The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-03-26

-were, to proceed with the case. Besides,
+it is our only alternative.
= The ancient philosopher Cicero once
conserved there were four distinct medi-
A umS through which knowledge could be
impaired. Wise men," he said, were
INSTRUCTED by reason. Men of less I'M
UNDERSTANDING, by example; the most IL
$literate, by necessity, and beasts, by
%nature.''
\ Having repeatedly tried in good faith
4 the first two mediums" reason and
example we are forced to the conclu-
Tsion that the Tribune managers do not
Tcome under either of these, and there
*fore we reluctantly resort to the third
%Lest we should be accused of being ar
%bitrary, we will say that if there is one
solitary individual in this city or state
not connected with the Tribune, who
will point out to us one single instance
Yin the Tribune's last effusion that could
<be reasonably and impartially con-
-&Strued as an honest attempt on their
apart to answer our charges and refute
our arguments, we will Immediately
apologize to the Tribune management
*and to the public for having wrong
Y fully accused the former and deceived
the latter.
Come, now. is not this fair? AS a
matter of fact, there is no real desire
on the part of the Tribune to squarely
meet@our charges with a FJiew of prov
ing their falsity or their own innocence.
This fact is as palpable to the public
as to US.
By actual count, their last alleged
reply, for instance, contains four ran
dom guesses Gall wrong), ten insulting
sneers at Young Utah, seven false
statements and two deliberate false
hoods We are willing to prove this to
any impartial jury or investigating
! our case on their decision. Outside of
these guesses, sneers false statements,
etc, there is absolutely nothing but
meaningless words and diSjointed ideas
that are totally irrelevant to the mat
ter under discussion and convey no
more intelligence to the average mind
than the gibber one hears in Chinese
laundry.
The nearest approach to argument
the Tribune has thus far reached is
their statement that call our charges
are false" While trembling under the
terrific force of this logic, we remind
! the Tribune of our repeated offers to
prove those charges from their own
! files and we call attention to their fail
ure to accept our challenge and to the
shifting excuses invented to shift the
responsibility.
If "an our charges are false" we
will briefly examine the first one on
the list, viz: usurping authority. We
affirm that while the Tribune has per-
sistently slandered our character, in
suited our manhood, DETAINED our state,
injured cur prospects, it has at the
same time audaciously presumed to be
the organ of Young Utah, and without
the least vestige of authority has as
stunned the position of dictator. Con-
fining our investigation for the present
to this one question of assuming to be
the organ Of Young Utah." will the
Tribune be kind enough to explain in
the light of AL our charges being
false" first, their editorial of Feb. II,
1892 headed, Young Utah, Which
Way?
The case will be watched with much in
terest, and by its decision Young Utah
will have to determine whether Utah is to
be an American state or not. =