Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-04
He Makes a Reply TO the "Trib-
une's" CriiicisBe.


. In no way, gentlemen, have yol
: answered my humorous letter
nor the reasons set down for nay az
, Eaying myself against yU4if pasir.
In no particular hayB yet 81
tempted 70 ipiute the charges 0
/ corruption shade by me against tn,
patty you represent. ..,.. r..s
/ understand il 10 lie Tho .aie o
law that AZ c'a--es specifically
made, = 49, denied. are admitted
. Therefore, you admit that what
stated is True. Ii is not necessary fol
me 20 farther pursue the subject, and
| will now refer to your notice Of
me n n humJrist.
In saying that | am \ hum0riSi,
you have hit the nail square on tn,
head. l lave always been C0hsid-
cred a man who possessed great
fund Of humOr. Since early child.
hood I have noticed with md TN;
! my huinor varied N EHit the Occa.
sions that presented themselves.
. thl'1rsrh The varying scenes Of life.
! In my letter Of August /, was
no; aware that | struck one Of my
I choicest veins OF humOr, until my
( attention was called 70 il by the
/ Tribune notice Of the End. As
soon as was made aware that had
written 4 humorous article, / set 70
{ work TO classify it. I found In look
I ing over the letter that f. was the
easiest kind or humUr TO write, be
I cause it Was truthful. There Is an
old and true saying that "hun,c- y
the truth properly prsssuts'i.T But,
geutlemen, don't think !. was the
kind ofhumoT that would cause ven
&c 2!ure your diarhrsgms by exces-
sive hilarit..
cIass this kind Of humOr with
Z The humor expressed 10y the crim!-
nal who was condemned 70 die in a
few days, when he declined 10 Eight
his pipe by candle feg tea- n ih'rs-
ing MS heai.s.
Ncu SAID : was 4 Kicker. | give
rGii full credit FOX speaking tine truth
once during the whole C3mpaign.
That I was 4 kicker twenty-five
yesrs ago in Nevada.
This is the truth, anu | expect 90
kici, against all W:oug=GoiH~ dr>,iii,s
The next twy-it~-fvs wears. ii
am a,icv--.- tc live that length o.
Ii.ry,
will tell you the reason why
WAS q kicker twenty-five years ago,
and leave the public To- Judge
whether / was justified IN the kick.
When the civil wa- b.of1e out
kicked against ths "uverrs,'es'. 81
the United S:at,as. fifteen million
people -'ade liz came kick as did.
! made the kick honestly as
iiiany others did. l WAS raised to
believe that slavery was right. |
believed that the south did what
she should have done when She
fought for her rights. ! believed
this 20 be 4 fact until the commits
sion Was sent by the Southern Con-
fcderary 70 tcsat fer peace with Mr..
Lincoln; when Mr.. Eincu'n told
them to % Ecn1e and lay
down their arms, and il they should
10 so trey should come into the
Union with their rights unimp1ired,
ami when they failed 10 acceEt
those terms, l made another kick,
and returned to the old flag. and
said if they wanted more t!Ian their
rights ! could not stay with them.
Which Is good enough Tor me. not
withstanding your statement that
no government Is good enough .or
me. 1t is that flag and t!I.. govern
ment ana the principles OF that |
when am now trying
To uphold. l do not believe the |
raising Of the bloody shirt as the
emblem of an honest government Is !
right either in Utah or elsewhere.
l do not believe that, although some |
of your party rode with Sheridan |
land got coSered with gore twenty |
miles away they have any moro |
rights to fill the offices OF the |
county than those who were horn |
III Utah, some thousands of mjles
away, and rode beside brigham,
Young twenty years ago. PROVIDING
they are as honest and honorable a. /
theiropponents.
l will not speak Of my counec-
tons with ire Liberal, uarfv nor
the kick I made against il last FEB
rIary. That is before YOU. AMI
acted upon in your notice. "J-i'son
As humorist.''
Its true that | have been an Off
'er for many years and have been
interested in all grades Of criminal
and civil procedure, and il does
Gem 20 me to be the most suDrer1e
;lh Tor You TO ask why I did not
legal prOceeiIugsagair
he fsnuisn acts OF the r,oEtfcaI
'ultures, Certainly that j. ralI. /
ave notion TO drop my Faber and
admit that sIi downed.
However, | VIII answer Won bv
lsklng one more question: How
'ould have proceeded:
I give it up.
lee government appointed tho
! tah Commission. granting them
.lmost unlimited power in Utah.
The commission appointed the reg
s''ars- The convention nominated
he registrars 20 I'LL the offices. The
did the dirty work.
Then the Utah Commission de-
idei that the decision 81 the raris-
rars was final.
me courts sustained the decision
I the commission.
Now, | admit, ] am b1 lly mixed
md many have stated tins question
Il somewhat Of a defOrned SHADE.
But 1t Is rs near the facts Is any
nan has been able to get at.
WIZ you advise me 70 20 Ia a
'oshen Justice Of the peace and |,
ave him reverse the decision oftbe
1preme COURT III
IL not, l give Il IN.
Is, you say, l met hundreds of
anpeters. | believe that rl.rv ~
mem were here to vote. prahaIIT ali
I them. But how was II 1,1ss;r, t.
IN an Tue rulings, to get their ,
otsS IN tue ballot box You. GER
ilnly, had no kick coming: ana
gu, by your acts, should have SET a !
etter example. "
As TO whether BOnfeld was here !
: not, ] care not. One thing is sIIrs ]
ith all the cunning OF a PoYers
ley did their work, and sprung II
fore you Were aware that they :
ere in the Territory. o, wonderful :
'ganiEer, =
As to my purity and innocence I s
Gst say that have never made
at claim, neither have had e
hers make the claim for me in a a
but / do believe that g
Y purity and innocence will COM q
re favOTahiy with the rentlsp,an | ',
on your ticket. 1 have never n
en- known to have separated q man f.