Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-25
r,gRIcAroRs AND DIsTORTERs'

rTprE strong anti" aioIilloH
ola large number Of the puoii.
journals throughout the COUNTY,
sb1rs tssta degree Of success hil
attended the efforts Of the enemies
ofIiberty in this Territory who are
Linz 10 bring the majority Of tho
Ills Of Utah down into th'
slough Of political sIaveFy. IN oFle'
oo9erste the conspiracy it has bee n
necessary, As usual, for the piotleis
- sc,een themselves behind "the
redIre Of Hcs.D Hence the inves'
tiration begun and conducted Oy
the s.Liberaly party in the Thru
district Court. The wires have
baen used as an auxiliary to spread
Throughout the country stipend
ous fsbricatious, interviewer
with distorted facts about
.r,TormonD disloyalty. = good
many newspapers are receiving
these tremendous statements as be-
ing true as gospel, aud are COM
menting accordingly. Public pre-
iuJice is thus created and Con-
,,ress prepared FOR the usual clamor
tor more special legislation against
the majority Of the people Of tins
o,ir Territory. The plot is, indeed,
mos infamous, and the labor oil
scanning the torrent Of falsehood
Undcr which it Is carried is task OF
mammoth proportions.
It will be seen 10y the dispatches
hat President Woodruff has ex-
pressed himself on the situation,and
in the opening paragraph strikes the
kew note of the whole conspiracy
The entire agitation is political, a
mart Of the proceedings being de-
signed for home consImp ton and
the remainder for Congress
The most beneficent phases Of the
church are twisted into the appear
ance constructions Of the law OF the
land. The sytem established among
the Saints for the settlement Of diff
culties among themselves has fre-
auently been commented upon by
n,n-"AIormons, with admiration,
as bv its operations disputes without
number have been amicably settled
without expense to the principals.
Its n simple process OF arbitration,
in which the arbitrator receive no
remuneration, performing their du-
lies rs q labor Of love. Among the
chief functions OF Bishops Courts
and High Councils is the pres
ervation OF peace among the peo-
Me. rs well a. % enable them
20 avoid litigation, which is fire.
quenly ruin0us, and always per-
picking to one or other, if not all, Of
the principals. The only penalty
imposed by these courts is disfellOv-
ship or accommodation. Although
the right Of the people TO settle their
own differences cannot be constitu-
tionally questioned, an effort has
been made, during the investigation
instituted by the "Liberal;' bosses
in the Third District Court, to show
that the Church, by intoxicating
this excellent feature, are engaged in
obstmcting the laws. The insinua-
ton is absolutely absurd on its face,
hut this does not deter active, I'M
scTupulOus politicians from distort-
ing it into an evidence OF disloyelty.
The "Liberal7 prosecutors have
sought to make ii appear that the
Church mas INSTRUCTED the operation
Of the laws because the people acted
in concert in testing statutes they
believed to lie unconstitutional in
some Of their bearings and which
We're outrageously administered.
This obstructive aspect is sought 70
be given to a defense fund that
was created 10y donation. Ths4aws
in point and their administration
Were OF such 4 character that test
ing their merits in the superior
courts was necessarily expensive
and could not wei be met by private
individuals placel in jeopardy. By
what right does anyone find fault
with the friends OF those asslilud
FOR aiding them under the circum-
stances?
Doubtless it would have suited
AR. Dickson, the gentleman who,
the other day, placed this obstruct-
i've construction on the defense
fund, for the victims Of his. segrega-
ton theory 10 have remained in
prison instead Of being liberated
from their Illegal incarceration by q
decree Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States. The defense fund
was used not 10 defeat the
law, but to test it, and TO
legally smash the extrljudicial in
fanies practiced under it. The
"Liberal7 bosses can make what
they please out Of the defense fund
point y showing can be made on
the other side and we have thu facts
to enable US TO present it in its true
light should necessity demand.