The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-05
PROVED BY THE RECORD.

The Smoot organ completely ahau
dous its charge against The Tribune
of supporting the municipal commits.
sion for patronage received. while
claiming that il had submitted
ample proof. In fact. ms il
knows full well. ii has submitted
no proof whatever; its only lease -
wholly failed. But now il rests its
case entirely upon the assumption that
The Tribune did NOT. Ion the morn
ING after the election, November
sth, pledge its support TO the ncw
city government aud the support OF
the American party. This support,
however. was wholly given in the lead
ing editorial Of The Tribune on No
vcmbcr 9th, in tho following language:
We feel confident i'm speaking for the
American party and for those who up-
hold the principles OF Amercanism
that tho incoming admins tration Will
receive a loyal, effective support from
American party has never received from
the opposition here The American
party wishes well for Salt Lake under
every condition and In all ciTcum-
fair name OF the city as this has been
assalled by the opposition during their
night for control. Americans can be
relied upon at all times to work for the
city. and to promote its advancement
material and moral, in every way that
IL Is possible for them to do While
they are not sore, they are not vim
dlctive, they bear no Ill will. They
are all the time hshung for the vim
dlcation OF principle and for the city.
T1anir lfaR ,.sIl1 h. IL "a
rcction right along in the future as
II has been In. the past helpful. sus-
tanning. and encouraging. The Silver
King crowd that was so rirulently
campaign. will remain here on duty
Just as before. Their extensive build
ings. the great improvements they have
election. These will be both helpful and
ornamental to Salt Lake City. Just as
they have been from the time Of con-
will towards the city. and helpful hands
of the Silver King crowd will by no
means fall by reason OF the Vindictlrc
opposition TO .tnem which was manifest
cd prior TO the election. Why It is
that men who have done so much FOR
progress. and who were not In the
least before the people for their votes
and who have done so much for the city
without demanding anything for them
selves. should nave been so assaulted
is one or the mysteries OF very odious
campaign on the part or the oDDoSl-
ton.
The Smoot organ copies from our fair
review of the campaign printed on the
morning of November sth, in which Of
course, the above pledge does not ap-
pear; but 1T appears in the follow
ing day. as above. So far as the Smoot
organ can make any capital out of the
fact that this pledge was not made OH
November Sth, but was made on No
pember 9th, it is welcome to whatever
it can make out of it. But there IL
the record, and on that record we
stand.
In the meantime, il is satisfactory
TO The Tribune to have the Smoot
organ confess its inability to prove
even the shadow of case against The
Tribune in the matter of patronage.
That is what it undertook to estab-
lish in its assault upon this paper.
There is absolutely nothing to the
charge, and has not been at any time,
The Tribune is fully vindicated by the
record and the facts; and that Is
enough.