The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-11-12
FROM SACRAMENTO.
An Editors View of the Rabids
The RainfalIs.
The Public Schools.
SACRAMENTO. Nov, 4. 1882.


wrong, than any newspaper in Cali
fornia. 1t is generally understood,
too, that in its editorials can be
found more originality and evidence
Of depth of study on all questions
discussed, than in any other journal
in the State. Now see what it has
to say about the "rabid " Gentle
press of Utah. There are those at
home, doubtless, who will as freely
assert that it was Mormon gold that
produced the editorialhere given, as
that it was the same influence which
caused Judge Hunters decision.
But here is the editorial from the
Record Union Of this date:
FEDERAL COURTS IN UTAH.
The press and people OF the country
will probably do wisely to receive the
statements of the Utah Gentle jour- ais
in regard to Judge Hunters recent de-
! ciBion, with extreme csution. 1t is y
fami!iar fact that tie Gentle organs Of
that Territory are rot at all trustworthy
in matters Of this kiRd. Their bias
against the Mormon. is SO strong, their
prejudice so rampant, that they SrP evsr
ready to accuse of treason any federal Off
Ger or judge who tries to be impartial II
il in the highest degree improbable that
he has been bribed by hem. But ills un-
fortunately altogether credlble that the
GENTLE pa .ers II Ut6h are making wild
and irre.pot ,ib.s and uhjustlfable
charges, b Cause they have done the same
kind Of thing many times before. The
truth is that these papers do not represent
the situation at ali faithfully. They rant
and rave about hermoniSm much as tao
mary CSliiorDia EAps's not long ago
rRnted and rsYed ABOUT the Chinese
question, such irrational pAItisan,hip,
however, is always q mistake. Ii does
not convince utsidsrs Il only revoits
them. In the present case We are fully
prepared TO learn that the Federal judge
in Utah has been very greatly wr0nged
by the utter. ross Of tbs Gentle press.
a. d that be hss done no more thar his
duty.
The day will probably come
when the "Gentile press Of Utah
will cease to impute dishonesty 10
an official simply because he does
not cater to their desires. When it
does come 1t will not be necessary
for an honorable journal to say
that lit is unfortunately altogether
credible that the Gentle papers of
Utah are making wild and irrespon-
sible and unjustifiable charges, be-
cause they had done the same kind
of thing many times BEFORE"
1t has raiaed here very much
lately, Up to date $500 inches have
fallen. 1t commenced early and
came often. The filst heavy storm
came on the 18th of September, and
just as a good three-mile race was
being run at our agricultural park
here, (By the bye, ] T. Gilmer
had entered a horse for the race.
but he was withdrawn for some
reason before it was rum This
storm caused much damage, for the
product of many extensive wheat
fields was piled up on the fields
without cover, and large amounts
of grain ruined. Then it was that
the carpenters and builders could
Justly call the farmers fools, and
the opportunity present itself fol-
O r papers to TEEN with advice to
the grangers, the substance being
Sbuild more sheds and thus save an.
nually thousands Of dollars in tools
and farming implements alone
which are allowed to lie all the sea.
son exposed to the wind, sun and
rain" After reading such calls fol
the farmer to look after his own in
terest, one would imagine them to
be a very careless class OF men.
This damage to unstored gram was
not the sole one wrought by the
early storms, for the grain sown on
summer fallowed land commenced
to grow. Providing the storms will
continue, this is merely an imagin-
ary damage; but in case of q dry
spell, which generally comes after
such early rains, the land woulC
have to be sown again. If you
will permit me to add that the rain.
fall to date is about four inches
more than the average has been fol
the past six years; that to the cor
responding date in 1881, only III Of
an inch, 1880, a sprinkle, 1879, .S4S
of an inch, 1878, .672 of an inch 1877
.7e5 Of an inch, 1875, 3.e10 inches
and in 1875, $40 of an inch fell, II
say 40 more about it at present.
We are all politics now, as indeed
you must be. Here we have half {
dozen parties. and as many tickets
the republican, democratic, prohlbl
ton, home production, anti-debris
greenback, labor ticket and others
and whilst all will have enthusias
tic hackers, there will b,
some awfully sore heads, which
will find no rest next week
No one attempts to say VIVA
the election viii prove. Som,
will enthusiastically bet that tn
democrats will carry the state, tn,
prchibitionists will elect the COVER
nor, etc., ETC., but nay own private
publicly expressed opinion is tina
the republican line is a hard one t
beat.
It would be useless to bet O
the result of your election. job
T. will of course be elected, and b
should be ex(Z)iled if he don
There is one reason why [ am sorr
the Judge will not be sent to Wasf
ington, and that is that all he wan
is an opportunity of serving b
country, and when a man is file
with this high and laudable desll