The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-10-18
TWO MODEST MEN.
Callister and Eichnor Deny They
Have Corked Up ReiSer.

To the Editor of The Herald:
The Herald, this morning, says:
''On the morning of the day on which
The Herald printed statement of the
lefty finances showing the bankrupt con-
dition of the general fund, Chairman
Callister of the Republican state COM
mittee and Chairman Eichnor of the
Republican county committee held a
long consultation with City Auditor
ReiSer in the latter'S office. The situa-
ton was thoroughly canvassed- First,
1t was the opinion of the two chairmen
that the city auditor should answer the
statement and demonstrate the solVen-
cy of the fund. This Mr.. Reiser said
was impossible, as an effective answer
could not be made. Then it was de-
cided to do nothing and to say nothing.
Mr.. Reiser was assigned a thinking
part He was to make no statement of
the finances to the council or anyone
else. He agreed to do this, and the
two chairmen undertook to prevent the
council nnance committee from acting.
They evidently made good this promise
as well as the further understanding
that there shall be no meeting of the
finance committee until after cleo
ton
The above statement is a barefaced
falsehOOd- We did not visit the audit
or's office, as stated; nor did we hold
long consultation, or any consultation
whatever; nor did we advise him joint
ly or personally, at his office, or at any
other place, not to answer the state
ment of The Herald; nor have we or
anybody else, TO our knowledge, ever
ADVISED the finance committee not to
make statement or not to hold a
meeting until after election; nor did Mr..
ReISer state to us, either personally or
jointly, that it was impossible TO an
swer The Herald's statement We
further state that the entire article is
false from beginning to end as far as
it relates to US Respectfully.
E. H. CALLISTER,
DENNIS c. EICHNOR.
CThe Herald printed this statement
believing fully in its truth and it has
not lost faith in it's substantial accu-
racy- The story came from men fully
as reliable as either Mr.. Callister or
Mr. Eichnor, and who have not the in
tereSt that either of them has
IN the pending campaign. Upon
second verification o. the story
yesterday it developed that pos
sibly Mr.. Eichnor did not attend the
conference in the auditors office when
Chairman Cailister, the political Mentor
and guide of Auditor Reiser, pointed
ent to his protege the path of present
political duty. On the morning The
Herald printed the statement whose
accuracy has never been questioned,
showing the bankrupt condition of the
general fund, Chairman Callister reach
ed the auditors office in advance of Mr.
Reiser. His anxiety of mind was evil
dent to all who saw him, leaning
against the auditors door before 9
O'Clock in the morning, and with i'll
concealed annoyance awaiting Reiser's
coming Finally Mr.. ReiSer arrived
What occurred between them behind
closed and locked doors they alone can
tell in detail Only what leaked out is
known Certain it is that on that daY
and since every one in the city and
county building has believed that
chairman CalliSter, to use colloquiaI-
ism, corked up the more youthful and
ingenious Reiser. These facts have
been undisputed there and their truth
has been borne out by the best evil
dence obtainable-Mr. Reiser's abso-
lutte failure to even attempt to make a
financial statement, and further. by the
council majority's precipitate adjourn
ment on Tuesday evening to prevent
anZ awkward questions that could not
be answered without confession of the
shameless betrayal of the people by the
administration.
The Herald still believes the story n
be substantially true, despite the evas-
i've and vulgarly abusive denial by the
two chairmen. The story was Drinfed
in good faith, on what was regarded as
excellent authority, besides being sun
ported by the evidence of passine
eVents.-Editor Herald)