The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-15
CONTINUES IT'S. OLD LIES.

CONTINUES IT'S OLD LIES,
The pcscret Ncws last night took
the occasion Of the reorganization Of
,hc polite force OF this city TO renew
its false and scandalous. partisan
charges against the old police force.
In the course of its malicious and
knowingly false presentation IT had
the following
For years Salt Lake has had Tho rcpu-
tuUiou OF being good Dla"" Tor cruolts
.uf various descriptions. II was known
throughout the underworld that gam
bling, horse gaoinE, and price lights could
hc iudGlged iu safely here. It Was known
that The saloons could run Without let
and hndrJncc. and that palaces OF vice
were tolerated and in Il way protected
II was even known That crooks We're
encouraged 10 come here. on the theory
that 10 WAS easier FOR Che police io catch
crooks II they he'd crooks for pals. and
the result was that They came from all
parts OF the country. rs 10 a Mecca.
Crimes multiplied, aud the moral stand
ards OF the community were lowered 10
such . degree that when an effort is
made at haven't Increment, In the IN
tcrest Of decent sunday, the cry OF
blue laws = heard from one end OF tho
laocs not only the pile of moral rubbish
that WAS accumulated but also sentl-
ment thai is indifferent To- The necessity
be met.
Tt is quito true that the Dcseret
News and tho Smoot organ went hand
in hand in endcayorine, through ma
licious falschood, so give this city the
sort of reputation which the News
now claims that the city had. But IL
had no such reputation, in fact. dur
ing the incumbcncY of the American
party. That press did its best to in.
kinds. promising toughs aud outlaws n
clear feld. and saving that the police
WAS inefficient aud wouldn I molcst
them; piece Of outraGeously bad citl-
zcnship in those who made those repro
sentations. The things that the News
derworld' werc not known aud not
true. It was not known either, that the
saloons could run without hindrance
and that 'palaces of vice were tolcr-
ated and in way protected, y nor
was it known that "crooks were en-
couragcd to come here on tho theory
that il was easier for the police TO
catch crooks if they had crooks for
pals, y and so on.
The whole matter as quoted is n ma
licious, partisan misrepresentation, "A
vindictivc echo Of the insane hatred
which the News bore against, AMI
always manifested TO, the American
party, It is rightly part of its last
years campaign harangues.
With regard to the lowering of the
moral standard Of the community, it
can truly be said thai this lowering
was more on account of the contcmptu-
ous disregard of the laws against
polygamy and unlawful cobabitation
than anything else. When people saw
men in high station, claiming to be
pious, and leaders Of the people, will
fully and dc6antly ignoring and tram
ping upon samtary laws which all
should obey, the natural result would
inevitably follow; regard for law as
law was weakened, and support for
law, as law. was lax.
This renewed effort Of the News To
besmirch the old police force and the
American administration will receive
the public contempt which it merits,
and the people will attribute the IaxLty
of the community sentiment here in
support of law, as law, to its proper
place, and they will trace il to its
undoubtcd source.