The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-10-19
IT'S FALSE DEFAMATION.

rjabie reputation of being one OF tb'
: worst cities in the West; us any OH,
couversing with strangers on the topic
nay learn. Which is merely the re
affirmation of the News's constant
Safeguarding of the city, and this
blackguarding comes only because the
administration has passed out of the
hands of the church crowd, not
because the administration deserves
il, 1T makes no difference what
benefits the American officials might
confer upon Salt Lake City, no
matter how closely they might
enforce the law. no matter what pro-
gress for the city might be fostcred
by American rriumphs and adminIstra-
tioD, the News is and would continue
absolutely discontcntcd, because it's
people are not in control; and 1t lies
without reserve, misrcpresents without
stint, simply because others than its
own particular following are in charge
of the city's affairs That is absolute
" all there Is to il so far as the News
is concerned. 1t does not in any way
! consider the facts or the interests of
! the city. Its bigoted, fanatlcal view
simply goes To the point of ''who does
itp' If it is the hated outsider.
then ii is all wrong. simply because
| of the persons in control and not IN
any respect because OF what they do,
! Under the last church administration
in this city, gambling was not only
open and notorious, but public gambling
resorts had lines of ''cappers' along
the street. inducing laboriug men and
others 10 90 in and play. Not only did
this open gambling prevail TO the sean
dal and disgrace of The city. but IL
WIS openly, even osicntatiously ignored
by the church officials They could
not be persuaded TO touch IT, though
often appealed 10. The gambling vote
was openly catered 10 and it was only
on the acquisition by the American
party of the administrative control OF
The city. that open public gambling was
abolished
Under tho church rule prostitution
was more open, notorious. and scandal |
Gus than il has ever been AT any time
since. We can all remember the facts
in the ease. the open proHigacv that |
was notorious aud was forced upon
public attention during successive |
church administrations, and tbc terror
izing that WAS spread over the city in |
thc notorious '.jack the Ripper sen.
sation and scare. And the opening by |
the city officials of a bawdy house To
trap GcntiIcs was n scandal 10 NOR
aitv and civilization so gross that no
defense of it is possible
But. under the peculiar. bgotcd view
OF the church organ. everything is all
right. no matter whether it is right or
not. 50 long as tho church has the upper
haud In thc administration. Nothing
can possibly he wrong then, in its view.
no matter how open and notorious both
and prostitution may be
The rcdi2hi district was, under church
on tho principal streets
in the city. Ii was moved from time TO
lmc IN response to public objections
md protests. but was always we'll.
leHncd district, aud always was sup
ported. as such. by the church admins I
raiiops and by the church organ
There has never been time when the
'hurrh organ was not entirely willing
o Justify any villainy that might be {
,crpctratcd by "us' and never has I
here been any time when il was not
maIiciously, and falsely ar
aligned against any administration 9th. !
n han that controlled by the church
10 matter how beneficial that admins
ration WAS 10 the city nor how promo.
i've of IT'S progress and growth
1t IS notorious hat the growth OF
'alt Lake City. US shown by tho census
Il last year, ccllpscd by far during tho
cn.vcar period any growth that the
lty had ever shown before II is
puallv well known that the progress y
y The ten years WAS. in fact. the pro.
.rcss of the five wears of American ad !
For. mp to and including
9oo. and especially during The olricia
term which ended in 1905.
he city Was going backward in place
I forward y magical vitality at once
prung up upon the American victory +
{ the city election OF November. 1905 -
nd has continued ever since. This il n
'as that made the brilliant showing :,
hat WAS made by the Federal census II
I 1910. and this il was which has (,
ivcu the city its metropolitan appear II
nee, ITS vast public improvements, its II
Unparalleled building record, and its 4
rowih in population and wealth. that o-
ave been so manifest during the time n
hat the American officials were in +;
over. l.,
And in spite Of ali this, which is per. ,
ectlv well known 10 the News. tba, n
lie mendacious organ. that yellow or. q,
nm OF the gutter, comes out in reyiI ~
~ rage against the city. apparently o,
Dr. no other purpose than the mali r
ons one Of assailing that which is ~
asst Improvement over ANYTHING which l..
s own side ever offered. and induIo :,
~ ITS venomous hatred aoainst tboso a.