Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-26

time IA my official capacity as a Bishop
whether the boys should or should not
take part IN this matter. There u not
q sciutilla " reason why | should
be asked. Your article l. altogether
froundless II II the first time in my
lie that ] have been accused % be-
Ing dslOyal to tho government or any
Of her institutions II II ever comes
TO a show down I am positive that
CArdston VII lend 81 her strength and
the best u her vigorous young man
hood FOR the defense % the Empire.
| would have liked 10 have seen the
boys whether members ~ the Nor
mon church Or uOt--fOr that has moth
INK to DO with the enlistment So FAR 0s
! knoW--go forth and assist ln this
volunteer movement | consider tnat
personal injury has been inflicted
upon me by the false statements oi
your paper that YOU have held me up
90 ceusure and condemnation and that
too without the least cause, / think
that / have made tho matter fairy
Ilain Al that / ask ls fair representa-
don. I do not know who your IN
formant j. nor have I any idea.
only know that have been mlsrepre-
scented and that go my injury. { want
YOU % Sct the matter right ! want
you 60 tell the truth, iot q hurt whom
II may 90 strike where Il MIL"
We give place TO this explanation
from the bishop that s, may be under
stood that the ecclesiastical authorities
q me church. here and elsewhere. do
NO, claim 20 take upon themselves the
hight 20 dictate 10 the people under
their charge what course they shall
pursue in military or civil affairs,
Statements to the contrary are always
unsupported by proof. and IN most In
stances are manufactured for an eyil
purpose We DO not insinuate that
there was any wrong Intent on the
part ~ the Macleod Advance In pub
fishing the errors which &c was the
means of disseminating throughout the
Province Of Alberta. but we think THAI
papers having any disposition towards
fairness should make Inquiries so as 70
obtain the facts before launching out
into attacks upon the Mormon or
any other people. The Advance makes
a fair apology Tor which II is entitled
to respect. and II is to be hoped that
the papers Of the Dominion which cop
led the original statement will now
have the grace to reproduce the re-
TRACTION contained In the following edi-
torial in the Macleod Advance:
Elsewhere VIII be found letter
from Bishop Hammer OF Cardston,
dealing with the question of the non.
appearance OF the young men OF Card
ston 90 the recent military camp held
IN Macleod Mr.. Hammer IN fOrcible
language denies having nterfered IN
any way with the movement or wishes
Of the people Of Cardston, stating that
nothing would have pleased him better
than 10 have seen the young men come
10 Macleod and receive military train
ing. He furthermore states IL Il ever
comes "a show down I am positive
that Cardston will lend ~ her strength
and the best Of her vigorous young
manhood for the defence OF the En-
pire and from all We can learn Bishop
Hammer Is a man NJ his word and
means Just what he says. our con-
ncCtion with this matter Is briefly this.
For days before the Alberta Rangers
went into camp a was common talk |
on the streets OF Macleod that there
would be no men from Cardston 10 par
tlcipate IN the military maneuyers.
That the Bishop Of the colony had re-
fused his consent thereto. There was
considerable excitement over the mat |
ter and many hard things were said OF !
the people u Cardston on that account. !
The day set for the meeting arrived, |
the men from Clareholm and from out
SIDE points came In. but none Of the
CGr6ston boys showed up. In collect
ing cur Items We picked NJ this matter
with the rest and believing the same 20
be a legitimate item Of news and had
no reason 10 doubt its truthfuness. In
the light OF what has since been mads /
public In this matter We now plainly |
see that In giving publicity TO the ar !
ticle referred 10 we Fundamentally did /
the people Of Cardston A great wrong
and We take this opportunity Of public |
~ announcing this fact From all We |
can learn. Cardston would have made |
a good showing at the military camp /
had matters been thoroughly under. |
stood by them. They were led 20 be- I
lIeve that 50 cents per day was all N. ]
government would allow per man, moth. /
Ing being said about the 81 per day FOR
each horse. We are told that had Major /
Campbell been able 10 have visited |
Cardston personally there would have |
been no trouble experienced In forming I
one or more troops. and We quite be- I
lieve g. We would ask an papers copy
ing our article OF three weeks ago to /
read Bishop Hammers letter IN this |
issue and our own apology FOR the harm |
We may have done the people OF that |
colony IN permitting that item 20 az |
pear On these columns"