Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-01-05
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bent upon evil and wrong-doing that in
wardly he is as Satan. But there are such
cases The editor of the Tribune is such
an one. In the Tribune of this morning
this same innividual makes many false
charges and insinuations. He says there
itor of the DEMOCRAT has secured the con-
troll OF the stock of this paper, and that it
is to be made an acceptable organ to the
moderate Mormons. Possibly there may
be such rumor, but everything con-
nectad with the runor is false The Tri-
buae puts it as rumor, but in using this
teal capital out of a popular prejudice,
for it knows that the cry that anything is
Mormon is the surest way in which to
raise up barrier OF prejudice against a
person or thing. 1t is gallant method
of warfare and serves well to show how
much of principle those who use it have.
The Tribune is so fond of falsehood and
perversion that truth and rectitude are to
it as calomel. Indulging this love OF
falsehood and perversion, it attempts to
make the DEMOCRAT say that the Federal
officials in Utah are bad lot. We have
said it before and We say it again, that of
all the Republican Federal officials in
Utah we think there are only three
worthy OF retention. These three are
Chief Justice Zane, United States Prose
cutting Attorney Dickson assuming that
he will be permitted to withdraw his
resignation) and United States Marshal
Ireland. We trust that the Tribune in
it's wild rage will not charge that we de-
sire the retention of the above officials
for the purpose of conciliating the "mod-
crate Mormons' These three gentle
men have done their duty well and
honestly and faithfully, and they deserve
the confidence of the Government.
The Tribune says the DEMOCRAT goes
out of its ''way to make a malicious and
untrue comparison between the Federal
officials and those who back them here
and the Government at Washington"
The DEMOCRAT did no such thing, and
that assertion by the Tribune is but au-
other falsehood and perversion by the
Tribune 1t obtained this falsehood and
perversion from this:
The people of Utah would do we'll to
remember that the Federal officials in Utah
are not the Government, and that if they
doubt the desire of the local Federal officials
to see peace and happiness reign in Utah,
they have no reason in the world to doubt
the keen and ardent desire of the Govern
ment at Washington to see this Utah prob
LEM quickly, equitably and peacefully settled.
The construction which the Tribune
seeks to make out of this is not possibly
there, for it was Immediately preceded by
this:
The people of Utah seem more disinclined
than ever TO voluntarily render obedience to
the law, and the consequence of this disin-
clination can only be to make the final set
tlement of the Utah question harder for
them. If they would but thrc themselves
upon the mercy of the General Government
they might be sure of receiving the consid-
Grafton and clemency they would thereby
ask.
And that which the Tribune quotes was
followed by this:
If they would but act for themselves and
follow the dictates of their own hearts and
reason, they would seek at Washington
speedy and satisfactory solution of the Utah
question.
We ask the Tribune whether or not
there is a problem in Utah? Within
month we heard Government official in
this Territory say that the Utah problem
is bigger question than the majority of
people think it, and that he had talked
with no one yet who fully comprehended
it or who could suggest a solution for it.
1t may be as we'll to remark that this
same gentleman has conversed very often
with the editor of the Tribune.
Now, when did We say anything about
officers from Washington coming here
and not insisting on a rigid enforcement
of the law? In its admiration and adu-
latlon for certain Federal officials in Utah,
the Tribune seems to have the idea that
these sam officials have more weight in
and authority over Utah matters
than the President and Cabinet,
and that the President and Cab
met are confined to the same |
means for solving the Utah problem that |
the officials here are. The officials here |
are compelled to enforce the laws as they
find them, no matter what their desires as
to settling this problem may be. 1t is not |
the same with the President and Con-
gress. If the President and Congress
were of the opinion that the problem
could be solved by any particular method,
it is in their power to make that method |
law. OF course if such law did not
suit the ideas of the Tribune it would be
treason.
There is one statement that the Tribune
makes that we think is actually the case.
1t says:
OF the polygamists in the Territory he
knows that not one per cent. have been con-
convicted. Z
We think that is the case, and we think
the other ninety-nine Per cent. should be
made to obey the law. But the moral
effect of furnishing this, say, one per cent.
has been most salutary, and it plainly
shows that if the Government would but
increase the Courts here, and furnish the
Prosecuting Attorney ample assistance,