Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-02-23
THE ANIMuS OF THE HERALD

The Salt Lake Herald INDUCES In an
other editorial attack on President
Charles Kelly OF Brigham city, and
pretends to give this paper some I'M
formation" stating that 1t is delighted
to do so. We are aware that the Her
aid" takes great delight in furnish
ing alleged information about anairs
that never happened and It engages
in that delightful work In the present
instance. 1t commences by stating That
ct will be remembered that the peo-
nile OF Brigham City charge President
Kelly with using his ecclesiastical posi-
ton 10 break up the business OF legl-
innate undertaking, the Box Elder
Academy of Music, they also charge
that he projected his Church Office into
the municipal affairs OF Brigham City
In an attempt TO prevent the CONSUME
nation Of project for n municipal
electric light and power plant, In con-
nectIon with this latter Interference, II
is alleged that President Kelly was
booked for a present of stock In the
private power company which opposed
the municipal enterprise"
1T viii be remembered that one
anonymous writer has made some in
definite, unsupported and contradictory
statements through the Herald, which
may perhaps be summed up In the fore
going Herald editorial paragraph, But
the illusions of that writer simply In
dIcate that he, she or II, Ii devoid of
ordinary sense and stands unsupported
by "the people Of Brigham city" or
anybody else except the editorial writer
on the Herald 1t is worse case than
that Of I'VE the people Of England by
the three taIlors Of Tooley street, for
they were three, and the Brigham city
drooer is but one, II It is anything more
than a myth or dummy,
Now as to the people OF Brigham
City:" At the stake conference held
there on Sunday and Monday, the peo-
pie of Brigham city voted TO sustain
Charles Kelly as President Of the Box
Elder stake Of Zion, There was not a
contrary vote either as 70 him or any
other Of the local authorities Of that
stake. Elders Rudger Clawson and
Hyrum NJ, Smith Of the Apostles were
present, and II any person legltimately
interested IN such affairs will interro-
gate them he can learn the facts IN the
case without mistake.
Investigation shows that the state
mcn,s on which the Herald bases its
whole argument, II such 1t may be
called, are erroneous and misleading,
and unworthy Of publication IN re.
spectacle paper unless by way OF de-
NAL. They are llbellous also The story
about President Kelly having received
or been offered "a present Of stock" or
any other valuable consideration, for
using his Church oillce' IN an electric
light project is false and scurrllous
aud has been carefully looked into by
competent persons with the result that
like the boys big head and the other
charges made by the Herald, there Ii
nothing In IT,"
Now as 70 the Herald and "Mr Kel
y's record" and It's advice that h,
sing softly" because OF an expected
Congressional investigation" TIL
Herald falsely stated on Saturday tina
the gentleman was ARRESTED nj iS9
for polygamy and pleaded guilty" w
replied to that fasehood and now /
tries to shuttle out Of It's calumny b!
subterfuge that Is q confession an,
avoidance" 90 use its own expires
sion, It confesses It's untruth by i'm
plcation, aud uses avoidance to GOV
er up It's evasion. 1t is like excusinI