Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-10
rxposI;D nun uNnEPENrANT,

IN either hemisphere that would NOT
have either npoioFizcd Tor its fearful
biundor. or rcc1nicd from To- criminal
libel on two score Of reputable citlzrna
such aa was pcrpotratod by the anti
Mormon" organ IN this city. but
nothing " the kind appears zoo Gee COLI
umna. All the acknowledgment 10
makes after the terrible exposure Of ~
turpitude which the plain and undcni-
able facts has Effected r. thiai
.rho record u births published On The
Tribune nn Thursday were copied from
ne county records u Utah county AMI
ront ua crrfnod tn na we supposed by
the Recorder. or deputy Recorder
We could not understand how any le-
rai wife could submit 20 such o. pro-
crcdiuF.'
Not e word Of correction of its cg-
rrrioua erron-to use mild term. not
20 syllable OF regret at having paradei
! na poiyramiaia n long liat Of mpnnFam-
ists; not nn attempt 60 rcotlfy itH uu-
mrroua hiundsrs IN copying. not "a Hon-
tonce 20 remove the false imprcsaion
made upon the public mind, here and
elsewhere. In regard 10 the individuals
thus shamcfuily held up Tor general
reprohation. not nn effort n show how
ltn iiboia. even n true would establish
tho charge OF recent plural marriages
performed IN Utah. not "a hint that
d was wrong 90 accusing Of wilful and
! 'Incxplicabc" falsehood the President
and members of tho church Of Jesus
christ of Lattsr-day Saints.
rs We supposed il tho only Hur-
/ position of mistake ana that o. not
/ frankly admitted There was no reason
why tho paper that made II should
Imagine that the aFrd midwife who oil-
claird at tho births. 20 blundofinFiy
| raudod Ia the organ N fake reports.
was either "Bocorier' or Deputy
| Rocordsr" ~ Spanish Fork It's sup.
position" could have been verified or
exploded BY telephone In hyc minutes,
II u had desired 70 know tho truth. 10
could the marital relations II the pco-
pie whom o. has branded a. yiclatnra VI
the law.
But IL was not after facts II o. "a re-
ccptaclr 81 stories that please pruront
minds n will publish any nasty report
m % only can be- made 60 rcnrct on tho
"Mormona." And when 80 faiaohood 81
discovered II makes mo- earnest attempt
10 undo tho mischief it has wrought
but allows lta poison 10 work without
On effort 60 provide nn antliote.
Some folks are wondering why that
sheet wandered on 60 q distant town
IN another county Tor BE- bogus ilat.
when u could have obtained a hundred
times a. many names of births from
the records u salt Lake city and coun-
~. IN which the full name of the father
ana the maiden name ~ the mother APP
pear nn tho parents iiut the answer Il
easy. Tho fraud would have been de-
tcctci az once. and there would have
been o. storm around the long ears "
Tho genius that printed them that
would have been both painful and cx-
pcnsivc.
A. 90 81 understanding but ilttlo
need 60 b. said That dooa not reach
Tar enough 90 bu OF much consldou'
ton. ANY legal wife viii conform e.
the law and the regulations which o..
Qulrc reports OF births Go BE- made Do
certain furm. II IL an riEht ana quite
proper FOR reasons, some of which IN.
"nFcd and respectable old LADY of
Spanish Fork has furnished, and ah'
should certainly ho fun authority fo
our dannllngly brilliant contemporary
A. 60 "protcusos" by tho pcsorc
News our dnzrd adversary need mo-
.lnqulro. We do not pretend any
2 thing. We leave that 10 the organ %
. "prrtonhca" and "ruppoFitiona" AM
D "prcaumril1na" We have not attompte
60 "carry tho Impression" about any
, thing in connection with the subject
beyond tho established facts that N
auti-"Mormon" organ, by ita list OF n
legged births ~ polygnmous parcninE
has established o. own folly and fala'
/ hood, ana that even n itn infamy hu
% not boon exposed. or ~ ~ assertion
10 and differences ln every instance ON %
% NE wcro true, II would anud not %
4 slightest proof or shadow OF eyldcnl
q that plural marriages have taken plnl
H since Lorenzo Snow was nude Pres
y dent of the church OF Josus christ
10 Lattrr.dhy Saints. That wuH itH ori
Il lun contention; that we cmphltlcal
.r deuy. Ana % need not think 60 alive
T. attention from that malicious charge
b. throwing such dust 100 thc oyca or q
% public us % brought hy lts naHt OF d
10 colt from como of the southern tow
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