Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-04-01
\ cLAnNc INcoNsIsrENcY.

The Tribune. ln an encom.um ON the
s1-cgued American city councils LIQUOR
Dill manages as usual. 20 contradict
/ itself in series 90 falsehoods. and at
/ tHe same tmc 20 demonstrate its veno-
/ NOUS disposition against the church.
Speaking ~ tho recent struggle for
/ prohibition. the paper says that the
| church and liquor interests got busy
| to bead on the legislation on the liquor
! question, and then ga the same breath
30 goes ON 90 say that "a foolish, mud
died sort OF liquor BIN was passed
through both houses under whip and
spur" So that, while the Church and
the saloon Jointly, by this represan-
tauon. were busy trying 20 prevent the
Legislature from passing "a liquor
bin, someone else whipped and
spurrcd 10 until IL passed some such
a bll As 40 the Identity of the 9TH
or party the readers are left in ign0r-
ance. Tho Tribune generally CONTRA
diets itself whenever It, undertakes TO
sssail the church and Church leaders.
but this time It's Inconsistency and
falsehoods arc unusually glarng
We refer to this, merely to call 1T
tenton 60 the fact that the uuyielInz
unreasonable and hateful disposition Of
the Tribune is as far az we know the !
only obstacle at present 20 perfect |
cooperation between tho citizens Of this |
City for It's development As far as its /
influence goes, It keeps the flames o. /
prejudice and hatred burning by con- /
tinuaIly lying about the Church and |
church leaders 10 misses no oppor-
tunity to viify the Church; TO attribute
false motives To- its members; to mis-
represent whatever they say or do.
OF course, its influence Is consider
ably less than &c used 10 be. Even Tr!-
hume readers have como to acknowledge |
the truth for which the News has
stood an these years, that Latter-day
Saints. as American citizens, have
rights and duties not IN any way az
fccted by their religious belief or
church afiliatlon. They have come to
realize that the Tribune clamor FOR dis
reimbursement Is as un-Amerioan as II
Is lnhuman. Even Tribune readers
know that the paper is wilfully mis-
representing whomsoever Il picks out
for am opponent For these reasons its
Is not as powerful as IL was
before It's motives were known 10 the
public. But as far as Its influence goes
IL Is .still detrimental 70 the material
interests OF this city. II cannot harm
the Church No external forces, be
they ever so inimical. can do that. But
Il can, and does, to some extent, pre-
vent "a spirit OF union and harmony 10
prevail, without which the best results
cannot be obtained in city and empire
How long viii the citizens OF this city /
permit that paper 10 be an incumbus
upon It's growth? There is reason TO
believe that the present year viii prove
10 be one Of universal recovery after
the Ions depression following the panic
Of 1907 According 90 Dun's Review, the
financial. industrial and commercial !
world Is experiencing movement n
tho direction OF a revival OF confidence
and resumption Of activity IN an lead
Ing lines and practically an important |
centeIs. A. this movement gains
strength and volume 10 is thought I'M
ayiubIc that IL will result la a largely
increased international demand for
and this Improvement, IL
Is supposed viii reflect and stimulate
"a similar Improvement iu the volume
1C domestic transactions. with such /
hopeful outlook. why should 70 NOT Doe
the first concern OF the citizens OF THIS
city 90 remove as FAR as possible any |
obstacle to harmonious enort2 Why |
not prepare Ton the future by the estab.
ishment OF normal political conditions.
u which there shall bo no room for the
bitterness of the paste
Tho position of the church has been.
and is. perfectly consistent on the tem-
remucr question There absolutely !
poo reason for coupling the church with
.ho saloon. as tho Tribune does. except
it .nplaetbI. hostility