The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-02-20


nishes the following reply to the cor
respondence lately printed In the New
York Times
Salt Lake City, Feb. IS, 1895.
To the Editor of The Herald:
YhzSugh a somewhat lengthy public
car have made it "a point never to
notice or reply to articles or communi-
cations in which I have been assaulted,
especially those of anonymous charac-
ter.
An article has appeared in two Of our
city papers, clipped from the New York
Times, in which, in seven long. mortal
columns, am severely attacked. and
my life and conduct, my business rela-
tons and my family affairs are dis
GUESSED with q, malignity that exhibits
some deep-seated purpose on the part
of the writer to do me a personal in
jury and, if possible. destroy my
credit.
If all that IS said would only have
effect upon me personally, 1 would not
condescend to trouble the public with
any explanation or defense. Expert
ence has abundantiy taught me that.
while it is true that a lie viii go
league while truth is putting on its
boots, it only requires time for an hon
est man, whose conduct is straightfor-
ward and upright to outliVe any false
word myself concerning all that has
been written in this anonymous COM
muaication, DID not near friends,
whose opinion respect. urge me to do
so, they thinking that not only owed
it to myself but that I owed it to the
p42Sle and to the enterprises with
wHWh am connected. that something
should be said. This is my reason. and
my only reason, for trespassing upon
public attention at this time.
Among my own people. trust, am
too well known to be required to make
any explanation or defense of my con-
duct. The people with whom have
been associated all my life have had
ample experience in seeing the best mo-
tives misconstrued, the purest lives de-
fetaed, and the fairest regulations
sought to be besmirched and defiled by
yenomous Islander.
I shall confine my explanations to as
brief a space as possible. The charges
are so general, and many Of them SO
loose, that it is difficult, without occu-
plying more space than should be used.
TO properly notice them.
The first definite charge that is made
Is that am a man of very large fam
ely, and that there are scarcely offices
of emolument enough in the gift Of the
people to supply my progeny with posi-
tons; and it is limited that take care
OF my family, "even though it be at the
public expense"
I can truthfuily say that not one of
my children has ever occupied a public
Office through my influence. It is SAID
that one Of my sons IS an apostle. This
is true. But those who had the voice
inl the first place in appointing apostles
tGAr-esent to the general conference of
tKY church for their vote can each and
ali testify that George @. Cannon used
no influence. in any form. direct or
indirect, in public or private. to favor
his election for that exalted station.
and today there is not one
OF my sons that is in the
public employ. neither has any one
of them ever occupied public of
hce. excepting one. who was at one
time a member Of the legislature and
subsequently a city councillor in the
CITY where he lived: but neither of them
received any assistance from me in any
form. They were nominated for these
of1ces because it was thought they
possessed the necessary qualifications
for the POSITIONS and. SO far as know.
they filled them to the satisfaction of
these who elected them.
Upon the question of using influence
of of6ce, either political or ecclesiasti-
cal, for the advancement of family IN
terests or the promotion Of relatives, I
have always been peculiarly sensitive
and in view of the attack of this
writer upon me and my methods, II
gives me great pleasure to make public