The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-04
GLASMANH NOW
IS ON THE RUN
ShiverS in Deadly Terror of
Libel Suits and Skeen's
Election.
REPUDIATED BY HIS PARTY
Hif COURSE FORMALLY DE-
NOUNCEO BY REPUBLICANS.
REPUDIATED BY HIS PARTY
Especial to The Herald.l

The notorious one today crawled in
the dust, making abject retraction and
apology in connection with his attacks
on the late Apostle Franklin D. Rich
ards, father of c. c. Richards.
A summons was served on him late
this afternoon requiring him to retract
before Monday morning charges he
made against G. G. Richards or a libel
! suit will be started against him Mon
day. Mr.. Richards did not say this
evening whether it would be a criminal
or civil charge, or both
GlaSmann was publicly repudiated
and denounced today in the name of
the Republican party for his scurrilous
| course in this campaign. An article in
the Utah State Journal, a Republican
paper, declares he is hurting the party
and is repudiated by decent Republi-
| cans.
On top of all this Republicans are now
beginning to conCede the election of
j. d. Skeen as county attorney. And
| Skeen says that If elected he will in
vestigate Glasmann's two administra-
| tions and prosecute all criminals whose
bad deeds may be exposed.
Talk of Penitentiary.
"Penitentiary for the grafters'' is the
/
! Weber county, who are giving their
| support to Skeen in his fight against
| the criminal ring.
And Glasmann, having been forced
| crawlingly to apologize for one series of
! lies, having been publicly repudiated in
/ the name of the decent members of his
own party, covers in fear of libel pro-
| ceedings for another series of false
hood and shivers in terror at the re-
ports that Skeen will probably be
elected.
Indications this evening are that
Skeen will poll big Republican vote,
| in addition to the full Democratic
strength. Many Republicans. who are
keeping quiet because they fear Glas-
mann as they would polecat and hes
! itate to become targets for the vile and
mendacious abuse for which he is not
ed, look upon this as their opportunity
for emancipation from his tyranny 1t
will be their first opportunity to express
| their opinion of GlaSmann since he was
| appointed postmaster. A vote for Skeen
is regarded as a protest against Glas-
mann. It is also believed that the cleo
ton Of Skeen will eventually result in
the elimination of Glasmann from We
Der county politics.
Decent Republicans want to purify
the party as well as the city and cOun-
~ governments.
1t is the general opinion here that
Bill has completely lost his head in
his desperate terror of Skeen. Unable
to find Skeen personally vulnerable. ne
sought to attract attention to some
thing else by starting to abuse c. c..
Richards To do this. ne made a VII
| famous attack on the late Apostle
Franklin D. Richards This attempt to
blacken the memory of the dead has
aroused in Weber county the wrath Of
men and women of all creeds and polit-
| ical parties.
Ogden Opinion of "BiI."
The current opinion of the honest cit
liens of Weber county is expressed in
the Utah State Journal this evening IS
follows
In their effort to belittle and blacken
the memory Of the dead, the twin pa
perS have attacked the memories of
Bishop Hammond and of Bishop Wal
lace, as well as the standing and in
tegrity of L. w. Shurtliff. president OF
this stake. and a prominent member. of
the Republican party.
For what good purpose this was
done, no man can see. 1t doubtless
had its origin in a desire to attack c..
G. Richards, who is charged with be-
ing responsible for the nomination Of
j. d. Skeen as the candidate for county
attorney on the Democratic ticket. But
what good can come of attacking the
memory of the dead father of a man
who has nominated a candidate for
office in a convention of the opposite
party is more than fair-minded and in
telligent Republicans can see. It does
no good; 1t hurts the party and al
ready the action of the management OF
the twin papers has been the subject
of much unfavcrable comment.
AS this paper has taken occasion 20
say at several different times, the Re
publican party does not have to de-
pend upon such deSpicable actions in
order to win. The Republican party
has principles upon which to stand
1t does not have to defend the actions
of men who have erred by assaultinc
the conduct of those who are in the
grave There was no justification
about it. 1t was unnecessary and bru-
tai and altogether uncalled for, and is
deprecated by every good man, Repuh-
lican and Democrats, in this city and
county
Action of Ghoul.
IF the twin papers wanted to go af-
ter c. c. Richards. who is here in the
flesh and amply able to take care OF
himself, we'll and good. But to invade
the sacred precincts of Gods acre
where the departed are supposed to be
allowed to rest in the peace they have
earned is so ghoul-like, so hyena-Iike
that decent people revolt at the sug-
gestion.
Nor is the act alone to be con-
demned. Having done it, and having
had their attention called to it. the
management of the twin papers prom
Used retraction. But no retraction
comes, although the books are open
and accessible to every one, and their
attention has been called to the facts
I'm common with the many friends
and relatives of the late Apostle Rich