The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-26
BOOTH BOOSTED At
THE WRONG TIME
Boost Likewise Comes From
Federal Officials Not Con-
versant With Facts.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE
COMMISSION HANDS BOUQUET
Wires Must Have Got Crossed,
or Commission Lacks Much
Information.

"Kiuky Booth is again being
boosted by the newspaper which he con-
trolls said the Prominent Politician to
The Stroller on Sunday. ''What sur
priscs me is that tho boost is so mild.
continued the Prominent Politician,
when the paper could have said so
much more than it did and not prevari-
cate any moro than in what II did say.
Under Washington date line IN
Zinkv's organ this morning | observed
he following: Governor William
Spry. II. l.. Booth and L. II. Calllster,
Who have heen here for several days,
left this afternoon for Salt Lake. When
he called at the interstate commerce
commission, District Attorney Booth
was naid very high compliment by the
comm issioners, who told him that he
was one Of the few district attorneys
who never hcsitated 10 prosecute case
and who was successful III his prosecu~
tons
Now. doesu Z that Jar you, When
did this United States, attorney get III
such close relationship with the inter
state commerce commission that the
commissioners should know so much
bout his record!
..When did this commission learn
hat Kiuky Booth never hesltafed 10
prosecute P caseg' When dld IL lcarh
hat he was successful III his prosccu"
Does Not Know Facts.
'.The commission certainly could not
Lave referred 10 the recent coal lands
frauds wherein the successful prose
.,ltion' cost the government OF the
United States Sj.059,000, IN return Tor
which gift a great Goa corporation I
paid the government S2L4.aoo. Inc
l.-
|.Then. TOO, in this case this. Utah
official Of the department of Justice
was assisted by special United states
attorneys
..Certainly the interstate commerce
commission could not have referred 10
case No. 901 in the United States court
for tbe district of Utah, for action IN
that ease was instituted over two years
400 To be exact. the original papers
were filed March >. 1907. Besides, all
the papers in this case are signed by
the attorney general of the United
states; by William NJ. McCrea, assistant
United States district attorney Tor the
district of Utah. and by NJ. I; burch
and Fred A. MAYNARD of counsel
"Tben. TOO. il happens that In case
ooI wherein the Carbon County Lapd
companv is one Of the defendants that
AT the time when the lands involved
in the case came into possession or the
cnmnanv. Hiram T.. Booth, called
K;nlx was president Of the Carbon
County Land company. Therefore the
commission could not have referred to
this case.
Not Carbon County Land Company
SIN view. again. that this case has
beeu before the United States court Tor
more than two wears. continuance a1ter
continuance being granted in order 10
take testimony; that the carbon county
Land company. Of which Hiram T..
Booth was at the time president. IS
charged with attempting 10 fraudulent
" obtain the lands involved, tho com
mission could not have meant this case
1.-The con1mendstio ton OF Hiram IL
Hooth. known as Kinky, could not have
had the Utah National bank trouble IN
view, for no conviction was maze
in that instance
s.It is not probable that the commits
sion got Hiram L. Booth, called kinky
ut times. mixed Up with one Booth who
was United States commissioner at,
one time in Utah, because that was
long ago. and there are great many
people here now who have forgotten
that incident.
Department Of Justice Silent.
"One thing is particularly. noticeable
in the dispatch clted, and that IS tnaC
I
NOT the attorney general ot1lce, aud
with whom Kinky has close relations In
that this department is his boss, who
commended him for his success IN his
prosecutions.
sEYou will recall the fact that In the
coal land fraud case, wherein the
Utah Fuel company was presented with
over s5.O00.00 by the government
Kiukv Booth filed with the clerk of the
United States court IN Salt Lake City
this letter:
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
Washington. Mareh -: lsoa . ,,c~
H. Z. Booth ;s ESD c,n Imted fl,sb states A''or-
the United states OF America is com;
gaiant and The fsh rs r@e! sqpapy apS ana ae
fendsnts. and in equity cases Nos. s67,
Ss8. $50 and SO wherein the above
named companies and the Morton gt9ind IT.nt dnIs
pending In the United States circuit
court for the district Of Utah. you are
authorized and directed 10 dismiss such
suits. in the event that there shall he
pdeposited by said defendants. or any OF
them. with the clerk OF said court. To the
credit of the United states. in cash or
IT'S equivalent. such a sum as shall Wit;
The amount OF the fine supposed oy the
court in the case, 10 10 iO,g. aoo oaegrsgate
each party TO pay its own costs. Respect
iu'' GEORGE W. wICKERsHAM.
Attorney General.
HSuccessful prosecutions do not end
In dismissals of cases, but perhaps the
interstate commerce commission did not
know the result in the Utah Fuel com
pany case Sometimes one boosts him
self TOO much. This looks like the
time
BEAUTIFUL IDLEWILD,