The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-28
GRAFTERS FEAR
ELECTION RESULT
Republican Fight on Democrats
becomes Desperate and
Is Almost Hopeless.

Inc political situation in Weber county
remains practically unchanged. All par
ties have been busy completing plans for
The last week of the campaign. The Re-
publicans have become badly frightened
at the apparent indifference on the part
of the voters as well as the quiet man
ner in which the managers of the Demo-
cratic campaign were doing their work,
and sent out their henchmen early in the
week to obtain every available hall in the
county for the night preceding the cleo
ton.
At this time the indications are espe-
cially favorable to the Democrats. The
campaign managers claim that they will
elect a majority of their candidates. At
meeting held at the Democratic headquar-
IerS Friday evening, encouraging reports
were received from all parts of the coun-
". The contributions TO the campaign
fund have been most liberal and they have
plenty of money to defray the necessary
expenses.
The event of the week will be the meet
ing held at the Grand opera house on
Saturday evening, on which date Judge
liver an address.
Undoubtedly the biggest canard of the
campaign was made the basis for three
column story In the SmOOt organ Of last
Wednesday when it was charged that
Judge II. III. Rolapp and c. G. Richards
of Ogden were the men that were prompt
ing the actions of Attorney j. d. Skeen in
prosecuting the grafters of the Republi-
can party now in office The careless
way i'm which the truth was handled in
this story is an indication of the methods
that have been used all through the cam
paign knowing that they dare not at
tack MIR. Skeen's methods or his acts in
1 prosecuting these men, they have at
tempted to ridicule him and show that
his methods were not of the proper sort.
From every conceivable point they have
attempted this. but all to no effect. In
the face of the attacks Mr.. Skeen has
grown in political strength, and his cleo
ton as county attorney on the Demo-
cratic ticket IS almost certain. AS evil
dence of the Juggling Of the truth used in
an effort to show that Judge RolapD was
behind Mr.. .Skeen. a portion of Il letter,
written by Mr.. Rolapp to Attorney e.
Nj. Allison jr., &c Salt Lake. which was
sent to r. NJ. Alison, ST., of this city by
mistake and from him a copy carried to
the official organ, is quoted as fol-
lows:
dacy for the nomination as county attor-
ney that he is not very deeply interested
in the suit, and he will be all right later
on"
Here is what the letter did say:
Mr. Skeen has not yet answered me on
that proposition. You know that he is
quite busy getting endorsed upon the
Democratic ticket for county attorney,
hut I am quite satisfied that If he would
drop the matter that Mr. Brummitt and
Mr.. Parmley. the laundryman, who are
the only hackers. would drop il also"
This referred to the suit brought against
the WaterworlIs company, with which
Mr.. ROlapp is connected. by Mr.. Skeen for
Mr.. Brummitt and Mr.. Parmley. In
stead of being "all right later on" Mr.
Ro!app says that Mr.. Skeen was the most
obstinate of those connected with the
case. and insisted on pressing the action
against his company along the original
lines.
The water franchise harped so much
about. in the story referred to, became
void with the passing of a substitute or
dnance later on so that there has been
TO reason for attacking that ordinance
The defects in the former have been over
come in the latter. It is claimed by the
three gentlemen mentioned in the article
Rolapp. Richards and Skeen-that those
who are responsible for digging up the
trash printed are three petty attorneys
about town. who themselves have axes
20 grind. and who have been preiudiced
in their insinuatiOns that Mr. Skeen's mo-
tives were not SINGERS, by the fact that
be has had them on the rack at various
times.
, Here is what Mr.. Skeen says in reply to
the attack:
Il consider the statements. coming as
they do from the disreputable persons
who are at the bottom of this are so
cOlOred and so evidently malicious that
they are not worth the time to consider
them. 1t would be beneath the dignity of
any honest man to deny or explain any
of them. As far as I am concerned indi-
vidually they have absolutely no effect
upon me. ] scarcely give them second
thought. I challenge them to prove any
thing in my private business not entirely
proper,
II am fully informed as to who is the
z most active in circulating these reports.
] know him to be a person who spends
his time uaOn the street corners and
\around saloons and cigar stands who
boastinglv saws that he would not stop
at anything TO win a lawsuit and ! am
not surprised at the statements in view
of the fact that his natural abilities are
such and his time is so spent that If he
should win lawsuit he would have to re-
sort to desperate means to do so.
81 have yet TO receive the first penny
from anv person whatever to assist in de-
fraying the eXnenses incurred I'm prosecut-
ing the Republican grafters. ! have paid
nv own counsel and used my own time"
Judge RoaDp objects to getting any
newspaper notoriety. but made this state
mont:
1.-THE statements are unqualifiedly false.
The letter to z. Nj. Allison was intended
by his father or some other person i'm
properly and given publicity As to con-
fributing any money to aid in the Skeen
prosecutions. whoever SAYS so or init
mates as much tells on absolute false
hood As to the charge that I am sore at
the Republicans. that also is false. They
have supported me very literally in the
trast and / feel under obligations TO the
Republicans and am not sore for not be-
Ding reelected to the bench
IF that paper desired TO be frank about
the matter ii should have gone to Z M
Allison. jr.. in Salt Lake. He is an out
and out Republican, and law partner with
Senator Sutherland. II would appear that
Il did not desire to know the truth of the
matter
I'm his denial of the truth OF the state
.ments He said that he had only taken