Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-12-03
NEWS" AND JOURNAL"

The new and bright ogden daily APP
pears to be DESTROYS OF having a tilt
with the Dcseret News, perhaps by
way Of attracting public attention. 70
this we offer no objection, providing
our contemporary keeps within the
bounds of Just and fan controversy,
But IN its initial effort in our drec-
ton ~ strays from the straight path,
and, setting up premises Of its own,
attacks them MS ours and proceeds to
denounce those views as strange eth
les and our position as an attitude OF
all things most absurd" which, of
course, is terrible charge coming
from such u source.
Now let us see The Utah state Jour
nal Illuminated it's editorial page a few
DAYS ago with an article from the
Deseret News on THE Panama CUES.
ton courteously copying IT in full, in
small type. single column, then In double
column loaded form, changed our Lam
guage, assailed our ethics" said we
had ADMITTED that might makes right
In national action" and had stated that
ut was foolish for Americans to
criticize the government" and next
attempted to draw a parallel between
the recognition of the Panama Repub-
lie and the Wholesale prosecutions
and prosecutions of the Saints, In this
and other states and territories OF the
union and asked II these were re-
newed, would the News say that
there was much foolishness IN the crit.
icism Of the government"
Careful readers of the two editorials
would see that the Deseret News did
not say IT was foolish for Americans
to criticize the government" We
spoke Of 'foolshness In the home
criticisms Of our government on the
Panama question that had been in
dulged in, and We need not go farther
than Ogden FOR an example. The edl-
tor of the state journal there asserted,
as a basis for his criticism, the palp-
able error that, the United States
guaranteed the unity Of Colombia by
treaty" ana that eve have divided
Colombia by setting up the Republic
of Panama two statements that are
incorrect.
The treaty alluded to by the journal
was with New Granada, as we have al.
ready showed, ana the Republic OF
Panama was not severed from Colon.
bia by the United states, as charged.
but rs Independence was achieved bv
Its own people, and their Republic was
simply recognized by our government
followed By European nations. Depre-
eating the foolishness Of such criticism.
and asserting that "t Is foolish for
Americans TO criticize the government"
are so utterly diverse that even tho
writer ON the State Journal ought not t,
be 80 rash and anxious To "pich In" as
to confound them Tor the same
Again, the "Ncws" did not state r.
a principle OF ethics that might make,
right In national actions" We showed
It up as "fact iu the dealings W
nations which Is very much TO be ne.
Eretted.' We said further "som.
time this win be reversed some tim,
right win make might our statement
and sentiment were perverted and dis.
tortei b ythc state Journal, that they
might form am excuse for an attack up.
on our ethics and make It appear
that We apoIogizcd for wrong sun.
ported on condonod policy of o..
preston and proclaimed new gos.
pei Of acQuiesccuce In national tyran.
hies"
We replied to this TRADE and exposed
some 90 It's mistakes ana follies, anJ
now the State journal calls our answer
a complaint" which is but repetition
OF It's previous distortions. As to the
attempted comparison between the
tourse Of the government to-
wards the people Of Utah IN the
old territorial days. and the recognition
OF the Republic Of Panama little calm
reflection should make clear TO the
Journal editor, that the term he APP
plies to the News Is applicable to his
own case; 1t Is "of all things the most
ABSURD Exercising arbitrary power In
depriNing a community Of rights and
privileges and furnishing them with
severe pains and penalties, is the ex.