The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-09-06
GLASMANN BLUFF
QUICKLY CALLED
Engineer West Backs His
Statement With Offer to
Wager 81 900.

Especial 60 The Herald Republican,
ogden. sept. lacking both truth
and logic. William Glasmann. mayor OF
Ogden and publisher OF the ogden
standard. today devoted two pages OF
his morning edition OF the ogden
STANDARD to viilification OF The Herald
Republican and Engineer Joseph a.
West Of the ogden Rapid Transit COM
peur. who sought an honest expression
~ his views ON the water bond Ques-
ton in the salt Lake paper after Glas-
mann had wilfully misQuoted him.
Glasmunn declares he will forfeit
$500 90 anyone who viii prove that
ny Vests statement published I'm the
Sc ndard August "a was boz any way
CARRIED or one word iutcrpOlated TO
change the meaning In statement
Issued tonight SIR. West calls the bet
and raises the mayor publisher $500
more. Engineer Vests statement fol-
lows.
There b. no better evidence OF the
hancful effects resulting from the pub
JIG press being I'm the hands of un-
Ecrupuious persons than the hcrculean
efforts or MAYOR Glasmaun 90 publicly
abuse and misrcprc~cnt me and also
T. pull the wool over the eyes or the
voters of ogden city who tomorrow
viii be called upon TO vote upon the
important question Of bonding the city
Tor 500 GOO to build n conduit into Cold
Water canyon. from whence there is not
o. present obtainablc nor has there been
Tor months enough water 60 half iii
TIC present conduit 90 that point. In
fact four-tfths OF the water now be
ing used hv MS is taken from the OE-
Den river above the Utah Light a. Rail-
way dam. hence its bad taste. and but
piled from both wheeler and the Cold
Water together.
How Cinsmann Did To-
The mayor quotes the latter part
~ my recent communication TO the
standard. but FOR obvious reasons fails
To print the fore part or a.. I'm which
plainly set forth the fact that ogden
city had mo- water In either or the above
named canyons or elsewhere that would
Justify adding 100000 TO the City's al
ready enormous debt the plain in
ference being that 10 was the duty Of
fhr city first TO get the water. and
enumerated the various sources from
whence 7 thought the same might be
had. adding that were this done 10
would speak louder than anything else
Tor the bond issue. and that no citi-
gen. having the best interest or the
city az heart would fail 20 vote for a..
which. or course. meant your much
1ualigred humble servant
And right here let me say that while
7 ann not gambler. nor in sympathy
With EauhuuE In any form. that 7
VIII stake $1,000 against the mayors
bet ~ $500 that Do has omitted to
publish in his cditorial.of today. more
than ouc-nall OF the communication
from which be partly quotes. and to
which he affiNed misleading head
lines and appended erroneous editorial
comment al the time OF its first ap-
pearanrc In his paper.
note the sleek and willy way IN
which the honorable mayor put IL: In
order 20 prove what miserable falSer
The Herald Republican n. vre print the
same article herewith and offer to
wager $500 that Joseph A. West
brought tho article 20 the Standard Of
flee and that his own signature is
attached Co 10. and that from the first
linr Co the last line not one word has
been changed. omitted or Inserted
1T ia lamcutahlc fact that Mayor
Giasmaun nov has both papers at
Present published iu this city. through
tho instrumeutaTitv OF which he can
Frutify- bis iufolernut disposition to
fcrrorize. by relentless abuse. an who
may have the teuerity Co come ont IN
the open and oppose anything that ne
may advocate. as ne done I'm the case
~ Mr.. FiuErcc and myself. who have
brt stood FOR orr honest convictions.
IHerr can DO no greater evidence
- the great danger likely 60 result
fror 'ntrusti1E such n man with ths
expenditure OF this vast sum OF money
than this very fact.
JOSEPH a. WEST
ogden. sept. 8. 1910