Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-13
YILL4INOUS ANTAGONIST -
SCRAP OF HISTORY.

SINAI VI
WE HAVE examined the stat
ments Of a large number of the news
papers Of the country regarding tn
present situation Of Utah affairs
One cannot help noting the similar
ity OF their utterances. 1t is need
less to state that they are agains
the ''ATormOn'' people. There ar
reasons for this attitude Of tn,
American press. The position the
papers assume is the popular one
is much easier to feat with the
current than TO buffet it by trying
10 swim up stream. Many Of them
do not manifest the slightest incli-
nation to investigate the subject by
considering the evidence pro and
con. All they want to know is that
n matter is against the Enormous. 8"
When this is the case they shut
their eyes, swallow the dose Aozus
b7lIis, and deal it cut again to the
public.
A positive evidence Of this care
less and il might be said, from a
moral standpoint, criminal method
Of dealing with important subjects,
has lately presented itself to Us, and
TO some extent accounts for the re-
nIarkable journalistic unanimity
on the matter referred 10. In scan
ming numerous articles upon the
present political aspect Of Utah |
affairs, We have discovered a large
amount Of plagiarism. One PAPER
will publish an original anJi-"Mor- |
NOM article and in the course Of a |
few days the same production viii 4
appear in half a dozen other jour (
mails without the change Of n single /
word; yet the reproducers present 1
IL As original editorial matter. This
shows that there is some truth in
the rejoinder Of a journalist 10 an
other writer who quoted the worn
out phrsse-''The pen is mightier
than the sword The rctort was
that the scissors and taste brush
were not To be sneczed at in the
same connection.
This little statement Of the "me
too methods Of some newspaper
writers gives the public a peep be-
hind the journalistic scenes. Echo
ism Is, however, an inconsistent
basis Of unanimity. y little reason |
and fairness are essential ingredi-
ents. But thus the world ways.
and the apparently weaker party in
a controversy gets all the cuffs and
kicks from the onlookers, without
regard to the merits Of the matter in
dispute.
So far as relates 10 recent develop
ments, the facilities for presentation
to the public OF statements connect =
ed with them have been almost ex- $
clusively in the hands Of the local c
anti-"Mormon" party. They have d
kept the wires hot in conveying to I
the country the most sensational. \
damaging AMI one-sided exhibits. I
Testimony given in court of u
al anti 'sNIormunr color. no a
matter how distorted and un- "
true, was heralded abroad with a :.
blast, while evidence that completely >,
annihilated it, given by wit y,
nesses on both sides, was completely n
shut of from the scrutiny Of the m
public Throughout the country. "
\ fragrant instance Of this dia- Re
'olic process was the scattering Of &c
The bloody story told 10y Martin III
Wardell about the murder by s.NIor- IN
mons" Of William Green, near OF
ireen River, in 1862. The parties q.
who sent this defaming story over :,
he nation have carefully suppressed IL
o FAR as they have had the power, the le
act that the tale was an atrocious ~
.ni-"MormOn'' falseh0od. coined an
or political purposes, and to pro N
luce an outside effect. It never ".
las been announced to the press at tel
lrge, as 4 matter Of justice to an pr
innocent people, that William Green ye
alive and well, as witness his ~
worn statement: ~
'ERETroEY OF UrAH,
COUNTY OF UTAH s. an
William Green. being duly sworn ~.
IA his oath says: I am an English ~
IAN by birth, fif,y-ive years OF age
nd now resident Of Spanish Fork IGi
nty, Utah County, Territory OF Utah gi'
lcrossed the plains in 1852 in Cap,ain al''
'ame's company; I knew a man bv INC
le name Of Wardell: he crossed The Gil
lains and came to Utah in the same 'il'
JmpaEy as did. We Travelled To- yol
ether until the company arrived a, n wit
ONT near William Kimball's "a Oh Jos
Parley's Park, where I left the mes
am ahead Of the company. being wol
lxious 10 meet my wife. who was fror
len IN Salt lake CITY. She gar
iTing Travelled over the plains and
.e same season with Cap,ain hea
oyts company. I have lived in red
1t Lake City and Sp7nish Fork CITY bull
nee came TO Utah. was tho onIy tere
an 10y the name Of Green. tn, 7 wer
low Of. who came over in Car,ain matt
ime's company. No man was l,iIIa5 viii
That company by the name q, Chr
Gen. or OF any other name, nor did Of
'ver hear Of any rumor OF any ono stra
ing killed in said company, until ! spoil
" The statement Of WaTdelI recently Saiu
the papers. 1 am no; Norman now
7 have ! been for several wears to C:
not a believer in Mormon tboo- pres
icy' but do bslieve i, wrong to have an e
' religious sect or body Of peopIe viii
.ailea by falsekood. shou
WILLIAM GREEN. sariC
subscribed and sworn 20 before mo even
3 -sih day Of November, 1859. be 81
WILLIAM GREER, rem,
SEAL Notary Public. on o.
IN the ground Of the ALLEGED OF tn
RIDER OF Alr. Green, the newspa- and
8 Of the NATHAN ara b,,s,- - our
as cUt-throats n peaceable com. was
,,iti,ofaT - WIN dom.
20 o,-,-,,- = - : Il VINO Is OF
that has the manhood and cour- INNS,
to denounce the outrage? Echo rusb
eats the interrogatory. earn.
he Wardell story brings to mind his !
i Of history, in which the local upon
i-"MormOn" politicians were the time
f actors. The Infamous ,,;,.,, - medi