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

TIE following appears In The Salt
Lake Tines OF Thursday etening.
It Is tough n II ia true:
That vascular gentleman and
| Simon pure representative of cren-
-lated Journalism and tie Worlds
Fair high scomrissiorer has again
fallen into the pickle Of his own
dupiicity. 50. Patrick Lanaan was
, promoted from quartering beeves
on the block to Strengthening repent
ant AID uurepent,nt Mormons by
the fundamentally OF the modern
euillotjne (when used for base pur-
poses), the public pres, ir again In
the slump.
The lord HIGH eSecutiorer has
behss6ei hi1iseif win his wou,;tb-
victim. The prudent, cunning,
sleek. fat, tall talker; very Prud.
homme III the flesh, the exemplifi-
cation Of "the fulness Of empti-
nrss,c who, like another supposed
great man, goes along the street in-
quiring whether the Almighty
made him or he maze the
Almighty, is fallen, and cannot
again be resurrected to his proper
pedestal except by the heroic efforts
Of Prosecuting Attorney Samuel A.
Merritt.
And now il doth appear that the
Simon pure Lannsn whose virtuous
voice has been crying In the wilder
ness for examination, investigation
and exposure, made overtares 10
become an accomplice in the city
recordership shortage. That he was
ripe and ready to hush up, cover
up, burg out of sight. any crooked.
ness that might have existed In the
recorders Office, IL his terms We're
complied with. That he was wiling
to play hide-sD seek with public
honesty II the recorder acced-d to
his demands.
The story Of bis duplicity is told
by Mr.. VI. T.. PHILLIPS, father-In-law
Of ex-tsecorder Hyams.
at J. rumnre'l that Patrick Ian
nan Offered to hush up the investi-
cation II you would acceie 10 his
terurA, " said Times re,,orter 10 Mr..
Phillips, on Maiu street this morn
ing.
Mr.. Phillips said he was not yet
repiy 10 speak OF the matter.
sButthis nj .tter. cannot be kept |
quiet and the public want to know
the whole TRUTH" insisted the |
reporter.
/ am not quite ready TO make the
facts public; but as il must come out.
| will fell yUu the truth, and wan; |
you to print il rs | say 1t, as | would |
not want tosaya word that could
not verify.
sIr. Phillips then said:
"rhe next day Rfter the tribune
came out with an editorial pressing
an investig ,ilon, cliisi to see VIZ.
Lannan myselfat the Tribune office.
but he was not in. l found him nj
the new huilding, and after he
showed me through it I asked him:
"'wbat in the name OF heaven L.
the matter between you and
Luuis?'
"He tried to explain the article
away d: saying that Il was meant
for Louis protection. There was,'
he sail, considerable buZzing
around about the office not being run
right, aud he wanted to bring
the thing around in favor OF Louis
He then told me that Louis had not
only taken an Interest in the Times,
but was going about soliciting Others
to take stock in tine paper.
II told him | knew nothing about
what Louis had to do with the
Tunes
"He then slii he found no fault
with the Office lR-corder's) giving
other papers some of the printing.
hut didn't think Louis did right by
the Tribune rs the Times was hitting
il lthe E-t5HRe) some pretty hari
ticks.
The next day he Mr.. Lannau)
met me. He asked "What news?-
/ said "You are sacrificing Louis.o
He said something, when | re-
Pile: They are going to ask for
his resignation"
Patrick Lannan then said: 81
would advise you 10 tell Louis to
from the Times"
Il then saw where the shoe
+" said Mr.. Phillips, and he
turned on his heel and went away"
Mr.. Phillips was given to under
stand plainly as infer-nces could be
m 'de that If Louis Hyams sold hi
stock in the Hnlss the Tribune would
keep quiet. Nothing iuid be plain
er. The righteous or; IN that with
such n sanity air claims such great
credit for demanding an investiga-
ton was ready TO call Off the dogs of
war and become, by its silence, an
to the defslcation-if
there was any-and If there WAS none
to play the role of olIckmailer Ivy its
insinuations that defslcation ex-
isted.