Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-29
Jealous Friends Say He Was Not
There, While He Frankly AID.
mts He Was.
But DECLARES HE DID NO WORK
Arraigns Bitterly Some of the Party
Leaders With Whom He Worked
Two Years Ago.

Denial was made last night and this
morning that Detective George Sheets
was actively engaged In registration
work In District 81 on Tuesday. In
fact' the statement in last nights Des-
eret News was questioned by some
VINO probably presumed that this pa
per did not endeayor to verify the ac-
curacy Of the report before publishing
II, conclusion wholly wrong. The
story was brought direct to the News"
II was not solicited. II came from
prominent Republicans who complained
that II was not proper for prospective
chief of police 70 participate In adding
names to the election rolls IN the Ten
derloln district. Personal friends OF
Mr. Sheets said he was not there Ag-
grieved Republicans say they saw him
WIN their own eyes. In view of the
connecting assertions n representative
OF the News" went personally to Mr..
Sheets today and asked him the ques-
ton:
"Will you please tell the Deseret
News whether you were at the regis
tratlon headquarters of district SO on
Tuesday, 1t has been affirmed by your
friends that you We're not"
es, was the reply supplemented
by the statement, Il was there but |
ala no registration work-that is. NOT
IN that district. What work did was
IN the First precinct, and | didn't do
much there. ! was going around In
carriage with Ferg Ferguson most
OF the day and didn't get out very
oIten ! went to 52nd. Stickney's cigar
store, In the afternoon but | was not
handling No. 81 this year"
Here Mr.. Sheets grew angry and em-
phatic ana said he knew full well who
the prominent Republicans were who
had complained of his alleged activity
In registering the vote of the Tender
loln section. He declared he knew why
they did IT, That these same gentle
men looked upon such work with en-
tlrely different eyes now than they did
two years ago.
Why said he with bitterness, II
make no bones Of the fact that did
handle taat vote on registration day
two years ago and / handled IL at the
instance Of these same Republican
leaders, one particularly,--me who
were leaders then who were prominent
then, but who are neither leaders nor
iiplulilcHN HoNs II WIS all flnHt then.
IN their minds: Il is all wrong now.
But ] want TO gay again that / didn't
manage the vote there this year. /
simply went around there for awhile
and stood ON the sidewalk"
STILL IN CONFLICT.
While the News has no desire To
provoke controversy over this mat
ter or Inclined to do anyone the slight
est injury, yet it cannot refrain from
noting the fact that there Is a wide
discrepancy in the statements between
Mr.. Sheets and his party friends. Many
OF them say they saw him In district Sc
during the afternoon and evening and
that he was, in their Judgment. giving
directions to party workers. This. as
already shown, Mr.. Sheets denies in
most pointed language and SAYS he
should like TO meet his accusers face
to face and tell them what he thinks
OF them. However whether he IL
right. or they are right, or whether
they are both right or both wrong the
Deseret News again reiterates that n
VIII not knowingly damage or misstate
the position of any person, party OF
faction.