Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-27
THE STANDARD" SPEAKS OUT


Tho ogden Standard has maintained
very sensible attitude upon questions
which have been made TO appear Of
great Importance TO the country
through the Misrepresentation of per-
sons who are actuated either by per-
sonal malice or political ambition. AS
nom" Mormon" paper" II has been
fair and just to the people who are con-
stantly maligned, and ut the same time
has stood squarely for the interests Of
all classes of the citizens OF Utah, In
recent Issue Of that paper an editorial
appeared, Of which this Is the closing
paragraph;
'No greater injury can be done this
state and its business interests than
10 convey TO the outside the impress
alon that the Gentllos are ready to fly
10 arms aud slaughter the Mornons
No such feeling exists, ana no sem
slble person would ever insinuate
such. unless he deliberately desired to
bear false witness against his neigh
Dor and was possessed OF a hatred
uncomfortable"
The editor OF the Standard strikes
equarely at n great evil Tho con-
tlnual defamation OF the "Mormons"
on the one hand, and the "Genties" Of
Utah on the other hand, works a dou-
Bile injury It Is false to assert or in
slnuate that there Is any enmty on the
part Of the Mormon" people 20 the
decent residents OF this state or OF any
other part Of the world, who are not OF
their faith, and It Is equally untrue TO
charge that the respectable bona hde
n-"Mormon' citizens Of Utah desire
10 fight or bring trouble upon their
Mormon nelghbors The false Wit
ness that is borne by preachers and
other fanatics on this subject Is Wicked,
because OF It's untruthi and It Is IN
furious to the state, because II creates
q wrong impression upon people who
have an inclination either TO make Utah
their home or to invest their capital In
its business or agricultural or manu-
featuring affairs
We have no expectation that the per-
sons who are chiefly engaged In this
course OF utilization can be iaduced
20 cease their Infamous endCayors or
to behave with common decency But
We think that our friends throughout
the state. and particularly In the larger
cities and towns where non-'Mor-
mons" are principally congregated
NulH nat "a D.
IN dIsabuslng the public mind at n
distance. OF the erroneous and really
grotesque opinions they are led to en-
tertain concerning mormon" AFFAIRS.
Some OF them laugh at the nonsense
which IL sent out as news about condi-
tions here, and others are thoroughly
Disguised with the Misrepresentation
and sclrrlllties Of the Mormon" hat
ters But they do not step forward, UNI
less It may be in few notable in
stances, to do anything towards cor
rectlng the cyil or dsoouraging those
who are responsible FOR H.
We consider It to the interest Of the
non" Mormons" OF this state to use
their influence everywhere In placing
the truth before the country, and by
Withdrawing support at home from
those mallgnants who lnjure the state
by holding up the majority Of It's in
habltants as ignorant depraved or
slaves to q despotlsm that has no ex.
istence except in the falsehoods which
are published and sent out to deceive
the world. The ogden Standard In the
paragraph we have quoted has stated
the situation clearly ana pontedly, and
every non Mormon In Titan who has
lived hero any length Of time and Ia
acquainted with IFS affairs, knows that
what the Standard asserts IS the un-
adulterated truth