The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-08


day evening, as follows;
WORK OF THE SCANDAL-MoNGER
The perseverance With which the loca
strife breeder persecutes the veterans ot
the Grand Army with the story that they
were insultcd by the County Commission
ers, lends support TO the suspicion that
the entire piece oi fiction was made VI
In the den OF inquity where so many
other plans, inimical TO the peace and
prosperity OF this community, have been
hatched. The conspliators saw. even In
Memorial day--a day upon which all that
is noble and tender In human nature
should be stimulated to activIty-a
chance for infuslng bitterness and hatred
into the minds OF some OF It's readers.
provided falsehood properly stepped In
venom could be- supplied. And II vas
supplied. II was known to be false =
hood. The Commissioners did not re-
fuse the usual donation TO the veterans.
They did not insult the Grand Army.
1t is not strange that the crowd
whose every interest centers in strife
breeding and who strain every nerve
to keep The otherwise placid waters
disturbed, should take advantage of Dec
oration day for their sinister purposes.
| They seized upon Peace day as a proper
occasion for stirring up ,prejudices and
| But, could they not afford 10 leave the
old soldiers to enjoy the respect and
| affection in which they are held univer-
! sally? Why seek 10 deprive them OF the
satisfaction OF Shat knowledge by telling
them mean falsehoods?
| The News is not In the least disturbed
| over that story or any other that may
be concoc,ed where this one originated
| The News has no other interest In the
matter than that which every good citi-
zen has in the prevalence OF truth and
the putting down OF sham and hypocrisy,
! That is the only reason we have re-
| ferred 10 it all,
The story demonstrates this fact that
with the organ that has made itself the
| spokesman for anti-"Mormon" sentiment.
truth is of absolutely no value, False.
welcomed If by their PRONUNCIATION Il
| point can be gained, no matter how.
And as it's only aim is TO have citizens
divided against one another and 10 keep
the flames Of preiudices and hatred and
heart burnings alive, falsehoods are its
chief recourse.
the misfortune of living in a neighbor
hood pesteTed with the presence OF some
scandal moncer who took delight In maxi
ing mischief between neighbors. Such
persons will go from house 10 house and
tell tales. and invent stories Under the
gulse of friendship they Will inform Mrs.
A. that Mrs. r. said this or that of her.
or of her husband. or her children. or
her dress. or her friends She will then
go TO another house with another tale,
and thus matters will go on. until the
MOL. And the fend that is responsible
for it will chuckle and gloat over the
work done. That illustrates almost per-
fectly the activity of the Mormon"
organ In this city.
Now. is there any sensible man or
woman in this community. outside those
tell Of any reason why such conditions
should he permitted 10 continue? Is
there any reason why the. citizens here
should not pull together for peace and
OF progress will never come until ali
good citizens unite for A clean city with
an economic administration al the head
Of its affairs.
With respect to the Grand Army mat
ter and the insult TO that organiza-
tion by the County Commissioners, The
Tribune has printed the precise facts.
The attitude of the Grand Army men
towards the Commissioners in refus-
ing to receive the appropriation of $50,
made after the insult and opprobrium
had been heaped upon the veterans, is
sufficient answer to the position of the
News on this matter. When the News
says that the Commissioners "did not
insult the Grand Army" the News is
at variance with the Grand Army on
this point The Tribune S attitude on
this point throughout, has been the
Grand Army attitude.
With respect to the point of strife
breeding, it all comes back to the old
keep track of what is going on and
publish the facts are the ones who breed
the strife or the persons who deliver
the insults and, in fact, begin and pros.
ecute the strife. The Tribune had moth
ing TO do with that matter whatever
l,. Al.
Commissioners to take the position
towards the Grand Army that they did
calling the members to account for their
attendance at public meeting re
ferring TO them as "disloyal,' and
stating that such persons ought not
10 be helped in their exercises. 1t was
not The Tribune who seized upon Memo
rial day "for stirring up prejudice and
keeping the fame of hatred burning.
1t was the Commissioners who did this
The Tribune merely recorded the facts
as a matter Of current news and for
the making of history i'll Utah, 1t was
not The Tribune who refused "to leave
the old soldiers TO enjoy the respect and
affection in which they are held uni
versally.' because The Tribune is pre-
eminent in according that respect and
affection. 1t was the Commissioners
who could not afford to leave the sol
diers this privilege. The Tribune mere
" recorded their acts, and censured
them for the acts.
If, further, the News is not in the
least disturbed over this matter, why
does it continue TO tell SO many lies
about it, and to insist that its false
version is the true one' Why not leave
this matter with the Grand Army. which
certainly must know whether it was
insulted or not, and allow that organi-
zation 10 make its own record of the
transaction, as it has done? That rec
ord is precisely the same as The Tri-
bune has made, and it is the record
that will stand, all fasehoods Of the
News and all efforts to rescue the Com
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