The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-04
WHAT is THE MATTER.

llOn at Saltalr last Wednesday, the or
gan of petty strife in this city, like all
little creatures with soul of spite,
continues to spit venom and eject filth
at the promoters of the magnificent af-
fair.
The unbounded success in every
sense Of the word which attended the
celebration, is doubly Notifying to our
morning contemporary, because, first
it was really non-partisan and was
thoroughly harmonious; and second, it
was huge in numbers and enthusiasm,
and was attended by a large number
of Republicans, thus demonstrating
the lack of influence of the sheet that
hoped to be able to write its obituary.
That the grand gathering to rejoice
over the prospects of immediate state
hood was just what was intended and
promised nen-partisan melting, no
truthful person can deny. The accounts
THAT have been published of the pro
ceedings prove that, beyond doubt.
But the public good feeling is entirely
distasteful to our grabbed and disap-
pointed contemporary, SO it resorts to
the kind of gable which is second ma
ture TO the persistent libeler, grown
garrulous with age and able only to
pour out acridity and drivel.
1t would not do to directly falsify the
lutterances of the speakers, as it did
in the case of Judge Henderson at a
former gathering, and published as his
language words that he did not speak
on subject to which he did not in the
.remotest manner allude. There were
too many Republicans present this
time. to make It safe to lie in that
manner. So the public are treated to
a long TRADE about the use to which
the financial returns of the day are to
be put, with vile epithets against the
gentlemen who arranged the affair,
and The Herald which defended them
when attacked by the daily Libelar.
Before the day of celebration the OBJ
ituary said the money was to be used
in the coming campaign for the benefit
of the Democratic party, and therefore
Republicans ought to stay away. The
profits to be made were named and
figures given which everybody who has
done any business with the Saltair peo-
pie knows were ridiculously false. But
now the Obituary says the money is
not to be used for that purpose at all.
but to pay off an old debt for which
several well known gentlemen here
made themselves responsible by sign
ing a note for the amount
Thus even in this simple matter the
Obituary shows itself inconsistent and
contradictory and therefore entirely
unreliable. On Tuesday and Wednes-
day it asserted positively one thing. on
Friday another and different thing,
and goes along, blind and laundering,
without perceiving it's own deviations
or conscious that others can see its pal
pable perversions.
The Herald explained the whole mat
ter last Tuesday. A committee of
Democrats had arranged for a series
of gatherings at Saltair during the
summer. The first was had on July a.
1t was hoped that the President would
sign the statehood bill on that day.
when it was expected to reach him. He
did not receive it until the 18th, there
fore the glad news could not be pro-
claimed on the 14th The next gather
ing was to be about August 1st and
others were to follow
But the committee, in view of the
fact that the whole people, Irrespective
of party, were interested in the happy
solution of the statehood question,
thought that it ought not to be a
strictly Democratic gathering, and so
recommended a day of general rejoic-
ing throughout the territory and in
vited all who could to come to the
at Saltair. They requested
some well known Republicans to speak,
who consented to appear and did ad-
dress the vast assembly, with one pal
try exception, which was found to be
no drawback to the affair.
1t is possible that the committee
might have done better by comforting
with some prominent members of the
party as to the arrange
ments for the day. That might have
prevented some ill-feeling on the part
of a few rabid partisans and suspicious
and narrow-souled politicians But
even that is doubtful You cannot sat
isfy everybody. The arrangements
were already made for the gathering,
with the exception of making it a nom
partisan assembly. The committee did
what they thought was proper. There
may be a division of opinion as to that
1t does not matter.
The celebration was a splendid sue
cess. There was nothing partisan in
the proceedings. 1t brought people of
parties together and smoothed
down some asperities that have grown
out of political disputes. 1t has shown
that the people of Utah can be friends
and rejoice together, ignoring differ
ences of opinion on public questions
Now, what is the matter? Gnarled
and grabbed hostile Republicans, some
Of whom are soured over the undeni-
able fact that Utah will owe its state
hood to the Democracy, and who
would rather, as some of them have
said, that statehood should be indefin-
itely delayed than that we should go
into the Union under Democratic aus
pieces, are chagrined beyond endurance
and their fury foams out at every OPP
pcrtunity or excuse. That is all there
is to the small tempest which is being
raised in the Tribune trumpery, tin
teapot. It's suffering makes no sur
prise. There is regret that two or
three Republicans for whom we enter
tain respect have made themselves so |
small as to echo the puffings from the
spout of the Obituary. Is not that
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CARNEGIE ON PROTECTION.
Andrew Carnegie, the great iron and
tel rnar1fa ctrlren. of Eittsh11rsy is re- !