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Show i . The News Says It Has Had Enough The Deseret News says, In substance, sub-stance, It has had enough of tho controversy con-troversy with Truth; too much, wo should say, for tho comfort of tho News. Truth Is Just as much allvo as tho News to tho fact that tho election elec-tion is past and no amount of discussion discus-sion can change the result; but tho expose which Truth, tho "paper called Truth," as tho News prefers to stylo It, has made- of tho methods of the Ne,ws . In the late political campaign may be, and we think will be, produc tive of a groat deal of good. Truth advanced no theories as to betting. It stated facts, not theories. Truth made no quibble over tho term neutral, or a neutral. It struck the bull's-eye right straight In the center. That's what hurt tho News, and set It to quibbling, splitting hairs and that kind of sophistry sophis-try In Its futile efforts to crawl out of- a tight place. Tho News, In Its latest effort to reply to Truth's charges, denies that tho Nows of tho day before tho election was a Democratic Demo-cratic campaign document. If it was not, will tho Nows explain how It came to pass that tho Democratic City committee purchased and caused to 'bo distributed over tho city thou- sands of extra copies of the Nows ol that date? . That fact alono is sufficient suffi-cient to establish tho charges that Truth has made against tho Nows. It was not a new trick by any means, either, that tho Nows and the Democratic Demo-cratic City committee resorted to. It was simply a repetition of what was done In 1890, when an Jnterylow, or an alleged Interview, with George Q. Cannon was put forth a day or so before1 be-fore1 tho election, with tho Intention I of hurting tho Republican party and helping tho Democrats. It was Judgo Powers' scheme then, and the hand of I the, judge, supplemented by Simon Bamberger, appeared this tlmo also; for . It -was tho judgo who sought tho editor of the News and Insisted that those front-page editorials bo published pub-lished to help tho Democrats; other-I other-I wise ho threatened to get out for tho , "American" par.ty and stump tho city u for that party as thoroughly ns' possi-f possi-f ble In tho limited time Intervening 3 before the election. Simon Bamber ger, who directs tho policy of tho Herald, threatened that if tho News did not publish tho articles Truth complained of, ripping tho Republicans Republi-cans up tho back, tho Herald would como out square for tho "American" ticket. It did not require much persuasion per-suasion from Powers and Bamberger to induco tho Nows to comply. It was only tho crowning stroke of tho policy of tho News during tho entire campaign, and a consummation of the scheme put up by tho Democratic City committee and tho News to elect the Democratic ticket. Truth's arraignment arraign-ment of tho Nows stands. The squlrmlngs and sophistry and attempts at-tempts to explain by tho Nows have only strengthened the position taken by Truth, which, In brief, is that tho News, by Its own confession, Is in politics, not neutral or a neutral If It pleases tho Nows better to use the Indefinite article but Independent and free to support any party It may choose; during tho late campaign tho News was a Democratic organ; its course in attacking' tho Republican party was premeditated; tho article published tho day before tho election was placed In tho paper surreptitiously, surreptitious-ly, and without tho knowledge or consent con-sent of tho First Presidency of tho Mormon church. Tho election Is over, tho Nows Is responsible for tho success of tho "American" ticket. The past can't bo rqcalled, but It will bo something, a great deal, In fact, if the church authorities au-thorities seo to it that In futuro tho News, tho official organ of tho Mormon church, carries out their wishes and instructions to keep out of politics, n |