The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-11-15
A BREEDER OF STRIFE.


A BREEDER OF STRIFE.
The Herald has reason to be we'll
satisfied with its work during the re-
cent campaign and is ready to make
reasonable allowance for the position
in which its morning contemporary is
placed. After playing fast and loose,
blowing hot and cold, advocating one
policy on a Sunday and the very op-
lposite on Monday, pitching into the
Liberal city officials with red-hot
fork, and then coddling them with
lplasters of praise, advocating the Lib
eral cause and then refusing to hoist
with the Citizens movement, and then
turning squarely around and backing
the enemy, and, after all, being
thoroughly beaten and all its predic-
tons being entirely reversed, there is
no wonder that it is a good deal
ratified and more than usually con-
fused
But that is no excuse for it's acri-
mony and double shutting and at
tempts to throw the 'lie" on to other
people and papers, nor for raking up
old and settled disputes which for
very shame, if it had a memory worth
a cent, one would think it would de-
sire to let remain in oblivion. The
Herald does not wish to refer to the
ancient disputes and the bygone acts
of Tribune pets, which smell to heaven
when lugged into the light, because
that would be like pelting dead car
cass. It is much more agreeable to
relegate them to the limbo of departed
evils and let them rest
But this is not because the Herald
is without facts and proofs ready at
any time when needed to substantiate
everything which it has alleged. But
it simply permits those matters to re-
main in quietude, because of a desire
to drop everything that will promote
dissension and reflect on men who
sincerely wish to heal up old sores
and commence an era of harmony and
peace.
AS to the recent election in this
city, we do not believe that the fair
men among the Liberals endorse any
of the incendiary and reckless asser-
tons of the Tribune about the con-
duct of the Citizens campaign. Nor
can any good purpose be served by its
utterly false and groundless accusa-
tons. That is all they are. 1t offers
no evidence. it possesses none. 1t is
merely raving in disappointment over
its defeat and the ridiculous and in
consistent figure it has cut all through
the contest.
AS to an investigation, if that is de-
sired, The Herald will render its aid
to bring to light the deeds that have
been done. We are as sure as we can
be of anything not fully accomplished.
that thorough overhauling of affairs
would make some changes that would
not be very pleasant to our malig-
nant neighbor And if the Citizens
committee wished to open up on this
matter they might safely challenge
proof of any attempt at illegal regis
tration or voting by anybody but the
defeated party and its leading spirits
The Herald's willingness to welcome
the good and true men of the Liberal
party into the Democratic fold if
their views induce them to take that
direction, and to cease all controversy
over the issues that ought to be re-
tired, come not from any fears of a
thorough and complete exposition of
all that was done to bring about the
change that has occurred. but from
genuine wish that there shall be no
obstruction in the way to harmony
and good will.
We once more assure our Liberal
friends who have had enough of strife.
that The Herald appreciates their mo-
tives and intentions and is ready to
do its part to effect the end desired.
And the only thing that provokes a
contrary word is the scandalous and
untruthful accusings of the late Lib
eral organ, which while pretending to
desire amity is continually throwing
out its darts of malice to provoke dis
sension.
References to the past, which many
of them deprecate. are made neces-
sary only by the falsehoods of the pa
per which processes to be their repre-
sentative. And if they want those
things to be covered with the mantle
of silence, they will have to take
steps either to stop that organ from
Idistorting the truth and stirring up
reprisals, or repudiate it utterly as
their mouthpiece.
SILVER as MONEY