Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-25
enced the Acknowledgement Iegisla-

1he Iight 70 use the money paid then
: by the Chamber of Commerce (
secure the Acknowledgement of
number Of its members and rende
the profession of that body to non
: partisanship glaring falsehood.
amounts to reserying the right to b
guilty Of what the Tribune call
"betraying a which &
treachery.
For the purpose of making thi
eZpOse complete, it is in order her,
TO reproduce an excerpt from
the speech delivered on Wednesday
by Hon. John t. Caine before tht
committee on Territories, while the
Acknowledgement bill was undel
consideration. Mr.. Caine said:
AN astonishing element in this
matter is that the measure is seeking
enactment without the endorsement
Of any party in Utah or the other Ter
ritories. Who wants such legislation7
Who asks for It? No man who has
any direct interest in this question.
A few days ago I inquired of the
governor of Utah, who is here, and he
stated emphaticaIly that he was
taking no part and would not do so
one way or another. Prominent men
here from Utah are equally rs reti-
ce t."
AT this point Delegate Dubois inter
rupied the speaker and said that
Governor Thomas, Ex-Governor West
and members Of the Utah Commission
who were here all favored the bill
and thought it should become a law;
that Governor Thomas had made such
statement before two or three mem
bers ofthe committee
'.Mr. Game replied he would only
repeat what Governor Thomas had
said to him, that he, Thomas, had
talked the matter over and had de-
eided to take no part either for or
against the bill and then remarked:
The committee have now both state
ments before them and can Judge
what kind Of man Governor Thomas
isl"
A special TO the leading anti.
mormon" journal of this city APP
peared iT this mornings issue Of
that sheet under the following SEN
sational AMI defamatory headlines,
in large type:
\ MORMON LIAR ROASTED.
GOVERNOR THOMAS GIVES "oUR DELE
GATE A ELL-EARNED cAsrT
CATION.
ANASIAs GAME At HIS OLD TRICKS
HIS ENcelleacy Corners the sanity sam
Slick and Wants TO know Why He Can't
Act Decently-The Church Delegate
sqairms and Is Extremely Uncomfort.
able.
Annexed is the alleged justifiea-
ton Of Governor Thomas:
SALT LAKE tribune BUREAU,
5l7 Fourteenth Street,
WASHINGTON. D. C., April p. 1890. |
Governor Thomas was greatly sur
Prised upon arrival in this city TODAY
from trip to New York to learn that
he had been quoted by Delegate Game
yesterday as not in favor of the CuIlom
DISTINGUISHING bill. and that the state
ment had been made to the House
Committee on Territories. The truth
Is that John T. Game has been guilty
Of 4 very shabby trick. one of the 1
which the sam Slick of the
Saints ever had the honor 10 be com
pelledt TO father. The facts are these:
ION Wednesday last the Committee /
on Territories OF the House had under
consideration the Struble disfran-
chising act. Delegate Dubois spoke
in favor Of the bill and Game appeared /
for the opposition. In tho course Of his
Game stated that Judge
Baskin alone faihered the measure
and that it was not supported By the
Governor or any other Federal Of
fetal.
dubois contradicted the statement
asserting that the Governor and the
commissioners, to his personal knowl-
edge, favored the measure.
To this Game replied that the Gov
srnor Of the Territory had personally
assured him that he was taking no ac-
ton in regard to the bill and did not
propose 10. and impressed the COM
nittee with the idea Of Governor
Thomas silent oppositionio the bill.
'This was rather setback to Du-
)ois, and placed both him and the
governor in an embarrassing position.
As the Governor was out Of the city
lie could not be seen toexplain mat
ers. Today, however, Governor
Thomas returned from New York
md, having been informed Of the
manner in which the shrewd Mormon
ttorney had distorted a private re-
mark into an official declaration, in
-lgnantly sought Mr.. Game for an in :
srview.
Governor Thomas accosted Game ,
4 the rotunda and demanded an ex- 4
lanstion. Game stated that he had
My quoted the Governor as not in .
crested in the bill, and tried 20 squirm :
Ut Of the responsibility for any at
smpt to place the chief executive in
n improper light before the Commit
se on Territories.
Governor Thomas controlled him
slf, but vigorously denounced Caine's I
ction as unfai unjust and as a gruss {
of his position. He t
He'd TO Gaines memory a casual '
leeting in the capital a short while 4
90, when Game drew him aside from Il
overnor West and said to him that r
2 wanted to ask him a question 9,
hieh he could answer or not. :,
% 4 am constantly asked by differ '
It members OF Congress, said Game,
neither you are not here working in u
e interest Of the bill prepared by q
lskin.'
Governor Thomas frankly informed
IN that Governor West and himself
ere not here for any such plrpose, =.
at their visit was solely in reference y
the public building and park and e
at he proposed to take no active Il
terest in any general Legislation. al
What right had you," demanded !"
e Governor, ''to take remark drawn -
Dm me by you, and wrenching it ~ :,
I'm its connection, use it to further 10
ur own purpose by giving it false OF
d distorted meaning? BY so doing s.