Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-11
GOSSIP is nor A GOOD GUIDE.

The ogden Standard recently ru-
mated that money would be usi 10
this years campaign, to debau,h the
voters and legislators OF this state.
The Dessret News called for a bl ot
particulars. and asked for son bling
definite wherewth to warn the people
Of Utah. that they might know shsfl
thc danger lay The STANDARD comes
back with a partial relteration o JOS
vague insInuatlons, but gives no ,,Ic-
u.lrs on which 20 base the chars ,hus
c0yerlly presented.
TO the request OF the "New5 Cor
specific Information the standab re.
spends ln this way.
I'VE do not believe the editor o. the
'N,Ws rs as blind 10 what Is oco,rng
iu tha State us he pretends 20 be- From
one end OF the state TO the othr DE
talk of money TO come from this source
and that and play an important fac
tor 600 che campaign is heard sli
Lake City IL a h0tbed Of gossip Detail.
Iug the plans ~ campaign OF several
wealthy men who aspire to higd r0sl'
ton. whose only recommendalln s
their dollars
We care very little what the Standard
believes as to our blindness on raaIs
Of vision, But we say. most eiaraltI-
colly. that we do not know OF anything
which warrants the charge thp, br.b-
cry ls likely to stain the fair flrs Of
Utah In 1900.
There are perhaps "hotbeds OF gossip
in this city ana ogden may no, b Of.
together free from them. But ttJ are
not usually very reliable soura Of
trustworthy information. The STAN
dard Is a little mixed as TO ita meta
phols. as it evidently Is in its attempts
at reasoning when It is ashl Tor
facts. Sharpness OF sight does Bi im'
ply abnormal powers OF hearir, and
as we have not dropped into tho. hot
beds Of gossip" or been within arshot
Of their echoes, the question TO
whether we are blind or not ou no
figure IN the contention.
The Standard mentions a rumN that,
10 its editor should be defeated 10 the
nomination Of his party Tor CohEss.
cone Of the potent argument used
against the editor OF the Stanlri by
the Salt Lakers at the Provo cavern
ton was that " he were nOmlna not
a cent OF tribute would a certal cote
ne of men OF wealth pay, butt be
were defeated. "a golden stream touId
pour down from the hills and else
where and Hanna's barrel woullh al-
lowed to roll over the state, iiler-
ing golden shckels from Cache lny
to the extreme southern porln OF
Utah"
The standard then asks, d the
editor Of the News fail to hear q mat
talk?" We answer yes" II Foe fact
that we did not hear It can be alssed
as failure. But does the Ogde1pa
mean TO assert. that the dangerf me
improper use OF money In thf cam
palgn In Utah, Is In the party v.ch 1t
SO vigorously advocates and diands'
We fear that disappointed amblta has
made its editor reckless as wed an
cry. However he adds.
"Our criticism applies alike 70 Demo-
Gratis and Republicans
Wen, n il only amounts to the np'u.
ton Of hot gossip, It viii not hae very
great weight among the supporrs OF
either party. That money is need Tor
perfectly legitimate purposes 10 a
great political fight Is undewidi by
,yerv citizen with a brain. But ab3dy
needs warming against that i is
the unlawful ana corrupt use otnonay
| that delnoraIIzes and Injuries hh ihe
r.yer and the receiver, and we an ready
90 t9in the standard and any other
paper or person. on either sid d The
polltlcal battle-ground, that Wi point
out the source OF danger ana expose
the brlber and the bribed'
! We have faith In the politica purity
| of ,he people Of Utah,and until ''leam
Of something that furnishes 1t or Ire.
~ to blemish its hitherto spotlf" 'har-
/ actsr and reputation. we shall SOD be-
/ Heve In its integrity, and d'i'' the
| mmors that come from hotoeds % gos'
sin and are repeated by the voice OF
scandal and OF suspicion.