Graham guardian., 1905-09-15
Nj. Clayton Still Correcting
Layton, Sept. l3, 1905.
FnTToR GNARnTAN:


being larger. l maintain it was a
very large crowd, considering the
fact of this being the first attempt
at anything of the kind in the
valley. And further your intima-
tion that the size of the crowd was
due to lack of advertising IS not
correct The chairman of the adj
vertisirg committee posted bills
all over Stafford, and / did the same
FOR Thatcher and Pima and in all
prominent places from Matthews.
vile to Artesia, making a stretch
Of country twenty-one miles in
length that was thoroughly billed
and visited in many places from
house to house as reliable people
will testify.
And further, the GRAHAM GUAR
DIAN, the paper that has the largest
circulation of any county paper,
advertised it in its issue of Septem-
Der lst. / would also refer you TO
its columns of August 10th or 23rd
thereby disproving your statement
that you were unable to obtain a
program, because as near as the
whole thing could be given at that
time was written by myself and
published by you nine or ten days
before the celebration came off.
Our omission to display the
national emblem was due to the
failure of the one deputized to se-
cure that treasure, and further TO
the fact of windstorm destroying
totally the ono ! borrowed of you
previously.
Further your statement makes
il appear to the public that it was
to be strictly socialist celebra'
tion, when the fact is, it was taken
up by Local Stafford in the interest
of the public, and was so under
stood by you when | told you on
the street in Stafford, the socialists
were taking the initiative. | be-
heve the socialist club is as you
suggest, proud of their first effort,
and trust that all who realize to
which of the two classes they be-
long, will celebrate next year in
the interest of their own class.
Your comments on the speech
by the Hon. Andrew Kim ball re-
ceives no correction from my
hands. But | cannot say so of
your report of j. A, Mallory's
efforts; bis rank in the socialist
party and the methods by which
he was employee. In the first
the gentleman j. not the socialist
leader, as we tave no leaders but
those who occupy prominent posl-
tions are there to do our bidding
and should an,'one fail to do so,
he is ousted in short order. Quite
a difference between the socialist
and some otter organizations of q
political character. Mr.. Mallory
is not even member Of Local
Stafford, but is here for precisely
the same reason as l am here,
namely: that his employment is
here. And he was invited in just
the same ynanner as was Mr.. Kim.
ball to speak on this occasion, and
both gentlemen will bear me out
in the statement that they were
instructed that it was not political
speeches that were wanted, but
that they saust confine themselves
to questions pSrtainlng to labor,
and / maintain lhat they did So.
And right here \ will say that
President Kimball, six months ago
in the hearing of five hundred res
idents of this valley, brought out
just the same facts as did Mr.,
Mallory on this occasion. Mr..
Kimball was right, and Mr.. Nal.
lory was right. And all that is
needed to enable my respected
neighbor, the editor of the GUAR
DIAN, is to remove every semblance
of capitalistic goggles from his or
gans of observation. And now as
to the remedy for these ills. If
the speaker bad suggested the
remedy he would have been &C.
cused of going into politics, and at
the same time he would have been
guilty Of a breach of trust, but now
that the celebration is over, if you
wish to carry the question into
politics and have the remedy ap-
piled, l am your huckleberry, come
right along and in the most friend
ly manner possible we will discuss
the remedy and show by practical
demonstration that it is the only
remedy.
One more correction and ! am
through for the present. The COM
mittee did not give dances in
Layton and Thatcher, but only in
Layton, where they gave a $500
prize for the best walters on the
floor. MISS Irene Morris and
young man whose name we did
not learn, were the winners. Geo.
Birdno, Mrs. Alice Merrill and
Mrs. Luella FELTON, were the judges
in this contest. The dance at
Thatcher was not undertaken un.
til long after this one at Layton
was decided upon, and was an en-
tirely seperate affair gotten up en-.
tirely by the residents of Thatcher.