The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-10
THE UNsPEAKABLE KEARNs.

THE UNSPEAKABLE KEARNS.
nursed sturgeon friendly pond on her farm since OaDyhood mrned
finally
wonder that Mrs
b and tossed in the act will prove the soundness judgment And
Columbia misfortune which the
ought not be hopeless One for would in one the act of Cod
wicked
The foregoing an editorial which appeared in the Salt
Lake Telegram for which c. G. Goodwin is editorial writer
The article published after the departure Of Mr. Arm
strong from this city for his home Oregon The Herald
Republican apologies to its readers for giving attention
such malodorous and obsolete sheet the Telegram but
feels that this there sufficient therefor
the duty Of saying word of fairness and justice to Mr.
Armstrong, and indicating the of the
article quoted.
Some four years ago Leroy Armstrong Utah I'M
der engagement editor of The nermountan Republican,
which later became The Republican He writer of
genius his clear entertaining and expressive the
English language many thousands of readers of the last
two papers named have to realize He edit Re-
publican paper which to be neither anti Mormon anti
Catholic antHebrew anti Methodist antanythihg in the
religious UNCONVENTIONAL field be fair Just to people
of every creed professions be for the upbudng of Utah
and the intermountan West
Faithfully earnestly and ably he performed his duty and
doing article sentence which
the conscientious conviction of his own soul He
descended to personal abuse and criticism of in
dviduaf avoided until the individual who may have come
under CRITICISM compelled It, by persistent and repeated effort
as public necessity; and then vndctiveness followed
thereaftera vigorous ouspoken clean and conclusive
When Mr. Armstrong began his here the line Of
fairness ALL he told that he could not edit paper that
neither antMomon Momon but he insisted that he
could and would and he did Persistent and nsstent efforts
made persuade him from his chosen neither
cajoery attery pleading could divert him from the
uprghnes of the path he had marked Then he
tracised beraed abused and magned The Kean papers
poured their stream of bngsgate him in all of
accusation and misrepresentation. But he could be
bought he not to be buied Notwithstanding the
erceness and vile injustice of the attacks made him per-
sonay because of the policy of the paper outlined he
used the paper to utter word in his defense This in
BRIEF the record OF courage fidelity and mannes made by
Mr. Armstrong in his editorial conduct of the Intermountan
Republican and Herald Republican:
The Telegram is Kearns paper It's chief owner Thomas
Kearns has reputation which all decent people shudder
If there major oense in the line of crmnaty from hoi
eide to the robbing of mine of which he accused the
fact should be printed in red ink in all the city directories that
the people may discover it. there of veracity of
honesty of morality of decency that he charged
with violating should be portrayed moving picture shows
that people may learn of it. If his auonecal wickedness
not beyond the most searching purgatora cleansing
should be heraded to the public necessary information
The present editorial writer the Telegram has called
Mr. Kearns in editorials of which he is author about everv
thing that his knowledge of English would permit; he
currency and publicity to the Fpony and Island of
Alaska Stories and Others that have become famous and
sequenty common Illustrations of Mr. Kearns gross gno-
And now for pance, he has become the hrelng
and channel for emitting the of faehood and
condemned Bought and used sewer it is not surprising
that he become the Oce of such suggestions as are CON
tanned in the article quoted But the wickedness
thereof is none the less base beyond commseraton