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Show H1 t TO Till UTAH PRESS. H Before the Box Elder News, or any H ' other paper In the Stato of Utah, can Hj comment Intelligently upon the nttl H' 'j tudcot the press of Logan toward dllll- H cultlcs surrounding the Agricultural H ' ' College one year ago and at tho pre- H sent time, the facts must be grasped H that the light then was polltlcal;that H j It was also ecclesiastical In the sense H ' i , that high churchmen sought to exert H j i an undue lnlIucncc(wlt'ioutauthorlty, H j as It developed); that much personal H ' enmity entered Into it; that Individ- H ) ( j uals and newspapers permitted them- H ! ' selves to ba so Imposed upon a to H ) I spread broadcast cxtraordlniry mls- H representations, which, thiough the H ! attltudo of the press of this city, they H were later compelled to retract. H The complaint Is made that the H press of tills city conducted a cam- H paign of abuse one year ago, and that H it Is likely to continue a campaign of H i abuse, rather than one of argument. H Tint Rkpuiimcan respectfully sug- H gests that the facts set forth above H ' will prove to any man not willfully H I blinded that abuse was the only af- H ' fective argument passible at that H time. Tiik Hki'Uhmoan, having H from tho lips of political manipulator H their determination to prostitute tills H educational Institution for political H advantage, stood agait.st the idea and H "abused" tho men who should so far H forget what they owed themselves and H the public Tun IIki-uiilican knew H of that other attempted Influence H mentioned, in which at least one cer- H tain high up disreputable rencgado H was atlve.anJ having eontldenuu that H this was not, could not be sanctioned H by church authorities, roundly abused H lhat,man and uny men who should at- M tempt such an lullucncc In this light. M Tiik HuruiiMOAN had knowledge of H the light bolng waged by individuals H with disappointments sticking in their H craw, and the machinations of other B individuals with certain personal H grievances and thwarted ambitions, H and tills paper roundly "abuscd"theso H men for their monumental smallness. H Tun Rkpuiilioan was familiar witli H the extent of the deliberate and con- H tinned misrepresentations of tho Salt B Lake Tribune and Salt Lake's mis- fl named "Truth," and with the other H paper of this city talsed such pointed M objection that Tho Tribune, at least, H gave one full pago to a retraction. In M this case Tiik Hki'uulican "abused" M The Tribune, and those who dollbcr- M atcly misinformed "Truth." Then 1 again Tiik Rkpuiilioan was cognlr.- M ant of tho Governor's voluntarily ex- m pressed disposition before his election, M noted in his acts following election the M complcto reversal of that expressed m disposition, and wo "abused" him to M the extent of a fair portion of our M vocabulary of invective. M Tiik Rki-uiilican believes that it i was fully justillcd in that "abuse" of of which tho Box Elder Nows com- K plains, and wo have no apology for any W man or combination ot men In tho Hi State of Utah However, tho past is M past with Tiik Rkpuiilioan. H As to tho future Tiik Rkpuiilican H can only say that it would like to sco H I the present difllculty settled on its H merits. Tiik Rkpuiilican honestly 1 and conscientiously concurs In tho H . minority's report, which says that no H emergency exists that demands the H consolidation of the Agricultural Col- H lego and University. Wo bellevo that H in less than ten years consolidation H would bo the source of universal re- H gret. Tiik Hki'uulican hopes to prr- H s;nt much argument to support Its I H position, and so far as argument Is j Hj ellectho In the struggle this paper H will use argument. However, It must H be remembered that the press of this i H city is in direct touch with all phases' H of this question so far as this end ofj H tho light is concerned and It must be H readily understood that tor reasons M obvious to any and all this paper will BB keep in as close toucii with dcvclop- HHJ ments, Influences exerted and nil ! H phases of tills question at the' other ' B seat of activity, Salt Lake c(ty. 'as H ' It dovelopes that extraneous, pcrnlcl- H ous Influences of any character are at J work to eflcct results other than those which should cofnq.'from calm, ljOncst and intemgcnt'dellbcratlon of""thls question then will Tiik Ilr.PUliLICAN "abuse" the authors of such influence as being unworthy the confidence of the people of Utah. We believe that Tiik Rki-uiilioak has a reputation for being careful and conservative In expressions regarding vital matters, and we offer the assuiance to the press of tills state that, as in tiie past, our future clTorts In the College-University dllllculty will bo to present facts and indulge In only such criticism of men as seem to bo necessary after careful care-ful Investigation. We would also respectfully re-spectfully ask the press of this state to be conservative and seek facts on both sides of this College-University situation before expressing decided opinion. |