The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-10
his future advancement to larger &C
clcsiasticai concerns.
THEIR DEFAMAToRY LIES.


The Smoot organ of defamation,
which backed the efforts to make tho
country believe that Salt Lake City is
"A dangerous place for people to come
to, which efforts resulted in the scare
head letter of Governor Spry which
kept hundreds Of tourists from stop
ping in this city during the campaign.
now calls Il halt, IT says that every
thing is lovely in Salt Lake, that "our
streets do not run with gore. as might
have been suspected from what was
said during the campaign, and our pco
pie are not lawbreakers. We arc n
fairly decent body of representative cit
izens claiming the American privilege
Iof lighting hard for the party of our
choice, aud lot more in that vein.
That is. the whole matter was politi-
cal, false and willfnlly defamatory
where 1T and the Governor and the sher-
1T and other official factors worked to-
gcther for tho scandaizing of this city,
the Keeping away Of settlers and Wis
itors, and the spreading of false accu-
satlons against tho city, its admins
tration. and the condition Of affairs
here, and the attempt is made to pass
that off merely MS lighting hard for
tho party of our CHOICE
IL SAYS further that "many things
have been said that should not have
been said. Many things done. that
would better have been omitted,' And
1t pleads that they should be forgotten.
An open confession is said to be good
for the soul, and if touch of re.
morse has visited and stirred the con
sciences of the Federal bunch SO that
they make this sort of apologetic hum
bling of themselves before the public,
1t may possibly result in having more
decency III politics from that crowd
hereafter.
The Smoot organ made from whole
cloth faxed remark, attributing it to
senator Dubois, that the American
party and the Democratic party were
in an alliance here this year TO carry
the election, IL faxed another remark,
attrbutlGg 1T to Senator kcarns that
the American purpose here WAS to put
IN laIl all the new polygamists, an al
legged quotation that was altogether
false, scandalous. and without the least
foundation In truth to rest upon. These
and other falsehoods of the sume organ
have been the scandal Of the State dur
ing the campaign. Whether these lies
had any effect in aiding the church po-
lltlcal bosses to transfer the Demo
cratic vote to the Republican column
or not is lmmatcrial. The fact is that
the transfer was made, and was made
in defiance of all dcccncy in politics.
all iyedncss of political principle.
Its champion falsehood, of course,
was the allegation which II many times
repeated that there was bargain or
alliance between the Democratic party
and tho American party in the campaign
that has Just closed. The result shows
where the alliance in fact was. This 81
lance was precisely where ii has been
heretofore, the church in politics and
the church III politics for the Repub-
llcan party.
The church political managers have
such control over the Democratic Nor
mon vote that they can transfer it at
will, and did transfer il wholly to the
Republican column; and while this was
being done the organ of that coalition
was strcnuously shouting that the al
lance WAS between the Democrats and
the American party, thing absolutely
that was denied by all
concerned as soon as the disrcputablc
falschood was printed, and that was
made simply to cover up the real deal
that was being put through,
During the campaign the Smoot or
gan was denounced all over the State
rs the most scandalous liar that Utah
had ever seen in journalism. That de
was clearly true, and it is a
1cnuuciation that Will stick An elcc
Ion won by such methods as were used
by the Smoot organ during the cum
paIgn just closed is au election that
will be disastrous TO the winners. for
it places lusincority above sincerity, |
lies above truth and right, and
-rcachcry above faithfulncss 1t
teaches the abandonment of principle,
-hc dIshonoring of good faith aud of
political fcalty, II makes absolute
:haos Of politics i'll Utah, and presents
, situation that must be intolcrabIe to |
al candid. honest men, who have any |
liked principles OF patriotic desire for
,he public welfare.