The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-02-26
THESE MEN DIS9WN It
SAY THE TRIBUNE DOES NOT
REPRESENT YOUNG UTAH.
Show How and Why 1t Has SANDER
ed the Young Element and the
Old and How 1t Injuries the State.
Salt Lake city. Feb. p, 1899.
To the Editor of The Herald:

Salt Lake City, Feb. %, 1899.
To the Editor of The Herald:
Sir: II is the experience of many that
when any correspondence is addressed TO
the Salt Lake Tribune that, in the oDin-
ion of its managers, is antagonistic to
their interests or opposed TO their policy,
it receives but scant courtesy. 1t is for
this reason that we DO not address our
article to the editor of that paper. Had
the question been one that aIIected me
Herald or the Deseret News, we IeeL
confident they would have enough Amer
lcanlsm TO give fair play.
1t Is very apparent TO the reading pub
lie that the editors or managers OF the
Salt Lake Tribune are again suffering
from one of those periodical spasmS that
may be called Young Ctahphobla, and
from day 10 day It's Commissions become
more violent. For several months past
scarcely an issue can be found which
does not contain either Il frantic appeal
10 Young Utah' TO come out OF the
(alleged) slavery that binds them, or
sneering accusation directed against one
or more officials of the Mormon church
1t is a matter of record, furnished by Its
own nles, that no one IN the community
is secure from its venomouS attacks, eX-
cepJ perhaps d Few VINO are Wiling 10
respond amen" to its utterances. re-
Sardless of consistency, truth, or even
decency. Neither age nor sex IS conSid-
erec: it will scof1 at man While at
prayers; SANDER woman IN the privacy
before they are old enough to talk, and
viii even profane the character OF the
dead.
With an unlimited supply of stereO-
typed phrases, such as whipping into
line etc, ii strikes right and left at
random, and by precept-certainly not Dy
eXample-seeks to pose to Young Utah
as the apostle OF liberty and truth. As
regards the attacks Hpon officials in the
dominant church, we shall say nothing,
believing they and the church can take
% of III la1Tr Wis.
now, once and for all. TO repudiate the
Salt Lake Tribune as the oracle OF
Young Utah.
While cOnceding its right to exist as a
newspaper, we most emphatically deny
its authority to act as sponsor for or 10
represent Young Utah, unless II can
furnish some proof in addition to and
independent of its own assumption. The
organ of the Mormon church has the
name of its president in its appropriate
place, thus attesting its authority; but
in what part of the Tribune shall we look
for the official stamp of Young Utah,
comforting upon il the apparently eXclu-
siVe right to speak for and 10 them; we
were informed recently by this sef-ap-
pointed champion of Young Utah that
"a delegation of Young Utah waited
upon it and assured it OF their (the dele
CATION - support. and, as matter OF
tact, two-thirds of all the editorials IN
the Tribune for the last three months or
more have had the Young Utah idea
as Il preteXt-we won't say foundation
thus exhibiting its constant anxiety for
that class.
The Inference is thrown out repeatedly
that there is in the Mormon church an
element who are pining for religious lib
erty, and that the Tribune has been re-
tanned 10 secure this desired boon for
them BOsh. When was the document
comforting the honor of being the organ
of, Dung Utah given TO the Tribune?
Who drew it up? Who signed it?
A favorite and oft-quoted authority of
the Tribune mas said that "a long and
continued habit of not thinking a thing
wrong gives 1t superficial appearance OF
being right, and because no one mas
called a halt on the Tribune people for
unlawfully and Unjustly arrogaung to
themselves the right TO teach, advise and
voice the sentiments of Young Utan-'
they are now beginning to really think
that their position as dictatOrs and ad-
visers of Young Utah" is unassailable.
We take this opportunity OF reminding
the Tribune editors that Young L tab |
is and always has been chiefly composed
of either Mormons or those whose parents
were MormOnS; that this class is the
large majority, and. therefore, they are
with the dishonest, unalgnified and. ii
many instances cowaIdly methods OF that !
paper which ISLANDERS their parents, ridi-
cuIeS their religion, misconstrues their |
motives defameS to the world the state |
that gave them birth, and which advises !
the saloon and brothel as desirable adj /
1uncts to bring about the Tribune ideal |
OF freedom and civilization.
That there is a class OF Young Utah |
who being birds OF a feather will I
endorse the tactics of the Tribune we DO |
not deny. but we assert that this class, !
taking the state through, are numerically |
an Insignificant minority. For the enIight- |
ennient of the Tribune we wish to go on |
record as denying emphatically their Oft |
statement that Young Utah is /
in slavery to the priesthood. and TO the /
contrary we affirm that Young Utah
is free. absolutely; that politically relig- |
iously, socially and in every other respect |
it is as independent and untrammelled as |
any other citizens of the United States. |
and the undersigned, all bone fide repre- !
sentatives of Young Utah" hereby enter !
a vigorous protest against the Salt Lake |
Tribune for its willful. persistent and |
malicious misrepresentation; and We |
charge that the managers of that paper |
are materially injuring the business inter- |
ests OF the state. Notwithstanding their |
denials and despite their squirming meth |
DDS TO escape the responsibility.
Lastly we affirm that this letter and |
protest is voluntary on the part of all !
who have signed it, and we feel qualified. |
and hereby announce our willingness to |