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Vol. 5; No. 11 SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, NOVEMBER 25, 1905. Pines 5 Cbkts
Deseret News Still Squirming
Tho Dcscrct News lias broken out
again. A few days ago It again dovot
ed nearly two columns of Its valuablo
editorial spaco to an attack on Truth
and to mistlfylng a very simple mat
ter tho facts In regard to which had
been stated by Truth In a clear, plain,
and concise way so that ho that run
neth could read. Tho News
befogs the subject with lino distinc
tions, splitting hairs and a vast
amount of language tho sole object of
which appears to bo to conceal, In tho
Niagara like mist it raises tho simple
facts. This Is unworthy of an acuto
sophist addressing people of ordinary
Intelligence. For instance tho News
denies that It called Truth a liar, but it
said that Truth's statement was utter-
I ly false and that it was "difficult to
suppress tho feelings of indignation
which naturally arise when such flag
rant falsehoods aro printed in a pub
I Hcatlon calling itself Truth. Tho state
ment is untruo from beglnnlg to end."
There is lots moro Just Hko that in tho
News, yet tho News says that "tho
News did not dovoto any spaco to call
ing Truth a liar." Wo suppose tho
above expressions quoted from tho
News aro meant by tho News to Indi
cate that Truth is not only not a liar,
but that it states the Truth unre
servedly and that tho writer in Truth
Is a high minded veracious gentleman.
Again tho News treats Iti readers
to tho dictionary definition of the
word "neutral," which, however, in no
, way differs from Truth's Interpreta
tion of tho word. Most school boys
know what tho word "noutral" means.
So does tho ordinary newspaper read
er. Neutral In politics is what tho
1 News as tho official organ of tho Mor
mon church, if it adhered to tho dec
laration of tho church officials, ought
to bo, but tho News says It Is not neu
tral in politics, It Is independent, that
is freo to support' any party it chooses.
Wo aro glad tho News has definitely
stated Its position and as tho official
organ of tho church, tho position of
i 3 the church it represents. It Is in poll-
tics and freo to support "any pqllt il
party it chooses. Tho church authon
tles havo, tlmo and again, assured tho
people that tho church Is not In poli
tics, tho News In effect and re'alllty
says it Is In politics. Hero is a direct
issue between tho Nows and tho
church authorities. Tho Nows may
fool somo people with its sophistry
and distortion of language, but it can
not fool all tho pcoplo oven somo of
the time.
Tho dlfferenco between a "dodger"
and a circular wo don't know. The
News no doubt can Interpret It any
way to suit its argument, whatever
that argument may be.
There is not much use In contro
versies regarding what produced the
result that was produced In tho late
election. The only good in it Is as to
what light It throws on tho future and
how tho events of tho past may shape
tho future. Tho important thing that
this discussion between Truth and
the News has developed Is that the
News Is In politics. If It as tho church
organ continues in politics tho result
may bo an entlro change of tho polit
ical aspect In this state. Truth de
sired to bo fair with tho Mormon peo
plo and tho Mormon church. A great
many Gentiles hero aro In tho same
position in that regard as Truth. They
realize and recognize fully that the
Mormon people havo not had a square
deal, that they havo been and aro now
libeled, vllllfled and persecuted by
designing and utterly disreputable pol
iticians and "dead beats" working on
tho prejudices and Ignoranco of tho
public. They havo courago and deter
mination to stand up for a square
deal, but they don't Hko being thrown
and betrayed as tho Nows betrayed
them In the lato campaign on its own
responsibility and contrary to tho
wishes of tho heads of tho church
whoso instructions to tho Nows were
to keep out of politics.
Truth's arraignment of tho Nows
not only still stands, but Is strength
ened by tho recent artlcT ,s in the
News itself. In brief tho Items of the
arraignment, which havo not been
weakened, nro as follows:
1st. Tho Deseret Nows, the official
organ .of tho church, is by its own
confession, In politics and freo to cs
pouso tho cause, of any political party
it pleases.
