The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-30
GAYNoR's EXcoRIATIoN.

Mavor Gavnor of New York, in his
address to the Associated Press ana
the Newspaper Publishers Association,
in their Joint banquet in New YORK on
Thursday evening, made successiui
defense Of his official action, with re-
spect 10 false charge brought against
his administration. He stated. as Is
we'll known. that there is a disposition
among the newspapers generally to be
fair towards public officials ana 10
second them in their efforts TO give
good administration IN their SEVERN
positions But there arc eScepJlohs'
Some newspapers are frantic assallants
Of officials whether their charges arc
inst and fair or not. Mayor Gaynor
made specific exhibit as to the ial
sitv of one charge brought agaihs'
him. and while paying tribute TO inc
press in general. he was very seFeFe
upon the pcrpctrator OF the ohensc
which he cxcoriated AT the same time
we think, n mistake was made In not
allowing an explanation to he mace III
behalf of Mr.. Hearst, against "hom
Mayor Gaynor directed his batteries.
II is always well TO allow the detendant
70 be heard, and to refuse this, gen
erally and quite naturally is supposed
TO indicate weakness IN the assault
Mr.. Ochs, of the New York Times, we
think, was quite correct in saying 'hat
the bowling down Of the offered defensc
was disgraccful, We think also that
il was a technical error which viii be
to the disadvantage of Mayor Gaynor
la.er on.
Aside from that point, however, MT,
Gaynor was perfectly justified IN de-
Tending himself from false accusations,
and in defending himself he also dc
Tended other officials who are in ike
manner attacked; and in eIcorlatlng
the assailant he also cxcorinted other
assailants guilty In like manner VIC
do not have to go away from oalt
Lake CITY to find an example OF Jour
nalism precisely such as Mayor Gaynor
so ficrcely assailed. The Dcseret News,
the church organ, rs constantly. Nlru-
Ientlv, and falsely assailIng the Amer
lean party and its officials IN control
here. II has been caught time atter
time in its scurrilous uttcrances, ana
constantly it is exposed and shown. 10
be actuated by mere anlmosity ana
vindictive hate. 1T has accused the aa-
mipistration as a whole; 1t has assailcd
the Executive Department separately;
it has assailed the Legislative Depart
mept: IL has assailed those IN cnarGe
of all portions OF the city works. III
has done this falsely, wantonly, ma
liciously, and ignorantly. 1t is deserV'
ing of all of the excoriation that Mayor
Gaynor visited upon the offender which
be pilloried at that banquet. And Mayor
Bransford would be justified in eXcorl'
aring the News precisely as Mayor Cay
nor excoriated the paper that bed
about him.
As matter of fact, tho News has
| becn exposed IN It's lies and Hlrulent
| assaults from time TO ulme. 1t mas
| been shown in reply TO ITS attacks ina
| those attacks were false ana mace
| through desire for scctarian rule, aud
not in the interest OF the public, Inc
most fragrant offender IN this respect
that can possibly be conceived is the
| Deseret News. II has acted treacher'
ouslv. veuomously and falsely with the
American administration in Salt Lake
CITY. It has pretended that this ad-
ministration is corrupt, when II knows
| il is not So 1T has pretended that the
administration has bankruptcd the city
when IN fact the citv's finances were
never in so good condition as now II
has pretended that there has been waste
and favoritism in the public works
when there has been nothing or the
| kind and no instance OF 1t is
possible TO show. The News has wan
tonly and fanaticaIly placed itself dl'
rectly under the Gaynor fail, and must
take from HIM the beatidg which II
so richly deserves, a foretaste OF which
it has had at the hands of The Tribune
from time 10 time. No newspaper could
possibly come more directly in the line
of Mayor Gaynor's nageIlation than
does the News, in It's treatment Of the
American administration IN Salt Lake