Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-09-27

! paper attacks Is the one that is of
most general interest.
Mayor Gaynor explains that the
question OF preventing amusement
houses from exhibiting moving pic
lures OF the Reno hsht had come up.
He had no power TO interfere with
those exhibitions because the licenses
we're revokabie by tho supreme court
Judges and not by the mayor But.
Notwithstanding this. certain news
| papers attacked him one dav, he says
they printed story 10 the effect that
an officer Of the Christian Bndeavor
society named Lowande had called on
him the Mayors office and asked him
on behalf Of that society to stop the
| pictures. and that NJ told him he was
n fool and was sent by fools" The
| mayor had. NJ course, never said that.
! or any thing Of tho kind n
was made mp. Ne learned that
Lowande was process server
for lawyers Tho officers Of the
Christian Endeavor society put forth
a statement OF their own motion that
II was untrue that they had sent
Lowandc or any one else. But II made
no difference 10 those newspapers
They repeated the falsehood, and
even tried 20 get mp a public meet
ing 10 denouuce the Mayor
one effect Of these articles was that
wicked people would cut them out
and send them to the Mayor with
threats and abuse. Their minds. tho
Mayor SAYS, was indsmod los reading
how bnd man he was Finally they
printed that cartoon entitled THE
Barker" In which the Mayor was
dressed mp ae a rufflan and standing
outside of q prize-nght ring twirling a
cane aud barking for people 10 go in
and sec two men smuggling each other,
one Of them down and bleeding
Mayor Gaynor Is convinced that this
kind Of journalism anhamed the
would he assassin to his sanguinary
deed, and there is no reason TO doubt
this. Believing that the effect OF It
must be similar in every case. he
says:
such Journalism is. Of course, in
absolute defiance Of the criminal law,
and it did enter my mind to publicly
call on the grand turles and tho dis
trict attorney To protect me from n,
but ! was weak and feared people
would say / was thin skinned. But the
time Ia at hand when those iourna-
listic scoundrels have got to stop or
get out. and am ready now 10 do my
share tn that end. They are absolute
~ without souls. II decent people
would refuse to look at such news
papers the thing would right itself at
Ig.r.. Y
city has been dragged to the lowest
depth 81 degradation. The grossest
railleries and lihels. instead Of honest
statements End fair discussion. have
gone on unchecked one cannot help
svmpathizlng with the decent news
papers.
II Mayor Gaynor win direct his ef-
forts to the reform Of Journalism
that Is one Of the darkest blots upon
American civilization. he will find
himself strongly supported by the
decent citizens all over the country.
Nilifcation Of men In public life,
through picture and text. has gone
beyond the boundaries OF decency.
and even safety. The assassination of
Mckinley was largely Influenced by
vilbinious cartoons, as the Ten
nessee massacre was partly. II not en-
tireiy. due 20 falsehood made UP Of |
whole cloth and circulated by an anti |
Mormon" sheet When Journalism |
becomes the indirect instrument of |
assassination II is time that the
proper influence he brought to bear !
for its reformation
The earth goes round but not the full |
ness thereof
Grass widowhood is the heyday Of
womans life
The time is ripe for fruit II not for
other things
The weather bureau is putting on
cold storage air.
Tho chronic kicker should wear rub
Dor soles and heels.
The "proEressives" have burned their |
Barnes behind them
|
a man cannot do a more tragic thing |
than to play politics
High fiyers' refuse to proft by the |
experience of aviators
There Is n good deal Of fotsam and
jetsam IN political drift
Platform promises are not made to he
broken but they usually are
n "a the farmers and not the produce
mon who produce the produce.
II ISN'T safe to he an oyster in the
months that have RS IN them.
When the political pot boils Il is time
To take the nd of the ''harrel."
New York Is pretty big but not big
enough 70 stop Dragging about IT.
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No matter how beautiful and mellow,
the freshman never likes the fan haze.
What more natural than that the
butter trust should get the cream Of
he milk business