Show WHIT WHAT WE BITE TO SIT SAT wo we dislike very much to be engaged in an unfriendly controversy under any circumstances but when brought brou Klit into conflict with men of 0 out our own political faith alth the situation Bitu alion to us nt at least la is especially and irksome it appears that through the officious officiousness clous of one or two outside parties individuals who tire iro well known bitter enemies of this paper and of the party and interests it issue has been forced upon us Certainly we hays have neither desired nor invited it we sincerely believe that our past will bear out the assertion that we have always sought to maintain cordial and unbroken relations rela tlona with all our friends anil and it at any time wo we have failed ailed in so BO main tida ing those relations it line been through no effort or deign on our part the affair that occurred at tile court house on saturday night last when the editor of tills this paper was made the object of a rather violent and unreasoning attack from two gentlemen with whom lie had bad previously and up to within a clay or two past been on the most friendly terms and tor for whom even now the editor has the war warmest ruest feelings of good will was singularly unfortunate in view of the facts if those gentlemen had haa reason for feeling aggrieved over some act of the editors that public meeting convened for business purposes als was not is ft suitable nt at which to ret retaliate allate especially when tho the offending editor was not present to defend himself tho the scene that followed the consummation of tile the published object of that meeting surely can not inot be considered a necessary ceBary ne ele ment in tile the work of a board of trade trai leora or a chamber of 0 commerce we havo have not mot the least doubt but that the scene was a pleasing one for loyal davo dave george sutherland thomm thomas beesley emery billa and several other prominent loyal leaguers Lea guert to witness we can pretty well understand how flow quickly the hearts of those raen men palpitated with suppressed gl eu em they loaned buck back seats and liia lily cheered the ilia utterances of 0 tha excited gentlemen I 1 1 I lie he object ot of the call as stated and nd generally understood wag wa simply limply to organize lra a board of trade the first step in tho the contemplated boom move roen tiit this city the proceedings so far ar as aa the consideration of the published object was concerned were character lied by commendable harmony and en thuda thua inin tim the fact that the gathering numbering num berine between thirty and nd orty forty persons persona consisted of 0 almost equal proportions ot of mormons cormons and and non cormons mormons this was highly I 1 fortunato fortanato and proper that citizens could and did meet in at least one place in this territory and agree to sink for or tile the time being their political and religious d differ ances and together in harmony discuss and adopt plans for tho the material welfare of our city and territory this one result of saturday evenings pro gramme la is certainly deserving vin of a word avord of 0 praise and we have no hesitancy in ID accordi according ngit it there were men there howver however who while they felt gr spiffed stiffed rall ned at this result were saddened by what followed in referring to the occurrences of saturday night last and in horn here stating the tb facts fact from our standpoint wo we have hava tin no intention tent fort or disposition to retaliator ato in a harsh or unfriendly way we simply desire to state the truth and the acts connected with this dispute in a rational manner and leave the public to judge as an between the ENQUIRER and its accusers it seems that the beginning of this difficulty lies in the ha fact that the editor declined to publish the call as written out 0 for him by aeo sutherland at tile the rec request lugat of toe tie two or three gentlemen pent lemen vt who lie concluded to make the call this thiais Is the al dource cfall or all the trouble buta butas WAS seen een by those who attended the meeting of saturday night a great deal of matter in the shape of personal batione and bicke blek rings erlings lies hag been dragged in evidently tor for the purpose ol of unfairly influencing persons unacquainted with the facts now the editor did not as the chairman of that meeting appears to have asserted refuse to publish a notice of the call though be chedid did refuse to publish the notice that was handed to him for what appeared to liim film I 1 too on I 1 and substantial reasons those to ra aa can bei sifted by the idi some two or ahree months a au u citizens of provo assembled in mass meeting maetin and elected eight gont lomen to confer with a certain company who contemplated building a railroad from the cast and in inthia this d direction arec with the view of inducing the company to locate their shops etc in or near this city when tho the other lay day geo gen sutherland and two or three other gentlemen fent lemen discussed the idea of booming provo and as a preliminary and necca sary ry step in that direction the tha dionot ii fk board ot of trade or chamber ol of commerce it was thought that the ser ervice of 0 this committee of eight could 60 be made available in calling a public men meeting t tor for the purpose tim tho chairman of that committee was approached and he favoring the idea told Mr sutherland thit he be would call the th committee together that day thursday last at noori noon this much the editor learned from tho the chair niia man himself afterwards erwardi aft about 11 that day the editor while balk ing up the be street in the direction oil olllie tile back WM mot met by mr sutherland who asked him ciflie if he wanted to assist in boom in ini Provo Proy oThe Tho editor replied that he bad in bath illis past done its as much as aa the araga I 1 alten cittel toward helping build up tile alia coun conn try and if i there wad w as any more work w ork to be done in that direction he might still be counted on well said bald mr 8 11 we want to get the citizens committee to pother and have them issue a call for a public metin so eo that we can get a board of 0 trade organized and start to work wo we ha have seen the clia chairman irman and he Is 1 telephoning to the members you are one of that committee come into tile the bank and lets talk the matter over ai reed smoot another of 0 the committee t