The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-02-17
FEBRUARY H. lss9-TWELVE PAGES
MRS. NEWMAN EXPLAINS.
Her Ignorance Due to the Fact
That The Herald Miscarried.

To the Editor OF The HERALD.
To-day am again in receipt OF clip
pings from the National Press Intel
ligence Company, Ct New York. one o
which is from the SALT LAKE HERALD
of February 8, containing my com
munication to THE HERALD, and TIL
HERALD's editorial on the same.
Once more, and finally, may trench
upon your courtesy, which has been &c
fairly extended. to answer the follow
ing points in your editorial?
First-"Mrs. Newman should havt
sent her communication to The Con.
gressionaI Record" From my personal
diary i quote: October L, 1888 Taken
frightfuliy i'll last night: sent for the
| doct3r5in the night. t
From that date until the day I left
Washington, October %, l was too i'll
to 60 to the capital and did my work
through my secretary, as is easily
proven by members of Congress, if
necessary. - ~
was not subscriber to the Record,
and have never yet seen the issue
which The HERALD quoted as contain
ing the letters of Warden Pratt and
others, presented by Hon. John T..
Caine. viz. October 20.
Even if | had, am not a member of
Congress, and tn -refore no space would
be accorded me to answer the letters of
Warden Pratt and others"
Moreover, if THE HERALD quotes
the date of the issue correctly,
it was the day Congress ad-
iourned, and no one could have ad-
justed the matter thereafter. L cor
rected the error of the statement, as
presented in the papers of the commit
tees, at the earliest moment after the
fact came to my notice, but the origi-
nal text was already in type
When my own memorial, which was
introduced by Senator Edmuuds, was
printed In the Record. it, too. contained
Il grant errors. at once made list
OF them, and sent it to Senator Ed
munds, and he sent it to the printer,
but they reappeared. uncorrected, in
the Document" issue.
The HERALD further says:
Second-"After five months the lady
comes with an explanation. THE
Herald criticism was published Octo-
Der 81; my answer was mailed Jsnu
airy 26-three months, not FIVE, Mr..
Edi or; and wherefore three months
l am q subscriber to The HERALD.
and paid my yearly subscIip-
ton in advsnce-inot yet ex-
pired) l have never seen a /
copy of THE HERALD since / left Wash
ington doubtless my order for the
change of address, when left Wash
ington, has been overlooked.) But for
the Press Company, of New York l
should to-day, be in blissful ignorance
of the wsrden's letters in the Congress
sional Record, of The HERALD's criticism
thereon, or of the fate of my communi-
cation to THE HERALD. January 26
1 left Washington October 90 1 |
travelled in the east six weeks. I'm
mediately after returning home, l was
suddenly seized with felon on my
sible for another month. When, at
last, got down to the heavy mail
which had accumulated, found TIE
HERALD article in the list of clippings"
from the Press Company, Immediately
answered.
To the critical reader, my illnesses
may seem to have appeared at con
venient seasons" They came at fate
full periods, but l can establish the
facts by a multitude of witnesses.
Many long years of my life have been |
passed in utterly helpless invalidism.
At best. my normal condition is ex
pressed in the words of Horace Mann:
"Were to live month as other people,
should die in a fortnight"
Hence, under mental tension the
physical surrenders.
Pardon the personality of this COM
munication. 1t is made necessary by
the seemingly homogeneous conditions.
Thanks for your courtesy and fairness.
As to the Saints praying for the
"tender mercies of their enemies" one
wiser than hath said: Faithful are
the wounds of friend, but the kisses of
an enemy are deceitful.
To those who can wait eternity's
record will clear many mysteries of this
old world, and the fuger of God will
point out the right door where wrong
lay habited in heavens livery.
Very respectfully.
ANGIE f. NEWMAN.
LINCOLN, Nebraska, February IL, 'S9. |