Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-11
FOR FURTHER CONSIDERATION.

RS lUG Tribune his lhDOTeSs very lHlTL
for a week. On. more, to establish its
assertion that the Salt Lake City is In
ldebted to the so-callet American party
for everything in the shape of pro-
gress and advancement. and that pre-
vious to the capture. OF the govern
lnent by the leaders OF that party, tho
City was in the hands OF a reRctionary
element opposed to Improvement of all
kinds
We have proved that the settlers to
( fers as opposed to progress, labored
with all their might for the redemption
OF these valleys and that they We're
eminentlY successfulin their work, not
withstanding the difficulties with which
they had to contend, They built and
planned for the future, anticipating
the greatness OF this City at a time.
when II took more than human wisdom,
Ito see In this location the center of n
vast inter-mountain empire. The proofs
Of this are so numerous and so. over
Ewheming that the infamous charge OF
the Tribune seems stupid to anyone who
- p y
Is at all acquainted with the history of
Utah.
But Notwithstanding the hard his
5tolical facts against which the frail
Tribune arguments have been shat
tered, the paper makes an attempt at
keeping up appearances by reyertins to
it's old methods of evasion and abuse.
The following Is a. sample of Tribune
reasoning:
so, when the Church organ appeals
for condor and the recognition of the
good work done by the ploneers, 1t
should be prepared to be candid and
truthful itself, and to recognize the
good work done by others than those
OF its own following.
The good work done by others, Is not
in dispute. No one has questioned the
value of the enterprise of Others"
1t Is the work Of the pioneers and their
descendants that the Tribune, in it's
futile efforts to make a point for Its
nfarty, bclttles, and it Is therefore,
due to them that light be thrown on
their work, If anyone should assail
other settlers of Utah, as the Tribune
ass;tils the "Nollnors'' every day of
its existence, we would take pride in
being the first to take mp the defense.
We gladly concede the good work done
by patriotic citizens of all parties in the
development of this region, but we
cannot agree with the Tribune that
anti-"Mormonism'' IL "yivifying'' or
even an American principle. any more
than anti Catholicism or anti-Semitism
would be.
The Tribune, further, claims that the
g News assailed with bitter abuse and
vile ISLANDERS the work. the purposes
and personality Of the American par
ty and its officials" And here is what
the Tribune objects to as bitter abuse
and vile SANDERS.
1T 1.-THE 'News'l denied that the
American crowd had been elected by
the people,
We still deny that the crowd that di-
reefs the policy of the City officials
and before which even the Mayor has
bowed in humility, was ever elected by
the people. But that is neither abuse
nor SANDER,
1T 1.-THE 'News'l falsely charged that
the municipal officers of the American
party had used the money borrowed
contary TO the pledge made
Let US see, In December, 1904, the
City Council asked the citizens TO a,,-
thorizc /; loan of a million dollars, the
money to be spent on water and sew
ers. An official address was issued by
the Council explaining what the money
was needed for and how it would be
used. The sum of $3.50, 600 was asked for
the construction of conduit from Big
Cottonwood canyon. The sum of $780,
oG0 was asked for for development OF
the Utah Lake. 1t was proposed to
do some work there in connection with
that planned by the reclamation SER
vice Ts;a Sun. .1f ssIo0.eoa
the Improvement of the distribution
system AM. L WAS explained that this
Improvement would comprise sucll en-
iarsements and extensions as would