The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-15
JUDGE M'CARTY
GIVES OUT FACTS
Some Political History Which
Sutherland Forgot to Men
tiOn In His Letter.
ANOTHER OPEN LETTER
TO JUNIOR SENATOR
Gives Reasons Why He Wrote
Sutherland Regarding Po-
Iitieal Matters.

Salt Lake City, Utah, August IA,
1905. 1905 Hon: George Sutherland, United
Dear Sir:-Your open letter Of this
date, which is no more than what is
known in legal parlance as an San
swer In confession and avoidance is
before me. Your confession Of all
the matters contained In my open let
ter to you and the machine" is so
sweeping and complete that I would
controversy and finally submit it to
the pubic on your own admissions were
it not for the fact that in your adroit
and partial plea in avoidance you have
injected some assertions in which you
question the propriety Of my conduct
in having spent my time Gin unseemly
political controversy, etc, because Of
the high and dignificd office with which
! am honored by the people of this
State,
Now, Senator, whatever legitimate
criticism | may be subject to for what
| have done along this line, you and
the other members of the machine are
estopped not only from criticizing me
because of political activity on my part,
but you cannot be consistent and make
the slightest objection to my having
taken part in politics while occupying
judicial Office because all the cor
respondence, as well as tho numerous
interviews that l have had with you,
. have been by your invitation. AS you
seem to have forgotten much that has
transpired respecting your own af-
hllatlons with members Of the judic-
larry In active politics, permit me. to
invite your attention to a very few of
the many incidents in which YOU have
asked AT least one member of the iudic-
iary,, quoting your own language, to
advertise his utter mn6tness to oc-
cupy judicial Office by supporting
your candidacy for political prefer,
ment.
/ In 1900, when | was District Judge.
when you Were a candidate to attend
the National Republican convention as
delegate. a few days before the Re-
publican State convention met, you
called on Inc at the Cullen botel in this
city and asked me TO use whatever in
fuence / may have had with the dele
gates to that convention with whom
had any acquaintance to sup
port your candidacy And between
that time aud the meeting of the con
vention, at your solicitation, / had fire.
quent interviews in which your can
didacy was discussed.
That same year, after you were nom
mated for Congress and were canvass
~
I. Hammond, at your solicitation, l met
you at Salina and accompanied you on
your campaign through Sewer county
In the winter of 190l-2 you again
called on me at the Cullen hotel and
requested me to call upon a gentleman
who was then and is now member Of
the Supreme court and try TO prevail
upon him TO 60 and see the leaders of
the Mormon church, you giving as Il
reason that he was very friendly with
them, in the interest of another gen
tleman who was then a candidate for
high judicial office. That request,
of course, l refused to comply with.
Two years ago, and since / became
q member of the Supreme court of this
State, you called at my Office and re-
quested me to write to some of my Re
publican friends in Sewer county re-
specting certain alliance which, 1t
was charged, you had made with other
politicians and ask them TO defer their
judgment until you could see or com
municate with them Fearing that de:
lay might bc dangerous, you requested
me to telephone the Republican chair
man of that county, which ] did
After the Republican convention was
held, n certain gentleman holding q
high judicial Office was placed on the
Republican State Executive committee,
and when members of the bar e1
nTcSSCu TO UlH IuGlI do W lAS
propriety of his remaining that
committee, he is quoted as having said
that ne was placed in a very embar-
RAISING situation, that he did not care
to serve but should he resign ''they'
(referring to those who now compose
the machine) would attribute his act
TO fear of criticism by members of
the American party
\ short time before you left FOR
Washington to attend the recent ses-
sion of the United States Senate you
sent William McCrea with special IN
vitation to me to attend a meeting to
be held by some Of the leading he
pubhcans in your office for. the, Pur,,
pose of ''talking over the situation
/ answered Mr. McCrca that had
some doubt as TO the propriety of my
attending j meeting of that character
He answered that he had made the
same suggestion TO you at the time
YOU requested him to call ana see me-
and that you replied That the meeting
would be somewhat private ana sociu
sive, and in no sense publc analr.
answered him that that alone was the
strongest possible reason that could be
urped why / should not attend, for 30
long as / am a member OF the Supreme
court whatever | have TO do or say
with respect to matters and questions
of a public nature the public are en-
titled TO know.
Later on, under the direction of the
machine. an organization, which, / be-
Iievc, is known us the Republican Aux
ihury club. was formed. The Repuo-
lican members of the Judiciary were
urged to become members and take an
active part in the organization, one OF
the purpose of which was TO work
on the ouict' and do all in their power
to strengthen and build up the organl-
cation, The ultimate object being to
bring about peace and harmony in the
Republican party