The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-16
PAINT, AN INCH THICK.

One of the lying hypOcntes VINO Vol
their venom through the sewer-lik
columns of the Salt Lake Tribune ma
this as the opening paragraph OF an ed
torial in the Sundays issue.
THE writer of this heard gentemal
say yesterday: 4 have a wife an
children. Ny lite has been an opei
book always. have never done any
1hing that would not be willing for al
the world to know. If, now, on thu
word of a prostitute. backed by tn,
word Of some hired or volunteer Nor
mon spoilers and pimps, some mar
swears out a complaint against me
linking my name with the nastines;
which fills these streets, will kill that
man SO help me God"
We do not believe that the writer OF
that article, liar and hypocrite that he
is, ever heard a gentleman or anyone
who pretended to be gentleman, say
anything of the kind. It's another
Bishop West" or prominent
Mormon" scape-gOat, used by the Tri-
b1.ne to father its own fabrications In
much the same way as the fictitious
Mrs Harris" was used by Sarah
Camp" as told In Dickens story of
Martin Chuzzlewit."
But supposing for arguments sake
someone did get off such piece of silly
drivel-about as silly as Judge Nc
Brides won't stand it" speech in the
District Court the other day-did the
author of the buncombe realize what
light it places him in? II heis innocent
Of the offense which he breads to be
accused of as badly as Mcbride breads
its exposure, or Varian its "prosecu-
tion, what on earth is heafraid Of? Why |
does he futter so like a hit duck
# the shot fired has not struck him, and
he is absolutely certain that it would all !
glance off if it did? Is his life is indeed
ian open book" and he is willing the
whole world should look into the book
and read it through frem title page to
appendix. what is all this mounting
sbout-these prOfane threats about
killing anyone who has the temeritv to |
say something about certain chapter
III the volume which a single glance |
would show was not there? This kind |
Of talk does not fall from the lips of
innocence. 1t sounds more like q man
who knows his name is ION the list, 4" or
If it isn't that it ought to be. HSuspi-
eion ever haunts the guilty mind the
thief doth fear each bush an officer"
But sickening as is the pretended
speech of this gentleman" to the Trib-
ane editor, it cannot compare in nause-
stng properties to the hypocrit;eal cant
Of the sermon preached from it BY that
editor, who was probably the author of
both sermon and text. Says he:
We beg to remind Gentiles that, up
10 this time, whenever there has been
any clashing between Mormons and
9entiles, the latter have always been in
heTight. We must all see that this !
rule Is continued. While it is truetbat
Tor Mormon spy to enter a complaint
against an innocent man, which would
1t the same time involve not only his I
good name but the happiness of his 8
wife and children, would be crime 7
which would richly merit death. still. hC
he best thing to do, Is not to take the a
aw into ones OWE hand. Again j
we're one of these assassins of character Y
o be killed, though he might have fl
'een worthless loafer when alive j d
lie would, dead, be ct once consecrated b
S q martyr. No one yet knows inst "
be depth of the depravitY Of this prosti- t.
utlon conspiracy, or what infamous Al
means may be resOrted to in order to d
y to compromise decent people; but p
70 matter. Let them do their worst h'
nd bear it patiently, ard the end will tt
e al right" d.
And all this slush and driyel is to if
arrow the mantle of protection and en-. in
'uragement over the trembling shouI- "
ers of hundred or so lechers. some NJ he
HON have confessed to the crime of te
hich they are accused. and Others are tn
NC to be no sOrioUs for similar offenses nc
III the Tri5uHe-to use its own co
ngusge. uttered repeatedly in re- GU
ton to Mormon poIygamists- Go
mention one case where an innocent sh
rson has been punished?" Wedo not II
lieve the local officers would proceed be-
ainst anyone IN what is called this mt
ostitution conspiracy" without the
arrest possible proof Of guilt. For
ting alone the question Of honor.
lich we believe the officers to possess. |
also give them credit for a little com VIII
n sense. They certainly must real Gee
the s1re fate ia store for them. in the
iciously prosecuting innocent per JuC
IS when they are already ab4sed like con
atr