Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-26
Editor Denies Most EmphaticalIy
That He is Influenced by
Church DictatiO1,
is NOT MADE OF SUCH STUFF
Ia Previous Issue the Paper Told
The Truth Concerning Famous
Conference Report,

Under the heading We NAH the
Lie the Dixie Advocate oi Oct 20 mas
the following.
The forms OF the Advocate were
closed but fortunately not stereotypod,
when the salt Lake Tribune Of the
18th reached our desk IN this issue
the leading anu-"Mormon' article is
again based upon the Advocates re-
rou Of President Smiths sermon In
sl George. and ln the article the Tn-
bune accuses the Advocate Of being die.
taicd 10 In the matter by President
Smith on other Church officials. us
inslnuauons are so false and malicious
that we have delayed our issue some
what I'm order TO reply briefly TO the TIL
bune's misrepreseutatiOns not WIN
any hone of changing the attitude OF
that paper but for the purpose OF dis.
abusing the minds OF as many honest
aud rIght-thinklng people as may
chance TO see this article. Having only
AN hour on two TO get our reply into
print. we may as well state mat we
nave not had time TO seek the advice OF
President smith or other Church digni-
lurIgs. but are yenturmg on our own
responsibility
Ne quote the following paragraph
from the rribuue's editorial;
The Dixie Advocate willingly throws
itself into the breach and deliberately
makes itself appear as falsiier IN or
der 90 preserve the President OF IT'S
Church from Just criticism. Presum-
ably the editor OF the Advocate has act.
ed under ecclesiastical direction. II Is
NOT perfectly apparent that the paper
which will publicly avow itself liar
AT the Instance Of It's church leader
will counsel It's readers 10 vote or do
anything else which that church leader
may dictator
II ia not necessary 10 enter a denial
to the above assertions to convince
people acquainted with the publisher
OF The Advocate of their falsty.
We are not made Of the Kind Of
stuff to submit TO dictauon IN such
matters By the Church or any one else.
II we have fault II is on the side Of
too much independence.
When the controversy arose over
The Advocates conference report we
set about ascertaining the facts IN "A
candid and disnterested manner Of
our owns yolItlon. We were not ap.
preached either In person or by letter,
by any Church official or Church menu
ber Two or three persons, whose cur
i0slty had been aroused by reading the
Tribune editorials, made inquiry as TO
what was doing In the matter but to
the best OF our recollection all these
were non 'Mormons' Our previous
editorial conveyed the whole and un-
furnished truth, and the only thing that
hurts the Tribune Is that II did not
chance 10 be favorable to its position.
The anu-"Mormon' organ had con-
structed q huge wall OF mlsrepresenta-
ton ON this shadow Of a foundation,
and It does not relish seeing It's rotten
structure thrown down,
So far as The Advocate "cOunseling
It's readers to vote or do anything
else which the Church leader may
dictate Is concerned, we will say for
the enlightenment OF the Tribune that
The Advocate Is a non-partsan paper,
and IS not counseling It's readers 10
vote for anyone In particular This
Is matter we leave entirely with the
voters themselves A majority Of our
readers are "Mormons," and for that
reason we devote considerable space
to reporting the Church news, but we
have always tried to treat members OF
other denominations with courtesy and
fairness, and we believe those Of other
churches who are residing among Us
win bear us out In this assertion,