The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-07
GOES DEEPER THAN A
NEWSPAPER STORY.

Nothing more Illuminating than the
Tribune's Islander of Governor Spry and
Senator Smoot, in connection with the
Unitarian church episode, could be
placed before the people. 1t shows very
clearly the system which the American
party leaders have followed from the
beginning. Their hatred of Reed SmoOt
has caused them to sink all reason in
the rage to defame him and discredit
his friends. Because Of that, they pub
lished an article which all the world
now knows was untrue in its every par
ticular And they had but the one mo-
tive in that publication: The injuring
Of governor and senator.
No good cause can be served by that
course. If either governor or senator
had done acts which merited condem-
nation. then condemnation was just and
should have been applied. But since
they did not, then no man caring for
the interests of the city would have Civ
en- publication to the story. And moth
ing in the world was quite so easy as to
get the truth of that story before q line
had been written about It. Four hun
dred people in the church. thousand
people outside, the principals them
selves, their personal friends, the mem
bers of President Taft's own party-all
knew the story was untrue, and all
could have been secured for an inter-
view Sunday evening.
But the authors of the SANDER did not
care to inquire. They had long ago
started on a course which would make
and perpetuate strife in Utah, and they
did not propose to let a little matter of
falsehood stand in their way.
So long as those men are encouraged
by victory at the polls in Salt Lake,
they are going to maintain that need
less and unmanly strife. The editor of
the Tribune told Governor Spry at the
Commercial club, in the presence of
many witnesses, and on Monday, that
he had investigated the story and be-
lieved it to be true. He lied. He had
not investigated it, If he had, he would
have learned the facts which on Tues
day forced his bosses to demand of
him an editorial retraction. And he
wrote the retraction just as he helped
write the original falsehood; because
he is like all the rest of the hirelings of
the Tribune-bonded to obey the trou-
ble-makers of Utah.
nxro,, tho ra4fos, bo- oror,o +I,o --.-.-z
that strife in Salt Lake is such that a
| President of the United States cannot
| come here and be entertained without
/ chickering's such as make the visit I'M
pleasant. What is the good of that sort
of reputation? How shall it be correct
/ ed? BY encouraging the makers OF
| trouble with votes in the city election
/ By no means. The only way to gel
peace in Utah is to remove from office
in the capital of Utah the men who
| habitually. systematically and purpose,
| Iy make trouble.
There is no need of trouble The PEG.
pie of Salt Lake can live in peace to
getheT. No citizen here has a right t.
say another citizen is without right il
Salt Lake. No man here, even if h,
does call himself an Americana name
they greatly disgrace-has a right t,
| aTrogate superiority over other law
abiding men. And this is especially tru
when the men assuming the superiority
are themselves lawbreakers.
Let the people of this city look to thei
better interests. Let them see the hope
lessness of any peace so long as tn
present men are in control of the city
Let them understand that with the ex
Ception of very small element of ire
concilables, all the people are unitet
for a forward movement: are willing t.
live in peace with their neighbOrs: ar
proud 10 help state and city into bet
ter estimation by residents of othe
parts of the Union.
Everything we of Utah hold dear is a
stake. Only by the defeat of the Amer
lean party candidates can true Ameri
canism prevail in Utah, or progress g
forward on firm foundation in this city
Defeat the trouble-makers. and civ
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