Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-12-16
JOSEPH II. SMITH
JOHN r. W1NDER,
ANTIION II. LUND.
THE "NEwso AND THE JEsulrs'

'Be sure Of this that one false step
viii ever lead 70 more So sang the
bard and the adage he yersed is eN'
empllned in the recent action Of the
Inter. Mountain Catholic. Usually con-
geryatIye and fair in us treatment Of
contemporaries, most unwisely It gave
placs to an unwartanted attack on the
Deseret News and the Mormon
Priesthood written by IAN Unre-
deemed who shows signs Of being also
unredeemable, having lapsed from light
into darkness and into Reputation Of
that which II Is evident he once held
sacred
The article was 80 grossly ill-odyised
and untruthful that we showed It's in
accuracy and mallgnity, by repeating
what The News" had really said on
the subject treated Of, and pointing out
the facts that led to our remarks. Now
comes tae Catholic with an editorial la
the same vein as the Objectionable let
ter, inspired by the same spirit and
probably written by the same hand. II
ia the socond false step and betrays the
excess Of venom and the lack Of reason
Ing 30 conspicuous in the first
That there may be no mistake about
what the Deseret News published on
''''' "'o''V'' uu' "''"se VI "nio" nus
been taken to attack the Mormon
Churen and It's organ, we here repro
dnce ina orBcle IRON, opr co,nrns In
lull'
New Mexico, as heretofore explained
IN the Deseret News, viii this time de-
mand admission 10 the Union The
yr,soy nus repJt,cul Esneq lor sIcn
some reason or other. always been scr
aside In 1879, for instance, It was
shoWn Una, New Mexico was SO COM
cal influence thst The J TegIslStnre
passed over the governors veto bin
incorporating the Jesults and confer
s ~, tone'H eNItaorul,,otS poWels ana
Congress annulled the law bnt this or'
tion made Congress wary Of admitting
me territory TO the Union
10 5s 1 oop opq," so " Ng" MEXICO now
system The inauN of the Hnelo.sox.
on element has been so great IN late
Years mat there can be no well found
shonId oh,oir ' u,atdhs we oIa'e' il IL
order that has a bad reputation tn
claims made to recognition are good
uiiu lney Will no doubt De carefully
Of senoolInp fop the Gntlos , u, ,o century
should be sufficient and New Mexico
has been an integral part of the coun
Wy 'or 'na' enB'h OIL Time
The Deseret News has always adyo-
Gated the admission of New Mexico in
to the Union as a state The foregoing
editorial referred to a previous article
urging statehood for that Territory ana
Slowing some Of the objections
that had been urged against IT.
There Is nothing In the utterances Of
the News" which justlaes the asser.
IONS mat there are In them unveiled
and unfrlendly limitations TO Catholic
ism" that tho, o,n,,.,u...,.,,..
r.e.. "'' ""'"DlS
"'ou''' organization In
terms OF reyilement;' that they
make IAN assault ,ipon tbo ,-,th
Mic orcon,,o,,on
80, '''"''''0'' !" we" Mex
'voi OF mat they 'slandered the Cath
olcs' IN any manner wbotoyor No
STATE mat the order OF Jcsuts has .
oad reputation Is merely stating a
TACT that intelligent Catholics win not
dispute The author OF the assault,
upon The Deseret News states that he
Is not a Catholic, II he were he would
probably not be 20 densely ignorant
OF Catholic history aa he shows himself
IN his explosive attack
We have before US now an article by
Catholic, prominent French writer
ibo i. e ,'9'V'y n, ASK asN'ns Jusu'e tc