2nd. During' tho recent campaign
the Deseret News" was a Democratic
organ. It favored tho Democrats
during tho entlro campaign, openly
opposed tho "Americans" and cun
nlgly and covertly "knifed" the Repub
licans and Is responsible for tho suc
cess of tho "American" ticket. It ro
fuscd to print Republican Items ol
news, refused to print tho statement
of tho Republican mayoralty candl
dato regarding his position on tho
water question, until a person who
has considerable advertising to place
urgently insisted through tho busi
ness offlco of tho Nows that Candidate
Lynch's statement bo published and
its publication in tho Nows was cl
fected in that way through tho busi
ness office.
3rd. Tho News by collusion with
tho Democratic city .commltto pub
lished tho day provlous to tho elec
tion an articlo which was a most ef
fective Democratic campaign docu
ment', was so considered by tho pub
lic and was so good from a Demo
cratic standpoint that tho Democratic
committee) purchased and caused to be
distributed thousands of extra copies
of tho Nows. Circulars or "dodgers"
contalnlg that articlo and additional
matter gotten out by tho Democratic
commltteo were distributed by Des
eret News carriers. Tho News' art!'
clo on tho day boforo election changed
tho political situation. Tho public In
terpreted tho articlo as a direction to
tho Mormon pcoplo to vote tho Dem
ocratic ticket. Just prior to tho ap
pearance of tho Nows articlo tho bet
ting was oven between Thompson and
Lynch with Httlo Thompson money in
sight. The odds against Morris get
ting oven second placo were big. Af
ter tho News articlo appeared tho
odds wero on Thompson. Tho next
morning all kinds of money wero of
fered at 2 to 1 on Thompson as against
Lynch, without takers. Tho betting
before tho Nows articlo appeared was
3 to 1 that Lynch beat Morris. Short
ly after tho Nows camo out tho bet
ting was 2 to 1 that Morris would boat
Lynch. That was tho effect tho News
articlo had on tho public.
4th. Tho articlo printed in Hiq News
tho night boforo election was premed
itated and intended us a direct attack
on tho Republican party and for tho
purposo of illowlng tho Herald and
Democratic chairman to interpret It
that way. Tho Democratic editor of
tho Nows knows so. Tho Herald and
Democratic chairman Interpreted It
tho way It was meant to bo, and up to
this date tho Nows has not contradict
ed nor taken cither ono to task.
Prominent Democrats stated on tho
street hours beforo tho Nowh nppoarod
that tho "Nows was going lo rip tho
Republicans up tho back tonight." Tho
articlo In question was novcr author- '
Izcd by tho first presidency and was
placed in tho paper surreptitiously
and without their knowledge. Can tho '
News deny this? !
Tho Nows also allowed tho typo of
tho editorial in question to bo lifted t
from Its forms and placed In the
hands of tho Domocrats to print their !
circulars with and furnished thou
sands of extra copies of its paper to bo
distributed, so as to show to tho pco
plo that tho Nows was behind tho cir
cular. Can tho Nows deny this? )
Now In conclusion Truth wants to
say that tho Nows is ontirely mistak
en In its supposition that tho articles -on
this subject which havo appeared
in Truth aro actuated by any personal
animosity whatever against any ono
on tho Deseret Nows. Truth alono Is
responsible for tho articles and thoy
did not como from any outsldo sourco
whatsoever. Truth feels sore, and
Justly so, because It and the party It
championed In tho campaign was
stabbed In the back by the Deseret
News. It has no feelings of malico,
fully realizes that tho election Is past,
but wishes to prevent a similar thing
from happening again.
. u
j" PATTERSON HAS ANOTHER
n THINK COMING.
. (By C. M. Jackson, State Journal.)
o A Presbyterian minister, named
t Patterson, has stated to a meeting of
r- ministers of his own faith that "Lead,
t Kindly Light," is not a proper hymn
g for Christians to sing; that It may bo
s sung with equal graco by tho Bud-t-
dhlst, tho Shlntolst or any other "1st,"
and ho suggests that It bo cut out and
t ono of tho Psalms inserted In its
s placo.
Oh, dear! Doesn't It beat all what
s wo havo to listen to those days. Tho
1. old Methodist hymnal has just been
It rovised and an armful of tho stand
o byes wo used to hear sung In tho old
d days havo been eliminated, nnd yet
It tho work goes on.
it "Lead, Kindly Light," was written
d by a learned man, a cardinal of a
It church that was teaching tho doc
o trlnos of tho Nazareno centuries be-
