Show y ACTS TO CONSIDER The News is off on the wrong foot as usual The Herald has never questioned question-ed its right to defend the congressman elect 0 any other member of the dom inan church irom attacks made upon their religious beliefs or marital relations rela-tions entered into while the practice of plural marriages was in vogue in Utah and was countenance by the religious organization to which they belong The Heralds contention is that Democrats Dem-ocrats have a right O get together and discuss the political situation without cclcilstcal interfere and without any suggeion from an aleged nonpolitical non-political newspaper that professed frendfhlp for Mr Ioberts and still played Into the hands of his adversaries on the eve of an election the result of which was bound to be construed eiler as a renudiaton r an endorsement of the assaults upon him and the libels circulated against the members or the church to which be belongs The Heralds contention is that the eva having failed to embrace the only opportunity presented this year to rebuke the antichurch crusaders has no right to crtcise Democrats who have grown weary of its eletonee counsel to the Saints for political effect ef-fect feetNo No Democrat has ever asked fOr church support for his party AU that Democrats have ever requested oC the church authorities is absolute neutral 13 I either political part misepre sents and malgs the people of the Itate that party should reap the penal tr of its con uct and not be shielded and aide in It Infamy by the church organ under the absurd pretext of practicing prac-ticing ChrIstian charity in full view of the trandsand I vnt do to advise some people to turn the other cheek while chiding others for not fighting the nemles and slandeC of the cheekturner So far as B H Roberts is concerned he was nominate and elected by the Demorflc party of this state without church interference and in opposition to the desire or inany prominent church omclaJ The Herald fended and supported sup-ported him In bls campaign I agreed to fight hi political bates and the record hQw that It rept its word I declined t fight his religious battles or to appear for him il court and lIe e pr6b approve of this course Furthermore Mr Robrts has repeat z edly expresle his entire satisfaction 1r the manner In which The Herald ma1e its fight for him as the nomince of the emocrtc party and its com PleteexPosnre of the Insincerity and hypocrisy of Ute storm starters Since his election the crusde has bcenogtt by local In t cel which appeared berore the people of this city i a Ie 1ee Ao for ap endorsement 3 and I men 10hIng elr Te Herald j TT1 J called public attention to1hefact eX plalned the necsit of di isierng a rebuke to the 1belefs lided now j the enemies of I Po1 rs lad ben marshaled under the banlie1 of the cru I sade and called upon his friendsir aU parties to stand togt r in the i election But no The Nwsknowiag I the situation perr Te ty ioldttem the day beforf the election that such acton ac-ton would be unchristian and that j Republicans had nt bUEhies to concern con-cern themselves about attck uon their church and thtr jeople that Democrat would have to resent these assaults alone That was thetime and the occasion for our evening contemporary contempo-rary to have shown Us grcatsolicitude for Its churchby keeping sient at least f |