The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-30
THE LIAR.

: Our disreputable morning con
: temporary has the characteristic O
7 the trained liar-it lies and ther
swears Ato it. Having been con.
J victed of downright falsehood in
asserting that the scandal affecting
the character of an official was first
put into circulation by the SALT
! LAKE HERALD it endeavors to
make people believe it told the
truth, and in doing SO exposes not
only maliciOusness but ignorance
1t reproduced the following para
graph which appeared in the
HERALD on the 22d:
There are startling rumors in circula-
lion quite seriously affecting The moral
character ola prominent official person
who takes deep interest in the morals
Of others. Should The Iumors prove
true, in any respect, it would be difficult
10 avoid a sensation and scandal Ct ,Rrge
proportions.
To which it adds: Cup to that
date not a breath had been whis-
pered that any Gentle had heard OF
regarding the matter That asser-
tion is simply lie, aid we believe
the man who wrote'it knew it to be
oneWhen he framed the sentence. The
scandal was in circulation days be-
fore the paragraph appeared in
the HERALD, and was COM
mon talk among Gentiles
and Mormons. This much
we know, having heard the story
from the lips of both classes. 1t is
bare ly possible the Tribune had not
heard the scandal, but it is more
tran probable that it discussed the
stories frequently, and judging
from the persistence and earnest
ness it has lately displayed in fore
ing the nasty business before the
public, was not at all sorry because
of the dirty. mOrsel. Knowing the
character of the Tribune as every
body does, and understanding the
disreputable principles upon which |
the paper is conducted, neither the
public nor individuals have the
right to expect anything more hon
orable from it in this disgraceful |
business than the maliciously false |
and grossly::.libelous assaults upon
others that have appeared in its col !
umns during the past few days. |
The HERALD was silent as to the
scandal and the interested |
parties; not that it has
the slightest regard for
anyone connected with the ISLANDERS,
but it does not propose to disgrace
journalism by employing such |
means as SANDER to injure an en-
envy. That is the weapon OF the |
Tribune, and hence is unfit to be |
touched by newspapers that have
any self-respect, or a decent regard
for decent people. The filthy story |
OF which everybody in town has
been talking for ten days, would not |
have been mentioned in these COL
umns had not our ibelous contem-
porary pursued its OLD course, and |
cowardly lied in charging the !
HERALD with the first circulation
and implicitly with concocting the
scandal. The public can judge
which has done most to spread the
If it had not been stirred
up by the Tribune. the story would
have remained in Salt Lake, and by
this time been buried and forgotten.
As it is the curiosity of the territory
has been excited, and it will be
strange if the country at large does
not make itself familiar with the
1t certainly will If our un-
wise contemporary persists in daily
to the matter. In view
Of the persistence of the Tribune
in keeping the affair before the pub
lie, it would not be great stretch
for one to find himself believing
The story mad its origin in the
3anctum of our contemporary, and
he journal is now lying to divert
its sinister design being
III the time executed.