The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-11-24
THE HERALD CASE.

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THE HERALD has no disposition to stop
and rub its bruises; it travels on in spite
of all. It has, during its career of eighteen
eTentful years and more, encountered
many vicissitudes, endured many trying
circumstances, and always successfully
weathered the storm-if such it should be
called or came up smilingly at the call OF
time-if those sportingly inclined prefer to
have it in that shape. But it has never at
any time, or under any circumstances,
Hweakened,'' so to speak, and it never will
so long as those who control its destinles
remain in their present places.
From the very beginning THE HERALD
has encountered hardships and all the
things in life which those who from the
commencement set their faces against
evil naturally encounter, from one
source or another, and this has included
everything from the inferior grades of OPP
position such as lying, deception and trick
cry, on through the mazes of perjury,
malice and fraud, up to and in
Guiding attempted assassination. In
such a school and with such an
experience, Is it likely that we are going
to complain very much because of an ad-
verse verdict.
When this is said, let it not be imagined
that there is any disposition or proposition
TO waive one iot of principle or any item of
practice The HERALD may not say much
so far as itself is concerned, but it will not
thereby be estopped from talking right
along just as it always has regarding any
principle involved in which the people
whom it has endeavored to faithfully rep
resent, or itself, may be concerned; it en-
listed for the war and will be found re-
spending to its name when the roll is called,
or giving satisfactory reason for its alb
sence.
After prolonged heated and thorough
trial of "a case which has now had two full
hearings-the first enc having resulted I'M
favorably to this paper and been set aside
because of settled errors in the rulings of
the court below-the second results similar
to the first but in a greatly reduced degree,
the verdict formerly having been for S., 600
against US, the latter for g, 200. In either
case, it should be remembered, THE
HERALD had to prosecute something Of an
uphill fight, the court itself, the officers of
the court and the jury being radically OPP
posed to US politically. The fact that on a
second hearing the amount of damages
awarded was so greatly scaled down goes
to show that there must on the first occa-
sion have been something disadVantageous
permitted which was subsequently modi-
fed if not altogether corrected. And fol
lowing this process of reasoning, why may
we not hope that second attempt reducing
what we are at liberty to regard as an in
justice three-ffths, might not by one more
effort eradicate the remainder? 1t is quite
a natural scale of progression, and al
though the expenses of such proceedings
are considerable and a severe tax, it is yet
better that thousands be paid our for de-
tense than that one cent oe allowed for
tribute
1t is not altogether an unmixed evil,
either. There are several things to be con
sidered in such connection. One of the
good things accomplished is the renewed
exemplification of the now well established
fact that this paper opposes no man through
spite, as all of its adversaries here and else
where do. and shirks nothing because of
the fear of what some evil disposed person
may do 1t claimed sits defense, and still
claims, that it printed nothing that under
similar circumstances it might not print
again-nothing that any of its politically
more favored contemporaries would not
print at any time and, if the object of the
article happened to be Mormon, would
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question of Mormon or Gentle did not
figure with US for a moment, but it would
with any of the Others as any fair minded
person who is posted on the subject will
say. An article came to US from regular
correspondent, a gentleman whose veracity
we have had no occasion to question and do
not question now; it was received with
every indication of genuineness and relia-
bility upon its face and was published by
THE HERALD the same as any other news
item affecting the welfare of a community
would have been published. If we and
our contributor were wrong, there were
simpler and yet ample methods for the one
acgrieyed to be set right: but having
chosen to put us upon our legal defense,
we were and are left with the choice of a
legal defense and with that only, cost what
it may.
This paper especially disclaims any per-
sonal hostility toward the plaintiff i'll the
action against it or toward anyone else. 1t
has never been maligner or tradacer, nor
an opponent merely for opinions s4ke, OF
any man or class OF men. Yet it is not
disposed when acting entirely within the
sphere Of legitimate journalism and seek
ing at all times to go further and climb
higher as purveyor of news, to abase it
self at all or ask pardon unless it ought to
do so. But perhaps the one circumstance
which will more than any other en-
nance THE HERALD's good position be
fore the world, or at least that
portion of the world which does not
look beneath the crust of things, is the fact
that it is able to pay it's honest debts and
any correlative debt in the way of iudg-
ments or otherwise likely to be obtained
against it. 1t will not wait for judgment
when convinced that it is in the wrong al
together; but when assaulted with view tc
obtaining one which it thinks should not