Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-06
~ 1.-THE ABSENCE or THE
EDITOR"

I'm tho temporary absence % the
editor" the morning paper iu this city,
which has been engaged Tor some time
past In an ondoavor 20 place the ma
1ority Of the people OF Utah On "a false
llrht before the country. relates what
n purporta 20 BE-. '"rho true history Of
the amnesty proclamation" We cone
graduate that paper ON giving a tenn
pirate account ~ the production NJ that
document while We canont agree with
IT. reasoning and deduction.
The editor ~ the pcscrct News notes
that during his Temporary absence
during tho last few days. IT, morning
adversary has INDUCED In de- usual per-
sonni abuse. using language iu refer
enco to the News" and ~ editor that
has caused deep disgust among all
cinpscs Of tho community. OF course,
that IL nothing new, but the change
that has taken place during the "tem-
pornry absence Of tho editor" who In
duigcs In that kind of alleged argument
n 90 marked that We alludc 90 u with
pleasure.
The article In this mornings paper
. gives some particulars ~ the writing ~
the petition for amnesty which was
presented TO President benjamin llnr-
riaon. II a. claimed tnht Il was written
BY tho editor " that paper. We have
no disposition 60 dispute that claim. 10
would have been interesting, however,
n II had been supplemented with "a
statement aa TO the amount Of rcmuncr-
alton received by the writer who a.
held up Tor the admiration ~ the public
NJ a wonderful friend 10 the Mormon"
people. but perhaps during his "tem-
pornry absence" the figures were not
attninnhlc
We hope the public win read carefully
tho petition. which b. published In fun.
and comparing Il with the Manifesto or
President wllford woodruff In 1890 to
which It refers. will perceive the entire
absence Of nllusion Co the point which
our contemporary attempts 10 establish.
II relates TO nothing more than the adj
vice given In the Manlfcsto that tho
mormon" people should cease from
contracting ANY marriages contrary 70
the law Of the land"
The subject Of tho testimony tnkon
before the master IN ohanccry concern
ing the oachcatcd Church property 81
once more ventilated. ana the attempt
- renewed 10 mako the opinion ollcltod
IN that investigation. concerning the
scope and meaning Of the Manifesto,
appear In the light 81 "a pledge on the
part Of the people of Utah with the q.
s. government. Tint attempt has failed
heretofore. and II viii utterly fail again.
The accusations about now poly
gamoua marriages nrc repeated With
out "a eclntilln ~ proof. ana tho chnrgcs
are renewed about thousands Of po-
lygamous chldron" being born, IN spite
Of all tho alleged pledges and rcyoll.
lions" concerning that matter. II iu
stated further, that there Is a faction In
the church determined not to observe
tho law and the pledges made that
an Apostle is nt tho head Of II and
that the "Nowa" ls backing him mp, all
OF which Il d. needless 10 state o. utter
ly untrue. The election Of u. n. Rob
,rts In rocounted, with tho same mis-
representations that the readers of that
paper nro familiar with, only II Is told
Ia more decent language.
The purport Of an this h. thon DIE
closed. It Is olmply this; That the
paper which has been stirring up -
much etrlfc and bitterness, holding M
this state ga q community ~ pledge
breakers and law-dcncrs, ia the great.
est friend 60 the Mormon people they
have ever had, while the pcHorct NowH
has been their enemy The appeal
which nrFYutUNUtUa thf.t "a DftIffN 30