Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-09-22
GOING TO FIGHT THE MORMONS.
Introduce Resolution Calling For q
Strictly Gentle" Mayor and
City Council.
THAT is THE POLICY AGREED UPON
Presentation Of the Resolution was
Deliberately Withheld from the
Descret News.

Some of the things the Salt Lake
Ministerial association did yesterday
are worthy OF particular note. The
organization met in the name Of the
Prince Of Peace and listened to the
customary arraignmcnt Of the Catho-
lie church, as viewed through protest
ant eyes" In the name Of the Master,
too. 1t gleefully plunged once more in
to the pool OF politics and denounced
the Mormon" Church through the me-
dium OF a resolution that gravely sets
forth that the time has come for the
election Of an out-and.out Gentle ma.
yor and city council"
The session was secret one, as
usual, and only such information as
It's members care to communicate is
forthcoming. a representative of the
Deseret News. however, was promptly
on the ground waiting for the meeting
To adjourn and to get whatever the
public was entitled To- with the as
socation's secretary he sat down and
talked over what the meeting had done.
The News man was the only repre-
sentative OF the press present. He was
given brief outline" OF the business
transacted and Informed that that
was ALL" Other members Of the asso-
citation told him the same thing. The
reporter, whose life's training has led
him TO believe that ministers should
speak the truth, whether they do or not,
went away under the impression that
he had been honorably dealt with, To
his utter amazement he discovered his
mistake, He found that he had been
deliberately deceived That which he
had conscientiously taken as truth, was
apparently not truth-but falsehood. TO
the nom Mormon" competitors Of the
Deseret News went the statement OF
what the ministers did. who leaked"
not one OF them win tell. But that
one Of them did. is certain. THE brief
outline" which was given to the
News" did not contain the one essen
TALLY important item of information
the introduction of the denunciatory
resolution OF the Mormon" Church and
the call for wholly Gentle ticket at
the next election
ACKNOWLEDGE FAIRNESS.
Just why the Ministerial association
should have withheld this particular
piece Of news from this paper is diff
ficult to understand In view of private
and public acknowledgements Of late
as to the superiority Of the "News'
over its contemporaries. For instance,
during the recent conference OF the
Methodist church, and the sessions OF
the Utah Presbytery and Teachers In
stitute II was frequently and unmis-
takeably asserted by ministers and
members OF their hocks that the Des-
eret News published the fullest and
most accurate accounts OF their pro-
ceedlng--that II was the foremost news
paper of Utah, and that they
always knew where to find II
on every question These express
slons were entirely voluntary on
the part OF those who spoke them and
were In no wise solicited by the News"
or any OF It's Representatives. Why,
then, the discrimination
THE REASON.
This s the reason as vouched for by
Il prominent member OF one Of the sec
tartan churches THE associations
greatest objection to giving the Deseret
News such Information first, is TO se-
cure a non Mormon colorlng through
the medium OF the non-Mormon press.
Then when the News makes announce
ment concerning II the first impression
has been made, It Is not worth great
deal, but II is worth something and that
little Is wanted"
THE RESOLUTION.
Tho resolution referred to was laid
over for one week. 1t Is stated that
IL win be considered In all OF its de-
tails nj that time. In fact 1t Is get
ting a good deal OF consideration now.
Its text is as follows:
Resolved That II be the sense OF
this Ministerial association that the
time has come Tor the election Of an
out-end-out Gentle mayor and city
council the majority OF the members Of
which win not he tools In the hands Of
the Mormon hierarchy"
POLITICAL PROGRAM
The truth is, the association has
agreed on a political program II il
In politics deeper than Il Is I'm affairs q
OF church and VIII bo for some weeky
to come II is argued that there :,
much to be gained by making a strSs
anti" Mormon campaign; that sy1ir@
course will have an important
on the "SmoOt question" later I'm ,,ar
from this time forth the assocHe ntna"t
be depended upon to boom dsitn
stock, to proclaim "Morms generai
quencies, and 70 stir up stkeeps ard
~, II is In the game Cd thro,y
VIII make lot OF noisr
lot Of dust. ,,
WILL GET tx,
Meanwhile the peSld publish n ,n5
tinue to get the neyn the unsoli,i,mI
endeavor to renal McNIeco ~ ~"
language OF Dr. THE newslost "s
Presbyterian cbnewspaper IN M
and ablest edbs time on ther. ,,.n
state" Ftoyolng on in n,inis,.wlIt
be- consider91whic the 'News'o az
circles. anK It win do lis n,,, V.n
get legitiyllsh, providing il is A. -
10 get any
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