Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-12-12
NE RYyY.

y GENTLEMAN brings rs an item
which we would like to submit t.
tho DEszRET News fo- confirmation
or deniai. iio says. in 1870 Weber
County was aiplrt Of the Third Judi
sizl Di tri t; taa5 in that year he was
one ofthe committee appointed by the
grand jury 10 investigate the records
of Weber County and of Ogden CITY.
He ayers that II thar time Elder c. W.
s'onrose was editor OF the Ogden juno
non, and 81 thai time the Ogden City
ecords showed that the Council had
appropriate /, At different dae-. some
thousands OF dollars in all, - pay as
ses-ments on JlRctioE stock. On
being questioned, the Recorder did
no:'ha-e the stock 10 ques ion, bur re-
fsrred the gentleman 10 Mr.. Penrose.
He says he called on Mr.. Penrnse and
asked nim to show him the Junction
st1cS belonging 20 the city, when the
e. ier confessed that the ii v hat none
ofihe stock ard never had any Of it."
We DO not consider that We are
under any 75'igstions to notice the
faisehoocs. or perversions Of the
Truth, which tally appear in the col
umHs Of the SsiJ > ske Tribune. DC
ca-ionaily, however, something is
published which We do not think IL
wise 10 pass by with that silent con-
tempt with which we treat most of |
The rawlings 0. that paper. The fore
going extract from the leading |
Tribune editorial Of this morning |
cails for CONFIRMATION or denial
and sse respond.
Il is nos lrls tistany shareholder
in tine Ogien Junction company |
WAS ever assessed for stock he did |
not held. Il IS not true that the
editor Of the JuacsIoa made any
confession" rs stated above. Ii is
not true that she Council had a.
p7opriatei, AZ different dates. some
thousands % dollar, in all, TO pay
assessments on Js. or Stock
We 10 not believe that any ssgen-
TENANT brought In. Tribune such |
= story As it Jeils. Some one may
have gwen IL iutJr q alton which it
has garule;i aui twisted, as it did
the alleged ''facts" impaired by "a
gentleman fson Tovele,'' which
turned oul 10 be sheer fiction with
out : shred of Truth.
&c is lIue mat in 1876 Weber,
County was part uf the Third Judi
cial District. Il IS true that a mem
Der Of tbs grand jury called upon
the then editor ofths Ogden Juno
tom, who was secretary OF the pub-
fishing company. Bltit is not true
that the editor made any s'conf.s-
sion" OF any kind concerning tine
city or any ether corporation or
person. TIE grand juror made
some ing liries about the STOCK of
the company, and was informed that
1t was not n gGblic corporation and
Therefore was not under any obi
CATION t1 explain lis Affairs
10 the grand jury, to which
the juror asscniei. But the
secretary produced the company's
books. ls:-er, stock book anu all.
and the juror hai fun opportunity
10 examiu; ,aom. Il there had been
anything therein that was dam
aging 10 th= City Council Of Ogden
or that could have been construed
to that effect, we have no doubt the
grani jury would have used it to
the ful. extent.
But there was 10 business con-
nected with the compauy's affairs ,
th=t was not straightforward.
square ard open, anu there was M !
need for c0nceslfneat Of any of its :
transactions.
So much l5r this new story I
brought lay gentleman, Either
his memory IS = iitt.e detective or /
his "iten'i hss been Era5u,az d We {
suppose the mater viii be harDe=i !
upon until the reading public be
come na'iseated, Tut We 10 no. pso
pose to keep up = contention with
an adversary that dyiycs from hole
to coraeEaud never fairly acknosl-
edges an error.