Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-20
NOT a NEWSPAPER QUARREL.


The conflict started here by the man.
ipulators of the falsely so-called Amer
lean party is not a petty newspaper
quarrel. although Mayor Bransford has
so characterized It. Those manipulate
ors raked together a crowd and led
a savage attack upon Church, under
pretense of conducting a political CAM
paign. They carried this warfare first
into the City campaign, and then into
the county and school elections. They
carried 1t to almost every town and
hamlet in the country. and then to the
national Capitol. They are still endeav-
oring TO keep up the warfare, though
they have been ignominiously defeat
cd In more than one decisive battle. BY
daring to appeal 10 the "unwritten
law" against the Constitution, and that
tn the very halls of Congress- they have
aimed at the destruction of the consti-
tutional rights and liberties of the
State OF Utah, as well as planned the
bondage of law-abiding people. Pray.
call you that a petty newspaper quar-
rel?
In the olden times the class to which
the orisinators of the so-called Amer
lean party belong. IN meeting at Og-
den, expressed it as their opinion that
the people of Utah should be deprived
of every vestige of political right, and
that 1.-THE laws OF This territory should
be made by a council appointed by the
president of the United States and APP
proved by the Senate" The same spir-
It is still rampant If those anarchists
who pose at patriots par excellence had
their way, they would disfranchise ev-
cry Mormon" because he is a 'Mor-
mon" and leave a Mormon COM
munity no other right than the right
of paying taxes. A petty newspaper
quarrek indeed
There is now. as there always has
been. two opposite elements composing
the anti Mormon" crowd. One con-
talns the religious bigots who are
narrow-minded enough to desire the
destruction of the Church, on religious
grounds We are advised that some of
these, although they demand the COM
plete separation OF the church and
state, came together one day and re-
solved to support any political party
that would do violence to American
principles OF government and down"
the "Mormons" politically. Another ele-
ment OF that crowd contains the I'M
scrupulous politicians who are pre-
pared to do anything for the sake
of obtaining control of offices.
We have seen some of the results of
this combination in this City. in the
reckless expenditure OF the peoples
money, or the squandering thereof, so
that today there Is a vast deficit which
cannot be accounted for except by the
lie that it is an inheritance from the
administration of Mr.. Norris We
have seen the same effects in the de-
plorable events that led to the resig-
nation OF the Chief of Police; the dis
covery by the ex-Mayor that the cli-
mate here Is not quite as healthy as
that OF California; we have seen those
effects, further, In the lamentable con-
tention that has injured the business
interests OF the state and the City, set
lers being driven away by the infa-
nous falsehoods told about prominent
Utah citizens and conditions here. We
do not claim that all settlers have
been driven away. Many have re-
NAMED in spite of all antl-"Mormon'
efforts to discourage them. But we
do claim, and we know 1t to be fact.
that this City would now have had a
much larger population than It has.
1..,1 a,
responsible for the anti-"Mormon" ag-
itation been treated as they deserve.
With peace and harmony prevailing
among the citizens the development OF
this city would have been more rapid
than IL is. No, this is not a petty news
per quarrel 1t is, as far as we are
concerned, n contest for the rights OF
citizens, for the Constitution that has
been assailed and for the welfare Of
this Safe and City.
We have no objection to the opposi-
ton to our Church that ministers Of the
gospel may feel it their duty to make,
ms long as they conilne themselves to
doctrinal. or ethical, or ecclesiastical
questions But we say to them, you
nave no more Ilknl 10 nuke a upilAl-
cal fight upon "Mormons' than upon
the Methodists, or Catholics. or inf
dels. Nor have we any objection 10
such opposition as one political party
many interpose 20 the principles Of an
other. That Is legitimate. But when
politicians band themselves together
for tho purpose OF attacking a Church,
u Is time 10 call halt