The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-24

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DAVID r. FRANCIS. president Of the
Louisiana Purchase exposition. has
officially Informed Governor Cut
Ter that he intends to commence suits
for libel against the members Of the
legislatures subcommittee in case he
/ aScertainS that their report To the leg
isldtUrc OF this state was not pTivil-
/ eyed matter. He has. he says. sub
united the whole matter to 81. Louis
attorneys with instructions To com
mUnicatc with lawyers i'm this city
This Information is contained i'm the
/ second telegram from President Fran
/ els which was received by Governor
I Cutler yesterday afternoon Besides
intimatiuE that ne contemplates libel
suits Francis deals with the cold
shoulder" incident Of which Represen-
| tativeS Stookcy, Joseph and Gundry
complained The latter said that Presi-
; dent Francis had virtually snUbbed
l them i'm the presence of President Hut
I zig. of the Third National bank OF St
{ Louis.
Text of the Telegram.
1 President Francis telegram follows
. Hon J. o. Cut Ipr- GOV ernor Utah. and
chairman Utah commission
No reply To my message of -darch a
Stookey IS quoted here as defending his
/ failure to call on me, by saving he &C
cidentally met me IN Third National
4 bank. Upon inquiry I learn today there
/ were several gentlemen in his president
Hutdgs office. from whom T asked him
I q" excuse himself moment 1 had
I short talk with HuttiE and left
: He told me today they We're members
/ of the legislative committee. but that Ia
did not introduce me as they had called
| upon him solely TO investigate bank &C
I count OF Utah commission, NY recollec-
J ton was that I was introduced TO several
( men but did not hear their names and
their identity was not known to me. Z
! remember that one of tho party called
; me by name and shook hands before T
[ recognized him He voluntarily told me
( his name Was Page
Page Discharged EmPEoye.
/ then recalled him as discharged en-
! ployc of award ribbons cOncessinnsire
! He has been denied admission TO my Of
/ flee for two months and 1 shall have him
! prosecuted If there Is any law to reach
( him aS 7 have finally established proof i'm
! one instance Of his having sold award
( ribbons 10 purchaser not entitled thereto
! I should never have expected that a
/ legislative committee was i'm the com
] Uany of Page. HuttiE saws committee did
] not ask tn see me and ne did not intro
+ duCe me to them because he saw 7 was
[ M hurry and supposed they would ralt
/ a. my office If DESTROYS of comforting with
/ me officially. I object 90 slIb-Commit-
( tees report being on records Of yoGr
/ legislature and request that YOU demand
/ Tor mo tho cXuuuSlnE or same
! % contains charges and iDsinua tionz
| against myself and other exposition Of
I ficials which arc wholly bascICss abso-
! Iutcly false and ihelo'Is.
( IF the report is not a privileged com
/ nunlcation shall take steps to punish
! its author Have instructed my attorucv
] here 20 submit entire matter to attorney
. there DAVID R FRANCIS.
Governor Cutters Reply.
The above telegram was received
( about . o'clock yesterday afternoon
/ and Governor Cutler sent q reply early
/ i'm the evening. The executive simply
/ acknowledged receipt OF both yeSter-
! days telegram and that of March 2f
! He informed President Francis that the
Legislature had adjourned March a.
/ Last evening second telegram was
/ received by the Governor from PreSi-
dent Francis, as follows:
/ Governor John g. Cutler, salt Lake City.
Utah
/ Thanks for message. No objection 10
/ publishing today's telegram [ saw com
{ mittce's report in Salt Lake Herald of
! 18th Has it printed my rePlies2
DAVID r. FRANCIS.
What Stookey Says.
Regarding the cold shoulder" incl
dent Chairman StOOkey of the sub
committee was as positive in his state
meutS yesterday as at any previous
. time When informed that Francis Dc
. MED Ia wing met the members OF the
( committee. Mr. StOOzey said. AR
{ statement to the effect that we were
. not introduced to President Francis
as members OF the legislature of Utah
] is an unqualified falsehOod- True. We
did not call on President Francis. but
I who would have after having been
! treated as We We're treated No sooner
had the words OF introduction been
I spoken that Francis turned on his heel.
with hardly an acknOwl dgment and
walked rapidly away"
Representative H. :. Joseph made
practically the same statement regard
ing this point
What Committee Reported.
The part of the subcommittee re-
port. rendered March II. pertaining to
the alleged fraud in the system OF
awarding ribbons and medals was
based largely on Information gathered
from the agent, Page, whom Francis
speaks OF IN his telegram as having
been discharged The section of the re-
port in which Page is personally men
! toned follows:
We met one of the agents. a MI Page.
who was employed specially 10 sell on
commission these awards. He showed US
one award which was issued IS superior
over all others. which he assured us
/ that as agent for tine St Louis official
award ribbon committee, by authority nj
the Louisiana Purchase exposition he
had sold for $500 and received his conf
| mission thereon Tie also showed US an
| other official ribbon award which he had
! sold. and declared to US that the person
/ 10 whom he had sold IT had neved had an
/ exhibit in the fair at all
Speaker Hull Gets Letter.
President Francis telegram indicates
| that any action he may bring for HhsI