The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-16

when so influential a journal as THE HER
ton of gall, occasioned by wounded pride
and disappointed ambition of one who Dor
rows the name of another to shield himself
from the merited censure which would fol-
low the discarding of his mask, and says,
over the Lame OF second party, that
which he would hesitate to father, it be-
comes needful, in order to shield the inno-
cent, to offer a few words in reply and in
spirit Of fairness, THE HERALD is re-
specially asked TO yield sufficient space to
mild criticism of an article that appeared
in The DAILY HERALD Of the 18th instant,
entitled
'DEsERET CHARIvARI."
and signed Dennis Black
In justice to Dennis, who has ever re-
ceived the respect of those that know him,
he may consider himself dismissed and re-
lieved from any censure in the matter,
alike on account of his youth and the fact
that he did not write the article in ques-
ton, nor dictate more than the manly dis
claimer that he ''does not want his name
mentioned in connection with the dis
graceful scene called "Charivari," which
took place in front of the residence of
Bishop Milton Moody on the night of the
22d ultimo.
Had the letter closed with the denial,
Deseretans would have applauded, but
under the disguise of a disclaimer, a
wrong has been perpetrated, not only to
the bishop, but the good name of Deseret
is involved.
The author of the letter after taking so
much pains to prove an alibi for Dennis,
thereby admitting that it were better
| to be "off on a wild goose chase'
than beating a tin pan in front
of the bishops residence, proceeds
with habitual Inconsistency, to palliate the
upon information 90 it was very mild
affair-an innocent frolic-designed to be
more an act of courtesy than premedit-
ated insult, for, IN referring to the arrest
of five participators, he accuses Bishop
Moody of perpetrating "a low piece OF
spite work" If the affair was so limo
cent, why is it necessary to lug in the
wild goose chase, in order to show thai
Dennis would have been ashamed to have
| his name published as a participation. The
real author aims an under thrust at the
| bishop by saying: 1.-The facts in the mat
ter, as l am informed are these: Bishop
Moody used to be boy until he lCdS RAISED
to the dignity of a man by his ordination G.
(the italics are mine). If an ordination
can effect such profound metamorphosis
the proper authorities should lose time il
applying the remedy to the discoverer OF
such remarkable cure, even though it bt
necessary to re-ordaiu him.
Now, the truth is, although Bishop
Moody is rather young for the unthankfu
position to which he has been called, the
author of that letter knows-not by ''infor
mation'-that he was man-and an hon.
est one, too-before his ''ordination'' to tt,
bishopric, and that no ordination can maxi
him more man, nor add one whit to th
respect in which he is held by those tina
admire ''sand" and detest duplicity, ant
have no old scores to pay off nor axes t
grind in his reduction to the ranks.
If the concluding paragraph of the au
thor's letter, wherein he says, I'VE hav
got out new patent on charivraries," i
in imitation of the editorial style and refer
TO hims If only, no one here will be SUI
prised nor contest his right to the sol
honor of the discovery and use of hi
patent" nor to the suggestive taste whic
= describes in such gleeful and sympatheti
, language the disgusting picture of tn
"bellowing' boyines, wherein they ar
. mentioned as being good imitators in tn
: chiravari epidemic.
AS the years roll on and the boys tina
were arrested for breaking the peace groI
; to thoughtful manhood, they will realiz
that their best friends have been thos
That now insist that they respect the law
and rules of civilized society, and nc
those who have so recently, though natur
ally, became the champions of hoodlumisu
, With kindly feelings toward those mis-
guided boys, am respectfully, JGUsT
DEskRET January IA, 1892.