The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-09-09
A REJOINDER.

On Thursday morning letter was
published in The Herald touching on
the impudent interference of the Tri-
bune with the duties of the Supreme
court of the territory. 1t was we'll
written letter, and showed up the matter
in clear and striking light OF course
it set the Tribune in a rage There
was, perhaps, one weak point in it
that was a mistake which the writer
may have made in reference to the
person who, it was alleged, had ques-
toned the chief justice as to the ap-
pointment Of a receiver
The Tribune seizes that possible error
and makes it the text of one of it's
sweet discourses about The Herald
its editor-in-chief Whenever the Tri-
bune is driven into corner-and it has
been cornered every day for some time
by the facts, figures and arguments
advanced in The Herald-it becoms so
wild with wrath that its natural in
stincts and gentlemanly breeding are
openly exhibited. Its replies to reasons
which it cannot meet are: Liar of
liars "depraved SOUL" ''falsehood,''
perjury lust of lying disgrace of
human nature "cowardly as de-
PRAYED" cultivated liar" character
assassin" etc, etc. These are few
its epithets in one brief editorial on
Saturday.
OF course such logic as that is un-
answerable, and establishes the char
acter Of those who employ it as the
most brilliant, polished, erudite and po-
lite of journalistic celebrities. The Her.
aid does not make any pretensions OF
ability to reach such height-or depth
of polemic verbiage and editorial
courtesy.
But to the facts in the case. The
Tribune says that when the letter was
published The Herald .'at the same
time was Informed that there was not
a word of truth in the statements" The
time and is not so informed now IT ap-
pears that there was a great deal of
truth in the statement The only mis-
take-if mistake there be, which we
admit is possible-was as to the per-
son named as making the inquiry In
stead of being the manager of the Tri-
bune it is now stated that it was a re-
porter or attache of the Tribune The
conversation, we are informed, was ex-
actly as related in the letter, but the
person named as conversing with the
chief justice may not have been the in
dividual mentioned.
The correspondent said: "P. H. Ian
nan will not deny that before the APP
pointment of Colonel Winder he went
to Chief Justice Merritt and demanded
to know why any change should be
made" He further intimated that it
was lin the library last Friday MORN
ing august 80. p H Lannan has
not denied this in print Will P. H.
Lannan deny it? We shall see. The
Tribune with all its tantrums and
abuse has not denied it, but has stated
that The Herald knew at the time there
was no semblance of truth in the state
ment. That is incorrect. But if P. H.
Lannan will deny the conversation that
may put different face to the matter.
Let him do so if he can.
But suppose the correspondent made
a mistake as to the person; the con-
versation, it appears, occurred between
the chief justice and a Tribune attache.
What Of it? Only that the public who
know the parties will think it possible
that the first statement was correct, be-
cause the style of the talk and the as
surance of the thing were so like the
manner of the Tribune manager
OF course the Tribune has cause for
grief in that its leading spirits have
lost the control of affairs in the terri
tory and no longer have string on
its prominent officials. But that ought
not to drive them into the extreme of
folly and vulgarity which characterize
the Tribune leader of Saturday morn
ing. If an error was made in a letter
received by The Herald from a reliable
source mot a fictitious old lady, by the
by) did that make the editor-in-chief
the author of it? Does the editor-in-
chief of the Tribune stand responsible
for all the letters that have been pub
lished in that paper? If so, the Lord
have mercy on his soul!-if he have
soul
Whenever The Herald makes mis-
take it is ready to rectify the error as
soon as discovered. That is one of the
many differences between it and
the Tribune If the manager of the
Tribune likes the kind of vindication
which the editor of that paper offers,
we do not envy his taste, nor will such
TRADE help his cause with any per-
son who has the slightest regard for
Journalistic decency.