Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-05

stage on which men and women are
but players. Now they are bathed In
flood OF lighi, as II they were ethereal
visions from the unseen world Of per-
feet purity, and then they are envel-
oped in fiery hues and tints. rejecting,
as It were. the lurid flames OF the bot
tomless pit, The objects before the
public gaze are the same. The differ
ence is caused by the man who man
ipulates the light, at the other end
Of the hall. who himself is hidden IN
darkness.
striking Illustration Of this is fur
nlshed In the case OF a scandal that has
been forced upon the attention OF the
public IN this community. According
to one report Of Il, the principal fig
ures are morally deprayed wretches, In
league with thieves and robbers. Ac-
oordine 10 another report they are an.
gels OF innocence, martyrs OF political
consprators, ms good and pure as
language can make them II Is simply
marvellous how different they appear
through the differently colored lenses
that are used.
II people would not forget this simple
fact, they would not be easily i'm
posed upon by reports and rllmors re-
garding their felIow-men. They would
not form their conclusions on fictitious
tales, but they would use their own
Judgment and common sense, and not
be led to believe falsehoods. For years
some OF the most noble men that ever
lived on the earth have been vilified
and belled by individuals whose
moral standing IN the world
Is worthless, SANDERS have also
been repeated In the press
and the pulpit representing God-fear-
ing men as blasphemers. patriotic citi-
zens as traitors lovers and proclaimers
of liberty as tyrants, and many have
been deceived, or pretended to be de-
oeved. There would be no necessity Of
this. II reason guided by experience
were permitted to rule
II Is curious also 10 notice how great
the crime of utilization h admitted to be
when il Is the OK OF the other party
that is sored. That makes all the dit
ference. Newspaper readers cannot fail
to have had this impressed upon them,
lately. For long time a certain pub
lication has devoted Itself, exclusively
one may say to a" lcks upon public
men. some prominent in official, and
others In ecclesiastical circles. No lam
guage has been too vile for its pu-4
poses; no scheme 10 contemplate for
the f'lrthcrance OF its we'll understood
aims, And when It felt that 1t became
nausentlng, It FASTENED TO explain that
It was animated by the purest and holi-
est Of motives. Then the scene changed.
An alleged attack was made. let US say
for the sake OF the Illustration upon
one of its pets. Instantly, the attack
was denounced as "deviltry," trickery,
and the worst o tactics imaginable. We
are not now discussing the merits of
the case alluded TO- either pro or con.
But we cannot help asking the simple
question, II am attack" upon an off,
clal Of one party Is the meanest possi-
bic 'deyiltry, what is the series OF at
tacks, bitter, hypocrltIcal. false. and.
as everyone knows, unwarranted, that
has been directed against persons in
and out Of office, and which even the
representatives OF the Federal govern
ment have not escaped? What, but
demoniacal' That much The slanderel
have now. nosiIy admitted.