Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-15

/ The conclusion lH strained ono and
o. not borne out ~ the text Of tho
article In these columns 10 which ref
erence la made. This paper does not
advocate. does not even excuse. the
betrayal Of any accepted trusi. the UNI
justlnablc withdrawal from any law
ful nTreomcut. the departure from any
line VI policy that 10 not IN itself i'm
proper after one has. pledged himself
TO d whom by 20 doing others are in
jurod OF embarrassed. The trench
which dividea what We ala say from
what We are said TO have said. or i'm
Piled. ia ~ wide NJ barn door and a.
deep as n welt
To begin with. the charge that Tho
paper twisted" statement Of To-
c1tomporary worse than rank par
tisan" or some other naughty person
would have done u ~ untrue. No inn-
ruagc ~ the cotcmporary was either
quoted or gnrbled. only the substance
N one statement was given. not the
exact WORDING. and this solely for the
purpose o. q text Tor other remarks
which may or may not have had a
bearing upon the remainder u the co.
tcmn1raty'a article. our article began
by saying In effect that WHEN "a man
belonging o. one PARTY got tired Of IL
h. had the privilege u going into some
other and this was conceded by the
cotomporary. In II not concoded7 II
h not vary grave Statement
70 make. g l. neliher HARM
ful. malicious nor scandal
oun The exact language referred 10
BY the News" was as foliowai
IT ~ 90 tho credit of any man or
woman 70 follow the dictates ~ con.
science out Of one party into another"
Not very serious case Of twist
ng" thlsi Especially when at the
beginning or the article quoted from
We are Informed that those who leave
one party for another on account N
principle" are exempt from the fate
that must hcfall them otherwise u be-
Ing "a political chameleon" Tho In
ference. which II not strained. II, firrt.
that those who 10 from one party 70
another Tor any other reason than
principle gain or desire o. set cvcn."
for instance-arc political chance
Icons" and here We fail 10 agree be-
cause the torn II not strong enough TO
~ ihe case, and further. by analogy
and parity VI reasoning the IDEA l. con-
veyed thas those who. even Ia the line
Of principle or duty. flraake one par.y
and refuse To 80 into any other ATE
also political chAmclcons." and here
We dincr again because the term IN too
atronF. Stripped OF vcrbagc ana re-
moved from u1phistry. the words re-
fcrred to amount TO thiai a man Cor
woman has the privilege Of leaving
one party ana entering another on
principle and by ~ dolng he will escape
calumuyi otherwise. what1
Proceeding on that line the News"
put In plea Cor the Independence OF
the individual In political araira. II
ala not say Or imply IN any line or
sentence that person was Justified In
leaving hls cl-par,laans IN the
the lurch OF In playing fast-and-looac
with them under any circumstances.
~ ala not dcnounce or speak with dis
favor u any political party Or any one
connected herewith. II used only
such Language ana such arguments az
are In accord with ltu woll-known
policy. from which Il cannot be- turned
aside no matter how unlustly assaulted.
There b. no chronic inndeiity" In a.
The lines Of our article used BY tho
cotempomry regarding the denial that
anyone In compelled TO belong 10 a
political party are not essentially or
Intentionally roply % that referred
10 In the Herald. although II places N
/ In that position ana then falsely says
that the statement IL false Tho state
mcnt IL true and we are prepared 10
stand by u an tho time aud every
where, 70 VIII an rlght-mlndcd. un-
preiudicod people. Furthermore. II
wis not put out az defining the posi-
tlon Of the Herald. but rather ~ de-
lining our own position and Ia accord
nncc with what has been previously
herein eNpreaacd--ihe maintenance ~
an independent attitude regarding poll
deal parties, opposing none and sup
porting none as such. n this "a not
| satisfactory Il can't be helned.