ANTI-KNOCKERS' EDITION.
M ' Special Edition No. 5 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, MAY 17, 1905. Pkich 5 Cunts fl
B Che Reverend Knockers must 60 1
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Hl Some people affect to believe Uiat
?cHH1 Truth doesn't like churches, and that
B it has a deep-rooted antipathy to
jH preachers. Nothing could be further
VH from the facts. Truth bollevos In
HH "' churches, believes that ministers do
jHH a vast amount of good, that a people
rHHJ or a country without churches would
SVJ ' bo an exceedingly undesirable people
HH " to liavo anything to do with and an ex-
HH ceedlngly undesirable country to live
'HJ In, but unfortunately and perhaps nn-
rHJ avoidably, sometimes, wo might al-
,HH most say frequently men got Into the
(HH ministry who arc a disgrace to their
HH cloth and to their churches. In Utah
HH that is notably the case. Half a dozen
jHH or maybe a dozen preachers have
HH wrought more Injury to this state ma-
:HH tcrially, morally and intellectually
,H, than any other equal number of men
H' within its borders. Some of them
HH have been notoriously morally corrupt
'Hi and all of the black dozen we will call
them liavo mndo a business of slandcr-
Hl ' Ing, misrepresenting and absolutely
' and unqualllledly and maliciously ly-
H ing about Utah and her people. The
HJ good people, instead of sitting down on
M these wolves in sheep's clothing liavo
HJ winked at and in somo caso even en-
Ifl couraged them In their nefarious nc-
HJ tlons. None have had the courage to
j expose them. Their cloth has been a
H clonk for their villainy and protected
M 1 by the mantle of mistaken charity
M they havo been allowed to go over tho
H k , country vllllfying Utah, tolling lurid
M and absolutely untitle, sensational and
Ha horrifying storlos about tho pcoplo
HI ' who llvo In Utah. They work upon
H tho gullablllty of tho peoplo in the east
H&y for tho solo and only purpose of
M reaching their pocket-books. Tho col-
M lection box is never omitted and the
M more lurid and horrifying tho stories
H told by the Lelllchs, tho Illffs, etc.,
H the larger the collections. Tho money
H , is supposed by those who give it to
H bo for tho conversion of the Mormons,
HJ but these preachers didn't convert any
n Mormons. Tho very best of them, tho
H well meaning, honest, God-fearing
H 'preachers In Utah havo scarcoly evor
HI made a convert from tho Mormon
HI church. The sensational scandal-mon-
Hl gers who go out on collection tours
HI simply get money under falso pre
tenses. The unsuspecting peoplo of
the east have given at tho lowest cal
culation a quarter of a million dollars
to convert the Mormons, but wo doubt
If a dozen Mormons In tho entire stato
have been converted during the pnst
dozen years. The money Is gono and
there is nothing to show for It. Tho
reverend hypocrites have contributed
more largely than any other causo or
all causes combined to keep desirable
settlers from coming (o this stale, to
keep capital away, to prevent the ma
terial development of its limitless lo
sources and to hlndor its Intclloctu'i!
advancement. They combine with tho
worst elements in tho community to
Injuro the stato In every way. It is
timo they wero exposed. It Is tlmo
their nefarious practices were stopped
and they nro going to bo stopped. Tho
knockers must go, whether they pose
as ministers of tho gospol or anything
else.
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THE TRIBUNE A MENDICANT.
Ex-Senator Cannon, the junior mem
ber of the Tribuno triumvlrato, Im
proved tho shining hours in the east
ern states beforo ho sailed for Gor
mnny. It appears ho went on a bog
ging expedition on behalf of tho Trib
une and worked tho W. C. T. U. for
$5,000. lie told tho ladles of tho W.
C. T. U. that tho Tribuno was being
boycotted by tho hierarchy and tho
wicked Mormons; that there wore
only a few Independent high-minded
Mormons liko himself who sided with
that paper in Its stand for freedom,
and that tho sheet was having a hard
tlmo of It In this wicked hierarchy
ridden country. Ho and a few oChors
wero willing to givo their services to
tho causo without monoy and without
price; but tho reporters, tho composi
tors, tho canvassers nnd tho clerks
wouldn't work for nothing, and tho
paper manufacturers wouldn't donato
paper. The Tribuno needed monoy
and Frankio got It, what ho did with
It wo don't know. But fancy the once
proud, wealthy and powerful Tribune
in tho light of a mendicant!
