The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-09-11
AGAINST ITSELF AGAIN.

Nhen the Republican state nomina-
tons We're made, The Herald reviewed
the ticket in fair and friendly way,
giving to the nominees such criticism
as their character, reputation and par
ticular qualifications justified. The
candidate for Governor was given
credit for those qualities which he pcs
sesses, and the party was congratu-
lated FOR it's shrewdness in selecting
him in place of his competitors.
The Tribune, which cannot under
stand how a public journal can deal
fairly with political opponents, has
made much fuss about that and has
endeavored to make it appear that The
Herald has since sought to carry the
idea that he is not worthy of the
place" OF course The Herald has done
nothing of the kind. unless the publica-
ton of the jokes that are common
street talk about the gentleman's bike
riding at night, being desired not to
mount his wheel in the day because 1t
would lessen his gubernatorial dignity,
may be considered as reversing our
recognition of his good qualities.
But the Tribune, after reading US a
homily, or rather splitting spite at us
for what we have not done, proceeds
to attack the Democratic candidate for
Governor, calling him opprobrious
names and trying to degrade him in
the public mind, by hurting at him
number of deliberate falsehoods. 1t
adds to these by stating that 'He sat
for years in Congress and, so far as the
interests Of this territory were con-
cerned, he might as we'll have gone up
and built him house on Ensign Peak,
got him an easy chair and sat there"
The Tribune is the poorest kind of a
venomous prevaricator. 1t forgets its
own remarks so frightfully. We have
shown that by quoting its past eulogies
of Joseph L. Rawlins contrasted with
its present bitterness against him. 1t
is the same as to John T. Game. Only
a year ago it was showing how Mr..
Game had worked to move the boul-
ders out of the way" and in doing yeo-
mans service for Utah, making it easy
for Mr.. Rawlins to accomplish what he
did for this territory.
Files of the Tribune will not only
show that, but that John T. Game did
a number Of signal services to Utah;
among them procuring the pas
sage of the statehood bill through
the committee of the House of
which Mr.. Mansur was chair
man, and the report from which
was the one on which Mr.. Rawlins' bill
was recommended for passage. He
accomplished the defeat of the infa-
nous Struble bill for the disfranchise-
ment of the people of Utah, and also
the defeat of the bill which passed the
Senate and was urged by Mr.. Ed
munds on the House, turning over the
personal church property to the COM
mon schools. He opposed and blocked
the passage Of the Legislative Commits
soin bill.
He obtained the appropriations for
the construction of the penitentiary.
He pushed the Home Rule bill through
the House. He obtained the additional
judge for Utah, by which the evil was
rectified of having a district judge sit
on the review of his own decisions in
the Supreme Court. He made a num-
Der of notable speeches before the
House. and was indefatigable in his
labors in and before committees, where
the real work of Congress is done, and
in the departments.
No request of his constituents was
ever ignored. He gained for himself
a reputation that is of the very high
est as an able, consistent, diligent
and vigorous worker for this territory,
and as the Tribune itself declared
when it wanted to belittle Mr.. Raw
Inns work, John T. Game is to be
credited with much of the heavy labor,
under adverse circumstances, of pre-
pairing the way for Utah's admission
into the Union as a state.
The Herald has not said anything
against Mr. Wells, but it has credited
him with all that is claimed for him
by his political supporters. At the
same time, it has shown that what
ever qualifications he may possess for
the Governorship. they are equally
conspicuous in Mr.. Game, while the
latter has the addition of his expert
ence, his national reputation. his long
familiarity with public matters, and
especially with Utah affairs.
If the Tribune thinks it can help the
cause of MIR. Wells by besmearing
John T. Caine and lying about The
Herald, let it go ahead and it will see
what a mess it will make of the whole
business. We have the proofs at hand
to show how the Tribune talks against
itself on almost eery public question.
THE TRIRIrNE AS IT rs