Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-03-30

You say you tried to get the matter
corrected IN the Tribune, but they de-
clined." You were certainly acquainted
then with the published slander DID
you try to get II corrected In the
Times" whose report on the point In
question was verbatim with the 'rrib-
unes" and hence as mischieVous, and
did they decline? Did you try IN any
way 10 stay the spread OF the SANDER
as it went the rounds Of the press work.
ing mischief against n people already
too much reviled and slandered, and In
the storm then evoked against them
helpless? Or after the slander was per-
petrated and you made one feeble effort
to correct It. even II your statement Is
accepted at It's full value-did you sit
quietly down for months and let the
MISREPRESENTATION OF your words do all
the harm they were capable Of doing?
Joseph Smith you took the latter
course. You allowed that vile SANDER
Gus statement to be banded about
through the press OF the country for
months before there was any effort
made by you except the one above not
ED TO correct K. or unload yourself Of
the awful responsibility OF blackening
the reputation Of an entire people.
Three months after the publication Of
your speech In Chicago. however, you
appear In print on the subject. In what
Way2 In any way worthy OF the cir
Cumstances OF your own pretensIons as
a man of God and a prophet Not at
al The facts are that the "Deseret
News" OF the 18th OF May. 1882 repro
duced your Chicago speech, az reported
In the Tribune" and 9ditorially took
YOU severely 10 task for the Islander. In
the Saints Herald" Of June 1852 you
reproduced the News" editorially.
without the "Tribube's' report Of your
speech. and thus refer in your editor
ial following 20 that part OF your re-
rated remarks here under oonsIdera-
ion
THE statement as given In the 'Trlb-
uno's report. and which the News
denounces as an 'atrocious lie was not
made as stated The Times and
Herald" each published a report. and
neither Of them got the remark IN the
form given by the Tribune As given.
II Is a harsh remark. OF which we do
not object to the News finding fault.
The remarks as made by us were made
upon the authority OF a man whose
name we can give when necessary, and
10 whom we referred when making the
statement In the speech quoted from"
This Is preceded by a statement sim
llar In import to the one already quoted
In the letter from a recent issue OF
your Saints Herald" And this Is the
extent of your effort at correction. and
what an effort! The SANDER published
In four Of Ave great Chicago daily pa
pers and for months banded about
through the press Of the country and
then after three months you IN the
meantime having been taken roundly to
task by the Dessert News" for what
Is reported TO be your speech-ln the
Saints Herald" then a semi monthly
paper Of extremely limited circulation
and published In an obscure town Of
Iowa, you enter this feeble denial and
explanation of words which did a vile
wrong TO the women of the State OF
Utah WIN you say that your respon-
sibility ended when YOU tried 10 get a
correction IN the Tribune" which thew
declined TO make? VIII not their very
denial 70 make the suggested correc-
lions stand as evidence that they In.
sisted that their report was correct?
But there was still left for you the
privilege Of personal note setting
forth your version Of your remarks and
dlsclaiming the responsibility for the