Frankio has a knack of getting tho
money. Ho needs moro money than
most of as, and he gets it, but doesn't
keep it. That's the dllTorenco bolweon
him and Joey. .Joey keeps It when he
gels it. .lust before Frnnklo was
bought by Kearns and becamo a mem
ber of tho "Amerlcnn" pnrty ho was a
Democrat, at least ho occupied tho po
sitlon of state chairman for .tho Demo,
cratlc parly. Only a very, very short
tlmo beforo tho "Americans" got him
ho collected or received donations
from prominent Democrats lo tho
amount of $2,000, to bo expondoil for
tho benefit, of the Democratic pnrty.
A number of tho contributors now are
anxious lo know who tho Democratic
party was that icceived (ho benefit f
their contributions.
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THE KNOCKERS AT LOS ANGELES
Tho Tribuno Is very vehement In
Its denials (lint the (wo of I lie trium
virate who were In T.os Angeles with
(he Commercial club excursion In
spired articles which appealed In (he
Los Angeles papers uncomplimentary
to Senator Smoot. They may deny all
they can, but it Is nevertheless n fact
Senator Kearns wont around talking
about llto awful conditions In Utah
and tho wickedness of tho Mormons
In general and Sonntor Smoot In par
ticular, and Lippmnn followed tho ox
amplo of his master. When the excur
sionists wero In Los Angeles tho Trlb
unc gang Injected tho religious ques
tion Into tho proceedings. This can
bo proved from tho Tribuno roports,
oven If there wero no othor evidence
of It. Kearns and Llpptmn attempted
to divide the oxcurslonists on Gonlllo
and Mormon lines, nnd, according to
the Tribuno reports, the Gonlilos
stayed at one hotel nnd tho Mormons
at another. This was falso, but It
showed plainly tho trail of tho sor
ponts. Kearns posed as tho leader of
tho Gentiles, nnd nothing was omitted
by tho Tribuno gang which would bo
likely to stir up 111 feeling and discord
and nock Utah. Tho Gentiles must
bo very proud of Tom Kearns as their
leader. Tho effrontery of such a man
posing as tho leador of anybody or
anything unless It bo a pack of black
guards, Is something wondorful.
RAILWAY RATE ISSUE.
President Roosevelt, In his message
to congress In Decernber last, declared
that rebates, secret contracts, and prl
vnto discriminations must ceaso to bo;
that the railways must carry freight HH
on equal terms to all. HH
The country Is in need of legislation HH
which will regulate these matters and HH
which will prevent unjust nnd unfair HH
discriminations, by way of robalcs to HJ
certain shippers which nro not allowed HH
to all. Certain merchants in Salt Lake HH
havo received rebates on freight rates HH
amounting to as much as 50 per cent HH
of the total freight charged, wlillo oth- HH
crs must pay tho full rates. This tin- HH
ust discrimination 1ms been going on HH
'or years in this city onabllng somo HH
merchants to got rich while thoso not HH
'ecclviug these rebates have been less HH
oiosperotis. Ono mercantile houso got .'HH
so bold about it that thoy wero about ,HH
to carry the matter Into tho courts as ,HH
nn offset to a wholcsnlo houso's do- 'HH
iiiiind on account of tho shipper fail- HH
Ing to bill tho goods over tho railway HHj
which gavo the rebates. Salt I.nko HHJ
City has been n great financial loser HJ
by reason of tho railways making HHJ
lower rales to tho merchants of San HHJ
Francisco than thoso of Snlt Lake. HHJ
The Townscnd railway ralo hill, HHJ
which passed tho lower house of con- HHJ
gross at tho last session Is Intended HH
ns a remedy for these evils. It Is a HHJ
Republican mcastiro, nnd Is supported HHJ
by the president nnd tho Townscnd HHJ
bill Is severely criticised by Samuel HH
Spencer, president of tho Southern HHl
railway. Ills specific objections, briefly HHJ
stated, uro as follows: "Such enact- HH
inonts would not be regulation. Thoy HH
would menu Incipient, If not final, con- HJ
trol of tho sources of rovenuo of all HH
carriers. Thoy might easily mean tho HJ
taking of or tho diminution of Its HHl
vnltio without duo process of law, or HHl
without compensation lo tho ownors. HHl
Such regulation would bo tho curtail- HH
inent of fultiro railway construction HHl
and Improvements." HJ
This, ho argues, would bo because HH
tho rovenucs would bo tindor govern- HH
menial or political control, and tho HHJ
expenses still bo subject to tho uncor- HH
talntlcs of Industrial conditions. H
Tho Towusond bill provides that a H
rato onco fixed by tho commission H
shall remain in forco Indefinitely, nn- H
less changed by the commission or by HH
tho court, and ho thinks that under HHfl
such a law all rates would, In timo, bo- HH
come commission rates, and tho HH
functions of railway managers in ad- HHfl
justing rates to moot commercial con- HHfl
dltlons would como to an end. Ho HHfl
says many other things nbout rate bills HH
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