Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-13
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mention some of the Misrepresentation
Of the antl-"Mormon" organ In this
city. which appears TO have run 20
much In the habit Of INDUCING In
splenctic attacks on the Deaeryt News
and the Apostles Of the Church" that
not even Kceiy cure will eradicate
the propensity.
First. Il complains Of the announce
ment In the News" Of the conviction
Of polygamist In Tooelc. and goes on
to explain that. 1T was a case Of biEa-
my or nothing" and ''ihcrc was no
polyEamy about t."
Well what Of ~ Was not the Of
no not plead guilty 81 poiygamyT"
Was he not convicted for polyEamy7
Was he MOI nncd and Imprisoned for
polygamyy We simply printed the
news and gave the ease as II was tried
In court. The particulars which our
critic parades editorialiy. were pub
ilshcd two days before In the News"
account. and with this remark; '''rhe
case IL u peculiar one and should prop
criy be clanscd under the heading of
blgamy. and would have been but for
the apparent unintcntional omission
from tho new statutes. OF provision
making such oftcnses punishable"
Now ~ TO the headlines. ours COM
menecd with give Months and one
Dollar" What Is the matter with
that The obIector says with nam.
ing headlines the News tells ~ the
conviction Of a polygamlst In Tooelc.
indecdg Here Ia ita own leading head
line on the same subjecti Guilty Of
PolyEamy." And second. civilian
strong pleads Guilty Of PolyEamy"
Why not md fault with itaeiff The
pcserc, News does not put I'm flaming
headlines" and billboard type. false
announcements 10 misleai the public
and vent malice against some indi-
viduai or church. aH In common with
our contentious contemporary.
''rhe Idea that the News tries to
convey" etc. Ia another attempt 70
mlsreprescnt ,hla paper and to imply
something not warranted by anything
that appeared In the article. which was
simply court report with no other
comment than that we have quoted.
but the anlmuH Of the whole anti
Mormon" outburst In In this false ao-
cusation; "rhe Apostles Of the Church
take wives when they want them. and
there In not machinery enough In the
law TO convict one Of them" That II
what the pretended friend OF the ''Mor-
mon people and advocate Of utah'H
attractions. IA trying TO impress ON the
eastern mind. TO back up the false
hoods and exaggerations OF the preaeh-
erH who have been plying their trade
through the States. To uso It's own
query In reference 10 n gentleman who
spoke some fair and favorable words
about the "MormonH." the thought
suggested by the editors TRADE II ''How
much did he get for ~"
Second. tho same paper dllates on
'the meditaicd deviltry OF certain high
churchInon." and wants the "New.' to
help II throttle any ihwbreakcr and
pledEe-brcaker." "Mcditated deviltry''
Is simply IN the unbalanced brain OF the
antl-"hormon' Ehost-raiHer, that IL
surely insane ON this question. n We
were to answer It's demand. tho 'throt-
Ting" work would have 10 b. COM
mcnced In itH own establishment. and
actual Instead Of ''medltated' deviitry.
whatever that may mean. would be the
first to be "throttled."
II our contemporary would quit ''med-
Uniting" NO much on that which II not.
ana frothlng over some little things
that u docs not understand. and out OF
which It fubrlcates a mountain OF mis-
chief, tales that do no earthly good.
either inside or outside Of Utah. II
would be better for the State and far
better for that paper. The discussion
It provokes Is not profitable. and would
not be notieed by the "News' but for
reasons obvious 10 those who want TO
hear both sides when question Is
raised. II is time this contention was
stopped.
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