happening to pass by at tile the timi time joined and the three stepped into the bank when inside mr air dusinberry dusenberry the lie he had bad been rin ringing giul up some ol of tho the committee commit tco and aski asking 3 I 1 them to attend a meeting at 12 etwas it was suggested by some one ona that the tha business be done right light then and there objection was wag raised to this proposition by mr graham who explained that lie had started out from froin his offices off iceon on other business not knowing of this meeting and that lie w would bo be compelled to leave in addition lie ho said alil that if 1 they there being only three of 0 abo members present issued a call in behalf ot of the citizens committee it would be an irregular proceeding cea ce and amused led the holding of tile the glater in fit the the day or in tho the evening when a majority could doubtless bo gotto got together gother lie remarked also that as fur far as he was M as concerned lie wanted more time to consider tho alic question lie ho was n not ot quite sure buro but that the committee were going beyond their authority it being understood by him that tha people selected that committee to attend only to tho the midland railroad movement the idea lad certainly never entered into his head bead that tile people had delegated to thorn them the authority of calling public inee meeting tings tor for the purpose of working up corn mercal booms or boards of trade there holing no reason assigned lor for tins this hurried action except perhaps the fact that one of the gentlemen announced life his intention t of going to salt lake that afternoon and ills inability to attend another ineeta ing for a day or two mr air graham withdrew to attend to the business tic ho was as about when lie met sir air sutherland about half nn an hour afterwards on ills hia way back mr graham stepped into the bank and then C chairman dusenb dusenburry 0 rry crry presented to him the written notice asking him if lip lie would publish it after looking it over and learning that there had been no other members of the committee present than the three referred to mr air graham answered that lie he could not consistently publish the notice in I 1 that it a t shape forthe for the reason that lie did not re the call as the lie action of the corn com and left later latar inthe in the day mr dusenberry Dusenb crry and tho the editor again met when the former requested that A not I 1 co ce stating in effect that two or three citizens had mot met and hurriedly concluded to call the meetIng which request was complied compiled OKI with as AB dr pike who to la reported to have said that no notice whatever of the meeting appeared in tile ENQUIRER can see it lie will look over oer the second column on our last fridays loial local page an effort has bai been dadato inada to have it appear that we w refused to lo cutill ili the iba notice b bertuna it would la be prin leid elty day ahead lit 10 a certain cartel blisco published down the street this was probably the condee con jee ture lure the aba n of the meeting enter ebler gained and rel referred to it la Is without ills hie least foundation that impromptu meeting on thursday lashno refo renca wn wal mida made in mr air grahams presence pree enco to that thiet nor did he be make use uie of the ilia espres lion alon oh lob this lit la american day 11 1 1 1171 both mr thurman and mr sutherland know this thin if 1 they know anything for they will remember hour after ader that impromptu meeting in the bank mr graham walked lato into and addressIng mr sutherland uld said I 1 willylu bo be kind enough to state italo what object you had bail this morning in insisting on that hasty haily call en lit the gentlemen will also remember if they can reme nabor anything any th lug that the following aisner was wai made yes yei my asi to get it la itie 11 th tills Is wits wai the ibe first time the name or of that paper had bad bon been mentioned to mr graham in con newtion with the publication of the notice again th the id iasi was wai conveyed convey oil by c ora re or two of the speakers at the saturday meeting that thai it was the ibe mayor macior Mci or in h Is of octal capao ltv i who had bail called the meeting the notice itself as ai published in the ibe american Is in deu lal of the tb wate s als ment had lh the mayor in his bia char actor acter roques tad a not lee pit blia lied lu in the inEn nailing that minting in till file re r quatia would have bave betin cheerfully campli eil ad with even though every paper in the ibe laud published Ishad it itan in advance of ibis paper the insinuation Ilig abat another paper wai enabled to publish the neitie no lea a 0 day earlier thim this could li Is limply al by the bots nots aba true lawski es of ahli dillI cally as a w will III be found lies in the whether thia journal was justified or not in refus in ing ato to publish pub lib that notice it the ina editor erred tu it then than he erred under tho the misapprehension of his bla rights and duties as ai a journalist rod and cor car lah walli no ii elfish sanater or personal pe ronal motives even mr thurman Is in convert convers lug with ith the tb took the poal tiou that the notice wn was insanely an au act one inasmuch so ai it assumed to 10 speak for the citizens committee when a majority ol of that committee lied hid no direct hand in ito p preparation re we roggel roost most rely that batary any action like lika that indulged la a on saturday night last lait should have occurred not that we ob jact ee to ky isy any to the iba ventilation of silly any it hand and taken by ill ihl Is paper far from it 11 but that a meeting nailed called together tc lher for such a worthy object should be b cunfer ltd enli la to an orail abam ber bar and aad feelings of harshness lu lit in we bare ij a rue aad recurt of saturday elihn pro seedlings and aad we Kira also alao our own aide ild or of tile the question we now leave ie ire the ibe subject to tho the U til judie whether we hav have 6 merited tho the attack made upon us ui on set saturday night whether a few faw realize the ibe feet or oot not our Int inte treah reatA tre m the be peoples people interests our nur welfare is fill ih peoples doali eo ali wel fire our cause came la is the peoples peo cause we intend to stand hand by them ly suit lud fearless lys aad dj da all we possibly can to lu protecting ham bem in their theft and liberties when assailed |