Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-17
R[ZBURG EDITOR
DEFENDS HIMSELF
Makes Reply to Vicious Attack
By an Abusive Salt Lake
Sheet.
CHRISTIAN HERALO's STORY.
se.eehoes the sentiments Of Its Neigh
Dor and Goes on Into
Commissions.
CHRISTIAN HERALD's STORY.

COnVuisIOtS'
:, response to request from a num-
-. a, friends, we reproduce the an
"a editorial from the columns OF the
c,.rs,t Journal, OF Jan. II, published
.ps,burg, Ida, The editor was ma
u,,ously attacked by an abusive sheet
- his city for some remarks that he
IA made concerning the foolish con-
auc, Of hosts of women In the United
s,,,ss who, as IL well known, had been
,,auesd to sign their names to pet''
.,o, 10 the United States senate, con-
,.,r,ng statements about (which they
sn,g nothing and in which they were
,o,,sd By some of the women OF utah'
rhs Christian Herald. which Is ready
:, .rap ND any little scrap of misin-
,,,matlon and turn against everything
auormon." quotes from a purported
.,.,sment made by the Current Journal
ana falsely ascribes It's utterances TO
,hs mormon leaders, who have notn-
,,s n do with that paper, and calls the
.,ilele "a TRADE of frantic abuse
.r,lnst the women of America but IN
.'noort OF its bald assumption the
christian Herald can only cite these
u,.s from the article to which 1t OBJ
!ets'
4Their conduct has become urSoman-
10 unchristlan and unholy. They stana
condemned before God
The Christian Herald calls that
abuse" and goes OFF into commissions
,Sout Mormon trafIickers In woman
hood and similar explosive utterances.
The Herald draws its inspiration and
Information CD from the local sheet
,boye referred to, and therefore Is not
usely to bring forth anything but in
consistency and folly. The editor OF
the Current Journal, In response to the
atacks and diatribes Of the Salt Lake
organ of vilitication, has this to say
"our article a few weeks ago, under
the heading. A Million Foolish Wom-
en- has called forth brutal reply from
the salt Lake Tribune. That paper
makes a savage attack on the editor OF
The Current Journal because he pre-
slmed TO question the motives OF the
women who signed the petition against
Senator Smoot, but more especially be-
cause he criticised the women In SAT-
Lake who sent telegram to the wom-
en- clubs in the east. thanking them for
their anti-Mormon campaign.
we did not expect. OF course, that
our views on that question would be
endorsed by the Tribune. But we had
right to expect fair and decent cri-
ticism. A paper that poses as the great
champion of the American home, and
the defender Of every Christian virtue.
ought to be less foul In Its utterances.
and more fair In its comments.
The Tribune fails to point out any
misstatements OF facts on our part. IL
does not answer the questions that VIC
raised, or oirer any fair criticism what
ever II simply calls us number OF
vile names, insinuates that we have no
conception Of the respect due to women,
and suggests that We ought to be horse
whipped for what we wrote. IL then
dlsmisses the matter with a few high
s,unding phrases about American wom-
anh00d, endorsing the anti-Mormon
crusade, and especially commenting the
SAT- Lake women for the support that
they are giving II.
TO the editor Of the Tribune we say;
man who has broken his covenants
with God, who has turned traitor to
Dis people, and who day after day pours
out the walls Of his senseless wrath up.
on those who once loved and trusted
him. and bestowed upon him the high
est honor within their power, should be
!he last man to suggest horse whipping
lor anyone, II the one article that
We wrote merits such punishment,
what shall we say OF his conduct? For
more than a year now, every day of his
NE ne has not ceased to Islander the
LAuer-day Saints, at home and abroad,
ne mas heaped reproach upon them; he
nss fldicuied their faith and made light
q 'helr most sacred ordinances. From
lar and near he has sought aid to en-,
compass their ruin, The principles for
wnich ne has contended all his life
ana advocated before the world now
because OF his disappointed ambition,
We insists are vile and corrupt. The
slus with which heaven endowed him,
We mas used TO humiIiate and bring
shame upon the leaders OF the Church,
Nuo years ago sought TO save him, who
..vvIsave him his sin, when he dishonorel
.ne WomanhoOd which he now so hypo-
u.'ucally defends. There Ia no wrong
tna' ne mas not done. And yet no harm
.as come 10 him. He has walked the
,s OF Salt Lake among the people
mas ne mas betrayed and siandered. and
~ hald mas molested him. He has been
see 10 sleak and write all that was I'm
~, mart And now, because we pro-
ci,o,,, asainst The falsehoods that are
es,Sa'a'ed concerning the Latter-day
,bnsas, and question the motives Of
vors NO are engaged in this nefarlous
reser, "e talIs on the men OF Utah to
TIL our article by physical force.
A. ~, n.ah, 'ne breeder Of strife and SLAM
Mo,,r ny poses as martyr to the anti
s,sna ion crusade, has the nerve 10
ysnga ' himself untouched. and ask for
Snseancc on another
,lv,' nag right TO question the mo-
,bs W me million women who signed
whs,p ,ton against Senator smoot.
ator" ulsy made no protest against sen.
yorsa 'Ihose conduct has been much
aeair., tsan has ever been charged
are a ,n senator smoot. II women ol,Ibs
moral ps the guardians OF the senate's
ManSs,i shey ought TO demand the same
that tbsv LOT all; We suggested. too.
that eorys, give their attention to evils
Worry ~ ~ an around them, ana not
the MofmnnuuC h about conditions among
w we Gins nearer home nav "eeuea
We H s,4, as for the women in Sal, ro,.
FOR tb, ,. contend that il is unchris,,an,
bors' "s,n 10 wage war upon Their ra, ,
eastern "a friends. In thanking their
camna,sSs sisters for their ti-Niormor
dorsee,n,ssnn,. they give support and en-.
being ,o,s 70 all the falsehoods that are
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