The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-11-10
Singular Attack Made BY the Or
gan Yesterday.
IT'S CHARGES UNFOUNDED
LETTERS HEBER j. GRANT Has
FLOODED TIE COUNTRY WITH.
Did Not Relate to Mr.. Roberts Or
His Candidacy-Related Solely to
Business Matters-Mr. Grant Has
Written Just One Political Let
ter During the Campaign.

The Tribune yesterday morning,
smarting under the defeat of the gold
bug party, began hunting for some
new object on which to vent its spleen,
and lit on Hon. Heber j. Grant, whose
open advocacy of Mr. Roberts has
aroused it's displeasure. On Monday
the paper had an article alleging that
Mr.. Grant had been maintaining a reg
ular Roberts bureau, and that he had
written letters all over the south in Mr..
Roberts behalf in which the impress
sion was conveyed that the first presi-
dency was behind his candidacy and
desired his election. Yesterdays edit
orial, with a lot of tWaddie about the
restoration of old conditions, the star
Spangled banner, trampling on the
laws, etc, accused Mr.. Grant of work
ing his typewriter and flooding the
country with abuse of the Tribune. To
ascertain Just what there was in the
charges and what Mr.. Grant thought
of them, a Herald representative yes
terday waited on him at his Office and
asked him whether he had seen the two
articles.
Yes" said Mr.. Grant smilingly, 81
read them and was greatly amused by
them"
rs it true that you have been food
| ing the country with letters?"
4 suppose said Mr.. Grant, ruminat-
| lively, that [ must have signed and
sent through the Salt Lake postofffce
| during the past three weeks between
5000 and 1000 letters to presidents of
stakes, bishops, their counselors and
prominent citizens.
Have you any objection to allow me
to see a. copy Of those letters?" asked
| the reporter.
Not the least" was the reply. There
were four separate letters sent out at
! different times to the people L have
mentioned. Here are the copies OF
EACH
Mr.. Grant handed The Herald man
! four typewriter sheets.
No l was the form of a letter urging
presidents of stakes, bishops and trus-
tees of buildings to note that the Rich
field, Brigham and Morgan tabernacles
had burned UP within the past few
years, and urging them to take out in
| surance policies in the Home Fire OF
| Utah at once to protect their property.
No. was form Of letter to all sub
scribers of the Improvement Era,
thanking them for past patronage and
urging them to subscribe; for volume
two.
No. was q letter on the same sub
ject. addressed to bishops and their
counselors, asking them to help raise
the Era circulation to 10000 copies for
volume Two.
No. A was a trade letter in behalf OF
the Cooperative Wagon & Machine
company, and signed by Mr.. Grant as
! president. 10
But" said the reporter, "the Tribune
asserts that all this literature with
which the mails have been flooded was
of a political character, in the interests
of B. H. Roberts, conveying the idea
that the first. presidency was behino
| him; that the letters were sent all ovel
the south, and that they were specially
abusive of the Tribune"
1.-THE Tribune sadly overrates its i'm
portance, so far as [ am concerned
said Mr.. Grant. ~
II wrote just one letter on politica
matters to a gentleman in the south. )
gave him full permission to publish 1t
but he did not do So.s Nothing over my
signature has ever gone out conveying
the impression that the first presidency
desired Mr. Roberts election, or tina
they were behind him. The letter gave
my personal views on some of the is
sues of the campaign, and stated why
| thought Mr.. Roberts should be elect
ed. If the Tribune thinks it worth 1T
while to publish the letter entire, the!
having already published part Of it,
will cheerfully supply them with a cop!
on their application at my office"
Mr. Grant then turned to resume tn
study of the election tables, on which
he was engaged when interrupted, anC
from which he appeared to derive tn
liveliest kind of satisfaction.