Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-11
Stars and Stripes Flung TO the
Breeze on the Fourth as
On Other Days
TRIBUNE STORY WHOLLY FALSE
But There was No Public Celebration
A. Town Was Just lmtrcIpg From
\ Smallpox Epidemic.

Tribune TINS morning maze lnu most ~
m attempt 10 brand the Mormous
with dlsloNlly by wllng attention To
the fact that M &c. George. Utah, there
was no public ,clpbrallou ~ July H.
because, lortoolh, the city 'lH dominate
od by the llcmlch' In the hhorcl
article following the sheet attributes
tlls oShlbuon ~ "uu.AmoricanNm'
60 the Influence ~ President Joseph r.
smith ana cites 900 llt authority iu tho
matter the DNic Advocate, published
ut Cedar City From thlg paper II
prints u criticism ~ the city authorities
Tor their luIttoutiOu tn the day ana
particularly for the silence Of The old
nold piece ON the HIN uud the absence "
Old Glory IN ~ accustomed place
Tho criticism, however closes win nm
apology ana the announcement thnt
patriotism was not dead but slooplnM
ana uNJRr IN time 20 got the llng at
hDli mnt At 4 H. NJ"
WHAT the FACTS ARE
IN Wow ~ the alIcmpt To thus brand
The Mormous' with disloylltS the
facts iu the clsc may not hO altogoih.
~
for some timo pa,t 49, George ana We
entity have boon under quarantine for
smallpox ANA mat an Kinds Of public
gatherings have been dispensed win
ON thin account II ~ no surprise, there.
fore, that % uubl" celebration ul tho
national holiday WAS not had, but ms,
ul course, would not Justify lack ut nl'
loutiun to Oll Glory Nor did 49, ~
witness the following from the 'NrWH'
correspondent ut g. George under date
of today
There has been am epidemic of smd/
poN prevalent here for the past month";
nhd Accordingly quarantine has h'rn
Kept up Public assemblies were abun-
doncd hence no arrangements were
made for q public celebration Of The
Fourth Of July old Glory however
iluatod from private residences ana the
noyg Cclohwtcd Win much lorYUr The
nug was not raised on Liberty pole M.
III late In the morning, owing 60 the
pole being out NJ repair All morning
WAS spent IN making e safe and WHOM
this was done the nag was hung 10 ,ht
hloo2c as I'm times past,
This n the ilral time IN our history
mat a public celebration of the Fourth
uf July has not been held but ON ac.
count NJ the smallpox having spro1l
considerably u was thought best not
10 have 10 public gathering
MAYOR MACFARLANE'S STORY,
I'm addition 10 the above, the follow.
ing statement from Mayor Isaac g,
MucfulAno ie quite interesting
'Our llag Lieutenant, whose duty T.
was 10 raise the nag on our Liberty
pole, was unayuIdably detained, and an
no, arrive In time to raise. tho nag At
sunrise, On tho morning ~ the Fourth
my attention was called to the nct
that the nag had not been raised, ana
Immediately attempted 10. do the
work myself bat found mat the pole
was out Of repair and the gearing
down. ana II took ~ half a day to re-.
pair H. AZ soon Az possible the nag
WAS raised ~ hlgh AZ We could get H.
tu, within, perhaps, I'VE feet OF tho
top, the pole being 15 feet high. 7 M.
porlntondcd the work personally, In or,
der that ola Glory should this year
| nuat 70 the breeze nv II had done pre-
ylously ..
ISAAC q, MhCFARLANE,
MAYOR OF g. George"
CHARGE FAILS FLAT,
In view OF thc foregoing testimony
Of reputable witnesses, II Is evident
that the TribunoN charge Of mormon
dlsloyalty IN not proved The criticism
| Of the Advocate was written by AN in'
experienced ovCr.ambitIous reporter
| who perhaps saw IN II an opportunity
| 10 achieve fame Ills apology IN the
concluding paragraph clearly manifesto
| hla lll.odyIsoi hnstIncss ana demon
Nratcs the fact that he was bent on
criticism whether conditions justine
| II or not