Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-17
"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"

"MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING"
Under the quotation above the Dixie
Advocate Of October 10, which Is print
ed at Cedar city has am editorial in
relation TO the synopsis OF President
Joseph H. Smiths remarks at ST.
George which have been so much
glrbled and twisted and exaggerated,
and which the Salt Lake Tribune has
made It's chief topic for a couple Of
weeks, building upon a false foundation
gauzy and deceptive superstructure
that mlsleads only the uniformed and
reflects only dlscredlt and shame upon
ITS fabricator. We did not intend to
notice It further after giving the
fects In the case, but seeing that the
Advocate publishes the particulars IN
n candid way we give place to the
article in full which is as follows:
For something like q week past the
Salt Lake Tribune has been giving
ar amount OF advertising that cannot
but make US the envy OF al the coun-
try papers. And II the Mormon
people accept Of the Tribunes vers-
len Of MS, which, Of course. they are
sure TO do, our subscription lists
should bound high up into the thou
sands. After reading the Tnbunes
opinions OF us. Il would surprise no
one II the Advocate should shortly
displace the Deseret News and be-
come the accepted organ OF the
Church. For all this we feel duly
thankful, but would appreciate the
euogles more II the unsayOry motive
OF our daily contemporary was less
conspicuous
THE organ OF the new American
tantl-MormOn) party evidently feels
that II has discovered a mares nest
In a part OF our report Of the dis
course OF President Smith at the recent
quarterly conference held in st. George
In which he was reported to have ad-
vlsed the Latter-day Saints not 10 sell
their homes and land 90 the 'Gentlles,
and further on spoke OF the enemies Of
Gods work. In an interview with
representative Of the Associated Press,
President Smith denied having used the
term Gentle, but admitted having
counseled the people 20 retain their
homes and become permanent settlers,
which was, In reality the glst Of his re-
marks.
The report OF the sermon that has
furnished so much campaign material
for the organ OF the new antl-Mormon
party was prepared by the lady repre-
OF the Advocate. from notes
which she took herself, and since the
Wrangle was commenced by the Tri-
bune, reference to the original notes
discloses the fact that President Smith
did not make use OF the term Gentle,
but In the course " his remarks did re-
fer TO the enemies Of the Mormon PEG.
pie as Modern Saracens. OF course,
this explanation VIII he wasted on the
Tribune as Il must have material for
lis anti. Mormon crusade. and will get
around our statement OF the facts in
very much the same way that the wolf
referred to In Aesops fables aid the ex-
cuses OF the lamb, and will say, He
meant the Gentlles, anyhow
"But suppose President Smith had
the members OF his Church
not 10 sell their homes and land TO
the Gentiles, or To- anyone else for
that matter Would there have been
anything treasOnOus about ~ Has
he not the right TO advise the mem- |
bers Of his flock in such matters. so |
long as he does not ny TO enforce obed- |
ience or say anything 20 inclte his fol- |
lowers to acts Of violence or the dis |
regard OF the genius OF our free Amer |
lean institutions Would there have |
been anything said about 1t II the Ca
tholic priests had advised their fol- |
lowers not 10 sell their property to |
the Protestants9 I'm the Hight Of the |
fact that the western country is being |
rapidly settled up and land rs every |
year becoming scarcer and more dif-
Iicult TO obtain. viii not even the Tri-
June admit that the Presidents advice
vas worthy Of being followed by set
Tiers I'm all parts OF the country, who
own their homes?
To us II appears 10 be "a case OF
Much ado about nothing We have
heard this advice given since child
hood, and yet when a settler becomes
dissatisfied he sells out 20 the best
advantage and hikes himself to a land
hat appears more promising rDmrd-
les OF whether his purchaser Is Nor
non, jew or GENTLE though he Is Of
len glad to return-poOrer bat wiser
and begin anew Il was doubtless
with such cases rs these I'm mind that
President Smith gave out the advice
or Latter-day Saints to retain the
tiles TO heir property Had not the
Tribune been In hard straits for fuel
o feed the flame OF anti Mormon sem
iment, no attention would have been
laid 10 the remark But the people
v the state, particularly the non Nor
non element must be kept In state
4 fermentation until after the election !
$ over. and IL seized upon this little |
mistake OF our reporter and has used
not only for all there was IN Il.
mt for az much more as Senator
iearns hired sensation starter could
make out OF It,
The Advocate Publisher feels himself
ighly hattered by the Salt Lake Trib-
mes statement Of his sterling worth
) a church man. we had always con-
dered ourself rather poor excuse In
matters. an opinion large |