Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-07-30
RANDoLrit, Rich County,
Utah, July g4ud.



Editor the Standard
Dear Cir Please publish tho follow.
ing. II being In answer 10 nm article
published In the Ogden COmnrrcii' "
July l7th aud Salt Lake Tribune u
July 18th, purporiing 10 br an inter
view with John Johnston, latu % Ran
dolph, Rich county.
Mr.. JOhnst0u tolls the reporter that
lac still had interests IN Rich county
aud had gone back there 10 attend the
school Election, he being one of the
school Trustees aud had right 30 vote
there. This no one disputes, hir.
Johnston wits one Of the school trustees
aud clerk for the trustees, aud all pres
rnt al the meeting, held before the
election, which was for the pur.
pose Of hearing the annual report
| mlly expected to hear Nr. Johnston
make his report for the year iust
| ended. one reason why they wished
/ 10 hear tho report was that one year
ago, when hr matte his report, the tax
payers would not accept II, not even
his literal friends. We were disap,
pointed, rs this year Mr.. Johnston had
no report TO make. lie asked time, 20
that he might hunt up James Brown,
| wa. hIppUsed 90 be- somewhere south u
salt Lake city. lie was given two
weeks 10 gather his records. 10 was
Mt this point where Nit. Johnston had
that interesting time, where he says
IN his report 10 the Commercial man,
"Yes, when showed up thure 10 act
~ Judge of election they wasn't going
h. have IT." that "thr bishop had
legal advicc,n etc; that "thvy stormed
around and was going n put mo out by
force; that there were three tickets In
the Held, Liberal, Republican aud
Democratic, etc., etc. IL Il false from
first to last.
The facts are, when Mr. johnston
told the taxpayers present tina, II wa.
impossible Tor him under the circum.
stances 20 give "a report, things being
In the shape they were, u single tax
payer expressed himself not very fav'
uTable 10 Mt, Johnston In regard e.
there being no report, hard words and
liar soon followed; no one stormcd
around but that one taxpayer, honc,
that interesting lime.
Mt. Johnston says that when IN,
time came for thc election there wet,
three tickets In the field; that whef
they rot 20 counting noses thoy
thought the Liberals would win; tina
the Bishop called the members NJ hi
Church together. both Republican anu
Democratic, and made them fuse on {
Church ticket. Tho facts are, Their,
were but two tickets In the field, each
claiming 10 he citizens tickets. Soml
I time before the election II meeting wa
called. The notice II as follows:
"rhe citizens Of school district No.
who have severed their connection
nom the old parties, people and liberal
are Invited Ia meet In the count!
court house, July 9th at s pm, ~
caucus To nominate two school tru-
, tees, one for three aud one for tw,
years. Come one, come all, aud leavl
/. all political strife behind" The clti
zeus dll meet and nominated byaccla
nation John G. Gray and Edward n
south.
, The other ticket was got up by tn
: three political parties. On the tickle
were placed the names OF Isaac Smith
a Liberal, oud Peter Johnson, VIII
was peoples party man, but now
Republican. johnson told one trutl
/. when he said the election was warml.
! contested, for liberals, Democrats AM
] lkfHNllltAnh NhAAh NAAAA AlNhfNs NhlNl
n ana south were elected, and "Llheral'
o Democrats and Republicans elpcte'
them. Bishup Mcl<innon did no
+ peidle tickets, nor did he get an!
! party or parties together aud make
4 fusion Ticket No one saw that fuslol
= ticket but Mr.. Johnston, and he ha
10 look through the brick walls Of tn
school house To see II. Each party hn
their tickets nut, One Of the Bishop
r boys and non-Mormon dispensed ia
I. GRAY aud South ticket.
n The facts IN ia
4 Randolph school case, now In IA
4 courts, arc not ut all as stated by Nj
o Johnston.
!. LACK OF space IL the reason why Tia
: facts Ia the school case, as furnishes
by our Correspondent, are Omittoi
from this letter. IA. Standard.
The reporter asks what the liberia
II VI Rich county think ofthe now move
4 mentp Mr.. johnson replies, they dom
!. think much OF II; very few OF ther
~ have any faith In the sincerity OF IN
d Mormon leaders, etc. Tue fact IL thi
" uine out Of every ten liberals Ia liic
70 county, with the exception Of a fe
Il anti. Mormon sOTeheais, have faith Il
10 the sincerity OF the Mormon leade
Ds aud echo the sentiments Of the Re