The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-24
FALSEHOOD EXPOSED.

We do not think for a moment that
with The Herald, or those who have
charge of its affairs in any department,
will believe that any of them
have been influenced by bribery or in
any other improper way to use its
columns in favor of boodlers or against
public officials who are faithfully dis
charging their duty But lest any per-
sons not familiar with The Herald peo-
pie, might be led to suspect there has
been something wrong because of the
malicious and villainous insinuations
made by the Salt Lake Tribune, we
once more refer to this subject. That
paper says, editorially:
We have published what is true,
namely, that knave who was here
bribing or seeking TO bride certain Of
ficials, wrote his principal that he had
fixed the Herald, or words to that
effect, and that it would soon open its
batteries upon certain obstinate officers
who would not be beguiIed by him.
Comparing the date of the letter with
the files of the Herald, we find that
the attacks began the next morning
There are several wilfuI falsehoods in
tina paragraph, purposely and inten-
tionally worded, so as to convey false
impressions. The 'knave" who is ac-
cused Of attempting to bride certain
officials did not say he had fixed The
Herald" The knave who wrote that,
used the phrase cor words to that eff
feet" so as to escape the charge of
literally lying, although his intent was
just the same.
Hayken did not say The Herald
would soon open it's batteries upon
certain officials" The 'knave" who
wrote that manufactured this language
and attributed it to the other "knave"
who is said to have attempted bri-
berry.
There is no date to the alleged letter
from Hayken as published in the Tri-
bune in which The Herald is mentioned
nor is the letter given in full In
stead, paragraph is given without
date or signature. But as these al
legged letters are arranged in order of
dates, it is to be inferred that this
allusion to The Herald and also the
Argus was written between Nav 90
and June 10. '95, the dates of the letter
preceding and the one following that
paragraph.
The Tribune states that the sat
tacks began the next morning" What
it means by the attacks" it has ex-
planned is the exposures of the course
of the present selectmen and county
attorney. Reference to files of The
Herald show that on January 3, 1895,
this paper commenced to show up the
doings of those officers.
They commenced to remove men in
the employ of the county and put their
own favorites in their places, although
they did not take Office until January
l. Following this up The Herald few
days later showed how they began to
take care of themselves, by appropriate
ing money for their own services while
endeayoring to repudiate warrants is
sued for the payment of other persons
who had worked for the county.
Subsequently The Herald showed up
their exorbitant charges for per diem
and mileage, their evident care for
their own compensation and per-
quisites and their eagerness to GUST
competent men and put in their own
pets, many of whom were incompe-
tent
All this was before the movement to
expose the furniture steal" as it was
called. and our exposures of the greed
and incompetency of the county off,
Gals was going on months before the
alleged Hayken letter was written,
making vague reference to The Her
aid, about which the editor of the Tri-
bune has lied every day since the pub
LEGATION of the paragraph alluded to.
il takes a person of the stripe of that
editor to make accusations of the kind
he has repeated day after day in
skuIking, maleyolent and cowardly