Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-30
AN OvER.RIPE CHERRY.

Just now, when such a strenuous ef-
fort is being put forth by certain
class OF people here to put Utah af-
fairs IN false light before the coun-
try. with a view to deepen the preju-
dice against the "Mormons' In Con-
gressIonal circles. 1t Is interesting to
know who have the courage to tell the
plain truth. and who align themselves
on the side OF falsehood concerning the
situation here. For that reason we pay
some attention TO a letter written from
this tity to the Warsaw, Illinois, Bulle-
tin. and published IN that paper.
1t Is signed A, n, Cherry, which is
the name Of little judge here, who
was placed on the bench by the votes OF
the Democratic party among which
were those OF a large number Of Nor,
mon" citizens, without whose aid he
portant position. When he needed the
support OF those citizens he courted
their favor and had nothing but good
TO say concerning them. But II appears
that now, when he Is out of Office and
has no prospects Of securing any POSI-
ton in public affairs, he has ranged
himself on the side Of the so-called
American" party. and joins In the
ISLANDERS which some persons who have
taken prominent part in its organ.
ization and conduct have INDUCED In
ad libitum.
There are members Of that party who
united with II for reasons OF their own,
but who do not endorse the vile at
tacks made by others upon the mas
Jority of the people OF Utah. They ex-
erclsed their political rights, and in
consequence OF the existence OF the
two regular political parties. were able
TO slip In between them and by small
plurality gain the victory in the city
election. We have nothing to say ia
regard to them except that they are
entitled TO recognition because Of the
result. and those In office 60 public sup
port In every good measure and move
ment.
But when man who has received
honors from the people, not only sep
arates himself from the party to which
he owed his elevation but takes up
the cause of the slanderers and libelers
OF the "Mormons' and echoes their
hue-and-cry, we think It proper that
the Democrats here. both Mormon"
and nom Mormon should know
where he stands and what he says. In
his letaer to the Bulletin he starts out
with the assertion that:
The Priesthood OF the Mormon
Church have controlled and dictated
the policies and nominations OF both
the Republican and Democratic parties
ever since Utah was admitted into the
Union.
The course pursued by the Mormon
leaders has ever been stencil and a
reproach not only 20 the loyal aud de-
cent men and women of Utah but to
all The patriotic people Of the nation"
Then follows u TRADE against sena-
tor smoot and the Mormon" Church,
which he falsely alleges brought about
his election by it's "dictatorlal course;p
and expresses the wish that he will be
kicked out without ceremony" He
expresses great Joy over the fact that
the American flag once more floats
over our city" ana urges that there
'be no let UP until the State of Utah
is redeemed from the whitening grasp
OF the Mormon hierarchy"
According to this little cherry there
has been wonderful transformation
already In consequence OF that "yic-
tory" which he proceeds 10 exaggerate
and laud with much rejoicing One Of
It's effects he claims is that "our city
Is lifting IFS head above the mountain
ranges" That Is rather astonishing
taken either literally or figurativeIy.
Nobody here, that we have heard o..
has witnessed any such remarkable
elevation, but the general appearance
f. that affairs are moving forward at
present about the same way as usual
lie goes ON to claim as one OF the
magical effects OF what he calls the
newborn spirit" that.
Three new trunk railroad lines are
10 be built into salt Lake city at once.
One OF the largest smelling and rcdn-
ing works IN the world Is under pro-
cess OF erection. real estate has adj
vanced at least ten per cent, and an
classes OF business has frightened w,
as though there was some new Inn
petus"
We are afraid the little judge has
been using some very powerful mental
magnifying glasses or has seen strange
visions that nobody else has beheld
As to the new railroads and the great
smelling and refining works, they were
projected ana under way long before
the November election, which had pos
itively nothing whatever to DO with
those enterprises The worst Of 81 Is
that he knows that as well as anybody
else, and we are sorry to see his name
attached to such delusiye and deceptive
sentences as those we have quoted from
his letter to the Bulletin
We say the same IN regard to his
reference 10 the little bit Of ancient
fiction about the flag having been
"tralled in the dust and half-masted on
the Fourth of July" The stories told
about those matters have become
musty with age and lack OF ylrility, but
the following Is very much worse and
10 palpably untrue, that ii should