The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-04-22
A QUESTION OF ETHICS.

The Logan Journal is furious at The
Tribune because this paper published in
its issue Of Sunday, April Ia, 1907,
Archdeacon Bull "Study of the In
telectual and Physical Aspects of Nor
monlsm. - Our Cache county contem
porary thinks that this was dreadful,
and that by its publication The Tribune
"discards its mask whatever that
may mean.
The criticism of the Journal is cvi-
IDENTIFY from the standpoint of one who
feels himself to be one of those com
mented upon unfavorably by Arch.
deacon Bull But to suppose that he
meant the editor Of the Journal is pre-
posterous; perhaps if that illustrious ex-
emplar of physical and mental vigor
had been In the conference crowd which
the Archdcacon examined, its average
would have been raised so high as to
prevent any disadvantageous compari-
sons.
But The Tribune has always been an
avenue through which thought could
have free expression, and which would
give publicity to discussions of inter.
est, and to personal opinions and con-
clusions of persons capable Of forming
opinions or reaching conclusions. So
far as that is concerned, if that is
mask in the opinion of the Logan Jour
nal ii is still on. Nor do we feel the
need Of either agreeing with or of COM
batting such conclusions or expressions.
They stand for themselves; and since
these studies of Archdeacon Bull are
his own; since he comes out in the open,
expressing them manfully and clearly,
and signing them, it would be wholly
out of place for us to have assailed
him, The rule announced by the Jour
nal, that "when such matter is pub
hshed, unless special editorial dis
claimer Is also printed III the same
issue, the abusive or libelous matter
may fairly be presumed to have the
tacit approval of the publishers, and
to be an expression of the views they
hold upon the same subject is at once
silly and impracticable. Against it we
may fairly set of the following defini-
tion of the position of the Box Elder
News, which is quite as good an au.
thority in the case as is the Logan
Journal. The News says:
We do not adopt the sentiments of
men who write to this paper. We as
sumo no responsibility for the same.
Ii any man makes a false statement
IN this paper, any person knowing the
facts can correct II. This Is a public
journal Its purpose is to serve the
public
We deny that 1t is small business to
permit citizen 10 express his thoughts
10 make II known. This paper has an
nounced time and again that It's coll
umns are open No man has the right
10 be offended at the expression of an
honest opinion when IL Is kindly done.
citizen may express In a letter senti-
ments 10 which we are strongly opposed
Yet IL would be violation OF the free
dom Of speech and Of the press for which
would indeed he small business If we
would decline TO publish q letter merely
because we do not agree with the writer
This world Is made UP OF different peo-
think alike. No two leaves on the trees
are alike. The public are the only cen
sors OF the press. With malice towards
none. with charity for all. we throw the
columns OF this paper wide open TO the
people
We think, az a matter of fact, that
the widc.open throw of the News is as
| much to one side as the Journal g biased
and vindictive rule is to the other. And
we suggest, timidly, of course, in the
presence of such masters of ethics,
thnt the point whether or not a writer