Salt Lake Herald | 1899-06-20 | Page 4 | Biting Itself

S BITING ITSELF S Colonel Pat Lana the widely S known editor of the Salt Lake Tribune Trib-une was interviewed in Washington the other day by the Post of that city S J was just after his percjonal organS organ-S had likened the silver issue to a corpse and had said that it is useless to make another stand fO silver In this country r coun-try until conditions change S In that interview Mr Lannan was reported a expressing the same sentiments senti-ments and adding j As for Colonel Bryan while many of us i admire him and gave him our vote inS In-S Sr > it mutt b Raid that his prestige is F or the wane His corre rK ndeno with Perrx Belmont cauol a great manv S people to form the opinion that his merits S lad been exaggerated But no matterS whether the Democrats name Bryan or some other man McKinley Is going to Eicceetl himself S The Herald reproduced the Interview at the tmio and lately had occasion to S repeat this particular observation made S by Mr Lannan concerning Mr Brvan The Tribune notes the fact and says How much longer is 1 the Herald Into In-to repeat that falsehood Does the repetition repe-tition of u stupid lie give i sanctity The Herald does no claim that its repetition of Mr Lannans remark gives i 1 sanctity It does not believe that Mr i Bryans prestige Is i on the wan or that f his merits have been exaggerated But r5 we desire to respectfully call Mr Lan i nans attention to the fact that i was not The Herald that referred to it asa I as-a stupid lie The Herald uses more respectful language always