The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-23
THE REPUTE OF THE CITY.

The Deseret News, the chief church
organ. had another blast last night
defamatory of Salt Lake City. 1t
quoted query from the San Francisco
Chronicle, "What ails the City?' the
Chronicle blaming tho administration
Of San Francisco because 1T is not at
tempting to suppress vice; and the
News undertook TO draw a parallel be"
tween San Francisco's Is government and
the government of this city in that
respect, saying:
Anyone who enters into conversation
with visitors on that subject VIII learn
that they have heard and believe that
of gamblers. horse racers, thieves, pugl,
lists women OF the underworld. ana
similar characters. This is the iact;
Our City, under the rule OF an anu,
We feel very keenly on this point. be-
cause the outside world does not, as q
rule, place the responsibility where II
belongs The world only knows that
Utah is the home OF the "Mormons, and
that Salt Lake City is the Capital OF
Utah, and by association OF IDEAS: tne
lniuuily OF their traducers. The world
does not reflect that the institutions of
righteousness have been introduced
here BY the non "Mormons VINO pose as
Americans, and defenders of truth and
liberty-saye the mark,-as agencies OF
freedom" by which to 'lIberate' the
"Mormons."
City has acquired during the past few
years must necessarily operate against
IL; Under this burden II cannot advance
as II ought to- and as its situation and
f,.,r
It is the simple truth to reply that
any dsrepute that Salt Lake City has
acquired in this respect has been chief
ly by reason of the false accusations
and the abominable lies told by the
opposition papers, of which the church
organ is at the head, \ sample of this
living is where the News says that the
institutions Of righteousness were
introduced here by the non-Mormons,
which is stupid falsehood.
For considerable number Of years
past the church organ has made it
its business TO invite all sorts OF
disreputable characters here under
the assurance which it has given them
that they would not be molested by
the American municipal administration.
IT has been seconded in this by the
Smoot organ, and these invitations have
caused infinite annoyance 10 the police
department of this city, which has been
flooded with evil characters because
Of that invitation aud promise of i'm
munity. The police have struggled
heroicallv to overcome the conditions
thus imposed, and have done as well
as such small force could expect to
do with the constant invitation extend
ed by the opposition press 10 thieves,
thugs, and toughs to come. here and
ply their calling unmolested.
In spite of the efforts of the oppo
sition press, including the church or
gan named, to defamc the city, and to
give it bad name. the city has IN
creased in population and wealth dur
ing the American administration at a
rate undreamed of before, and that has
distanced every other part Of the State.
As we have shown repeatedly, and as
the census figures amply prove, Salt
Lake City. with an increase of seventy
four per cent i'll population, is far and
away beyond the increase anywhere
else in the State, and is more than
double the average. Nothing like the
advance shown in this city after the
American. ascendancy could have been
possible without that rolling back OF
the paralyzing power which for so many
years held the city in the grasp OF
conservatism aud mossback reaction.
The record of progress of the city, the
splendid achievements of the American
administration. speak for themselves,
and are on evidence to the admiration
of every visitor.
Finally, the News quotes the San
Francisco Chronicle as saying that San
Francisco does not deserve the rcputs
tion it has received: and it hypocritic.
ally snIvels. 1--WE wish the same could |
be said truthfully Of Salt Lake City
The same can be truthfully said of Salt |
Lake City. This place does not deserve |
the i'll repute which the opposition
press has endeavored TO fix upon it, |
and especially does it not deserve the !
i'll words and false ratings so often :
contained 10 the defamation of the city
in the columns Of the Deseret News.
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The Governor Of North Carolina ex-
planned to his fellow Governors the 9th