The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-11-21
Mr.. MOVIES LETTER.


Following will be found a letter from
James II. Moyle chairman of the Demo-
cratic state committee, sent TO this office
on Sunday evening and not published be-
cause it was believed that on further re-
Election Mr.. Moyle's recollection of the
events OF the meeting would be materially
altered. Last evening the Deseret News
published a purported copy of Mr.. Moyle's
letter to this paper. There were how
ever. important omissions and some in
terpolatiOns. The original text of this
somewhat remarkable document is given
herewith with parentheses about the
portions omitted by the Deseret News
version:
Salt Lake City, Nov. 10. 1889.
Gentiemen-In the (aieged) report of
the meeting of the Democratic executive
committee. printed in this morning 5
Herald. there are Ga number OF misstate-
ments which should not be allowed 10
pass uncontradicted. and many insinua-
tions calculated to injure the Democratic
party which ought TO be answered. In
fact. the greater part of your report is
so far from the truth that general de-
NAL of ali except the fact that meeting
was held might be in order.
1t is entirely incorrect wherein it says
that the invitations to the meeting
stated that the object of the gathering
the party and the differences suggested
by this misrepresentation are harmful,
and evidently malicious.
/ am represented as saying that some
thing should be done to offset the anti
Roberts petitions. This is not true; and
the further statement that / proposed
counter-petitions las a remedy is abso-
lutely false and without any warrant
whatever for l neither made such a state
ment nor favor such plan. What
stronger petitions can be presented than
the ballots OF the voters of the state. who
have already expressed their wishes in
the most solemn and final manner?
The report deyotes considerable space
to the remarks of Mr. Dale which are
ole v1niG ad diSTnrfa0 tn II an
extent that the chief aim of the writer
seems TO have been to make IL appear
that whatever i have done friend or
a Democrat for the congressman-elect
was done as his attorney. This is unjust
to me and unfair to Mr.. Dale. who has
since declared that he did not make the
SO prominently mentioned and attributed
TO him by YOUR alleged reportter).
l stated last night at that meeting that
Mr.. Roberts had no attorney. so far as
1 knew and merely asked me to look after
his interests in case an attempt was
made to take, an unfair advantage or
sence.+ l was glad 10 do this as a friend
and member of the party that had NOM
mated and elected him to congress.
In another way your report Is calcu-
lated to iujure the party. 1t gives out
"a false) impression that the meeting was
devoted almost entirely to a discussion
of the Roberts matter When in fact it
was only called up incidentally at the
close of most harmonious and satisfac-
tory (executiveD meeting Din reference to
the general affairs of the party in the
state. Compared with the rest of the
cession there was not much said about
the Roberts matter but what was said
has been distorted and magnified for the
obvious. purpose of irjuring Mr.. Roberts
and embarrassing the party. / had hoped
for better treatment. at the hands of
Democratic newspaper supported as The
Herald is by men eminent in the councils
of the party. ] trust you will at least
give space for this communication. Re-
spectfully. JAMES II. MOYLE.
s-Advantase of his absence and OBJ
tain If possible a snap judgment against
him.-News version.