Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-05-19
THE REAL CAUSE.


The Utah state Peace Society had a
meeting at the Synagogue on Sunday.
epening. 1T was an excellent gathering.
The Synagogue itself is a beautiful
building. ThcE1n was inspiring, and
the speeches. made were both instruc-
tive and eloquent. 1t was another oc-
casion upon which representatives Of
aiffcrei.t faiths came together on q
X common platform and Joined hands for
: the promotion Of a common object in,
The, spirit OF peace and good will among
" men. Is.
One OF the speakers was Governor
Z William Spry. He spoke with great.
feeling and earnestness, and one Of the.
splendid thoughts to which he gave ex
preston was this that,in order to SCI
4 cure peace In the world, we should
commence at home. Tho dissenson Of
former years. the Governor said, should
4 be wiped away before any man could
be successful In standing up personally
Z for peace In Utah. Because OF the in
!elilgence OF the people OF Utah he said
lt was within their power to remedy
the conditions, but they could never5ex-
pect to settle the troubles of their.
neighbors while they We're fighting at
home all of tho time. Let the people
Of the Utah, he urged. arise In all Of
their might and strength in their Efforts
85 10 have peace at home.
This sentiment found ready re-
3 spouse in the audience. Rev Goshen,
In his eloquent address. further empha-
sized the necessity of making peace at
home. not on the basis of uniformity III
views but on the American basis of
freedom and tolerance
Such teachings do not suit the Salt
Luke Tribune. Peace Is gall aud Worm
wood to it. II trenbles at the very sug-
sestion, like the dragon of myth at the
rrucitiX. Peace in Utah would mean
The death of graft And So realizing
the danger, the paper hastens to give
put this cry of distress:
's-All that is necessary to insure peace.
y Is that lawless living be given up, that
the paralyzing OF the courts In behalf
ps criminals must cease, that the dead
hand of Islam be raised from Utah,
and that the people be left absolutely
free from priestcraft and priestly dom
lnation in their politics, their business.
and in the ordinary walks OF life. When
Utah ceases to have u church that
claims domination over nll things anl
Ell men and women in every concern
Of life, and confines itself to Its offices
Of spiritual refuge and guide, then
there Will be no contention in Utah;
for the reign Of peace will then have
already come
This is a colossal misrepresentation
Of the real cause Of strife and conten-
ton in Utah. We are pleased to have
an opportunity of correcting it; not be-
cause there is any possible chance of
snlightening the Tribune dupes ON that
question. any more than there is of
convincing saloon keeper of the moral
Euir Y Fin busin-as esen if he Is
convinced he is not going to admit It;
bul Tot the benefit of those who may
earnestly desire peace.
The Tribune talks of '.lawless !iv-
Ing. Il refers. we presume. to the few
remaining cases of what the law desig-
mates as unlawful consolidation" For,
10 the standard bearers of the exalted
Tribune morality there is really no
other .'lawless living It Is commonly
Feputed that there used to be soma
kind of a living" at Commercial street,
wferc the Tribune Is printed, and there
q may yet be some such Giving nut
ts@e cannot recall that the Tribune ever
objected to that kind, or referred to it
! as 'iawiess. y On the contrary, that
sleinsnt sometimes was a welcome ad-
lanet 70 the voting strength Of the Tri-