Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-08-19


The Salt Like Herald continues LIS
malicious and uncalled Tor attack on
the Desert News. our erra,ic con-
temporary deslgnates as rot the as
sertlon that the "News' has published
more matter favorable to the San Pc
dro project and given more support to
Senator Clark In pushing the enterprise
than all the papers in Utah put togeth-
err" And yet that Is strictly true The
denial of the Herald does not affect the
truth Of II IN the least, any more than
the barking Of dog vi the moon
changes the course Of that uminary.
Denials without proof, count for moth
ing. when coming from such a source.
The files Of the papers are accessible.
and those interested may, II they
choose, see for themselves whether the
News" has ever uttered an unfrlend-
ly word against the railroad in ques-
ton. The Herald knows that II Is not
the News that has referred to that
road as a hot air line Senator Clark
knows something about the services
the "News' has done TO the project,
and we have reason to believe that
those services have not been entirely
unappreciated
But the special objective Of the Sec
ond attack Of the Herald Is our state
ment that, 1--WE are led to doubt very
much whether the senator ever wrote
the words which are placed over his
signature That seems TO have touch
ed sore spot Nevertheless, we re-
peat that. from the course which
that paper daily pursucs," We were led
to doubt the genuineness Of that card.
For instance only yesterday one Of the
local lights OF our contemporary was
permitted TO publish a silly "panto-
mime" In which the evident aim was
10 give It's readers the impression that
certain political schemes We're being
concocted at the offices Of the Church.
The writer had happened TO see few
members OF the general board Of the
Mutual Improvement Association
emerge from the place whore they hold
their regular board meetings for the
discussion Of mutual improvement
work This inspired him to compose
his pantomime.' Tho entire piece was
a silly concoctlon Of fiction, with hard
ly grain Of truth In it. Yet 1t con-
cluded with the assertion that the
performance" which was alleged to
have taken place ON the corner Of
South Temple and State streets, sup
piled food for thought" The Herald is
frequently guilty OF the publication Of
such palpabe falsehoods, They would
be oftener noticed and exposed, were
the paper of any importance in the
community. But the question ls what
right has the Herald TO complain II It's
assertions ARE Sometimes doubted?
| In this instance there is particularly
good reason for doubt. The DeSeret
News. as a matter Of news reproduced
! part of an item that circulated in the
press. II the item was not In accord
anoe with facts, the News was no
more responsible for that than the
Herald Is for the fake Cheetoo dis
| patches
II Senator Clark objected to IT, his
proper course would have been to in
| form the San Francisco Chronicle or
the paper In which It first appeared, Of
the facts, or, II, as his alleged card
seems TO Indicate, he holds the News
responsible, he would have asked the
| "News' To correct the error, If the
News" had refused to do 80, the Sem
ator would, perhaps have been justified
IN the attack made, Without any
previous effort at correcting what Is
said to be false rumor. the assault
on the News had 50 little resem-
blance to the procedure OF an honor
able gentleman, ami statesman that we
considered ourselves perfectly safe IN
generating the Senator and placing the
blame elsewhere.
Some newspapers, like some small
souled persons, think they cannot come
to the front, except by trampling down
others Having no merit Of their own,
they endeavor to attract attention by
mud -slinging We can In no other way
account for the unwarrantcd attack Of
the Herald at this time, There is abb
solutely no excuse for Il, It is en-
phaticaly dIsreputable journalism,