The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-31
Can't Stand Expense.

1.-The expense attending a trial upon the
charges preferred ] cannot afford Ih9
salary of $500 per year does not justify,
and the probable expense of 5000 attend
ING such a trial and likely much larger
sum should an appeal be taken to the
court of last resort. is a debt do not feel
justified in assuming, and therefore
shall not permit the case against me 10
go to trial
Another more vital and important rea-
son for rendering my eslSnauon is thai
/ have beeen advised by Drs- George W.
Baker and H. =. Forbes and by my many
friends that it would not be prudent or
wise for me to undergo the severe strain
attending such a trial, particularly IN
view of my age and because of still labor
ing under the i'll health of a recent para
Iytic stroke My health and life is of
more Importance to me than all else.
IN conclusion l can only say that at
no time in the rendering of the claims in
question have / been controlled by other
than the most honest and pure motives
To my diving day will l ever say that not
one single dollar was taken by me a.
legally from the treasury of Weber coun-
~ | am victim of a precedent fol-
| lowed by practically every county COM
missioner of Weber county IN every month
! for practically the past ten years, and OF
the malicious and vindictive spleen of an
annually disgruntled politician
| Immediately after the acceptance of the
resignation Commissioning W. u; wilson
assumed the duties of the chairman
| Roth Mr. Wilson and Mr.. Madison, the
other members of the board IN ADDITION
| to County Attorney r. T. Hulamskl, eX-
| messed their regrets that the action Of
] Mr. Stanford became necessary and gave
! testimony as to his worth as county OF
| ficiaI i'm which capacity the said ne
would be sorely missed.
No Politics in Charges.
The only reference to politics in con-
! nectiOn with the charges made by Mr..
Skeen was made by Mr.. Stanford The
| had a
/ his action in prosecuting Mr.. Stanford IS
| denied by Mr.. Skeen. who points TO the
| fact that he was not q candidate Tor CT
flee at the time his charges were pre-
! nared. and certainly had no way of know
| ing that he would be named by the Dem
ocTats as their candidate for county at
/ torney.
granted permission to occupy his present
office in the court house until such time
as he could conclude his regular guar
terly statement In adoltIoh 10 ms ne
was vested with authority to handle mat
ters pertaining to the poor of the county
until such time as the board was reor-
eanized II is understood that although
! Mr. Stanford will no longer be a com
missioner. he will hold some office as q
, | sort of pension and therefore will not bI
thrown out entirely.
Talk of Successor.
In connection with the selection of
successor to Joseph Stanford on the boart
of county commissioners, number OF
prominent Republicans yesterday re
quested the appointment of w G.. Wilson
whose term of office expires on the frs
of the year. In reply to these requests
: Mr. Wilson made this statement yester
day:
Il would have to decline the honor ever
ir it were rendered to me. | have no de
sire at this time to bold office in tina
way, although l appreciate the efforts o
those who are seeking to bring this about
= had the most unpleasant duty of my llf
? | 10 perform when / moved to accept tn
/ | resignation of Mr.. Stanford. whose pia,:
know will be decidedly hard TO fill.