Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-06-07
THE RESPONSIBILITY.

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"Somefhing over IL week aSoat the
News fired "a number of questions at
The Tribune ribune, June 3.
We did nothing Of the kind. We did 4
not .,hre9 any questions at that pa
per. The Tribune denied the RESPONSE
sbillty OF the so-called IA American
party for the "stockade,'' and we adj
5rnttted that that nest of vice is not a
party institution, At the same time
we suggested series or questions
title truthful answers to which would,
Ii. our opinion, indicate the resi- onsi-$
bilfty for the "stockade.'i These were
the main questions:
confidence OF American party leaders
| sgo B to Ogden during the first Am
erican' Administrations to negotiate
with the stocknde woman for the es-s
tablishl,ient of a5simiar infamy here
| with the endorsement OF the may or
council?' Did, or did not, an Anieri-
can chief of police publicly recon-
mend the dedication Of part of the.
| City for immoral purposes? Did, or did
not, another American official give
! the plan his endorsement? Has the
American. police. department, after
the vigorous protests of the public.
done anything at all to close the cribs
or has that department, in violation
of law, aided the owners of the stock
AIDE in procuring inmates? Finally,
has the American organ, had one,
word OF protest against the establish
1Hlnent Of tfess stockade, except under.
municipal ownership"
But these questions were not adj
dressed to the Tribune On the con-
trary. the News took pains to
exclude that idea, by adding:
These questions are commended to
the careful investigation of those who
are DESTROYS of placing the RESPONSE.
5bility.Where it belongs.
How the Tribune, knowing that its
only concern Is to place the RESPONSE
bility where it does NOT belong, can
claim that the questions quoted were
addressed to it. is beyond comprehen-
sion.
But the Tribune did pretend to
answer 1t said it did not know that
anyone went to Ogden, during the.
| previous s.American'' regime, to dis
lEcuss a stockadc proposition. 1t adj
United that an American chief of
police publicly proposed the infamous
establishment. but added that the Tri-
lsbune did denounce it; which is not
true. The Tribune denounced the,
municipal ownership idea but not the
sstockade The paper denied that an.
other American official had given
1.-the plali his endorsement, officially
| Though no question was raised as to
r.he endorsement being ''officiaL 1t
sasserted that the american police,
had done its full duty in the matter.
and that the court had taken it out
sof the hands of the police, both of
(which assertions are VIGOROUSLY false.
After this dodginl- and classifying the
| Tribune suddenly recovered itself and
/ demanded that the News" answer a
series Of questions on topics entirely
foreign to the discussion regarding the
responsibility for the stockade. Nat
/ uraliy we declined 10 be drawn away
from that issue by SO rude tactics.
/ AT the proper time we may take UP
| these questions which are, all very
| easily answered 10 the satisfaction of
| ull idiT tiitiiiNcG iilcIi aha NplltSl Dit
just now the public is interested in
| the question OF where the RESPONSE
bility for the estockadef in defiance %
law and public sentiment rests, and
/ the Tribunee cannot wriggle away
from 1t by asking irrelevant ques-
4 tions.
\ Cur contemporary Celebrates. as
j usual. on the malignant treachery to.
4 truth as is represented on this point
by the News" referring to our eS-
/ preston Of doubt as To the correct
ness Of the Tribune representation of
the case against contemporary. But
(, nobody who has followed the tortuous
course of the Tribune accepts any.
statement that appears in Its columns,
i without confederation. The Tribune
was never known to accord Justice 10
an opponent. 1t was never known TO
4 represent an opponent fairly Malice,
1 hatred, rindtctRensss are plainly seen
in all its controversial efforts. and we
are perfectly JUSTIFIED in doubling any
statement it makes It's utter unreli-
] ability is well illustrated in the article