The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-01-11
STILL ANOTHER soMeRsAuLT.

The latest diversion Of high comedy
in Journalism is the Tlip-fiop performed
by the Tribune yesterday at the close
of it's furious storm dance. After sup
porting poiygamisJs for Office on the
Republican ticket, and bowling about
polysamists on the Democratic ticket
in the same campaign; after main
tanning "a most remarkable silence con
corning the appointment of polygamtsts
to federal offices and 10 important
posts in state and national institutions
Of learning. while frantic with alarm
contaminated by the presence of a
member Of the dominant church Of
Utah; after coaxing Democrat > for fif-
teen months to abandon Roberts ana
pleading with Mormons to repudiate
him-the Storm Starter now complains
with a mock bitterness that would
be tragic were it not uttered by a low
comedian. that the church has basely
deserted Roberts and that the Demo-
cratic party has left him 20 fight his
personal and religious battles alone.
What hilarious hypocrisy 1t would
have done credit to the original Fal-
staff. the prototype of our grOtesque
local contemporary. -Four years ago
the Tribune fought B. H. Roberts on
the ground that he had violated rule
Of the dominant church, and it ap-
peaIed to Mornons to rebuke him at
the polls for his unwaTranted indie,
pendence; two years later it denounced
him for subscribing to that rule whose
prOpriety it had defended, last year it
declared with a show Of silurian tears
on its cheek Of adamant, that it had
fought Mr.. Roberts in 1895 with the
keenest regret. "and all The time felt
a thrill Of pride that he high church
man thar he was, was yet q true Amer
lean, who could believe in his creed
and still hold aloft the banner of
Americanism and indepen 5ence from
ecclesiastical control" But, it added,
when he subscribed to the rule Of dis
cipline. he surrend Ted his political
principles, his American manhood, his
rlght as a citizen Of this republic to
advocate any cause that he pleased. to
vote any ticket that he pleased-sur-
rendered them ali to the priestly pow
ers of the Mormon church"
For a year it advised him 20 subscribe
to a certain rule. abused him for not
doins so, called upon the church peo-
PIE to pun, him for his independence
then, when he did subscribe, the Tri-
bune turned upon him with a new
born fury, berated him for having done
what it advised him to do, and helped
coerce him into doing, and called upon
the Democratic party to east him out
for this betrayal Of its principles.
The Trbune's present course is quite
as Inconsistent, as characteristic, as
peculiar as its course was then. For
now & points to the recent announce
ment Of President Snow and 10 the at
titude Of the official organ Of the domi-
nant church and exclaims; 'Behold, |
the church repudiates Roberts It
says through President snow, that he
has continued a practice that the
church does not counsel, aud the au-
thoritative word has gone forth that
whoever does this must himself and
alone take the consequences; the
church VIII not be responsible for him
or his acts"
The Republican organ has frequently |
asserted that the young men of the |
Mormon church-the YOUNG Mems Mu-
tual Improvement association-secure |
majority Of the delegations to the |
state convention and nominated r. H. |
Roberts for congress, knowing him TO |