The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-06-11
THosE Cr-NsUs FIGUKEs.

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THOSE CT-NSUS FIGURES.
Mayor William Glasmann OF ogden.
who Is slso owner, general manager.
editor. Office boz and circulation liar
OF tho ogden Standard. a newspaper
which - pr.nted in ogden almost
every day. has Joined the salt Lake
"also rang by becoming peevish over
the fsct that The Herald-Repubican
printed tho census figures for Ogden
IN advance OK the official announce
ment After paying his respects TO
The Herald-Republican la the style
OF our salt Lake brethren, he Uses
these figures as basis FOR congratulate
ing ogden upon its growth
The standard vents its spleen in Ibis
manner:
The figures, we must admit, are ap-
prOXimatCly correct and rear cs-
Inmates OF the increase as made
by the standard. but that IhSy
are not from washington rs
proved by n statement made BY
Alr. McMnlin. census supervisor
OF Utah. In a long distance talk
this morning Mr. McMilin sald
the report on Utahs cities was
mailed from his office last Mon
day evening and could not pos
Eibly have reached washington
and. therefore. the Republican
urctcnse at having obtained the
figures In the mead office is put
n part Of tricky deceptloh
terprise Of a Dick Turpin. Is not
comwcudabfe or even honorable.
The Standard. with other papers. rec
ognizing that 70 was the desire,
In CT n the
census officials 60 keep the cen
aus figures secret until PUBIC
ity should be authoriled ana al
papers be given an equal oppoE-
tunitv to obtain them, never
once thought u violating that
rule. Il Is an unwritten law
among newspaper men that they
will not stoop 90 the methods
OF a ~PcCDing T0m." that they
viii not violate confidence
that they viii not resort 20
fricEv tarticr TO gain an advan-
fare. but in this case the kepun-
1fcan apparently. has disregard
ed those ethics and has played
the part Of the sneak. and now
Efunid1v hoastfully 1dvcrtises
its pcrfidiousness.
knowing that Il had taken some
thing out q the ordinary to piQue the
genial owner Of tho Standard IN this
wise. The Herald-Republican cast
about for the reason. Here IT is;
Several weeks ago the Standard start
cd population guessing contest. Civ
ing prizes for che guess nearest 70 tho
figures. and lesser prizes for those
whose estimates were further away
The contest was Just going good. and
GIasmann was congratulating himself
that ne had several good months COM
ing M. Then The Herald-Republican
pr.-ted the figures. and. Of course. the
Standard had to close its contest.
Mayor Glasmann should have re-
mem5cred his last contest. He was
forced 20 go into court 20 square him.
self with the people OF ogden, and e
salve his wounded honor. and the
court refused him n vote OF confidence
by acoultting those whom the genia
william had accused. II IS altogether
likely that The neutrality-suspicious. ha'
performed a real favor for the stand
ard and has saved the Weber county
courts some trouble.
Editor Glasmann intimates in hi
editorial that he knew all the tim'
what the censtis figures were. but tina
his sense OF honor was too great e
permit him 20 publish them How tn
people Of ogden must have arisen an
laughed loud and long when they rea'
that statement. There is little doub
that Editor Glasmann did know tn
figures. It Sc not at all likely that h
would have gone into a contest with
out being In a position 20 tip the IA
vo-od few 80 that they could get q
early and get a strange hold on tn
prizes.
Practically all the satisfaction an
OF the disgruntled salt Lake and Og
den editors have been able to get fror
their long kilograms 20 Census ID
rector =. Dana Durand IS that he di
not give out the figures, and that h
REGRETS that the returns we're given
one salt Lake paper exclusively. II
e. any pleasure 70 Mr.. Durand to kno'
10. ne can rest assured he does not re
gret it any more than do the othe
salt Lake and ogden newspaper
Nothing I'm years has so excited on
Journalistic brethren. They have tor
their hair and crippled the king
English IN an attempt to get out fror
under with no success. Both wer
clean beats" and both we're wort
while
The ald-Repubiican prints a
the news Gil the time. when Il Is new
and prints It first. That has alway
been its policy. and always viii be II
cn1lovcs must maintain that policy Q
go TO work for some other salt LAX
newspaper. where efficiency is nc
necessary. and energy IS al a discoun
now IS the time TO subscribe.
Census Director Durand seems
feel r-uch pity for the other salt LAX
newsI 1pcrs. who are weeping ove
being "scoopcd." His reply TO the te
egran which was sent him by the Sa
Lake Telegram shows that conclusive