The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-10-15
NO AUTHOR FOUND
FOR SPRYS TAI
Campaign Yarn IS Denuuncs
Generally as a Falsehoo
FAKE REQUIRES new LES


e 2 late hour last nighi Cis-ir,a
Spry Of the Republican statf r1
nittee lad not ansouieed fae as
Of the man responsible f1r Tie
that Senator cannon ioined ia
can party hV direction af the nsirr
cratic national COMMITTEES 1t
~'ial'iilai fs.illDefser Qt see LeIarer
state committee and Judge FoRefa ~,
-,ss~ties 10 the dear
Mr. spry said he eould dfn
the name Of The man witnoHt Tic lf
ters permission AIr Sprt aud as
members of the commiftra stiu assisted
inc story was -rne.
During the evening a well knowr rs-
publican worker at county ileadoii.i,te ~
when pressed FOR proof of his Assert far,
mat the story was based OR fact sl
blSflop Lewis A- CanrQn. Who - Il
publican. would certify 10 tie frfsh as
the story .i5e get ID from Prank ear7
mons own lAs- said the man.
Bishop Cannon Emphatic.
Bishon Canpon was Questioned m "a
gard % Tho niartcr hr size 7JnfaiI l1,.t
eEening her told ic was being auai
60 ae setlng senator Csnron adm.ffrt
the truth Of the story Bishop Cannan
rs is absolutely nntrue 4 have tex
said ahfthing of tlna kind fo arfF as.a
any time ANY one who Saws knrgr
TINS story 20 be trDe speaks wiihenl
duthorltS' and the man who Elvs FraHR
cannon ever told me he was acil7lE ufi-
der the direction OF the Democratic n,- =
tionai committee Nhen he jainea fi,r
American party. and that Powers and
d5aii59ergeT were 10 the deal rs an ssf
Thus the bishop eridertly is not fb
Republican who is as close 10 rraric
cannon. probably, as any man ifirE
And the man who knows IS stiI siiss-
ms
He is peculiar man. Ills staserert
appears TO have been fnaac to ReDr Afiraf
politicians without DISCRIMINATORY btit ha
has ignored Republicans who are irt
politicians. and Democrats. fn t+lsinE the
tale The Republicans who have he1d
MN teE IT jcai0usly gt1rd the secret
ot his name but without except ion ifc1-
know ne SPEAKS trrth. hFn
every eopfidence IA What This nap sfy
said one member Of the state co1nin ta
To The Herald yestcrdar
Then the story IS traa
Yes, sir. the story is true"
-all right TN iHst quote roit ~ stas.t-
Ing for the story.
No, You dont
9h. then you won't stand fos t-'
-But it's true. ncvert hoIess
Yes. sir. 7 know is true SIT tont
want 20 figure ia the rewspap
Judge Powers Plain Words.
There are in Utah. ifovever fer
men who 10 NOT object 90 Hg.lri7e i'll
the newspapers for tila pairsrHe e N
pressing themselves in regard 80 fhc mats
ter OF this number IS judee Powers r11
returned to the state ytFf er'iav ana
saws n.s f@iies $500.
HERALD;
I'm refereueJ to the stalernrnt mans
hH Chairman Spry of tho Repnhrar
state comn<ltee that [ am a parts 70
a deal With Hon Frank Cannon br
which hc to ioin The American
party. want to say that So FAR as
am &C, scerned the story is DE made
tNt whole cloth and having made
tn Ienial- any man who repeats fhs
stF,y as true is. in plain English. piii-
tNi liar have no patience with eHeh
s$tmpaign methods.
senator Cannon waived whatever oh-
lection he may have 10 figuring En- TIE
making another statement. as follows.
The statement for which Cha rrnan
Spry Of the Republican committee gives
an unnamed authority. IS falsehood
from beginning to end. The man who
is responsible for il is falslfer. I cfai
icnge Chairman Spry to give the name
OF his lnformant-laclDg which DE rs
free 10 accept for himself the sesp0fs
C characterized and whose author I have
also above characterized
National Committeeman ID. A. Perry
consented 20 figure to this extent
am a member OF the national Demo- I
crduc committee for Utah. and III the
committee did anything concerning Crgh d
would be consulted. The committee.
under its own rules, could not and would
not make any ARRANGEMENTS In regard
20 the campaign in tab without co.'s
suittag me. The committee has never
suggested nor advised anything eff this
nature at amy time K defy those who
are telling this story 10 produce a Re-
publican who could in any manner gain
the confidence of the Democratic na
tional committee. Far from encouraging
Senator Cannon 10 join the American
party, 7 attempted to Gsssuade him when
ne notified me Of his intention 70 Join