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Show NO DEFENSE FOR THE FRAUD. Even the most thlclt-and-lhln defenders de-fenders of the Morris church perversion of municipal affairs have made no defense of tho fraudulent deed which the Salt Lake Light and Railway company com-pany passed on to the city In defiance of the terms of Its agreement, und which Mayor Morris passed on for record. Why Is this? Tf Morris Is such a good Mayor, and If his acts are always so thoughtful, so well considered, and so much to tho advantage of the city, why Is It that his act In accepting as satisfactory satis-factory this deed of bondage upon tho city Is not defended? That deed would have placed the city "In soak" for the preservation of the monopoly and the trust sovereignty of the Smith company over the people of this city for fifty years. If It was a good thing, as we are assured that what Morris does or agrees to Is always al-ways good, why not defend that deed, and show how It Is to be to the advantage ad-vantage of the people of this city to be enslaved? The only thing said so far by either of the church-Morris organs on this point, Is n few words which appeared editorially In tho News on Saturday evening, when it referred to "bigi scn- untlnnti In ,1 r,. . 1.1 ... 1 r.o ,1 tintrVir(a nf nonsense to Influence the public mind and deceive folks who do not take pains to Investlgalo for themselves." But Is It "nonsense" to point out the Imposture, fraud and unfounded basis, upon which the deed offered to the city by the Smith Light and Railway oqm-pany oqm-pany rests? Is It a wrongful Inflaming of the pubic mind to expose this Imposition Imposi-tion and fraud"? Not In the least; It Is the plnln duty of a public Journal to do precisely this protective and enlightening en-lightening work. But how Is It with the Herald? We have not seen In Us columns any defense de-fense of this Impossible deed. The Herald Her-ald for a good while was a staunch friend of the people In this ugly franchise fran-chise business; then, It deserted to the enemy, nnd supported the monopoly of the church leader. It was mean and Ignoble In Its treatment of the question on the apostate side. But It seems to gag at tho support of this fraudulent deed. Is It too nauseating nau-seating for even that toadying sycophant? syco-phant? By all means let us have some report from that source of this latest church-ln-commcrce brand. |