Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-04-03
GENERAL AND SPECIFIC DENIAL

WITH long and dreary rcpetitiol
Of exploded charges against the "Mor
mons, vthc morning "I.lbcrAl" orgal
fills up n great deal Of space today
Its useless 10 take any notice Of Thu
greater part OF la musty string Of stall
prcvaricaiions, but we lind these state
mcnis among them, aud take the op'
portunity Of cnteringa gencfal denial
~ that the author may not be able "a
say "thc Mormons Admli," etc., which
Is ono Of his ways OF "proving" the
truth Of his falschood;
"why, since tho passage Of tho I'd
munds law, tho President 81 tho Nor
mon Church, John Taylor, before pub.
lie assemblags Of tho people In town a
little way In the country, declared tln,
theirs was the only legal government.
Furthermore. no declared that the pure
women who are hero teaching In the
mission schools were every ono OF them
OF bad character"
Where IL that 'lIttle town little
way In the country" where President
Taylor made that alleged declaration!
Who heard him make u? When was
II uttered? Give US tho particulars.
We dsny tho statement. We believe
1t IL ~ Ne. Not \ mistake, but an In.
lentional fal-chood, manufactured TO
deceive and to serve M n ground for
making It appear that the "slormon-"
hold to something which they DO not
believe, and which is, indeed, the very
opposite OF that which ls taught In the
revelations Of God to the Church. SO
much for the first Of those assertions.
Now n 70 the second. The Tribune
has repeated that ie a great many
LINES. Perhap. tho person who rciter.
Ates II has come 10 believe Il m tue. II
started with one Of those pretended 70.
ports Of "Mosmonv public speeches, for
which the Tribune has male Itself no.
torlous aud Infamous even among
many Of It, own party. II Is another
lilo without foundation aud without
excuse.
President Taylor never made any
such statement aud never entertained
any such opinions Of the teachers 70.
Terred To. We know what We are talk.
ing ABOUT No pure woman, whatever
her religion or profession, was ever In
any danger Of Islander or indlguity Of
any kind from 10 high-souled gentle.
man ~ our late President. The author
Il the libel Is one Of those dlrty.minded
FEATURES that revel In foulness aud In.
cot their low and suggestive concoc.
Ions Into the columns OF the 7fi5aae,
where they find hitting place.
Subsection 10 every government un.
Ter which the Latter.day Saints may
I've, Is duty imposed upon them by
ivinc command ia addition toatheIr
ivil obligations. They show their
aith In this injunction by their works.
hey are n law.abldlng and patriotic
eople. In theory aud IN practice ,
bis IL evident 10 every Impartial !
Investigator Those who try 10 show I
no contrary are compelled TO resort To /
Misrepresentation, the mlsappllcatlon /
some ancient remark or opinion
'hich carries no weight Of authority, /
downright lying, MS In the present d
iterance Of the Tribune. 4
Non"Aormon" school teachers.
'hcther male or female, denomlna. d
onal or otherwise, never received =
'iTer treatment or greater freedom 1
nywhere than In Utah. They hay. 4
OF been abused by word or decd. They /
ayen been molested. Manyoi them /
ave been employed by tho amor. ,
'ons." Some Of them have sought 10
AIN lame, or money, or both, by pattern 9
" after the secthrlan preachors an /
le Tribune, and spreading ialsohooIs (
'out the dangers they have Incurred :
working among the "Aormons.v !
nj they have never received any Ia. {
ny from the Saints, aud there Is no,
'e slightest reason for complaint nor
~ foundation for the 7riLHae's libel {
President Taylor.
Now the scribes who delight In such
Ing may 20 ON repeating their fabri
'tions as often nv they please, but they !