Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-05-14
THE BETTER POLICY,

The daily slandcrcr of the people Of
Utah ia very indignant becausc we
have given tho public proof ot tho fact
that its efforts arc not quite So dlsas-
trous as represented 10y the arch
slapdero,s. since the falsehoods told
by itself and its helpers are nor uni
versally accepted as true by the Amer
Jean people. And so we are told.
There is not the slightest Foundation
for any claim that the people Of jlaA
have beeu slandercd. or, ga fact that
anything whatever has been said
against the people of Utah by anybody
That Is pretty broad denial. In 1905.
when Tho National Editorial associa-
tion yisitod salt Lake. the daily SLAM
derer told the visitors
There are moro young men and WOO
men in polygamy In tho Mormon
church today than ever before IN the
history OF that organization.
In three hundred schoolhouses IN
Utah the Mormon religion was taught
by public school teachers
Tho Church dominates in all politi-
AT the last April conference the
church officially restored polygamy as
a practice of the community
"The masses are Impoverished and
In their old age the members OF the
Church are compelled to go 10 the
poorhouses where they are sustained
from the public taxes, paid largely by
Geniiles"
TITS 1.-THE church, teachings Is trea-
son and is teachers 1re traitors
This is only sample Of the Islander
that has been disseminated among the
people Of this country, Everyone Of
the quoted sentences is aimed at the
character OF the people OF Utah, the
majority OF whom are members OF the
Church. And everyone is the creation
of an unbridlcd Imagination. lust
fancy. there arc more young men and
women I'm polysamy today than ever
before, IN face Of the official statistics
according to which polygamous FAM
HES decreased from 245l in 1890 to
about 500 in 1905. Also fancy the
masses" in Utah Impoverished ana
spending their old age In poorhouses."
How many poorhouses are there in
Utah, anyhow. to accommodate the
masses?"
IT would be impossible in brief ar
tlcle to repeat even half the story Of
Islander that has been told by hired
character assassins, One Rev. gen
tleman not long ago told an audience
that there were 40 cities and towns in
Utah where religious teaching was un-
known" H. also said that the dance
was prominent part Of the religion
of the Mormons, and dancing was fire.
quently held at the meetings" And
this is not all That Ananlas actually
added for the information of his hear
ers that at those dances "lmmorallties
were praetised that he could not mem
ton. Drinking however. he did men,
ton, And he alleged that az one dance
where there We're only eighteen couples
500 worth of beer had been consumor.
And this was given as an illustration
of social conditions IN Utah. No. no
body has ever slandered the people of
Utah Dear no!
Tho daily slanderer Is trying its ut
most Ia consolidate the vote of nom
Church members Tor the purpose of
continuing it's tools In important and
profitable positions, hut to gain It's
IT has no legitimate excuse Tor it's posi-
ton. II is the wolf In the fable OF the
wolf and the lamb II hopes to fool
enough voters TO carry an election II
should be clear, however TO all people
of common sense that those who de-
pend on fasehood, misrepresentation
exnggeration. and vllihcation for the
furtherance OF a cause are unworthy
of a following
We have no interest In view but that
of all the people of Utah when We say
that this state win never advance in
prosperity to the full extent OF It's
wonderful resources. unul the sober-
minded citizons take the matter in
hand ana silence the contemplate curs
that make night ana day hideous by
their bafks and ho,Nls about the people
Of Utah. whatever has been the case
~ the years that are pssrl long ago
there Sc now absolutely mo- reason why
all respectable citizens VT ,his state
should not work together iu unity and
harmony FOR the fur,hpuucu of conn
mon Interests. both material and spir-
itual why should not the motto from
now on he; "uuity u essentials. toll
Grafton IN nou-esseutaI- ana charity
IN au?" why would uo' the emhody-
mont Of that prcuipc bo thc best poll
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