The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-05-13
Very Thin Smartness.

There are some people who are so ex-
ceedingly smart in their own estimation
that they seem to forget entirely the fact
that other people may view them and
their acts and words without the glamor
of their great egotism. The Tribune folks
are of that class. They frequently ex-
hibit such folly and absurdity that it is
marvellous they can suppose the public
do not to see these glazing defects.
Take for instance long editorial in its
last issue attacking THE HERALD and
trying to place this paper in false posi-
ton by a play upon words. Everybody
who has read what THE HERALD said and
pays any attention to the Tribune's COM
ments can perceive how smart an air the
latter assumes and how toolishly it ex-
poses its own falsehoods.
THE HERALD quoted Republican
paper and also the Tribune, to the effect
that, ''If the next Delegate from Utah is
Republican it will have the tendency to
delay statehood for five years" This the
Tribune presents as The HERALD's
language, and in labored, roundabout
harangue endeavors to make it appear
that THE HERALD, by this, Gas much as
admits that the words in the Democratic
platform are all lies;'' also that "the only
reason that statehood is wanted by any of
these people is that the party may be
strengthened by two Senators, by one
Representative and by three electoral
votes.
Now, THE HERALD article on which
these comments are made, was simply
drawing attention to the words of Re
publican paper and of the Liberal organ.
And the very smart Tribune writer, see
ing a chance to fill up two-thirds of
column with filings at THE HER
AID, assumed that the sentence on
which his whole screed is based
was original with this paper. It is his
own identical language as we'll as the
sentiment of the paper from which we
copied it. We agreed with it to certain
extent which we explained. But our
explanation is left out by the Tribune
smart ALECK, and so is the fact that he
is turning and twisting and drawing
stupid conclusions from his own lam
guage, not ours.
Utah needs a Democratic Delegate in
Congress because that officer should be in
harmony with the Congress and the Ad-
ministration. Because Republican, if
elected by the aid of Liberal yotes-and
he could not be elected without-would
be not only out of harmony and
out of influence with the party in
power, but would hinder instead of
forward the statehood movement, and
his election would naturally have
an unfavorable effect. So far, we
agreed with the proposition of our con-
temporaries that the election of any Del
egate but Democrat would have ten
dency to delay statehood.
There is in that no admission that there
are any "lies' in the Democratic plat
form, nor that statehood is wanted for
Utah by the Democratic party for selfish
party purposes. That is all in the imagi-
nation OF the Tribune writer, and he
seems stupid enough to imagine that his
fancied smartness in thus distorting the
situation would not be perceived by the
average reader to be mingled falsehood
and folly.
With opponents OF that stripe argu-
ment is thrown away and courtesy is I'M
appreciated. Trickery and wilful perver-
sion OF language and intent are too con-
temptible to devote much attention to,
and deserve, if anything, merely pass