Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-06
Organ of Spies and Spoilers
Swallowed Senator's
Attorney.
FOLLOWED HIM EVERYWHERE.
Much Fiction and Little Fact Worked
Up Into high Color Scheme
Postmaster Thomas Denies.


American" party has for the past
week haunted the doors Of the Knuts-
ford and the Offices Of Atty Van Colt,
he can find out by referring to the ar
ticle in the official spokesman for the
spies and spoilers this morning, enu-
tied "Worthlngton Used Old Path" Gt
viii be recalled that this same paper
worked itself up into a fine frenzy in
behalf OF the coterie Of professional
fact twisters, because a certain deputy
t. S. marshal saw a boy on LoganB
streets whom he had also seen at the
depot when he landed and that this
story was flashed all over America
as evidence that the Church was aiding
It's members to eyade service. The self
same official was summoned to WASH
lngton to relate the incident for the
edincatlon Of the good senators before
whom Senator Smoot is under inyes-
tigatlon.
The chief sleuth Is evidently IN fun
harmony with his colleagues, They
print today, not a tale Of tracking the
footsteps Of Il despised Mormon but
OF an American gentleman whom even
they must concede to be entitled TO the
rights OF American citizenship. Cone
Ing TO Utah on professional business,
exercising only the confidence properly
belonging to Il lawyer and his client,
eYeiy step he took has been followed
and traced, and set forth In public
print, IN spirit that would give the
blush Ia any American
HOME ANIMUs.
But that Is not all The fact twist
ers have again been at work here II
was once stated by an natl mormon"
that Henry Ward Beecher was bought
by the "Mormons," because he was out
OF harmony with the aggregation OF
knockers AT another time Il was
stated that President Cleveland was
under their pay because he refused to
take certain steps. Now whomsoeyer
Is not favored by the Tribune must
meet similar charges Jack Mormon
has been flung In derislon at the most
prominent OF men who do not breathe
threats OF fury and destruction I'm their
every breaath against the Church
Byron Cummings, an eminent profess
sor OF the University who was prob-
inghouse, Is called Jack by the Trb-
une because he was nominated For the
school board,
FACT TWIsTERs AT WORK.
The fact twisters have been at work
in his case and injected his name into
a set Of those mentioned as having
been in conference with Mr.. Worthlng-
ton and Mr.. Van Colt from p. m. UNI
I'll 6i5 o'clock D. M on Dec, 3d. The
text Of the Trlbunes statement Is as
follows:
Mr., WorthIngton went TO Mr. Van
Colts law Office, IN the Keith building
at p. m, on Dec 80, where he remained
until 6:l5, when he repaired to the
Knutsford hotel where he was stop
ping Those who took part I'm the con-
ference at the law Office during the att
ernoon were Senator Smoot Franklin
$, Richards Postmaster Arthur h.
Thomas, Arthur Pratt, Glen Miller, Ma
tional Committeeman Ed G. Loose,
County Clerk Joe Eldredge, William
Hatfield, Gov John G., Cutler Inter-
nal Revenue Collector I'd H. Calllster,
Internal Revenue Collectors Clerk ed
Jenkins, ex-Sherlff Storrs OF Provo ana
Postmaster Glove Of Provo who had
come up that morning with Senator
SmoOt from the wooden mills city. Sen.
ator Smoot, Franklin s. Richards and
n, H. Calllster were present nearly
the entire time from until 6;l5 o'clock;
the others came ana went No one
called on Mr. Worthlngton at his hotel
that night
THOMAS DENIAL.
Mr. Thomas said 20 the News to-
day that he wished the statement de-
MED absolutely over his authority. and
that he was not present at any such
conference. The statement OF the Trl-
bune is OF course unlmportant, as Il was
OF little consequence that such
connection with other facts the
statement Ia significant Of the por-
sounl use being made OF the Tribune
by senator kearus 10 attempt TO injurc
the standing OF Postmaster Thomas
with his own Kind I'm religious matters
by linking his name To creed they do
not love, II was pointed out recently
ir the News that dispatch" from
the 1ribunos Washington correspoJi-
ent showed traces OF home brewing,
and that these traces consisted OF ref.
crcnces 10 q petition that Mr. Thomas
was circulating IN Pennsylvania a
charge made locally III tho tribune ut
the time Senator Kearns attempted to
have MIR Thomas removed and failed,
and then attempted TO force cashier
upon him aud failed A prompt denial
from Mr.. Thomas that such Il petition
had ever been circulated, and moreover
OF the ridiculous assertion I'm the telo-
gram that MIR Thomas was slated as
chief witness 10 save Smoot," set the
crowd 90 steamIng up harmony with
the result that the twisted facts came
forth setting up the assertion that MI
Thomas had denied that he had had any
iutimatlon that he would be subpoeuard
as Witness This supposItiou Il fol-
lowed by q questioning Of Mr. Thomas
yeraCity
ANOTHER VIEW.
while The "News' Is on the subject
under consideratlon-that of shadow
ing men, II has been suggested that Il
may not be umiss 10 remark that there
have been many mornings and outgo-
lngs I'm the careers of several men con-
nected with the publication Of the Spot
tiers and Spies organ that might De