Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-27
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II is astonishing TO Newspaper mon
who desire 20 publish facts. and who
greatly regret ever falling Into a mis-
take by which the public may be lea
] into error. 10 zee how utterly regard
] Jess OF tho truth some public iournnla
are. whom they touch on nnythinr re-
/ hitting 20 the "Mormonn" WorGr than
| that. they appear 20 have no desire Tor
straight Information. and will not cor
rect their most paipablc blundors. WHOM
thcy are pointed out In tho most oon-
vinolng manner.
In IT, crusade with number Of re-
llglcm ministers against the "Mor-
mons" the New York journal has pub
iahcd some OF the most prcpostcrous
things. aud " absolutely impcrvious TO
the facts ana Indifferent TO the iudi-
croua position Il IL placed IN by ita own
mlsinformntinn. The most recent cx-
ample OF this n the grave announce
mcnt. under bis. narlnr headlines that
o. number Of prominent Mormona.
church leaders" are In New York.
gathered there 20 bring o. pressure on
Congressman Roberts 10 roslgnl
Tho Salt Lake public viii be amused
20 note that among them are gentlcmen
ranked here AZ pronounced "Gontlloa,"
20 use the old nam' Tor n1n-"MurmunH,"
such na A.. W. McCuno-spcllod Me-
Kuno-who o. announced as "owner N
one Of the principal newspapers of salt
Lake which ~ recognized now an a
strong advocate OF the Mormon
/ church," Charles o. Whittemoro. u. =.
attorney for Utah. Col Theodore Bru-
back. president Of sanpete Valley rail-
road.
President George Q. Cannon Il an
nouncod as "sccond vice president OF
the Mormon church," young T.. v. Me-
Kunc az one of tho most prominent
Mormona In Utah. Attorney Whit,c-
more whose grandparents were Nor
mons" 1t l. stated. furnished the Jour
nal with statement of the question
now ngitntlng the Journal and ita u.s.
| sociatcH Ia the crusade. which n Il
really came from that gentleman. shows
such legal acumcn and understanding
Of the subject au 20 mako u amazing
/ that he occupies the official position to
which he has been appointed. The doe
ument shows utter lack Of knowledge
as to tho force and scope Of the En-
nbilng Act and particularly OF the clos
lng clause which says.
IAN acts or parts Of acts In conflict
| with the provisions of this act. whether
| passed BY the legislature OF said Torri-
tory OF BY Congress are hereby re-
! pcalcd.'
Ills statement of the case Ignores that
awocplng provision entirely and No he
atumhloa over dead statutes and de-
funct nmncstica obtaining his peculiar
arguments 90 undoubtedly from now
foraaksn, former assertions OF salt
Lake paper.
The idea that all the gentlemen who
are named aud others. are M New
York go have long tank with u. H.
Roberts" ~ 20 ahsurd that q seems I'M
credible any well Informed person would
entertain IL. and that leading New
York daily would print 1t IL Amazing.
Tho explanations givcn by tho gentle
man of the purposes of their presence
Ia New York count Tor nothing 10 the
Journal. ana are waved uyIdo no. mere
excuses. or rather ns vain "prctonaos."
In visw OF the notion told by some
unnamed person that they were all
there Tor the express purpose of having
ga long talk with Roberts" why thcy
dld not have that talk" nt home. and
why the President OF the church, who
% pictured as debating the politics OF
the "Mormons." ala not Issue an "or-
der" TO tho ConncsHman TO resign, Il
not mentioned and does not accm 10
have suggested itself
OF course the entire story In the
journal h untrue. series of mistakes
that show the unrclInbllity Of every
thlng that appears in that paper about
Mormon" Affairs on which it appears
20 have lost ita mental balance.
The ladies and gentlemen who have
entered upon the present crusade. are
burdencd with total misconcrpuon OF
the leading facts IN the ease that has
80 greatly excited them. ana OF the real
issue now before the country. They are
entirely deceived ~ 10 the attitude or
the Mormon" church. which has done
nothing In relation 20 the matter either
before or since the congressional cleo
ton. hut wonder at their mistaken zeal
aud the nonsense that appears ia their
speeches and resolutions. Is dlasipatod
when n ~ Understood that they draw
their Information and inspiration from
such erroneous sources as the New