The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-11-11
PIERCED TO THE GIzzARD.

Inc Salt Lake tribune, with the
meannes and mendacity which are its
chief distinctions, reiterates now the
election is over, the falsehoods by
which it sought to prejudice the pub
lie against Democratic officials pre-
vlous to the election. One of them was
directed against County Clerk Meloy.
The gentleman, who has made a very
efficient officer, remained silent during
those personal attacks, but now the
contest is past responds with the fol-
lowing keen thrusts, which go 10 the
very marrow of the matter:
vd Editor Naturalization is over and
you again, this morning, reiterate sup
Poseu conversation between Chairman
James, Secretary Cannon and myself in
reiation to the attempt of the former
Couny Registrar furnish them a COPY of
the registration list before it was com
pleted. Each time l am quoted by you
as saying, jeeringly: "It is the fortune of
war, and | will never give my consent"
did not deem it opportune before the
elecuon, to make any public comment
yersation, as considered it only part of
the great bluff which your party man
ayers were making, for political effect
on the County Registrar, the Utah Com
particularly personal to myself Your
post-election and guerrilla-lil1e distortion
OF my remarks and your scriptural quo
tation He that taketh up the sword
snail perish by the sword" show a gdoat-
ing disposition to kick a man when he is
down, and is so different in tone and
spirit from your ordinary obituary edi-
tcrial that it attracts my attention and
demands public notice.
| am quite sure | did not use any such
iianguage as quoted above | do remem-
Der, distinctly, that / said: Our commit
tee nave made their canvass and are
satisfied with the registra ton. If your
committee has not done likewise you
Should not blame me- but should blame
the Republican party for having appoint
ed an incompetent committee. l consider
1T the duty Of a political campaign COM
mitteenian to secure all legitimate ad-
vantage to lis party, and not to labor in
the interest of the opposing party; | will
not give my consent that you receive a
copy of the list until it is completed, filed
Allow me to suggest that [ made a
clean fight for reelection, believing as
l did. as. early as Sunday NIGHT before
the election (haVing completed nv es-
innate at that tilne), that 1 could not
possibly overcome the adverse majority
My successful opponent will not charge
anything any unfair in my methods: 1 lost,
but have made no new discoveries as to
the fortunes Of war have demon
strated, however that, N addition to that
of my own party associates, who stood
support of about four hundred kind and
ccnsiderate Republicans, who, unlike the
Tribune, have no hard clod to throw into
my political grave nor stone to place in
the pathway of my future efforts other
than political directions. Will the Trib-
une permit suggestion from one to
whom it does honor overmuch?
You and the party to whom you have
given a quasi-allegiance in the late cam
paign have made serious charges affect-
ing the character and good name Of, the
no let
which charges have fallen to the ground
completely Would it not be more hon
orable TO apologize to him for such in
justice rather than to belittle retiring
officer, whose administration of the trust
he has held would not afford you single
excuse for adverse CRITICISM.
Salt Lake City, Nov. 9. 1894.
The Tribune makes a lengthy response
which is no reply, but repeats the rub
bfsh with which it loaded its columns be-
fore election, in attacks upon the
County Registrar, the Utah Commis-
sion and the Chief Justice, who strictly
complied with the law as to the regis
tration lists, and for doing so provoked
the enmity of the organ of SANDER and
sophistry.
The attempts of that paper to be-
daub those officials because they would
not respond when it pulled the string
in the style of some of their imme-
diate predecessors, have utterly and
miserably failed. There has. not as
yet been a single scrap of evidence adj
duced to form the shadow of an excuse
for the Tribune's infamous assaults,
and it has once more written itself
down as the essence of assininity, the
conduit of Shiny vulgarity and the in
carnet;on of inconsistent deceit Me-
Toys sharp sword pierces the foul bird
to the gizzard.