The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-24
THEIR INSOLENT GALL.

The Federal bunch in this city,
having enjoyed the support both in
person and in much coin, of the liquor
| interests hero at the recent election
have now the immcasurable gall TO turn
about and charge that gthe American
party received the liquor support and
the liquor money. 1t would be an in.
conceivable insolence were such .
charge as that seriously made. The
discredited concern that makes it. how
ever, is so we'll known. its insincerity
is so fully proved, its INSCRIPTIONS
malignity so thoroughly understood,
that the charge it makes in this re,
spect must necessarily fall 6at in utter
and deserved public contempt. It's
dirty array of foul Imagination, put
forth as Tribune work and Tribune re
ceipt of liquor money and gambling
money is 50 utterly vile, so absolutely
and wholly untrue, that it is a marvel
of falsehood and depraved guile. 1t is
scandalous falsehoo1 to assert that
The Tribune, or any one connected with
1T. ever received liquor or gambling
money for any purpose whatever. Mono
but an unscrupulous liar would ever
make such wholly false accusation
or even insinuation.
| 1t is so we'll known, so thoroughly
proved so completely demonstrated by
the elections, that the liquor interests
supported the church Republican ticket,
both by their votes and their money,
that refutstion of the impudent claim
that the American party received this
support is superfluous. The dishonesty
of the claim Of the Smoot organ is
manifest also when upon one day it
charges that the American party is
after the liquor interests to punish the
liquor dealers because they would not
support the American party in the re.
cent election, and on another day it
comes out saying that the American
party did receive such support and is
blameworthy for receiving the liquor
money. 1t does not trouble the Smoot
| organ In the least TO make these two
opposite and irrcconcilable claims, and
it makes them accordingly, both being
notoriously false. The American party
is not out for revenge upon the liquor
dealers or anybody else 10 did not
receive the liquor money, IL did not
get the liquor vote,
The Smoot organ began blackmail
ing campaign this year-after election
against the coal combine and the
| transportation companies here, Public
opinion was cxasperatcd at the arbi
trary and unwarranted rise in The price
Of coal; but the public did not take
kindly TO the blackmailing outcry of
he Smoot organ, being well advised of
the purposes Of that organ by its per
formance Of two years ago in pretend
ed support of prohibition, but which
programme was simply designed TO
blackmail the liquor interests and was
successful therein, the returns being
very rich. both in votes and in coin.
But this year the Matchmaking scheme
did not work, the coal and Transports
tiou companies refused TO pay, and the
Smoot organ accordingly is weakening
in its campaign against the coal trust.
II knows that with the city council
doing what it can TO abatc the unduly
high price Of coal, and with such pub
lie action as can be brought thereon,
there will be nothing in il for the Smoot
organ, and accordingly the fervor Of its
zeal against tho coal combine is appre-
ciably cooled, while It's hate against
! The Tribune for exposing its black
mailing scheme wakes correspondiugly
| hot.
The Smoot organ is the mouthpicce of
the trusts, the defender of the bunko
tariff law, the supporter Of the admins
tration policy Of withdrawing coal lands
| from entry so that 1T is impossible Tor
any concern to get coal to compete with
the monopoly. Accordingly, its role OF
defender of the people. against the
monopoIies was such coarse perversion
of its real functions, such an lnconslst-
ent exhibition Of deceit and troachcry,
that no one paid the least attention TO
| its rawlings.
Whatever is done in the way of re-
| lief from the excessive coal prices
and certainly something effective ought
to be douc-the inception aud propul-
sion in the direction of relief will nee
essarily be traced to the Affirmative ac'
tion of the city council Of Salt Lake
| City in calling upon the city attorney
20 ask the proper State officers to en-
force the laws against combines, and
to move strongly for the relief of the
| fl,o ttuu
and unjust raise in the price of coal
In. lighting for this relief. the Federal
bunch will have to he beaten, the ad-
miuistration policy will have To be over
come, and the trust backing by the
| Federal bunch must be annihllated.
AS heretofore suggested to the Fed