Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-06
MERELY AN ILLUSTRATION.

The Tribune is at its usual dishonest.
tricks again. 1t quotes the News
as 1T quotes history and sermons. in a
way that makes It. virtually, guilty of
| forgery, To illustrate. The sheet quotes
the News"
During the exciting times of the
past he president Brigham Youngl
like other public speakers In times or
excitement. may occasionally have Civ
en- utterance to sentiments which IN
the light of today and II the circum-
stances under which they wore uttered
are not considered, may appear dis.
loyal"
1t cuts out the following. which is
essential TO correct understanding Of
the paragraph partly quoted
But similar utteranees may be found
In the sermons and writings of every
great leader of men. When the acts of
President Young and those with whom
he was associated are scrutlnized moth
ing but patriotism and loyalty lis found.
The hearts of those brave Pioneers
were true as steel"
As the reader will notice. our argll-
ment runs something like this: You
was not, 1t may be true that some of
his utterances in times of excitement,
when read now, and II the circum-
stances under which they were given
are lost sight of, may appear disloyal.
But they are no more radical than the
sermons and writings of other great
leaders OF men. And, further. men must
be judged by what they do. And If
the acts OF the Pioneers are scrutinized
ever so closely, nothing but loyalty is
found in the career of President Young
and those associated with him. That
was the point, and the only point.
The Tribune, by its mutilated quota
ton ignores and conceals the argument
while 1t pretends TO answer IT. 1t ex-
hibits a fragment Of a paragraph as IL
1t were the whole and hopes that the
main point may be forgotten in the at
tack upon something else. This dis
reputable kind Of journalism Is so com
mon with the Tribune. and so generally
known. that the necessity of noticing
II may be questioned, perhaps. But the
sheet claims q right to rule this COM
munity. And If IL cannot rule, II can
try to terrorizo those who are timid II
claims 10 be the standard bearer Of
truth. of loyalty. OF Amerlcanism. The
fact Is. there Ia not u principle of hon
or. of truth. OF morality, that sheet. has
not violated, and as for It's vile accusa-
lions of the noble men and women who
founded this State and who, in the first
hand, made II part OF the great
American Republic. we hurl them back.
The Tribune itself has revlled the
United States Senate and the Chlet
Executive OF the nation. The Tribune
has falsely charged that Utah has a
reasonable organization. and that the
Senate and the President are IN league
with traitors. II there Is treason In
words. the Tribune Ia self-convicted
The sheet has. lately. manifested
great deal of solicitude because tha
1Atter-day Saints give small portion
of their earnings toward the promotion
Of church work. II IL probably ilol
aware that In its scurriious attacks
upon the law OF tithng, II assails a
portion OF the sacred Scriptures, intde
fashion, entirely regardless OF what its
rellgiously inclined readers may be
lieve on that subject
Tho strange part ~ this ~ that II
does not attack the saloon, the ganb-
ling den, or It's neighbours on CONNER
cial street, II invites ita readers,
through advertisements. 70 spend
money on intoxicanis but raves at the
very idea OF someone giving yolun.