The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-05
IT'S DEFEATED WHINE,

The chief organ Of the Mormon
church has for some time been engaged
in an effort TO overthrow The Tribune s
case as presented from Mormon tcstl-
monv. that il was his brethren in
tho church who slew Joseph Smith at
| Carthage. Illinois. We have shown
conclusiveIv that such was The case.
Smith was slain by his brethren. The
Mormon testimony was all 10 that cf-
| feet.
Failing TO make any Roadway in
oyerturning the testimony of its own
brethren in this matter. the News
called in John Hay as witness on its
side VIC promptly accepted Mr.. Hay
as a witness, and have been giving
from time 10 time extracts from his
article printed in 1860 in the Atlantic
Monthly.
Furious al the exposition Of It's fal-
Iacics and false claims, tho church
organ on Monday evening referred TO
the publication IN The Tribune of
what is known as the Unitarian
church episode in connection with
President Taft S visit 10 this city in
September. As soon as The Tribune
found that it had been imposed upon
by reporter IN that matter, it prompt
ly disayowcd the statements made,
explained the facts, and apologizcd to
its readers for the false publication.
At the time the News gloatcd over
this. claiming that The Tribune had
been forced TO make An apology that
was abicct. Now, however, it con
sidcrs that the apology was not abject,
the retraction not sufficient. 1t claims
TO have found in a Filipino paper
an account Of that transaction, copied
from The Tribune. And il processes
10 be enormously shocked by it: and
it undertakes TO put the first publica-
tion in the shape of williul Trib-
unc falschood put forth BY this paper
in its diabolical work. We may
note in this connection, however, that
as soon as The Tribune found that it
had been imposed upon by a reporter, it
promptly discharged that reporter.
There may be some significance IN
the fact that the church organ en-
ploycd that reporter after The Tribune
had discharged him. Possibly the sort
of thing that that reporter palmcd off
on The Tribune is the sort Of work
that the News requires Of tbose on
its staff. The Tribune, however, re-
quires nothing but absolute truth,
faithfully written, of those in its en-.
ploy, Herein it appears that it differs
altogether from the church organ.
which constantly prints and repeats
the most brazcn falschoods about its
about The Tribune, and
about those who fail to see the beauty
of church control in politics and civil
affairs.
We attribute the frothy ranting of
the News i'll digging up this old mat.
ter, however, to its baffed rage at be.
ing defeated on the main proposition
referred to at the opening of this
article, rather than to any other reason
for its digging it up at this time 1t
is so thoroughly defeated on the main
that if has nothing further
to say about it; but its bafaed rage can
not he altogether suppressed, and so it
breaks into another channel But IS
to all of this The Tribune is not
in the least concerned II is quite
willing TO see the heathen rage,
imagine vain things, and put forth
foolish, vindictive, and mendacious
claims and propositions. We are en-
tirely unaffected by such froth. and
merely ask again the question which
was put forth OF old. "Why do the
heather rage and imagine vain
thing3'