Salt Lake Tribune | 1903-10-04 | Page 14 | A Distinct Back -Down

DISTINCT BACKDOWN The church organ weakens In Its which threat to publish a few details would muke Interesting reading but would not bo very pleasing for a few politicians of opposite parlies in re Riml to their endeavor to obtain church Influence unless the cry of church influence in-fluence with respect to the case of the ticacheious Republican Councilmen and In regard to the oncoming city election elec-tion Is dropped We are mighty anxious to have that interesting reading honey and called on you to print It or sneak You have sneaked as we were confident you would do The reply to our challenge to produce pro-duce that reading Is an Invitation to accept Its conditions of the argument In regard to the treachery of those alleged Republicans and meet it on Its own ground But au It has no ground but the church ground having expressly ex-pressly disclaimed all other and as this Is a party question as we see It we are quite unable ta agree upon a common storting point for any argument argu-ment such an the church organ assumes Is the proper one We dont care to argue the matter from the standpoint that what these men did In refusing to act with their party was proper from a church standpoint What we me after is their party fealty In politics That they have repudiated this Is abundantly evident The church organ In claiming that nevertheless they = must be held guiltless on grounds not political politi-cal leaves the necessary influence that it lg l on church account that this plea is made But if no then these men must have been carrying out the will ot I the church which thus through its organ comes to their support and defense I de-fense If time church organ therefore declines de-clines to make good on Its blurt to give the Interesting reading until we come to Its view of the proper method of discussing the action of the jrriug four In their combine with four 3f the opposition party it will make I good Its crawl for that Is pre sely what is Impossible for us to do fe are dealing with those men from he standpoint of their Republican I arty fealty which they have shame essly betrayed not from their church elatloiLs or obligations And so from in open spiteful threat to print some things it hasnt got It takes shelter In a mere subterfuge that we must first come to its standpoint before It will prInt > its sensation We therefore conclude con-clude and the public will agree that it has nothing of the sort it claimed to lave and that Its threat was mere I imply = wind