Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-03-04
The Star Of Our State 0bscured by
Misrepresentation.
WHO Is TO BLAME FOR TIIIS9
4 Correspondent Say. the False Uc-
port. spread BY u Certain
Newspaper.

Germany. Today EnrllHhmcn ana
Americans boast ~ the love Of coun-
trv. and for their Intense reverence for
national institutions, customs. and pco-
hes. England and the United states
arr great In the eyes Of the Latin ma
lions Of the world. Here In America
our love for both our national ana
state governments II fostcrcd from
DAY TO day NJ We come to learn about
the motives ~ our ancestors and their
struggle Tor that most priceless boon
~ human ilfc-liboriy.
Zach and every true American loves
his city. loves his state loves his ma
ton. lie roycrcnccr all. knowing that
tho nrsi two are but the smaller d.
'.sioni that go to make NJ the whole
government. and Ms the last Ia almost
boundl,ss In a sense. 20 his love be.
tonnes greater and greater ms he learns
her Institutions aud her people. The
People ~ Utah are not exceptions 10 the
rnlc. what man or woman. boy or
g'ri does not love the mountains. the
valleys. the lakes. ana the rivers and
feels that In his state there are ~
many chances aud possibilities No he
can lind In any other place In thg
wor'df ~ there ON" who " not proud
81 his heritage. II there one who has
not the good % the people nt heart
Plain questions are these. yet ! cannot
h. IT, asking them.
FOR ovtr half century. utah'H PEG.
Pile have been struggling Tor rocognl-
iion. fof rights. and in some Instance
fur iiic itself They have felt IN their
veins the old Tcuton'H love ~ liberty
ANA juiticc. All know the story. II
has Lcen rchcafacd. got none too often,
I am sorry to say that the founders
have not yet received their credit.
Todn, Utah ~ looked upon In u some.
what different light than formerly. In
the minds ~ the American people she
IL not 20 Isolated. ana she has come 10
b. looked upon aH "a state with many
iHcnt possibilities Her Industries
have been heard o. her resources
talked about. her people brought before
the eyes Of criticism At present poo
~" are watching Utah IN % curious
rutt ~ way. Much has appeared In
thu columns of newspapers and maya
zines OF late. which has recalled 20
peoples minds the old stories about the
'MofmonH" and their Territory. The
natural result IL n onc-sidcd View and
opinion throughout the United States,
ana We wonder why n II -.
iint where We may ask. does the
original Information concerning Utah
COMB ficuiG II u the citizens 81 New
York ~ Massachusetts,. Fan Francisco
or Warrington, who furnish the IN
formation 10 the wnridf OF course not.
| n comes from the very people uf Utah
itself. from the Utah newspapers, and
| fro'n the actions. too. of Utah lrEirln-
tori We are all anxious 90 advertise
our state. We send pamphlets
abroad telling Of IT. resources, ~ IN
duatfica, aud IL future possibilities
| These pamphlets are read one day, nnd
on the next. man takes up u lioaton
Herald and reads the following, quoted
ftum salt Lake paper
"Mptmons Exposed -iiy Utah prcHhy-
trrinnH-A Heated PrvHhytcy-lt Dos
nnunccr the Mormon Attitude In utnh
-rht church h In pnliticH-'fhe Mani
| Through which the WIN ~ the Leaders
MIGHT BE- Made known to Voters
| Doniroi 81 the Public schools OrnHpcd
/ -spnlyHamoua Living and "RvllHipua
/ Adultery Free Speech osttuclrcd
/ Missionaries Preach of Yelled Cos
Thon comes the New York Journ.d.
aud he reads ~ sait Lake paper n
authority Tor saying that the Mormon
/ Aplril,h arr whipping Ia the people
10 tak, more wives
The reader filngH his paper down ana
/ " NlNNNHl NANNH ANAH lAAN HAHA ~
"a cured plnrol"
10 be- plain. believe that one of the
/ Salt Lake newspapers today. ~ In the
| past. II doing an Infinite AMOUNT OF
| harm 10 Utah and her people, Ind are
| dlagracing the names ~ our State and
| ltH founders Newspapers, like every
| thlns elti. grt ont ~ their spheres ~
| action. aud the wisdom that should
run them gives way Ia bhrbnrouH ac-
tinnH aud feelings AMI they become
/ Vrnomous In their productions. No one
| believes In the words NJ DANIEL Web
Htvr more than |. namely the free
| dom ~ the prcsa N the hlgheat safe.
/ guard 20 an free government" but I
| also believe the words Of tho famous
| Judge story ~ Massachusetts News
papers eau become, ANA do become
| promoters ~ immoral thought" nut
/ the newspaper ~ Salt Lake may say.
I'VE do not more than other papers"
/ This In true. too. but Il was THIS fact
| Of Hlundorlng, and publishing every
thing and anything that elicltcd the
thought ~ Herbert Spencer when he
said that not only children hut mon
and women who aim az pure living
should consider well before taking up
the hyc cent literature ~ the day,
So long a. q newspaper u Utah dis
regards the good name OF the state.
Just Ho long VIII Eastern capitalists
hold m from investing their money In
our great commonwealth.
Then. too. the RoodtD Presbyterian
and Methodist ministers nrc publishing
u great deal ~ Islander IN Eastern
Journals, These articles are hardly
worth rrplying To; but these goadID
mon. who write them remind mo ~
what the famous iielnc once said.
Christ rode ON an avs, but asses are
now riding ON christ"
learn, also, ~ a number of mon who
have been running Tor the scnntorship
n IN a pity that some people don't
know when they have had their day
II b. stranger thing whom mon win
lose their own Helf-respect and pnndrr
to otllco.seekers rather than In stand
boy their honest convictions, Such Is
the way nf politics. though; such IL
the way ~ legislators. kipling, the
poet has truly said
eve are very slightly changed
From the Hrmi.apea who ranged
lndil'H prehistoric clay
whose drew tho longest bow
Ran his brother down you know.
As We run men down today"
% SO newspaper men, ana office
seekers remember the good name ~
.tts HfuH.f IsV.ttt "a defiance. tho tt.Ett