wherein they are to serve"
We all agree that is what we want, is
wanted, and what we have long cried for,
and yet one of the first to reap the fruits
of that glorious provision violates it by
sending to take charge of northern Utah,
one who hasn't a dollars interest of any
kind therein, who moves here to remain
while in Office only, and whose desire
would seem to be to exhibit to the people
here how little he cares for their opinions
As far as my research has gone YOU never
consulted a resident Lof northern Utah as
to the expediency of sending this man,
nonresident, here.
The people of Ogden, when you were ar
dPPllCdn6 IOf OHce, alUnOugn uniting IN
support of another, never sought to under
mine you or any other applicant for that
or any other Office. We have never tried
to furnish men for your local offices.
Where is the excuse for doing it for US!
You could hardly say that in all the coun-
ties comprising northern Utah not one
could be found competent. The people
here feel such treatment and keenly. .
We do not quite understand why you
should be surprised at our committee going
on record.
This committee is composed entirely of
men who have had to hew their way in life
two of them being farmers. They are
not ashamed te go on record on this or any
other public question, nor are they yet pre-
pared to surrender their right to free
thought and free speech.
In my action in signing the petition and
in supporting and signing the resolutions I
am not ashamed to go on record, but, in all
other matters, l stand by the record. Very
truly yours, A. r. HAYWOOD,
Chm. Weber Co. Rep. Com.
To E. Fl, PARSONS.
U. S, Marshal for Utah.