Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1906-05-19
PEET REcITEs SOME HISTORY.

When the Intermountain Republican
commenced the publication of its pa
per, Feb ID last, it thought that the |
owner and editors of the Tribune and |
its evening satellite, Todkins little |
weekly knocker, and the Ministerial |
association were men, and should be |
dealt with as such; but after over
three months of mild logic it has dis |
covered that the only way to properly |
handle hedge hogs, hyenas and trait
ors is with good Sized well seasoned
hickory club. Moral suasion will have
no more effect on them than a COM
mon house fly would on rhinoceros.
The editor of the Intermountain Re-
publican has undoubtedly been per-
using some of the back numbers of
Truth, which has started him on the
right track in running down the hypo-
critical enemies of Utah. There is no
doubt in the minds of the intelligent
readers in Utah that Truth has done
more to clip the buzzard wings of
Thomas Kearns than all the other pa
pers in Utah combined. While the Re-
publican is doing good work, it would
be much stronger if it did not gener-
alize, but make specific charges
something definite for it's readers to
study.
| The Tribune and the Ministerial as
sociation are great blowhards on gen.
eral statements, and they never con-
fine themselves to facts. For instance,
they say that polygamy is increasing
in Utah, but they do not give the names,
nor yet the dates of the marriage cere-
monies. They say that Joseph f.
Smith dominates politics in Utah, but
they cannot mention the name of one
person or political party that he has
advised or interfered with in any
way. They advertise that all Nor
mon women are made to accept polyg-
amy, but they fail to mention one case
in point. They declare that Mormons
teach their children to avenge the
blood of Joseph and Hyrum Smith on
the Gentiles of this nation, but they
have never mentioned the name of
one child who has been so taught.
They announce that Senator Smoot is
a traitor to the Constitution, but they
have yet to mention his first traitor.
Gus act. They tell the word that Nor.
mons will not sell land to Gentiles,
and that Gentiles are boycotted,
starved and driven from the state. but
they have never given the name of
one Gentle who has been so dealt
with. They enunciate that the present
day Mormon revelation interferes in
our law courts and allows criminals to
go free, but they never mention the
name of criminal who has been thus
set free. They blacken the fair name of
Utah, her men and women, her courts
and her institutions in a general way,
for greedy gain, revenge or notoriety,
but never try to bring one criminal
before the bar of justice. They have
been offered large guaranteed rewards
to make good their general state
ments, but when driven to the wall
they whine like puppies and say, 1--WE
know what we say is true, but we can
not prove it,
In my travels through the eastern
states in the interest Of Bear River
valley and Utah find thai the Tribune
and the Ministerial association are do
ing work of injury to every business
man, institution, railroad and citizen
in Utah, and every diabollcal false.
hood of the Tribune to injure Utah
has been publicly endorsed by the
Ministerial association, and every
|hypocritical lie of the Ministerial as
ISOLATION to blacken the fair name of