The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-15

was that the Rev d. A. Brown, on the
suggestion and at the instance OF Assist
ant County Attorney Hanson swore TO a
complaint charging prize fighting, and no
fight was engaged in And out of this
arose an abortive charge that he swore
falsely The Ministerial association acted
in good faith; It's members are not versed
in the nefarious practices OF so-called as
| tute politicians
The Crowd-and After.
Well, $500 persons gathered to witness
the exhibition Sheriff c. Frank Emery
swore in nifty county officials as speciat
County Attorney Hanson was on the
ground chuckfull OF Blackstone on
Bouts" and the few remaining Smootites
were standing on the street corners
chuckIing-they had sounded the death
| knell OF the American party and they
would all have fat. lucrative county OF,
| And at this time County Attorney Z; Z.
| Christensen was dying east to Washing
| ton. Parley has somehow got II INTO ms
| head that he can succeed Congressman
| Joseph Howell so after he had given his
| assistance for the coup hero TINT was 10
bring GOO votes, more or less, principally
| lees he unloadcd the odlum OF carrying
the scheme into execution onto Hanson
and he hked to Washington Some peo-
pie say Farley is "piker." They err
| likes a fight. politically and otherwise
but he had TO play too prominent part
in this one 80 he skiddooed. to use q
vulgarism OF course there was no exhi-
bition here Two youngsters were for
| maly placed under arrest when they en-
tered the ring. and the crowd good
naturedly dispersed
American officials Not Called.
The statement has been made that
American party officials fniled or refused
| to interfere In the matter. This state
ment Is incorrect and unfounded, as the
following facts Will demonstrate. To d
fNfN Ig.E.r n A Nvn
stated that the American party had
failed to aid In stopping the fight" and
that they were compelled TO go to the
County Attorneys Office for help. On
this point Mr.. Brown is misinformed. The
American party officials were ready at
any time to stop the exhibition II demand
quest that was made came from secreI
tary Cox of the Y. NJ. C a. That official
called on Assistant City Attorney F. ]
DAILY and asked him to draw up com
plaint against the principals in the affair
Mr. DAILY said Certainly" and asked
MT Cox If he would sign it Mr.. Coz
mixed up in the affair. Further, Chief Of
Police Sheets was present at the Salt
Palace with a squad OF men prepared tc
arrest the fighters If prize light wac wac
that he would have arrested tho men
but, as has been told, tho opportunity wa
not presented When Mt Cox 9 consultet
Capt John B. Burbidge were present. NJ
member of the Ministerial association
, ever made any ovcrtures to the City At
, torney or the Chief Of Police for them Z
interfere In tho matter. No one ap
preached them in the matter except Mr.
Cox, and he declined the invitation ex
, tended to him The Rev. Mr.. Brown act
| ed entirely on the suggestions of tn
! | County Attorneys office, In conjunction
: with Sheriff c. Frank Emery and hi
, deputies regular and special and al
: secretly backed by the d'savowed politica
, fragment already referred to.
| Political Scheme q Boomerang,
) And thus it Is shat a political schem
hatched for political aggrandizement ha
| proved q boomerang. For those who con
ceiyed and carried II into execution, po
ntical manipulators, there Is nothing bu
: condemnation. They gained nothing. Th
. aim and object they had In view. namely
e the injury of a great political party
: hopclessly and completely failed The
. simply demonstrated to what depths the
o Will descend to gaiE their own politica
r emincnce and ends, by suTeptItiousl
q calling to their aid body of hiGhly-r
o spected gentlemen. and through their In
J. nuence attempting to hoist themscive
:, Into power by carrying out a grand stan
v play in the hope OF hoodwinking an hou
C est community.