The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-01-19
AS TO THAT RUMOR.
Evidences of a Colored Gent. in
the Woodpile.
ALLEGED FRAUDULENT WORK.
A Denial that Guest and Sargent Have Re-
signed by Request Of Col. Dodge
Other Political Matters.

For week or two past, a rumor has been
current to the effect, that the Liberals, in
pursuance of their colonizing ''plan OF
campaign" had run train over the Rio
Grande Western to the eastern borders OF
the territory, carrying a registration
officer and one or two assistants for the
purpose of registering all good Liberals
who, ii they were not residents of Salt
Lake, ought to be land in the language of
Lytton, that is almost as good, you know;':)
that hundreds of men were thus registered
and are expected to cast their votes for the
Liberal ticket on the 10th proximo The
to betrue to the cause were walked from
their sleep; hustled
INTO THE coLoNIzING CAR.
presented with demiiohn of concience
| killer and registered. The story has
leaked out through some of the more con-
sclentlous of those tapped" and has now
assumed such form as to amount to a
cyclone and is in the mouth of everyone
you meet. 1t is further alleged that Pay
master Guest and Train Dispatcher Sar
| geant of the Rio Grande Western managed
the registration train on their own re-
sponsibility; and that this fact coming to
the ears of Col Dodge. he has demanded
the resignation of the aforesaid Guest and
Sergeant. Well,
IN VIEW OF THESE RUMoRs,
and coming as they do from so many
sources, HERALD representative yester-
day hunted up Mr.. Clute to find out what
| ne mad to say respecting the charges. Mr.
| Clute was found at the rooms of the Utah
Commission and readily consented to
tete-a, tete with the reporter. The
latter after stating the rumor in
brief, asked Mr.. Clute if there
was any truth in it. to which he replied:
u haven't been out of this city since the
4th OF November last, the day the registra-
ton began''
Then, Mr.. Clute, you say the story is
untrue, do you?"
AS just said, haven't been outside of
Salt Lake city since November 4. Indeed
haven't been away since October %. on
which day l returned from a trip east.
This [ can prove.''
The office Of j. H. Bennett, the general
freight and passenger agent of the Rio
Grande western. was next visited to learn
what there was in the story of the firing of
the officials of that road, above men toned.
Mr. Bennett himself was not in, but Mr..
WIN. Brown, his assistant, said, when the
rune r was rehearsed to him, that it was
the first he had heard of it and he
DIDN'T BELIEVE IT WAS TRUE.
He wanted the reporter to see Mr.. Ben
nett, however, and so another call was
made later on. In the meantime, Mr. Ben
nett had come and gone but left word with
Mr.. Brown that there was no truth in he
statement that the resignation Of the men
mentioned was demanded. 1t was true, Mr..
Brown said, that Guest had resigned
several days ago and he knew the cause,
but it was not tor the reason stated And
just what the reason for the resignation
was could not be learned. The call was
made upon Registrar Clute because of the
fact that the offices of the railway company
are in his precinct. None of the other re-
gistrars were interviewed, and for time,
at least, the matter must rest whereit now
stands.