The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-06-05

saracteristic of and in conformity
dthe notoriously dlsreputable meth
otof the ald-Republcan, that
81 Saturday morning printed what
s.3rted to be a special dispatch from
lington giving unofficial re-
s1' on the census for Salt Lake
~ ~, The figures for the city, accord
gfo this Especial dispatch" were
ts'icially set at 1851.
fs glance at the fake dispatch IS
annce Of its falsity. Men who have
~ ~ long IN the newspaper business
SSls city and who are familiar with
rstyle' of various writers, know
gsell as they know anything the
sity of the man in the Herald-Re-
.ds IAN office who wrote the " dis
man who wrote it got his in
-,a4tiou from someone who is en-
now or was employed formerly
p.e office Of Census Supervisor IL,
'e' ;Millin.
:, a result OF the publication of the
hatch,' Mr.. McMillin, as his first
dssnl act of the day, removed from
- Major II. P. Myton, who has
ca special agent. Mr. McMillin re-
| 81 Major Mvton Of his KEYS and
bzfrom him all authority in connec-
ug with the census work. Mr.. Nc
s'~ 4, in. statement, refused to dis
the removal of Major
. He said simply that he was re-
IA II and that the public may draw
~ IA conclusions.
III Come to Blows.
E ior Myton positively denied that
ID given out the statistics. He
= s,umbrage at an interview pub
Iii IN The evening papers in which
dcMillIn told about Myton S re-
anv and the two met at the corner
'n'' eond South and West Temple
ma, at $50 o'clock in the after
Cos There. Myton knocked McMilIin
l fef = according to Myton, and was in
rciz Knocked down himself BY two
car men. According to McMil-
uno Ayton assaulted him without
oss = ncation, and the two went down
sSsr,,er. McMillin says he Will prose.
sIr 4yton for assault.
: dentally, McMilliu was exceed.
good wroti. He declared that he had
,nsaps tried to "play fair' with the
old Fapers, and had hoped 10 report To
uJ hgton that the Salt Lake press
BV~ Yea him its earnest cooperation
,ysrbf work of gathering the data foI
mussrk This, he said, he could still
usic, III respect TO all Of the papers
....i the Herald Republican. This
p he denounced in unmeasured
IA but the denunciation of McMil
I'VE n,srd< any one else makes precious lit
- q sterence to the crowd that runs
q Bssper, for that crowd is dead to al
op ~ and ipxensibic to all shame.
!, ~ Figures Not Complete,
It is impossible that the figure.
ths ing in the Herald Republican
p frcct is manifest from the fac-
NV ie enumeration of the census i,
ms u use complete. There are still
a. -. e,'s:n at work and names are bciu.
saIEIrs aed daily. The telegram to The
,e iOn'6 from Director Durand, repro
at the head OF this article, il
ssop' r'nat not one whit of that whicl
oaa lrf'nted as q part Of the fake dis
90 an the Herald Republican ha
,ses ity as its basis.
,'iStsssisr Myton, together with othc
slagents, was relieved from dutI
spN ~, upon instructions from
,..dtdSgton TO reduce expenses. FraDl
hTiIf mi Feage was chief clerk in the OF
y tt,,tb sb Mr. McMillin until Friday
,sasc 'csordine TO Mr.. McMillin, he in
,th o. ms superior that he had oh
rouBp permanent place and resigned
Snation was accepted aud Ma
tors' Sar ''n was appointed Ill his place