The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-12-23


OF transaction which was the chief
ground of my objection to The Her
aids report of the meeting. The mis-
statements in the report have al
ready corrected in both the Tribune
and the News of Wednesday, and
hence do not need to refer to them
again here. neither am [ disposed to
lay up anything against anybody
about the matter since we are all liable
| to make mistakes.
In conclusion. let me say that The
Herald is mistaken in supposing that J
am troubled about the matter. Why
should | be troubled Evidently the
only ones who are troubled are those
| who arc trying to defend such trans
action as | have above described.
| Hasn't The Herald itself used up fully
! two columns in various articles about
lit? And / suppose it is loaded for stun
further discussion. Well, fire away.
Nevertheless, wish The Herald a
merry Christmas and a Happy New
Year. r. G. McNlECE.
Salt Lake City, Dec p, 1893
We give place to the foregoing that
the writer may have full scope for his
tilt at The Herald. He has made
few mistakes, however. and INDUCED
in a great many suggestions and these
necessitate reply. The Herald did
not devote half column but only part
Of line in asking what was the matter
with DR.. McNiece. We are gratified
to learn of his bodily health, but it was
not that we were concerned about; it
was his condition of mind, because his
letters to the News and the Tribune
exhibited great perturbation over a very
small matter.
The ''supposes" which take up much
of his letter are only "supposes,' and
are wide of the facts as to the manner
in which The Herald obtained it's infor-
nation about the meeting where the
statehood question was discussed. That
has all been explained in one of the
half columns devoted to this subject,
which seem to disturb his equanimity
in spite of his protestations about his
serenity.
The misstatements in the report to
which the Dr.. takes exceptions We're,
by his own letters to the papers men
toned, really unimportant as to the
main question. The reporter has
frankly explained them. They we're
too trivial to be made the subject of
further cavil If the Dr. 'did not need
to refer to them again. sentiment
with which we quite agree, why does
ho rofar RI fbaro q oa;,,0
If the DR.. had written to The Herald
to correct any inaccuracies that might
have appeared in The Herald, we
should have thought more of that nice
sense Of propriety which he exacts in
others. particularly the gentleman
whom he mistakenly supposes gave prl-
vate information to public journal
We hope the DR.. can as cordially wish
him as The Herald "a merry Christ
mas and a happy new year
We are cheered with the assurance
that the DR.. does not lay up anything
against us, for we should dislike to
have our digestion impaired by the
thought that we had not his good will
at this festive but peaceful season.
And we would be very much gratifed
if we could be sure that he is not
troubled about this matter. He asks:
Why should L be troubled ?" Why.
indeed? There was in the light of his
own letters nothing to be troubled
about and The Herald would have had
no more to say about the matter than
what was in its first report, if the DR..
had not been so troubled that he had
to rush into print in the News and
the Tribune to make correction that
did not correct, but simply reflected
badly on some of his clerical asso-
GATES
Yes, The. Herald is loaded for fur
Their discussion" if. the Dr. wants to
"fire away But if he is satisfied to
let the matter rest, so are we. Par
ticularly with Christmas so near when
good will to all men" should be our
motto. With all sincerity we echo the
Drs' good wishes, and so let the merry
bells ring peace on earth" for The
Herald and DR.. McNiece are at amity
and both are smiling and serene.