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Show T R U T H. 7 CHATTER Editor Truth: A stranger to tho the facts, after reading the editorial comment of the Tribune and News upon the opinion of Judge Hall, as pub- of the writer (Being the personal opinions In is one else any manner and for which no responsible.) Say De mortius nil nisi bonum. Now dead. nothing but good of the for some writer why was it necessary his on the Deseret News to inform habits of clientage of the suicided who ' at this man P. J. Ryan, What week? good the Knutsford last served by informing sev.purpose was eral thousand readers that the poor ftevil carried a bottle with him right to entrance to tjhc very threshold of the habeternity? His friends knew of his its then why bruit them broadcast? No moral can be drawn from the attendant upon his plunge into the night that awaits all of us, exto drink cept, perhaps, it is a bad thing too much, and few are they who do not realize that state of affairs. Besides, the public had been informed, in a more delicate manner, already, so again, why was it necessary to fish up, excavate and pry for additional details to roll as asweet morsel on the reportorial tongue? Why not say something good about him? To tell the truth he was a good fellow. By the way, did you ever grasp-i- n, hear of a stingy, human usurious, dying from drink? Never. Its being ' the good fellow every time. Well, Ryan was a good fellow. Those who knew him say his heart was as big as an oxs. That no needy one ever went away from and that friend or d, him his last quarter by could get stranger want. in were They say stating they he loved flowers, and dogs and children, and a man who does those things cannot be bad. Drinking isnt criminal. It is calamity; misfortune. And the man who has gone was simply the victim. Perhaps God knew him better than we did, and that ere now, somewhere in eternitys vastness, the poor erring soul has been carried to forgiveness; that the tender accents of the Father have soothed the tempest-tossspirit, and that in some sweet haven he has found the peace which in all his wanderings on earth never found him. Let us hope so. In the meantime, let the faults of the physical body be covered in the earth and perish with it, while thb memories of his good deeds remain to brighten, like the flowers he loved, our pathway as we march along to join him in the great army of the dead later on. ft ft A whole lot of sons of their fathers were appointed cadets at West Point by the president this week. Captains sons, mayors sons, sons', colonels sons. There is not any fault to be found with these selections, for unless they pass the examinations they will not enter. But as a rule sons of their fathers do. not count as they did in the days of the Adams, John and John Quincy. Take Robert Lincoln for example. True, he has made more than Old Abe ever dreamed money of having, but of all the greatness his father achieved, Robert possesses nothing save the name, and that was given, not required. He is a popinjay in habits and dress, and a direct opposite of the old rail splitter whose memory is revered by every American. Fred Grant, by persistent boosting by friends, has been jammed into notoriety, but he is far and away the victor of Appommattox. v hy this is so is inexplicable, but it is a fact that it is far better to be; the father of a son than the. son of a father. ante-morte- m cir-sumsta- nces JAMES' D. PARDEE. - cross-graine- penny-grabbi- d, ng . empty-hande- pain-rack- A new Democratic Richmond is in nated Mr. Pardee believes he will be elected. He lacks a barrel of money with which to conduct a campaign, but hopes his sunny glances will be coined by his friends into substitutes for cash and that his silvery sentences will be considered as ample substitutes. lie owns no newspaper, except a copy of this issue of Truth, to which he is ' a In announcing him this subscriber. paper gives no guarantee, except that he is a lawyer of renoun and a good clean man, but throws him upon the mercy of the public to deal with him as the field for congressional honors in the person of James D. Pardee, of this city. Mr. Pardee is an attorney by profession and bas a great deal more ability than hair, but he lost his head covering, fighting the battles of his party, to which he has belonged since a boy. He comes from a state where Democracy is religion and is an uncompromising apostle of its doctrines. He believes in everything a Democrat should believe in and nothing else. If nomi- i- itsees fit. i ed, ed lieut-commande- rs . V cm-Ann- Sale. Clearing Our entire stock of Spring and Summer Goods included in one grand clearing sale Cost or value not considered totally eclipsing all former sales. Absolutely the lowest prices on record. Nothing reserved. A tumbling of prices such as has never been witnessed before But we intend to make a clean sweep of our entire stock of Spring and Summer Goods regardless of cost 50 PER CEHT. OFF jrjmmeimiats. . Brig-Gener- ual 50 PER CENT. m m 50 PEB OFF csrEKifs, m 0FF auFWSfers. For accident insurance see Warren Foster, 300 Progress building. the-cour- t 150,-00- al ft. ft lished, in the ease of Morrison vs. Snow, would be justified in picturing Judge G. V. Bartch as wearing a halo while no one could blame him for imagining Alviras K. Snow as a thorough villain. But tho premises are not as depicted by the journals alluded to and when your readers have finished hearing our side I am confident they will be more than willing to suspend 'judgment until the maiter is linally aujudi-eate- d by the courts, as it must'"be. We do not care to try tho cause in the columns of the pn ss, nor would we, were it not that Mr. Snow has been grossly maligned in these tirades, which seem to have been served up with unusual promptness. That the injustice to Mr. Snow was not unwittingly done we have ample proof in the refusal of the morning paper to publish a short communication from us bearing upon the subject. Wo were content to try this question in court and intend to, but we cannot permit these assert ions to pass unnoticed, hence this statement. The matter has not reached its gnd so far as legal measures are concerned; we have moved to vacate and set aside the judgment and decree and if our motion is denied we shall appeal to the supreme court and have every confidence in the justice of our cause and our ability to win. Now, concerning the editorial expressions of the Tribune especially: It alleges with much vehemence and apparent malice, whether natural or inspired by others, that the allegations we made were malicious. It assumes that Judge Bartch was completely exonerated. That the charges are not sustained by any testimony whatever. That the court ought to have power to punish tho culprit who places upon the records of a court a pleading which he knows he can never prove And the paper by any testimony. lashes Mr. Snow unmercifully for having. as it alleges, done all this. Now if any one is to be censured for, what ulterior motives, they charge as humble is the man. Mr. servant your Snow engaged me to act as counsel in this Case and every step has been taken with my advice or consent. I shall continue to direct him in this 'matter so long as I am retained in the same. When these so called allegations were made we expected to prove them and from our point of view we did prove them. The court differed with us and now we differ with and proto the matter the pose carrying higher tribunal, if he docs not grant the motion alluded to. At the time this cause was heard, reports of the same appeared from day to day. But in the sensation of Judge Bartchs connection with it, the newspaper reporters lost sight of the main facts. We demonstrated by evidence, not denied, that Mr. Snow, who for two years has been interested with Judge Bartch in the Martha Washington and other mining propositions, proposed to Bartch that he interest nimEelf in this Morrison group of claims. We proved that he did interest himself and took 2,500 shares as a gift and became the the president of the company, which was formed March Gth, 1901. I do not know that the strict ethics governing the conduct of members of the supreme court are flexible enough to permit a member to take stock as a gift and lend his aid and influence to promoting a prospect for that was all it was or not but let that pass, Judge Bartch came in. The company had 0 400,000 shares of stock. Snow had and Morrison 150,000. the balance being set aside as treasury stock. Before incorporation papers were filed, Snow had reduced his holdings by sales and gifts to 78,000 shares and this was known to Morrison and shown in the articles of incorporatiou, thus being a public record. Snow was pushing the property, paying for work, putting up money to open the mine. Some time rior to July, while Morrison still held is 150,000 shares, Snow wrote him a DRESSN SKIRTS. Immense. 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