The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-02-21
Denounced by House as I'm
fair and Untruthful.
MEMBERS RESENT
ATTACK on SPEAKER
Glasmann's Connection With
Alteration Of Minutes.

afternoon passed a resolution of lack
Of confidence in the Republican organ
The resolution was presented by Speak
er Glasmann as the result of the at
tack made on him by his party organ
yesterday morning. The speaker was
mad clear through when he called
Wells to the chair and took the floor
on question of privilege.
1 rise to question of the highest
personal privilege" said GIasmann, "a
question that involves the honor of
this house" Then he read the Repub-
ican organs editorial in which the
speaker was accused directly Of falSi-
tying the house journal relative to the
Mcmillan bill. Commenting on the al
legged action, the o. gan said that Glas-
mann was a very dangerous man TO
have in the chair and that the mem
berS would have to watch their min
utes very closely hereafter in order to
keep him from tampering with them.
Mr.. Speaker, this editorial charges
IN effect that the speaker has been
guilty of penitentiary offense in tam
perlng with your records C4laSmann
began again. But this is not ALL"
Here he read the organs news story
of the proceedings in the house on
tuesday. He denounced it as absolute
" false, especially that portion which
Z
Misquoted and Misrepresented.
Now, I'm d newspaper man. the
speaker continued, and 1 want to say
that If a man working for me would
mISQuOte ana miSrepreSent any man as
this reporter has misTepresented me,
would discharge him. The Salt Lake
Herald printed the proceedings as they
occurred. but the Tribune put words
into my mouth that I did not say The
hc 10
should report the proceedings of the
house correctly or be barred from the
privileges of the floor. The editor of
the Tribune took the reporters YER
sion of the proceedings and the ed
itOrial was the result"
Here Page interrupted with a point
of order He said he failed to see how
the speakers private quarrels had any
right on the floor of the house. The
point was Overruled and GIasmann in
PRODUCED his resolution. It was as fol-
lows:
Resolved, That the alleged report Of
the proceedings of this house headed:
Speaker Altered the Record" as pub
liShed in the Salt Lake Tribune dated
Feb. 20, is untruthful. unfair and IN
just. and that the editorial in the same
issue is an Unwarranted attack on the
speaker of this house.
Wanted Commission.
After GIasmann had moved the adop-
ton of the resolution, Smith secured
recognition for a substitute. 1t was
that commission be appointed with
power to take evidence and inquire
thoroughly into the question at issue.
The Tribune report is exactly as I
remember the circumstances" said
Smith. It don't want to mix up in this
fight. It's none of mine. The speaker
yesterday stated several times publicly
from the chair that the reason the
knew what We were voting on"
''Inasmuch as I belong to the minor
ity party which has had many such
bouquets thrown at it by the Tribune.
said D. H. Morris, 4 move that the
resolution be tabled" GIaSmann from
his place on the floor, insisted that if
the resolution was tabled the Smith
motion would have to be tabled also.
Then l withdraw my motion,
shouted Smith.
To this Sharp, who had seconded'
Smith, objected, saying that he favored
the appointment of a commission and
wanted a vote on the question.
Honored by Abuse.
Then Axton made a little talk 4
remember some years ago meeting one
of the most prominent of Weber cOun-
tvs politicians in Ogden said he.
when I was introduced to him he
asked if / was the Johnny AxtOn who
had gotten a column of abuse in the
Tribune that day. I replied that I
was, and he answered that I might
consider it an honor to be abused by
such a paper. 1 say now that l con-
slider the column of abuse for our
speaker in today's issue recommends
ton"
I wish to say that the time has
come when the newspapers should be
truthful and honest" said Glasmann,
again picking UP the thread of his dis
course. Il wish 10 say that this paper
has for years made it its business to
abuse and slur honest people. If there
is an honest man in the state it hasn't
slandered, it's because it couldn't find
him. If there is a rascal it hasn't hon
Ored, it's because he could not be found
by the paper"
Several points Of order were made
against Glasmanns the main one be-
ing that Morris motion to table should
be voted on. and that it was not de-
batable. But he refused TO be checked.
Il aDpTehend that when the speaker of
this house is aSsailed the whole house
is assailed, and he has a right to de-
fend himself" Glasmann continued. L
consider it a certificate of good char
acter for that PAPER to assail me as
it did. I believe the motion to table
should be voted down, and the MEM
bers should be allowed to say whether
this paper is reporting the proceedings
Of the house honestly and fairly
Defended the Reporter.
The motion TO table was lost by a
tremendous majority, and then the
question was on the adoption of the
resolution. Speaking to this, South
made a little talk. 1T appears to me-
he said, that the Tribune man was
honest in using the information he had.
I hear that the reporter got his infOr-
nation from a member of the house,
who told him the story that was used.
and said the facts were according to
the best of his recollection"
This brought Smith to his feet again,
for il looked like a charge that he had
furnished the information to the Trib-
une. Il don't think it's claimed here,
said he. with some heat, that the
Tribune got its information from me,
but 1t is true that the way the Tribune
reported it is the way recoIlect it."
Then GIasmann said ne wished TO state
that ne had said in the presence of the
house on Monday. when the house
voted upon the governors veto, that if
there were no objections he would or
der the chief clerk to enter on the min
utes that the Mcmillan bill had passed.
Notwithstanding the objections of the
governor. The clerk had done so, and
notified the senate the same afternoon
that the bill had passed.
feThen can you tell me why the min
utes were not printed that way2"
asked Smith.
Il suppose the minute clerk took the
record the other way" replied Glas-
mann.
Corroborated by Members.