The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-22
POOR OLD CRANK
The Tributes Editor Badly in
Need of a Guardian.
A Case that Should Enlist the ympathies Of
the judy of Probate and be at
once Acted On
TO the Editor Of THE HERALD.

To the Editor of THE HERALD.
The "Liberaln candidate for the Utah
deIegate-ship in Congress last Autumn is
mad. He IS very mad What about. In
a Letter published in The HERALD last We'd
ne5day L pointed out the fallasy of his
claim that the Mormons are hostile to the
government and set MS animosity down to
lmbeciiity. AS evidence of the latter [
called attention TO the fact that there is a
rumor atoat that d prominent Liberal"
made ovortures TO the effect that if The
aforesaid "Lioeral'' candidate were per
mltted to go 10 Washington he would say
aud co nothing to hdrrdss or cripple the
M Jrnon people. III reply TO This the Tribune
said: 1T mas been. Said that a genuine
prlzehgh;er generally relies upon an Eng
llsh thief and an irish prostitute for
sess d great deal of courage and much
rough mantiness WHAT, then, must have
oeen the parentage OF Charles Ellisn'
take it that this is more evidence OF
lmDecility. Che editor gives his own gene
SIS and then asks for mine. There was no
occasion for him to expose himself in that
way; To do so now only adds to the long eX-
IsGlng conviction that he came of very
coarse stock, and makes more than ever
clear why it is that the Tribune mas fought
the Mormons so bitterly, so maliciously.
Ii had been asked for an opinion as to
creatures pedigreeI might have called it
cross between skunk and rattle snake,
out the mans confession lifts cloud from
these two animals. The English thief and
the Irish prostitute have reason to be well
satisfied with their kid: In fact it covers
the entire Tribune out tit and explains the
fOnduess of those fellows for the maternal
side OF their house. | wondered why it
was that the Tribune building should have
Oeen erected on that particular spot, and
understand it now. This geuealogy makes
it clear But as the ground was no. large
enough the Tribune took three feet from the
sidewalk, took 100 square feet of the land
belonging to Salt Lake city to make an en-
trance to its basement and then ran the
steps TO uppers half way across the side
walk, taking still more of the public land of
the city and destroying the beauty of the
street the entire length of the block. But
the English thief" confession makes it all
clear. l understand also why the Tribune
! is the organ OF the ring that wants Pioneer
square: understand exactly how it is that
! the Tribune has always been the advocate
of rohbing the whole Mormon people. The
progeny of English thieves and Irish pros
lttutes are but true to their nature when
| they show themselves foremost In such
| work. L would never have accused them
! of having mad such an origin, but since they
| have chosen to make the confession | can
only thank them once more for SO thoroughly
! tearing the mask OF pretended respect
ability from their faces and showing them
selves in all their natural defOrmitY OF
manhood. AS to my statement in reference
to the proposed trade last Autumn for the
defeat of Mr.. Game, | wish to say that
| did not, when writing that letter, know the
pedigree OF the ''Llberal'' candidate as well
asl 10 now and gave him credit by saving
| did not charge him with being q party tC
| it. But since he has told us where he came
from am inclined to think was mistaken
| Nothing so eXaSperates q sneak as to tel
the truth about him, and the rage of the
! Tribune over my statement as to thai
| "runor" convlnceS me that there may have
! been much truth in it. Knowing what dc
! of the managers of the "Liberaln party
and the fear Of its rank and file of the
Safeguarding they are always liable tc
when they show the Impotence of the
slaves that they are, under their self ICON
stituted masters, | believe they are capable
of any scheme" to down" the Mormon
people and enrich themselves by contis
cation. Look at the municipal campaign OF
1874 in Salt Lake In hope OF splitting the
Mormon vote the Liberal managers whC
had been hating and cursing the Mormons
for years, fell upon their bellies, crawleC
like whipped ours to their feet, licked the
dirt from their shoes, nominated eighteen
Mormons as candidates for office ate ST
much Mormon crow that some died and
some have had dyspepsia ever since, anC
yet they s'got left" What for! They though
to make a trade. They wanted To elect
those MormOns in the winter of 1874 anC
secure the aid OF the Mormons and theil
friends to elect the Liberal candidate fol
delegate to Congress in tue fall of the same
year When they found it would not Wort
they summoned the &c. l.. Vs. armed
them and attempted to prevent The
Mormons from voting. The present Yribun
editor was not here then, but had he beer
present he too would have eaten Mormon
crow with the rest
A 'trade'' for political place is so mucl
ia harmony with the nature and characte
and history of Utah Liberalism that thi
offer in regard to the late Liberal" can
didate is not even surprising The count,
election last August was offered to thu
managers of tue Peoples party for con
sheraton. The rage manifested over m,
mention OF such a thing only shows how
the guilty conscience squirms at thought o
eS posture.
Mn conclusion, suppose I ought to an
swer the Tribune EDITORS question as t
what my ''parentare' was. [ can scarcel,
do SO without seeming to be taking advan
tage OF the poor mans question, and yet t
: ignore II might seem to indicate fear Of
my part. The Tribune offspring of tn
/ aforesaid English and Irish combination
can only blame ITSELF for forcing from
. me statement SO unusual as what l al
sbont TO write. If the Tribune had bee
wise 1t would not have taken course tina
must in the end be fatal to ITSELF In be
coming modesty let me say, then. for tn
information of the Tribune that [ am com
oOund of witch and deVil} Nothing sma
about me? In ancient times was GOODIES
and men called me Nemesis" the Avenger
My work on earth is to destroy those whor
the Gods "frst make mad" My last in
carnation before the present has ende
with the decline and fall of Rome. Englis