The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-16
ANOTHER LOT OF sMooTLY LIES

The Smoot "Mouth" is getting TO
| be very fertile in lies these mornings.
But the lies arc so absolutely SHY
obvious. and transparent that they are
not in the least likely TO deceive any
BODY. They comprise ihe baldest sort
of misrepresentation and tslsehood, ana
put words into the mouths of others
that those others have never spoken
FOR instance, tho Tribune, on
Wednesday morning. had an editorial
setting forth the fact that the local IS
sue here is paramount III the nnnds
of all good citizens, over the Preslden'
tial issue. it is, in fact, paramount IN
! tho minds of the bad citizenshlP rep
resented by the Smoot "Mouth, SINCE
they make Smootisni the paramount Is
sue and damage their Presidential can
didate. Mr.. Taft. in order TO Try 10 torce
the people to vote for their legislative
candidates. The Tribune, IN Its
article, showed that the paramount Is
sue is precisely what it Is inc local
contention for freedom here, and that
so far as the National issues nre
concerned, there is really very little
difference between the two Lending
parties; both being clanorous on tho
point, each for itself, that 1T is the
one to carry on the Roosevelt poll
cies. Upon this showing by The
Tribune, the Smoot ''routh - declares
that we have said thai wc "don t caro-
damn for the Nation. Which IS
precisely the reverseIof the truth, it
is because We care 81 much for the Ma
rion that wo wish % make conditions
| in Utah correspmd TO conditions
throughout the Nation. The conditions
here are now so much at variance
with those throughout the Nation
that we contend against them, and
wish to bring them in harmony
with the conditions Of people else
where; and that 5 what the American
party is going to do.
The Smoot "uouth.' in the same
issue. claims that Mr. Lippman has said,
s'and has confessed it, 1--WE Will hike
the Mormon som OF dogs into Mexico
and Canada. - Which is scandalous
libel and utter misrepresentation OF Mr..
Jippman's sentiment. He has not SAID
ANYTHING of ths kind; he does not think
ANYTHING of tie kind. Any one wish
ing TO know Nr. Lippmau s sentiments
eau get them very easily from his ad-
mirable speech in last Sunday
Tribune, beiIg reported from his de-
livcrance in Park City few evenings
before. That speech shows Mr.. LipP-
man to be IN perfect accord with tho
position of the American party from
the first, AID with the sentiments OF
The Tribune-friendly to the Mormon
people, hostile only to the aggres-
sions, usurpations, robberies. lawless-
ness, and treason Of the hierarchy in
their selfish rule over q sincere and de-
voted people. The truth as to Mr..
Lippmau's position on this IS so well
known, 30 easily obtained, that 1T is
astonishing that the "Mouth' should
think il could make anything by such
an utter perversion and coarse reversal
OF his sentiments, or make anybody
believe IFS lie.
Tho ''Mouth also, in the same is
sue. said editorially, in considering the
red light district, that "tho city au-
thoritics confessed they could not
grapplc with the situation - Which,
Of course, the city authorities have
never done. They make no such con
fesson. They are quite able to grapple
with the situation. and they are do
ing it in so far as their jurisdiction
extends But II is not within the
jurisdiction of the city TO vacatc the
incorporation of the company that is
alleged to be putting in the redbght
district. which corporation comes from
the State. and can be vacated only
by the Governor and Attorney General,
as they have been asked 20 do by the
American club. Tho American party
with and responsibility for that red
light district, and il is up to the Repub-
Iican State officials TO undo the
wrong they have done TO the west SIDE
of the city in incorporating this soy
called red light district. The American
vay government is powerless to act in
this matter. None can act but the Re
publican ,-Stato officials. Aud so far
they have refused TO take any notice
of the American request for them to
put forth their Official power in
restraint of this villainy planned for
the west side of the city.
On last Wednesday morning the
"MouthD had lurid story that an
agreement bad been made with tho
J Democratic State committee whereby