Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-29
"LEr THE HEA1nEN RAGEr

"LET THE HEA1HEN RAGEl'
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In the darkest days Of defamation OF
the Latter.day saints, there were never
any yller or more grossly ntrthul
tales told by press writer's and platform
orators, male and female, than during
the present political campaign n Utah
and Idaho, Il Is somewhat difficult for
many OF our people TO abstain from re-
stntlng the shameful acts and speeches,
and writings Of beings whose personal
lives are open to Just recrimInatIon,
and whose motives are n Che lowest
and most despicable order But we adj
wise the people who ARE thus mallgned
to keep calm ana quiet and when they
are reyIed TO reyile not again Nor
should they stoop TO retaliation Ia any
form. There viii be proper way to
meet such dctcstablo attacks when the
right time comes
The general public however should
be- cautioned against accepting Tor fact
that which is entirely false, ON the
ground that II there was not something
IN IL such charges would not be boldly
made and printed They should under
stand that there are creatures in The
world who viii resort to anything and
everything to effect their netarious
ends and that they hide their cowardly
heads behind the conviction that the
people whom they assail viii not deal
out to them the just return for their
abuse and villlnca,lon
Wise men and women win study the
principles and the personality Of cam
dIdates for public office, and pursue
their own course according to their best
judgment, unswayed by the stories that
are Invented by INSCRIPTIONS partlsans,
and without rcgord 10 influences that
are improper to be- exercised IN political
affairs And the voters Of this state
ought, boy this time TO be able TO decide
for themselves what is for the best
good Of Utah, aid to stand by that
which IS Just and right to all con-
oerned As for the rest Jet the heather
rage and the Wicked send forth their
vain things, hut let the truth be main
talnod and fidelity to q never falter
As sample OF The stutt dealt ont by
the antl-"Mormon' workers In Idaho,
which Il no worse In one way than that
which is dealt out by their confreres
IN Utah In another, we clip the follow
Ing from the ST. Anthony Chronicle. a
nom Mormon Idaho paper, Refer
ring to the hired associate of the sena-
tor who is trying to build up a new par
~ on Mormon" issues It says
mir. Stalker asserts that there are
200 men living in polygamy In Idaho.
This statement eXtrgvagant as II Is,
pales To insIgnlncance when compared
with his other statements, that the
Mormon people erect whipping posts In
their back yards where their plural
children are beaten To- insenslhllity,
that the women would be murdered "
they refused to live IN polygamy and
that these conditions have been known
10 exist all these years
The Chronicle, on this makes the an
nexed sensible comments.
such statements do no injury here
at home. Mormon and non-Mormon
live side 10y side, are engaged IN busi-
ness enterprises together, have COM
mon interests ambitions and hopes, live
nelghborly and friendly lives as free
from friction as IN any country or CONF
munlty. Is this agitation demanded
az desired by the nom Mormons resident
I'm this part OF the state2 Were their
wishes consulted and obeyed would not
this denunciatiou cease? The vote In
this part OF the state will show that
the people without regard 20 race, re-
llgiun or political convictions depre-
cate and deplore 10 the fullest extent,
the harmful agitation that political
grafters have instituted
"The anti Mormon party Is gigantic
fraud, full Of guile, hypocrlcy and de-
ceit, hatred. intolerance, venom and the
spirit OF persecution, and primarily a
longing for Office which they knew
could not be gratined In the field "
legitimate politics. and hoped To be
able 10 work up a religious prejudice
that would In turn work To accomplish
their personal ends and satIate their
cravings Tor Office
The salmon, Idaho, Recorder, pub
fishes such abomlnable and disgusting
falsehoods about the Mormon people
that we will not dehle our columns by
copying any Of them. but decent Idaho
papers denouncc them aud their au-
thors In unmeasured terms, and their
castgatlons are equally deserved by
the tribe Of calumniators IN Utah We
could M this page with the terrible
tales told by male and female Duboss-
ties ON the stump In Idaho, and the
denunciations against them by respect
able papers Of both parties But the
libels may be passed by as may the
foul illusions from similar sources
nearer home with pity for the miserable
defamers that utter them, and the hope
that no decent citizen win be affected
BY them when casting a ballot Tor good
and honest government