The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-06-11
THE ooNTEMPTIRLE sNEAKs!

II is probably natural enough for
the sneaks who have made their false
and futile attack upon DR.. Paden to
desire that the matter shall take some
other turn than that which involves the
facts of the case The Smoot organ,
for example, yesterday morning began
a very long winded and Irrelevant edi-
torlal by the statement that "'The Salt
Lake Tribune 3 despairing effort TO
justify Dr. Paden in his campaign
against Utah is inspired by that news.
papers consciousness that it is large.
ly responsible for him and his views, -
etc, all OF which is absolutely false,
both in insinuation and in fact. No
such issue has arisen as to Justify DR..
Paden IN any assault upon Utah The
whole issue is, did DR.. Paden saw the
things charged against him in the
Smoot organ and the Dcseret News?
On this point DR.. Paden IS denial is
exphclt and complete. So that there
Is nothing left to discuss on the main
point
AS to the effect of Dr. Paden's dis
cusslou, we have no idea that this has a
dcleterious effect upon Utah. As we
understand 1T, he is discussing in some
degree the sectarian points involved in
the Mormon church claims, but II by
no means follows that the things he
says arc in any way harmful to the
State Of Utah, since the State is one
thing and the Mormon church is an
other thing. 1t is only those who con.
fuse things and attempt to say that
the Mormon church IS the same as the
Stale of Utah who can with any sort
OF logic upbraid DR.. Padcn for any con
troversial encounter that he may
have with the Mormon elders in mat
ters of sectarian belief or practice.
That has nothing to do with the State
of Utah, which is civic organization
and has no rightful connection with
the Mormon church or any other
church, and we submit that it is high
time for all concerned to drop the idea
that any one who controvcrts Mormon
doctrines or practices is assailng the
State Of Utah.
The Smoot organ and the Deseret
News undertook to establish as a fact
that DR., Paden had said certain things
assaling the school system in this
State. and derogatory to certain indi-
-viduals- The Tribune took the pains to
telegraph these things to DR.. PadeD and
he made a specific denial of them.
That is all there is TO the case. and
any one who continues to assert that
DR.. Paden said the things falsely at
tributed to him, or that he is decrying
the State Of Utah, is guilty of bear.
ing false witness against his neighbor.
In all this matter The Tribune has un-
derta5en to stick closely to the main
point at issue, and to decline discus
sion of various matters that have
nothing to do with the case. These
things can he settled in due order
when they come up; but the assalants
of DR.. Paden are undertaking to dodge
the issue by bringing in a lot of ex-
traneous stuff all this with utter dis
regard to his denial. We denounce as
contemplate scoundrelism the dodge
taken by the assailants of DR.. Paden
when they quote other people as saying
things either identical with or similar
TO the things which they have
falsely charged against Dr. Paden
himself. The scheme that anything
that is said by other people along the
line of the charges made against DR..
PaGen is TO be charged to Dr. Paden,
is one of the most dishonest and pre-
posterously vile lodges through which
any scamp Of writer ever undertook
to impose upon the public. But since
that is the record Of the wretched
sneaks who assailed DR.. Paden and
now have nothing to 20 upon but false
hood and quoting somebody else as say
ing what they falsely attributed to DR..
Paden, the whole vicious assault
against him has absolutely failed.