Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-18
DIsREpUTABLE JOURNALISM.


The Salt Lake Herald Of this morn
ing has yirulent editorial attack on
the Dcseret News, which exhibits so
much malice and untruth that we deem
Il necessary to notice It In these coli
umns. In brief II charges this paper
with being "unfriendly to Senator
Clarks interest in the San Pedro rail
road and with engaging in "a system
Of persistent Misrepresentation" con-
corning It, This Is so entirely foreign
10 the facts In the case that we are
somewhat astonished, although we need
rot be surprised at anything that ap-
pears In that paper It's daily dIstor-
lions and fabrcations OF news Is a sub
ject OF general comment among ali
classes OF citizens.
But on reading further we find that
the alleged cause Of It's charge against
the News OF deliberate, malicious
falslhcatlon' Is simply clipping from
q San Francisco paper which told the
story that has become current, that
Senator Clark had borrowed money
from Mrs. Hettio Green, the noted
capitalist and that she had permitted
j. H. Hartman TO obtain possession Of
the note Only portion Of the article
was copied by the News" and the
following remarks were made concern
Ing the inference drawn by other pa
pers that the loan would interfere with
Senator Charles railroad project;
Those who are familiar with the
copper kings methods the enthusiasm
displayed by him on the occasion OF his
visit here last week, and the way he
filled note book with copious jottings
on his inspection trip, are firmly OF the
opinion that he stll has the railroad
project at heart and proposes TO push
II through to completion"
The idea that the Deseret News has
at any time been unfrlendly TO Senator
Clarks interest IN the San Pedro rail-
read" Ia so utterly false and absurd
that we wonder at even the Salt Lake
Hcrald's impotence and untruthfulness
In giving It expression The Deseret
News has published more matter favor
able to the San Pedro railroad project
and given more support to senator
Clark IN pushing the enterprise than
AL the papers IN Utah put together.
More than that; when the Salt Lake
Herald was ridiculing the project as
"hot air. before anything tangible had
materialized in regard to It the Deserct
News expressed confidence in the
scheme and in those who were behind
H. and supported It before it's organ
ization, and has done 80 ever since It's
inception Tho News has never said
anything unfayorablc to the road or to
us builders on controllers.
The Herald prints what purports to
be a card signed by w. A. clark. From
the course which that paper daily pur-
sues we are led to doubt very much
whether the senator ever wrote the
words which are placed over his sigma
ture. II is probable that he has denied
the story about the purported loan
which may be- as stated, entirely un-
true, But We do not believe that the
senator charges the Deserct News with
colorng the article which II clipped
from the San Francisco Chronicle, nor
with efforts 10 throw dirt" II he was
induced 20 sign the undgnihed and un-
gentlemanly attack on the "Nevs'
printed by the Herald, he must have
been IN an abnormal condition Of mind
and also of temper,
The whole assault upon the Dcseret
News 10 an uncalled.for, uniustnable
and silly outpouring of Jealous wrath
from contemporary which Is so no.
torlous for "disreputable journalism
that rs obulltion win excite mingled
dersion and disgust among an who arc
acquainted with the facts Ae 10 the
rumored merging OF the san Pedro and
Oregon Short Line interests, we do not
care to say anything az present but
simply direct the attention OF those who
are Interested IN the matter to tho San
Francisco papers, and interviews which
they publish with well known Salt Lake
capitalists and others And as to the
facts concerning IT, we simply say
walt and sect The railway columns
Of this paper have contained many
statements which were denied and ridi-
ouled by KS morning contemporaries.
but which afterwards turned out to be
exactly correct. IN any event, this pa
per has no unfriendly sentiments to-
wards the San Pedro railroad or It's
projectors, but is now as ever one Of
their sianchest friends and supporters
The public win have 10 go down Main
street to And disreputable Journalism