The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-22
TOTALLY DEPRAvED.

"And why in Stimulating sorrow ulo
THE HERALD exhaust column IN GOV.
ert abuse of mr.. Powers 2" asks oul
morning contemporary. Is 1t possible
for the Tribune to speak the truth under
any circumstance? to be fair at any
time? to not falsify and be malicious
under every condition and at all times
The above is but one of its many men
dacious references to THE HERALD
"abuse" of Judge Powers, and some OF
its admirers and lick-spittles, getting
their inspiration from that organ OF
men6acity and inaccuracies, have also
talked and written about how this jour
nal abused and reflected on Judge fo"
ers the other day in noting the ugly ru
mors connecting his name with the I'm
nroner appointment that the Presl-
dent had been deceived into making.
Either the Tribune and its insignificant
following have not read THE HERALD's
article or they wickedly lie, which lat
ter is necessarily the case with the
Tribune. There was not a word OF
abuse of Judge Powers in the entire ar
ticle. and everything said OF him that
could not be classed as praise rather
than censure was contained IN seven
teen lines. These lines have been mag
nifed and elongated into "a column OF
abuse" To show just how abusive they
we're and how much of column they
filed, they are reproduced here:
THE HERALD is not entirely overcome
by admiration for Judge Powers. He
has impressed neither the bar nor the
public as being an Overwhelmingly and
altogether great jurist. 10 be frank ana
fair to Mr.. Powers as wen as 10 the
President we will say that lawyers and
laymen quite generally express 9isap-
pointment and regret that CleYeland's
first appointment to Utah should have
been Of such light weight and small
caliber. We have heard more than one
Democrat say that if the new judge is a
fair sample of what we may expect. the
improvement over the old class OF
officials wouldn't be so marked as to
overcome people with establishment.
Now, doesn't the Tribune feel ashamed
of itself, or has its familiarity with
being exposed in wickedly and brazenly
living caused it to lose all sense of shame?
Following the above extract was re-
futation of the hateful reflection in tie
rumor referred to, and better refuta-
ton than the Tribune could have made,
for 1t was written with knowledge of
how Judge Powers came to get the
office and of the man who Endorsed him.
Lest our contemporary should also say
this is all wrong, and that nothing of
the kind appeared, we quote the closing
paragraph of the column OF covert
abuse" article.
"But whatever may be our opinion OF
Judge Powers, we are not going to be-
liave that he is the person who has
called forth the Presidents vigorous |
letter until there is some better evidence |
of the fact than street rumor or the |
assertions of persons who would like to |
have him struck by this blow. He have |
heard how the news of Judge Powers
reached him, and the
story does not at all agree with the cir
as relatedln the correspond
ence between the President and the
politician who wanted to get rid OF
bore. We also knew that the Judge,
when he came to Utah, expected to go
east about the 1st of this month. hence I
if he went to save himself he must nave
known at first that he would need say
ing" about this time.