Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-10-19
}coNTEssEs GUILT ny ABUSE.

OF abuse. Its party administration
stands before the bar Of public opinion
convicted by the evidence Of q multi
tude OF crimes that make the City iin-
safe by day and by night. of worse
5atlinn inpotcncy. The organ, usually
displaying an inventive genius, IS en-
tirely baTlcl. And 50 1t resorts to
{ abuse of everybody
The folly OF this course Is apparent.
For the sins and shortcomings of 9TH
4 crs form ncithcran defense of. nor an
excuse for. tho inisdeeds of thc"Amer-
lean. party officials. That party was
formed for the ostcnslble purpose Of.
showing the world how much cleaner
aud more perfect nm American" gov
8ernmcnt would be than that which pre-
ceded it.. That was the pretcnse. 1t
was LOUDLY proclaimed to the world
that immortality and corruption pre-
vailed here, and florid promises were
made of the speedy correction of nll
evils, II the people would only vote
for American candidates. And the
people did vote for them. That Is.
some did. And now, when It has been
fully demonstrated that every promise
made has been shamcfully broken: that
crime is rampant to such an extent as
navor before IN tIe history OF the city.
1T Is no defense to say that others are
to blame. too. That Is u confession.
we have u right to expect Il better
government. with better protection of
sl;fes3 and nrorcrtv bccause or the at
~. 80 ~. ,.t,, ,,,,
@ y - ~ 5s's,. ny i' -
other parties, ana thcir many prom
iscs. II that expectation is not full
Sf1lIcd. the sooner the .pnrty leaders re-
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55tbav nre. tho better For IL
tho marty can give tho city
N better government than it had
$a,efoc-which It certainly cannot-lt
has no excuse for Its anomalous ac-
.tIvity.
The present conditions are all the
more remarkable because of the SPLEEN
did reputation the City held before
antl-,.AIormonism" captured 1t. Bayard
Taylor. tho traveller and lecturer, wrote:
NV, r,,,.t ,dn,,t tbnt su,t Lake CITY
Is one Of the most quiet, orderly. and
moral places in tho world. There nre
=. ,leMa ne''a,,e i'I Iaon,e nrn The most
3.a,,,.,,,,,ta r. A ,neri'.ans o. VI
tA.H'st = - III
y Mrs. Emily Pitt Stevens, Editor OF
,rbo pioneer wrote thus:
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..Utah is the wisest and best governed
OF any large section OF people III Ins
United States. In Great SAT- l.;lRc Sity
there Is less of rowdyism, drunkenness,
gambling, idleness, Inert, conspiracy
against the peace OF aociet .y' ulu eit.'is
IS generally, than there IS ~ any oi. 'ns
city of the same populntlon IN this
country. II not OH the globe.
Scuc,,e ,yos tbe rcnntntion Salt Lake
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i lily ara iiu o-g .at' 5' 80
LOOK at this picture anu then Ut
thnt.,'
"a. 5, 8. Il, Z, 4, h. ,,,,.,
AZ the cohstitut'o''al conNet''ion ''eia
\ In this City In 1872, IIonorab bic, Thomas
Y Fitch e an Senator, described With
S,..,ri.5 =, ~, ~, ,bo condition. tb,,t
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would prcHail. anu alreauy theii puil''
did X prevail, as a result or the un-
American antl-"A1ormon" sentiment,
=, - t,ho,,, AZ,
>','.G - 800 - 49,. II II 70. ,ls5ig
the enforcement OF the law me ohlS
8f re- iic s' saw ~ pat.,
THE mineral deposits have attracted
mere iirse NUMBER i ~, VI iess,ess' M IN
hernGltnrw focs or INDUSTRY. order and
law. Finding tho courts and federal
officers arraycd against tho Morilons,
VIII ,p,t,seu aiaet.s an.J ,n,,,,,s
md officers, I.lcmcuts ordinarily dis
icordant blend together in the sama
seethins cauldron. mo nasnios anu
n! ns,.s s,oue roIirinm ora infcs,ed ,vith
z the rnraphcrnnlia and the presence OF
Vice; the drunkard espouses the cause
Sof temperance; tho companion Of har,
lots prcaches ll9 nvnua'ts - N,a.uo m .i,
10 GRANTED bv tho leaders in order 10
advance their sacred cause, and the
result y an immense SUPPORT from
.noHo l'snr1n,. ,,hn arc thin,, fn,.
license. These constitute u nucleus or