The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-11-03
.GLASMANN'S RECORD.
Ogden Candidate Invites a Dis
cusSiOn of 1t and Former
Senator Hamer Accepts.
lsneciaI to The Heraldl


Ogden. Nov. 2.-Tonights Standard
contains the following:
"Who is William Glasmann? For
twenty-five years he has been in Utah.
twelve of those years in Ogden. Is
there anything in his life's record an
honest man can object to? The Stan
dard challenges any person to show
up one dishonest or one dishonorable
action on the part of Mr.. Glasmann,
and to make the statement over a re-
spectacle and honorable name. 1t can
not be done"
IN response to Mr.. GIasmann's chaI-
lenge, have this to say: AS tax col
lector Of Weber county, I published
the delinquent tax list for the year 1894
in the Standard. And when the time
came to settle for publishing the same
MIR. Glasmann asked me to give him
TWO checks in payment of the bill
therefor, which 1 did. Some time later
Mr.. E w. Wade came to me and asked
me how much I had paid Mr.. Glasmann
for publishing the said tax list? [
looked up the original checks and
showed them to him, and Mr. Wade
told me then that Mr. Glasmann had
only credited one (the largesO of the
checks on the books of the Standard,
and that he had never accounted for
the other. Mr.. Wade told me that the
interest he had in investigating the
matter was that he was a stakeholder
in the Standard at that time l have
the original checks stored away with
my papers and viii produce them if
necessary. 1 cannot now remember
the exact amount of the checks, but
know that even the smaller check was
for a considerable amount. Since Mr..
Glasmann has seen fit to issue his chal-
lenge, 1 think it due the public that
they be made acquainted with the
above facts, and l refer you to Mr.. z.
W. Wade for a verificatiOn of the same
Yours very truly,
DANIEL HAMER.
The above letter OF Mr.. Hamer was
shown by a Herald representative to
Z. W. Wade in the presence of Mayor
NJ. s. Browning and Mr.. Hamer. Mr..
Wade said:
I recall the circumstances and the
letter is true in every particular. My
reason for making the inquiry was that
I was vice president of the Standard
company and one of the stockholders.
I never paid any more assessments
after that"
Mr.. Wade is a Republican, Mr.. Ha-
mer a Democrat The former was
chairman Of the board Of county COM
missiOners four years ago, and was for
many years bishop Of Pleasant View.
He IS at present local manager Of the
Utah Light & Power company. Mr..
Hamer was state senator in the first
state legislature for Weber county, and
is at present court stenogra pher.
Or receiving the verificatiOn Of the
story from Bishop Wade the letter was
shown to Mr.. Glassman, together with
/ Mr.. Wade's statement regarding it. He
wrote the following statement:
THE records of the Standard books
show that both checks were banked
/ in the Standard accounts. and the
/ books Of the Standard show It, I am
/ ready to show the books to prove it."
! Later Mr.. Glasmann telephoned The
/ Herald bureau and asked to supple
ment his interview with the following:
J ''This is the first time I ever heard
{ Of this. I consider Bishop Wade a
! criminal accessory to the crime in con-
/ cealing it. 1t was his duty to make il
/ known before