Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-11-06
NO NAMES ARE GIVEN.

exceptionally fragrant sensation in the
form of a lie, they carefully refrain
from giving any names through which
their perfidy can be proven. The lat
est in this line appeared in Sundays is
sue of that nefarious scandalmonger.
and read as follows: About nine DAYS
ago one of the First Presidency of the
Mormon church, jointly with other
church leaders, sent to the Democratic
headquarters for their canvass books
of the present campaign. The idea was
to learn whether the church could see
it's way to counsel the brethren to vote
for Morris. The books were sent as
commanded and were examined. They
did not make satisfactory showing.
There were long strings of 'doubtfuls,'
and the counsel could not be for Nor
ris on the showing of the books. Then
the canvass books of the Republicans
were sent for They are reported by
the Democrats to have been thickly
padded with names of Gentiles who, it
is claimed would vote for LYNCH, 500
of them. There had evidently been a
tip and the books were fixed up to
catch the favor of the authorities 1t
caught on all right" ETC., etc.
zone of the First Presidency" is as
far as the Tribune goes, as far as they
ever go in matter of detail that would
enable one to brand the report as lie
and come back with the positive proofs
of falsehood. The omission of names
is enough to prove that the report is
a complete fabrication, but there is
the further fact that at no time since
the canvass began has the Republican
canvass book been out of the posses
sion of the committee or out of the
committee rooms.
Another equally fragrant statement
is made by the Tribune that at a Ger.
tain time, at a certain place, two GER
tain individuals said certain things to
and performed certain acts for GER
tain other individuals, all of which,
occurring in the state of Colorado, has
created new political issue in the
state of Utah. What the Tribune in
this case represented as facts import
ant enough to create a new political
issue in Utah. are positively denied by
the persons whom the Tribune claims
to have got their information from,
and. although they are devoting sever
al columns of each issue to reitera-
ton of their claims, they refrain en-
tirely from giving the names of the two
lnQlVlQuHlS WHO dlOlle Cdu give SOhSiu
sive evidence of the truth or falsity of
the report. Again they lie and dare
not come out openly with tangible
charge.
The Tribune will certainly come out
tomorrow morning with choice lot OF
sensational matter. Thinking that 1t
is too late for reply before the voters
go to the polls, they will be holder
than ever, if that is possible, and
come clear out from behind the bush
where they have attempted to hide
heretofore. Look over the matter
carefully, voters, and note how adroit-
iy they avoid giving names and dates,
Ind how carefully they guard against
al definite and defined statements that
con d be used against them in a suit
for libel. In. the absence of all proof
of time place and person, distin-
gushing feature of practically all OF
their scare-head statements, it is the
safest to put down as pure fabrication
whatever they may have to say on
election matters. Vote the Republican
ticket early and your conscience will
be free from Tribune influence.
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