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Show OUTIiER'S MALICIOUS LYING. We wcro aware that Apostle-Senator Smoot had made himself officious (wo might fairly say, in some directions, offensive) in tho Senate, by his zealous and subsorvicnt attitude ' in aggros-sivo aggros-sivo support of tho President's so-callod so-callod forest- policies. Wo wore awaro that ho had got his pay for this in being appointed by the President as chairman of tho Committee on Forests in tho now "conservation of National resources" organization. And we wcro aware that Governor Culler would hasten to tender his littlo spoar to tho service of the propaganda. Wo did not suppose, however, that ho would lend his name to such a tissue of falsehoods false-hoods as aro contained in tho following, follow-ing, which wo find in last night's Dcscrot News as from him: State of Utah, Executive Oftlcc, Salt Lako City. Salt Lako City, Juno 6. To Ills Excellency, Ex-cellency, tho President: 1 tnko the liberty lib-erty of sending you herewith an editorial edi-torial clipped from tho Salt Lake Tribune, Trib-une, issuo of Way 24. This is only ono of many Instances of the Intense and unreasoning hostility of this paper to you nnd Mr. Plnchot and tho splendid policies you and ho aro endeavoring to carry out. In consonnnco with this attitude at-titude on Utah affairs, It will stoop to any Ho or subterfuge for tho purpose of opposing your administration. And yet this papor is professedly Republican in politics, nnd pretends to speak for an element of tho Republican party. Tho chief owner of this papor, Thomas Koarns, who dictates its policy. Is trying try-ing In every way possible to discredit the Republican administration, State and National, and tho gross and palpable falsehoods ho publishes are bringing him and his paper into contempt with tho well informed horo and at Washington. With kindost recards. Yours very truly, JOHN C. CUTLER, Governor. Tho Tribuno haB not offered any instance in-stance of "intenso and unreasoning hostility" to Prosidont Koosovolt and Mr. Pinchot, or either of them. In overy case where it has criticized tho acts or policies of either of them, or of tho two jointly, it has given good reason for that criticism. As to tho "forestry policy," so called in Utah, it is, as is well known, chiefly a grazing policy, whereby tho sheepmen nro harassed and bled annually, to no forestry purposo whatever; and tho alleged al-leged forestry areas arc moro valuable for grazing purposes than an- othor. When Governor Cutler says that Tho Tribuuo "will stoop to any lie or subterfuge sub-terfuge for tho purpose of opposing your President Koosevclt'sl administration," adminis-tration," or for any other purposo, ho is a reckless and unmitigated liar himself. him-self. Thcro is not tho least truth, nor tho shadow of truth, in that bigoted and unmanly lio of the Governor's. Gov-ernor's. The effort of Tho Tribune, strenuously made, at all times, is to get the absolute truth on all matters, and so present it. Wo may add that this is known to Governor Cutler, and therefore his lying is willful and deliberate. de-liberate. It would not bo eas- to guess what additional turpitude tho Governor at- laches to "lying and subterfuge" in cousequenco of his allegation that "this paper is professedly Republican in politics, and pretends to 6peak for an clement of the "Republican party." It is true that Tho Tribuno is Nationally Na-tionally Republican; but it considers our local issues hero of such overwhelming overwhelm-ing importance 'by comparison, that tho National policies are so dwarfed as to bo of small account. Nor do wo admit even Nationally that personal al-legicnco al-legicnco to President Roosevelt aud unqualifiedh- and thorough-going approval ap-proval of his policies arc the test of Republicanism. Re-publicanism. We aro in a numerous and excellent company of good Republicans Republi-cans when wo oppose him and a good many of the crude notions he prcsonts. Tho Governor's personal attack upon Mr. Kearns is of a pioco with the rest of the malicious letter. Tt is false throughout, and vicious, full of imbecilo guilo and mendacious assumption. Not ono of the things in that paragraph aro truo as staled. Tt is a scandal for tho Governor of a State to put himself in such a slanderous attiludo as that toward any citizen. The whole letter is a bit of malicious and mendacious billingsgate, unworthy of any decent citizen, lot alono tho Governor of a State. It cannot fail to raise Governor Cutler yet moro conspicuously con-spicuously than ever, in the pillory of public contempt. |