The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-10-13
EDITORIAL SEES
LIGHT AT LAST
Herald Publishes Article that Figured
in Lppman's Quitting Tribune,
LATTER REFUSED 1T AS AID.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY
MAKES STATEMENT.

LIMITED STATES District Attorney
Ill Joseph Lippman furnished The Her
aid yesterday a copy OF the cele-
brated editorial retracting statements
the Salt Lake Tribune made about w
A. Richards, commissioner of the gen
eral land office. This is the editorial
which was submitted TO President Roose-
welt and which he agreed would be sat
isfactory.
Upon his return from Washington, Mr..
Lippman, who was then general man
ager of the Tribune, showed the editor
ial TO former Senator Frank J. Cannon,
editOr-in-chief, and former Senator
Thomas Kearns, principal proprietor %
the paper MI Cannon opposed It's pun
lication, and Mr.. Kearns backed TINS
stand. When Mr.. Kearns declined 10
permit the publication Of the edlJOflaI
in pursuance of the agreement mace III
Washington, Mr.. Lippman resigned az
general manager of the Tribune, ana zen
back on a contract which forced MI
Kearns to buy his Tribune stock at an
advance over the price paid.
Since retiring from the Tribune, Mf.
Iippman has sought TO have the text
of the editorial published in that paper
over his signature, as editorial news or
advertising. This request was re-
rates for the publication of the ed
torial over his signature was dechntu
finally yesterday, after consultation.
Lippman Makes Statement.
Mr.. Lippman then prepared a state,
ment on the subject, which ne suphhItuo
70 The Herald, as follows:
ITO the Public: In the latter part OF
July Commissioner General OF the LAM
Office Richards was interviewed a.
Washington concerning his reasons LOT
emitting Salt Lake City as point Ior
the registration of applicants VINO ue-
sired to enter the lottery contest lot
taking up land on the Uintah resefEa-
ton He then stated that he knew from
experience that if registration OFFICES
J were established in the big cities, gam
! blers, beggars, servant girls ana pTosu-
| tutes might rush in and III up the IsIs'
nos because they really wanted lands,
but because they would want 10 take
| a chance and sell out If they happened
| TO draw a prize. The language useu
was undoubtedly inapt and not clearly
I expressive of Mr.. Richards meaning
/ The Tribune in animadverting upon the
/ language so used by MIR. Richards loon
occasion on July 18th TO severely CRU
/ else that official for his expressions ana
I stated that il did not believe President
| Roosevelt would retain in his ADMINS lra-
/ ton a creature whose antecedenL eA-
! periences ia life have been such thal
/ he designates, even by inference, a Wloie
| population as derelct or outcast.
Statement is Explained.
THE Washington correspondent of the
! Tribune, who talked with Mr.. Rlehafds
prior to July "a, assures Us that Lll'
! Tribune has done Mr.. Richards an IN
! Justice in this matter. He informs u
/ that Mr.. Richards, while he did use tht
/ language attributed to him. did not meaI
: Il convey the idea that servant giiI'
/ were to be socially ranked Win pes
[ gars, gamblers and prostitutes, put ina
| Mr. Richards was attempting 10 con
! vey the idea that the government We
anxious to have only such parties register
/ who had a bona Tide and actual lhteh
! to take up homesteads on me rSseI ~ q
| ton. That Mr.. Richards believed that
| as a rule. servant girls, If they REGISTERS
| and drew a prize, would not go 10 tli'
! land with a bona flde intent 10 cuIu
I yate the land, but that they would mere
IN register with a view OF dlSp0SlnS o.
/ their Drize if they drew one, 10 the hlgh
I est bidder for cash. TO MINIMIZE d.
/ much as possible the opportunities 10
| such speculative registration, We dI'
/ assured by our correspondent Mr. 6iCu
| ards made the order emitting SAT- Lax
/ CITY as a registration point. me IT
| bune regrets that il mlslntefpreted Nj
! Richards meaning of the language use'
| and apologies for the structures upoi
! him contained IN the edlIOfldl Oh Jul.
| % and repeated in others.
The foregoing article would have bee
/ nublished in the Salt Lake Tribune Whll
/ / was general manager had not pee
! Overruled in my desire TO puDIsh III
| same by those controlling the paper
After nv resignation as general man
| ager | rendered the article 10 The III
hume for publication, either as editorial
! local. or paid matter, over my own So
nature. This privilege was refused m;
| and | take this. the only method Ope
( 10 me. of making public reDarduop 10
! the Injustice done the commissioner j
| the publication OF the matter referred [
| i'm the article JOSEPH IIPPMAN.