The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-05
THE PEE WEE EXECUTIVE.

Our beloved governor, by the grace Of
the President of the United States and to
the great disgust of the majority of the
people whom he is supposed to govern, has
once more made a report and as usual it is
in keeping with the efforts that this small
souled individual has made in the past.
There is not man in Utah that has done
more to injure the people he draws salary
for governing than ARTHUR L. THOMAS. He
has as little regard for the truth as the
average rabid anti Mormon, and that is so
little that it is intinitesimal and almost
beyond the power of the ordinary mortal to
discover.
We cannot devote much attention to the
report this morning, as all we have as yet
is few items that came by the wire from
Washington, but if the document is as well
filed with distorted and false statements
about the people as that portion which has
come to hand, then will ARTHUR have sur
passed his former efforts IN the line of
misrepresentation.
The governor says that political and official
Mormonism deals III evasions and meaningless,
words of double meaning, hypocriticai preten-
ses and false assertions. Its attituGe toward
polygamy is delusive in the list degree. Il
knows there has been no change on the subject,
but seeks to convey the impression that there
has been.
The above statement is false, and no one
knew it better than the diminutive official
who has sucked the government teat almost
his entire life.
Prominent church officials, the governor
states, have declared the church does not grant
permits TO enter polygamy and the nominal
head OF the church has announced that polyg
amous marriages do not now take place
What prominent church officials have de-
clared in this respect is true and that is
what makes his excellency mad. The
nominal head of the church," That is
good, coming from man like THOMAS. He
is one of the fellows who have maintained
for years that the power of the head of the
/ Mormon church IS supreme in ali things.
/ There is an old story that's certain class
Of individuals should be in the possession
of good memories, and we respectfully sng-
gest to MIR. THOMAS that he refresh his own
/ little. ARTHUR L. THOMAS has lived long
enough in Utah to know some little of the
government OF the Mormon church; that ne
has some information on the subject is
proven by the ability that he has shown in
the past in distorting facts concerning the
church. He knows that there is no ''nomi-
nal head to the Mormon church and his
reference to it is simply made to throw dis
trust on the plain, honest statement of the
head OF the church.
ee ,,io h1,,,
refer to 'hypocritical pretenses and false
assertions
Concerning hypocrisy it might be well tc
refresh his excellency's memory Only s
few months ago he was in Washington anC
in answer to question told Delegate
GAME that he was not in favor of the bill
to disfranchise the Mormons, and then h,
told FRED DUBOIS and other that he was i,
favor of the measure: when his doubl,
dealing came to light, this man who accuses
, others of hypocrisy whined like whippe,
cur and said that Mr.. GAME had no bust
ness TO repeat confidential communica
, ton, but did not complain Of DUBOIS. Per
haps the governor does not think it is hypo
critical to tell absolute falsehoods, and il
that event he is excusable.
THOMAS is enc of the worst enemies Utal
] has ever had, and his work against the pee
pie has ever been in the dark and of tn
wo-faced kind. He is just the kind of
person to attack others, as in that way b
! hopes to diver: attention from himself.
The HERALD has always had the most 81
preme contempt for ARTHUR L. THOMAS O
. account of his utter lack of those nualitie
which go to make UP man, and the longe
!, we live the more his actions prove that W
:, have not been mistaken in our estimate q
I his excellency. Weshall await with interes
the full text of the report from which th
above false statements are taken.