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Show d:iy if it wants to present the situation fairly. Kvitu though it will not permit itself to lonk ut tliu matter reasonably, its readers would b pleased to liavo livo views placed bedore tliem. We do not know how caiefully the editor of the paper may nave read IJovurnor West's interview. It is very probable that it was-tl roivn aside in rau, and on this supposition Tin: Timks herewith here-with reproduces ft paragraph from it wiili the hope that tliu Tribune -w til study it very carefully ia c inunction with tho sitine gentleman's utterances in lhH7 wheu dUicrent conditions prevailed: pre-vailed: "I do not know nor can I see how the troublesome iUcstioo agitating this territory ter-ritory lor years and vexing the nation ean ever bu buttled unless every opportunity oppor-tunity and encouragement in given t hose who havu bieu wrong to right themselves. It snnu to me unwise to attempt to interpose 11 hu obstruction to a right action that it is prompted by a bad motive. The action when taken is irrevocable, and if good, will bear good fruit." , lU.lklMiltMjtUtll, The Tribune is stirred up. It is in a stale of mind similar tJ that of a man on a raft wheu he timl that his raft is breaking up. Jt calls for evidence of tho sincerity of tho people's party, and win n that is furnished it makes a dreadful howl and accuses those who furnish it with 11 superabundance of a certain characteristic vulgarly called "gall." It will get tho evidence, though, in well rounded chapters, no luatter if it shall be rank presumption ' for anyone to oiler it in opposition to its desperate purpose. Tub TiMtn is disposed of by the morning dictator on the grounj'of its oditor's "youth." "We spefe of his youth in a double seusf, it says. : First, ho is' a youthful resident, for which he is not to Utame; second, his v Knowledge is prmufature, for which he " J " ' "ol t0" BTaThiff.' ' Now, this "heiuous crime of being a young man" is one for which many have beeu iuilietej at the bar of rnossbackism, but it is not recorded that punishment was ever indicted under such an indictment indict-ment by thu jury of public opinion, or that any party so indicted ever showed any sigu of being ashamed of the charge. We are rather glad that there is some spirit of youth in Tin; Timks dlico anil that tilings can be looked at iere iu the light of fairness ami of rea-ain, rea-ain, rather than through the murky glasses of vindictive age. e are glad that we are permitted to look at the future fu-ture ol I'tah and judge of it through the conditions that we find existing, instead of being routed with our face toward the past, animated by an overmastering over-mastering desire tJ have past conditions condi-tions recalled and maintained for the graliuYatiou of wishes formed long ago. The Tribune luakes a grand mistake in endeavoring to crush the The Timks with the cliargo of yoiuhfuhies. This paper does not stand alone iu this mailer, but is supported by a largo number of cili ens who are not youthful residents and whose knowledge knowl-edge cannot be said to be premature. There are scores of the ablest, men of this community (gcntilesj who believe just as Tun Tints does. The names of many of them ale kuou, and wo would notify l.iio Tribune that there are ecorc who have not expressed themselves them-selves in public who stand oa the progressive pro-gressive side of this light. This charge of prematurity of knowl- eilgs might bo tested by a comparison of those who agree with The Timks with those who di!!er from it, and wo will make this proposition to the. Tribune: Trib-une: Let it get a lUt of gentiles who agi'ue with it and publish it. Tin-: Timks will thou prepare a list of gentiles gen-tiles who agrea with this paper and publish it in conjunction with the Tribune's Trib-une's liiit, providing our contemporary will also give it space in its columns. col-umns. If wo mistake not, Tub TiiiEs' list would outweigh the Tribune's Trib-une's in point of iallueuco by more than two to one; and it would show to a ccrlaiuty that this paper rullecls tho views of a very respectable proportion of tho goutile community. To show the desperate naturo of the Tribune's position, it is but necessary to call attention to the evidence to which it appeals to support its contention. conten-tion. Yesterday it quoted from a statement state-ment made by W. V. James and other republican committeemen in 187 on the general subject of political conditions condi-tions in Utah. 'This morning it quotes from au inlerviow with Governor West in the snmo year. Air. Ja.mk.3 and Governor Gov-ernor West are both opposed to the position held by the Tribune today. They realize that a great change has occurred and they do not fcesitato to say so. It is just a little absurd for the Tribuue lo quote their utteraacus of four years ago iu support of its present position. If it wants their views ou the situation today it can get them; and the fact that such men diller from it should be sufficient warning to it that it is away behind the times. j It should by all means quote the j Tiew which progressive men hold to-1 |