The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-10-23
THE GRAFTERs sQUIRM.

Wc sec that the graftcrs' arc iudulg.
ing in fits of squirming by reason Of
the non success Of their own work They
are in bad box. They now deplore
the vicious and false letter which they
obtained from Governor Spry, misrcp-
resentng conditions in this city, and
are suffering from wavo of public
indignation following their scandalous
course. Salt Lake City resents being
defamod, is indignant at being held UP
to the contumely of tho country ut
large as hetbed of crime and an un-
safe place for visitors or settlers both
in their persons and in their property
rights.
To Offset that letter, the grafters and
maiignerS of Salt Lake City undertook
to get up scare about the so-called
steal of $5,000,o00 by tho American
party in five years, this being at the
rate of 100000 per year, practically
the total revenue of the city. In view
of tho tremendous benefits conferred
upon Salt Lake that anyone can see
who uses the streets the sidewalks, and
who has advantage of the water distri
button and the sowcr system, all who
see and get this bcnoht and advantage
understand full well and sec daily what
has been done with the money. That
cry was such "a transparent fraud that
il failed; and now the Smoot organ
brings Senator Cannon to the front as
terrible bugaboo. Senator Cannon
has written for great Eastern maga.
zinc some of his personal experiences
IN Utah, and that magazine is to print
them, But the American party had
nothing to do with it; The Tribune
had nothing to do with it. The Tribune
gets nothing out of it any more than
to PRINT certain percentage of tho mar.
raliVe as printed in the magazine. 1t
is matter OF no consequence TO Utah
one way or another, publicly, CONNER
cjally, or socially; and yet its disclos-
Ures will be of the highest possible in
terest here, historically and perspective.
ly, as giving an inside view on many
things that havo heretofore been un
explained. This disclosure will uu-
be to the confusion Of the
ruling and law-defying priesthood Of
Utah, the pledge breaking church lead
ers who have violated their word OF
honor; but in what way this is supposed
TO be a elbow at Utah' it is impos
5ible to conceive unless from the stand
point that these church leaders are the
State of Utah. We are aware that
the church writers and speakers com
monty consider the hierarchy of the
church to be the church itself But
It is new view of it to consider them
as also the State of Utah. This now
view is taken by the Smoot organ, but
we do not imagine that that idiotic idea
will find Judgment in the mind Of any
,andid person.
We take occasion TO say from some
knowledge of the contents of Senator
cannon s writings on this question for
he magazine. that great many star
ling things will be told. These things
will be beyond controversy true, and |
he people Of Utah will welcome them |
IS desirable historic facts that will do
much to clear up, uncertainties and to
ihow the secret doiugs of false and
lepraved priesthood, at time when if
hat priesthood had been starnch and
rue, Utah could easily and without the
east friction have been completely dis
INF IA ral llod and redeemnd
The fact that the Smoot organ under
axes TO make d matter Of this kind 4
blow at Utah as an offset to the dam
ging Letter which the Federal bunch got
Governor Spry TO sign, is such a child
sh piece of puerility as to mark those
Who urge it as impostors upon the pub
ir and lun nticr in nnlifina