Show A JOUIINALISIO TIllEr The Tribune prints with glossary a blackguard letter from its Park City correspondent cor-respondent claiming that somebody in Tan HERALD office had stolen his telephone message to the Tribune containing the report re-port of the Liberal convention held thereon there-on Of course there is not a syllable syl-lable of truth in it as the Tribune might easily find out if it cared half so much for tho truth as it caras for abuse At about 10 oclock on Thursday night THE HERALD correspondent at Park City telephoned tho Liberal convention proceedings pro-ceedings to this office as tho record of the Park City and Salt Lake stations must show The message as it came over the wire was very indistinct and the receiver re-ceiver in this office had to call for constant repetitions Barely two minutes later ho was again called to the telephone tele-phone and the same report with some elaboration was transmitted over the wire If it was intended for the Tribune THE HERALD had no means of knowing it since the telephone office called up this paper and connected it with Park Cit No doubt the usual charge for out oftown messages was made against THE HERALD in this case which again can be confirmed if the Tribune doubts the fact The Tribune correspondent asserts that before wiring he asked twice if this was his paper Usually this precaution is not taken as it is supposable the connection is all right and one inquiry Is considered all sufficient At any rate no such query was received here the only notice to go ahead being given by the telephone operator who said You have THE HERALD KO ahead It is true that at the close of the transmission transmis-sion Park City asked Howdo you like the nominations and it is also true that ho asked for somebody whom we believed to be Mr TATS > CM the city editor of THE HERALD who had gone out of the city that nignt and we therefore answered he is II not home Having had an account of the convention there was absolutely no reason why we should have taken a second account except that we believed the first one was incorrect incor-rect Unless there were a collusion between be-tween the telephone office and THE HERALD which is too absurd a propositionthe connection was made by mistakefor which this office is not responsible There is nothing in the whole thing except ex-cept a straining at a gnat The Tribune Park City man is evidently an old reader of that paper for he falls quite naturally into its characteristic vocabulary Bah |