The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-03-24
HERALD Calendar for March,
THE NEW ATTACK IN THE .oT1a1Es.,


We publish today from the New Yorl
Times another Of those Salt Lake let
tiers which have created a degree O.
interest in some Utah circles. Our rea
son for doing so on this occasion i!
that The Herald is alluded to in {
very unjust and untruthful manner
which ought not to be treated with
silence, and the tenor of ~ whole ar
ticie is out of harmony with lets ant
is insulting to the great body Of the
people of Utah, and therefore should
be confronted with the truth. Tt
quote parts of the letter without the
context might be construed as unfair
we therefore publish it entire, although
it contains a tedious detail of figures
which will be of interest to but few OF
our readers.
The opening sentences Of the letter
are intended as an attack on The Her
aid. The aninHus of that was occa-
stoned by the refusal of this paper tc
publish the third article in The Times
on Utah affairs. 1t was an assault on
the Mormon church directly, and on
the majority of its members indi-
rectly. For that reason we did not
copy it although requested to do SO
by a Democrat interested in its repro
duction.
The first letter, which claimed that
George @ Cannon, while nominally a
Democrat, had in his capacity Of a
church leader interfered with the polit-
zeal affairs of this territory, and virtu-
ally turned it over to the Republicans,
we published, as it had already been
alluded to in press dispatches and had
received a preliminary reply. We also
gave space to Mr.. Cannon's answer.
The next letter, being a rejoinder to
Mr. Cannon's defense, we also pub
lishe6, but he declined to pursue the
matter further so that received no re-
sponse When the letter came making
a direct attack on the Mormon Church,
and containing references which were
improper and untrue concerning the
majority of the people of Utah, we
drew the line at that production and
that is why it was not copied from the
Times.
Our declination enraged the parties
engaged in the production of the let
ters and so The Herald is denounced
as "a churchman," and the Demo-
cratic party is said to be practically
without a newspaper"
The logical deduction from these
premises is, that the individuals con-
cerned in the publication of the Times
letters consider themselves the Demo-
cratic party. They ere practically
without a newspaper" because the Salt
Lake Herald would not copy one of
their communications to the New York
Times. But it is admitted that THE
Herald is orthodox on every Demo-
cratic proposition" the only exception
being, where the appearance of
church influences and personages does
not run the other way" whatever that
may mean.
We peg to assure those gentlemen
that they will learn their mistake be-
fore many moons shall wax and wane
They will find that they are -not the
party. That they do not represent the
party That their efforts, whatever
may have been their object, have not
helped the party. That to-attack a
church to which the overwhelming ma
jority of the Democratic party in Utah
belong is neither Orthodox nor good
policy. And that The Herald repre-
eents the organization as we'll as the
principles Of the Dem cracy% in utah.
and does not recognize the right Of
any one member or small clique to die
tate what it shall publish or what it
shall decline.
The Herald has been considered too
Democratic by many OF its readers,
and where one has applauded the pub
1ication of those letters very many
more have considered it impolitic. The
Democratic party of Utah is not half
a dozen active or ambitious spirits. 1t
as the whole body o. l5e members who
elected Joseph L. Rawlins as Delegate
TO Congress in 1892, and who supported
him faithfully, the Times correspon-
dent to The contrary Notwithstanding
In 1894 The Herald prefers to stand
by its record Of orthodoxy on every
Democratic proposition backed by the
body of the Democracy, than to try
to placate handful of men who.
may be their ability and
lofty purpose, have set themselves
against the bulk of the party and are
doing more to disrupt it than anything
which Republicans could devise.
Now as to matters of fact. 1t is
stated that: 1.-THE Herald persistently
denies this common truth-that Mr. |
Cannon has used his influence in be-
half of Republicans" The Herald dis
pUtes this emphatically. 1t is a direct /
falsehood. Nothing can be found in the
ltterances of The Herald which affords
an excuse for such a statement |
The Herald is not possessed of any |
sufficiently definite to af- |
firm or deny the truth of what the |