The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-01-22
Utah Should Be Held
to Its Statehood
Pledges.
tribune is RIGHT,
{ AND DESERVES PRAISE
insisting Upon Good Faith
and the Supremacy of
! the Law.

or Tribune much bitterness and
n fnent have been displayed In GER
l1t narters because Of the stand which
, 0frIbunc has taken during the past
.9ears Maledictions and lamenta-
vi have been heard In the land Pc 2e.
Utah has become once more the
=, -center OF an unwelcomc agitation;
:. h.lg the first years OF her Statehood
~ enjoyed a tranquility which we all
: ~ would be enduring.
u such hopes have proved luusivei
VIC behold n weary and dlsgusted
e cropping I'm the shadows Of hGmil-
+ = Certain parties would foln nave
- lderstocd that unscrupulous persons
omcnting trouble for the purpose "I
rlng selfish and unworthy ends. But
- "a View OF the situation must ap-
n very wide OF the truth 10 any per
Except the most careless observer.
No Attack on Mormon People.
Whavo failed TO discover any disposi-
IIlIon the part OF the controllers OF The
,> >ilne TO make an attack on the Nor
a, people. OF on the proper exercise oil
Sr religion. Furthermore. / have ialled
zee any disposition on the part OF our
: erous Nation TO harass the Mormon
Sple on account OF the lawful ana
per exercise OF their religion. Inc
sons who try TO cultivate such an I'M
vision among tho Mormon people are
her deludod or dishonest
she Tribune. according TO my under
.ndIng. is speaking Tor the enforce
Mt OF law and order and the truest
best citizens OF the State have taken
isame stand Men who have the cour-
h 10 stand forth and call 10 account
sc who denantly violate the laws or
\ land are valuable citizens. a news
er which takes q similar stand Is
~ valuable addition to the public
I 10 hF. fTi, 10 force
propositions is either uninformed
Use n sympathiZer with those who
lite the law,
A Discordant Note.
The united harmony OF States. Utah
produced a dlscordant note, contrary
er previous representations TO the
)n. Some would have the Mormon
3e believe that they are suffering az
)n because OF their superior right
less. But this Is simply crafty and
sYc argument used for the purpose
lstracting their attention from thcee
'eR who are the real disturbers Of the
a tranquility. and who are solely
nsiblc for the present shameful
X bon
rank and file OF the Mormon people
s;dlittlc grounds for thinking that they
sthemselves the real objects OF dis
. In the movement which Is now be
vSaged against an arrogant and law
ling hierarchy.
e Mormon people. l may remark, are
ally good people, perhaps neither
e1t nor worse than other people But
have been taught from childhood to
sncc and give implicit obedience 10
ss of men who have not scrupled TO
.iate thCm before this Christian Ma
,cl to congratulate The Tribune for
Onorts IL has put forth for the bet
/ Nnt OF conditions In Utah. and may
'Akood work continue until the good
Of Utah shall prove themselves
minently worthy citizens OF this
Republic and not mere yassals OF a
and graspiug hierarchy,
Utah's Former Isolation.
trc was once a time when Utah was,
certain degree. Isolated from the
OF the country. Then church
.rchy could and did assume to con
all the temporal Interests Of the
ION people. But later the situation
I5ltne oltercd-thc westward trend Of
lAtion and commerce changed Utah
= her isolated position. She awoke to
herself hemmed I'm by a strenuous
Progressive civilization. The church
rchy at length discovered that It's
Asiatic practices and dcspotlc rule
.At not long withstand the searchlight
'"pperior enlightenment when thrown
-close proximity. Consequently this
fCnN, backed by the endorsement or
cere lalty, applied for Statehood. II
thus hoped that under the lmmuul-
hfforded by Statehood tho hierarchy
NJ stu continue, In a modified way
~ practices so disgusting to Amcri-
and so inimical 10 American insti-
<.ans
&th was admitted with the understand
>Ilhat her people should sustain the
1N OF the State and the Ideals OF tho
NJ Perfectly Just and Proper.
\ .bnlly. think Il perfectly lust and
Ttr that The Tribune should insist
~ the concessions made by Utah for
>fhood shall be nothing less than the
rous Offering of an honorable, truth
n H. lew-ahiding people and not q
| ble presented by perhdious hie-
III 6. u.
= dwell. Ida, Jan It. 1906