The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-07
Solemn Pledges of Assurance
From Mackay Dam Menace
Never Fulfilled.
ATTACK ON DILLINGHAM;
IS MALICIOUS FALSEH00D
Republican Chairman Of Custer
County Bitterly Denounces
Assault in Statesman.
Special to The Tribune.

Special to The Tribune.
MACKAY, Idaho, Nov. 6.-Followins
is a special TO John F. Nugent concern
ing the Mackay dam and Saturday
Statesman IS attack OH the Eepubllca1
county chairman of Custer county;
Dear Sir; Through friend have
learned of the political plot TO assassin
llshed In. Saturday mornings Statesman n
The Statesman OF that date does not
reach Mackay until noon, ana IL wa
evidently sprung. thinking l "ould DO,
am sending you this in the hope that
you will publish il as a paid advertise
ment. II In no other way, as IL is neces-
sary in putting the facts relative to the
Mackay dam before the voters in their
true light. which facts inspired the at
tack of the Republican organization In
the Statesman.
7 am informed by telephone that IL is
charged that the attitude of the Miner
towards Governor Brady was brought
about through the inability of myself
as Republican chairman Of Custer coun
~ 10 secure this county's proportion oil
financial aid from the state orSaniZa
ZION and that failing in this ! went TO
Pocateio On the sunday that Governor
Brady and James II, Hawley were there
and that the policy OF the paper was
changed on account OF money paid me
by Mr. Hawley or Mr.. Hays of the brew
Ing company.
Is Deliberate Lie.
This is q deliberate and malicious lie
ma nufs ctured OF whole cloth. ] was
called to Pocatello on account Of the ILL
ness of my wife, who, while in attend
5nce as a delegate 10 the district meet
ing Of the Federation OF Women's clubs.
was taken seriously III as result OF
anesthetics administered while in the
dental chair, and / hasiened TO her, ar
riving al . o'clock Sunday morning, and
went direc, To DR.. Poole's home, where
she was a guest. My visit was confined
strictly to the Poole family ! met and and
is. DR.. and Mrs. Poole. DR.. and Mrs:
Cureton and Joe Young: Nothing at
that time, or ever. has been more re-
mote from my thought than to besmirch
my record by taking money. selling my
self and the paper | edit and the birth
right Of my friends and citizens for a
mess OF pottage.
Had been of this disposition 7 could
think have betrayed my fellow citizens
cast my self-respect and manhood aside
and accepted the urgent invitation of
Clarence Dietrich to hold conference
with himself and Governor Brady. who
dam matter rest.
Declined to Confer.
Prior to .his. Secretary Dietrich and
George Gagon of Blackfoot who is slated
for an appointment TO the Carey act
land commission. made trip to Mackay
in the interests OF smoothing things over.
They met with no success. and when I
was invited to the conference at Poca
tello 7 declined, feeling that l was want
ed for another discussion OF this affair
and truly had had my fill.
II the Statesman interview charges that
met James H Hawley in Pocatello il
lies; If 1t charges, that I met Robert Hays
terests. it maliciouslv lies. If It charges
that ] accepted money for my stand in
this matter It deliberately and malicious
~ lies. That Is as strong as I know
how 10 put il and make affidavit to all
these statements.
| do not enjoy very wide acquaint-
ance over the state. and / certainly OBJ
ject TO being introduced TO the people In
this light.
II I had been susceptible To a hribe
have good reasons 10 believe that could
have gotten the same without going out
side Of the Republican ranks. and 1t was
10 avoid q SUSPICION OF this that I dee
clined to meet the governor and his boy
Clarence at Pocatello
Now concerning my attitude as chair
man: The Republican candidates in this
county made me their chairman. know
ing full we'll nay opinion. of the land
board. Here again I Will review the
fight waged In the interest of protection
from the dam. in justification OF my
stand
Protection Is Refused.
The governor as chairman. and the
whole land board completely ignored the
appeals and letters and scorned the de-
mands OF the citizens for protection The
dam had been condemned by one of the
foremost engineers of the world before
any demand was made Of the land board
and this a, our peoples own expense
that they might be protected not only
from the menaciue structure but from
the land board also, who allowed tbs
comoany TO proceed from the beginning
In the carly summer OF 1909 until tho
issue was forced b. the citizens OF the
Lost River valley. and this with almost
daily reports from their Carey act in
spector. which. to my positive knowled &c
from reports shown me by Governor
Brady. were sent from April until the
also admitted BY MISS Chamberlain at
a mass meeting in this city
The peoDle know The facts in this mat
ter. as the engineers all sustained the
people, their renorts rejecting discredit
on the public officials who were respon-
sible.
Left in Unsafe State.
So far We had won our fight. but the
work was discontinued and the mass OF
gravel left I'm an incomplete. unsafe stale
The necessity of spIliwav to carry off
the flood waters was important. and the
fear that one would not be built was
unpermost IN the minds OF the peonic,
The matter Was taken uD with the gov
ernor just before the primaries. II was
hot subject, and he came the Friday
before The primaries. With myself ard
other citizens he visited the dam. ard
while standing on the mass OF grave! he
said TO me: II don't blame you peopIe
for becoming alarmed. That core wall
amounts 10 no more than so much straw,
the dam leaks like a sieve. there is no
pudding material in sight"
The necessity Of n spillway to take
care of the tiood waters Of next spring
was called 10 his attention then and
there. and I've a"reed that such a measure