Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-01-13
THE "NEws" AND The PRES
IDENr.


Readers Of the Deseret News are well
aware that this paper has all along
expressed great doubt as to the alleged
Interference OF President Roosevelt
with the election Of a United States
senator from Utah. our position has
been clearly and repeatedly defined We
have stated our disbelief that the Chief
Executive had sent message to the
Utah Legislature, in the manner as
serted by the morning papers Of this
city, That be may have conceded, In
private conversation, with the views OF
certain persons schemlng for personal
ends we have conceded; but we have
declared that we take no stock ia the
story that has aroused so much ami.
madverslon among persons and papers
OF all political complexions.
But now comes the Salt Lake Trib-
une, and In pretended response to state
ments in the News" which 1t cannot
refute or deny, and, In its former Gus
tomary style. attempts to make It APP
pear that the Deseret News charges
the President with being engaged In
n conspiracy IN the matter" The same
crafty but clumsy hand that was wont
at every opportunity given to II in the
old times to throw mud at the News"
TO mlsquote our utterances. 70 COM
pletely reverse our position on public
questions, and to play malicious tricks
to deceive the public, Is revealed in this
It's latest bit Of sinuous manipulation.
The Deseret News has refused to
recognize the President as party to
the plot concocted in the interest OF
consplrators, aud has regarded the at
tempt to put him In false light before
the people as a mere reporters Inter
view." no more and no less, On the
other hand the Tribune has urged upon
tic Legislature the Importance Of heed
Ing what 1t termed the Presidents
counsel" which II affirmed was "sent
Greet, through United States Senator
fiom this State" has declared that his
warning ought 10 be Needed by that
body. which ought not to reject IT,"
has intimated that Il the candidate
most prominently mentioned is elected.
he viii be received coldly his recon-
mendations viewed with suspicion or
distrust, his desires not considered OF
weight etc. And why, pray? Be-
cause the President has advised that he
be not chosen for the place. That Is the
Tribune's attitude on This question,
Who, then, has placed the President
in this unprecedented positionY The
Salt Lake Tribune, its Washington cor
respondent, and the individuals behind
the scheme 10 turn the Legislature IN a
certain direction, Why does not the
Tribune come gu; squarely and tell
its readers the name Of the man It
has In mind who, It says, would
go TO Washington and be cordially re-
oeived everywhere bis recommended
tions deferred TO, his wishes consulted.
his desires considered favorably," etc?
Come forth, and show that poorly con-
cealed and clumsy hand, and hold mp
the would-be candidate for whom all
this miserable work Is being done. and
in which the name Of the President has
been dragged, without regard TO the
consequences to him and to his party
The Deseret News maintains its posi-
ton ON this whole matter. That is,
That II all rests on reported news
paper interview in which the PresI-
dents alleged statements were made
secondhand, with nothing to substan-
tiate the story. It should have no more
effect upon the Utah Legislature, nor
he received with greater cTedence, than
the already exploded newspaper stories,
about President cleveland's and Presi-
dent McKlnleys reported interference
in a similar manner II the President
of the United States or the Junior sena-
tor from Utah has any message 70
send 10 the Legislature Of this State, let
Il come IN a more reliable form than in
a reported Interview, furnished TO a
pepper that has not hestated to publish
many sensational and highly colored
canards when they suited its purpose.
The President ought not TO be viewed in
the false light thrown upon him by
those who have so shamefully misused
his name and authority, and In any
event the Legislature OF Utah should
perform its work, uninnuenced by any
thing or anybody but the sacred duties
imposed by the oaths Of its members,
and the expressed wishes Of the people
whom they represent