The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1904-05-11
The Courthouse Affair.

The "only" SAYS THE REPUBLICAN
is dissatisfied with the verdict i'm the
Clayton case and has tried to put S.
w. Hendricks in hole: that the ycr-
diet loHv"e ~. p per without oppor-
.''t !, .', tical capital of the
'. too . allure 70 agree with
'., ,tr further says that
INC {, ilcDco al the case gave the lie"
to our reports during and since the re-
cent audit of the books.
TO the first accusation it may be
said that this paper has not at any
time expressed itself as to the verdict
in the Clayton case, so of course "thc
only Is mistaken. II cannot know
how we feel on the subject.
To the second 1t may be said that
in our short report of the case, in
spired by 1.-The Only's" publication of
only that part of the evidence unfav-
orable to Mr.. Clayton, this paper pub
lshed summary Of Mr.. Hendricks
evidence. The truthfulness of that
summary can not be denied, and the
summary was made without comment.
IL Mr.. Hendricks evidence puts Mr..
Hendricks in an unfavorablc light, of
course this publication Is not respon-
sible.
To the third: The fact that Mr..
Clayton was convicted does not enter
into the political phase of this matter
at all. "The only" knows it doesn't,
but it's up a tree and doesn't know
how to yet down. Ii knows, and so
does every Democrat know, that the
party is i'm hole over this matter
and 1.-THE only" is doing publicly just
what individual Democrats are doing
privatcly-sq uirming. The fact that
Mr. Hendricks accepted AN $500
shortage from predecessor and did not
expose 1t; that Mr.. Clayton was kept
employed In the court house long after
it was known that affairs were not
straight with HIM, kept there against
the advice of the commissioners: the
fact that there was contest over the
clerkship against the desire of the de-
feated clerk; the fact that when the
ballots were recounted, they were
found to have been tempered with:
the fact that everything plainly show
ed carelcssncss and failure to comply
with lawful regulations, and hut for
the request of Clerk Larsen that the
books be audited this exposure would
never have come as long as the Demo
cratic ring could cover it up; all of
these things lead TO the belief that the
Democrats were in power too long, had
too much of snap. "Thc only knows
these things and it's awfully bitter,
hence that papers foolish breaks.
Fourth. Instead of these decisions
giving "the lie" to reports in former
issues Of THE REPUBLICAN, this de-
cision. and the evidence of the trial
PROVED every statement made by
THE REPUBLICAN, with the exception
of the actual number of dollars i'm the
case. After 1.-THE only" had Wiley
slandered every Republican member
of the city council last fall and fire.
qucntly assailed Mayor Hansen THE
REPUBLICAN reported state of affairs
at the court house, claiming short
age in certain accounts, careless book
keeping, etc. 1t asserted that money
had been paid in to cover up discrep-
ancies, etc, all of which 1.-THE only"
pooh-poohed and denied claiming that
the trouble was all in Clerk Farrell's
Dutch bible which the new brethren
couldn't decipher.
The auditing of the books PROVED
all our assertions, and the recent evil
dence proved many other things, not
the least of which is that there has
been a collision among members of the
old Democratic county ring to cover
up shortcomings of the past. This
case brought out that there had been
shortages before and while there is no
desire to make any accusation, it is
a general belief that if the books
were examined back twenty years,
other interesting things might
be discovered. No one desires that
and it is best for all that the audit
should end here, for systems Of book
keeping We're not tirst-cass few
years ago.
There is no pleasure in referring TO
these unfortunate things, for THE RE-