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Show OBIMLNAIiITY IN THIS CITY. Though thou shouldest bray a fool In a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him. Proverbs xxvll., 122. This scripture, beloved brethren, is difected against the writer of the leading lead-ing article in tho Deseret News of last night. That article undertook to account ac-count for tho criminalities and lawlessness law-lessness reported in this city from time to time, by laying the trouble all back upon tho American party administration. administra-tion. It claims that under that "Babylonian "Bab-ylonian captivity" tho city was laid prostrate, that "toughs, horse racers, pugilists, gamblers, and their affinities came here," and "respoctable citizens" citi-zens" looked on with complacency, because they wanted "business" to flourish. In this connection it is evidently smarting under the just condemnation of itself as tho reactionary organ and the exponent of niossbacks and tnose who habitually hold back; and as to these charges against the News, they are unquestionably correct, not only now, bbut alwa3's, save only when its own class was in control. The News finds fault with The Tribune for "condemning" "con-demning" its attitude toward the American administration "without reason," rea-son," its defense being that? it condemned con-demned the American administration for "licensing au institution declared illegal by both State law and the city ordinances." Which is but a small part, but to which we may fairly reply that as the News is evidently referring to the "Bed Light" district, The Tribune condemned that even more severely than did the News, and we may say further that the News has made itself the orgau of lawlessness hero for years by upholding an institution insti-tution (polygamy and polygamous living) liv-ing) declared illegal by the laws of the Nation and of the State. So far as that is concerned, the .N'ows is the only paper in condemnation, since The Tribune has always condemned on both accounts. . Wo may. state, further, that the American administration took over the city government from a church administration, admin-istration, under Mayor Morris, wherein where-in gambling was cxpreasly allowed,' open, public, scandalous, notorious. .o such conditious of iniouity in this respect re-spect have been teen in this city since the ousting of that church administration. administra-tion. Further pleading, we say that if this city became a notorious resort for toughs and criminals, this was partly by reason of it being a cosmopolitan j city i on the world V highway of travel, trav-el, and naturallv the derelicts of hu-'manity hu-'manity would be found here by rca-I rca-I son of the city being upon that highway. high-way. Flirt her, wc repeat that the Newb gave notice ani. encouragement to all the toughs of tho world that it could reach, and kept giing this notice no-tice constantly, vcar after vcar, that if thc would come here the would be unmolested m the pursuit of their lawless callings: that all they had to do was to square things by dividing with tho polico to be assured of their spoils, and they could reap profitable harvests. The Smoot organ continues this sort of thing oven now, and it is not to be wondered at that toughs and criminals of all. grades find themselves impelled toward Salt Lake City, by reason of the publications referred to, formerly by tho News and tho Smoot organ, and still by tho Smoot organ. Tt is not difficult to fill up a city with toughs when its public prints will givo notico to all the world th- t thieves and all classes of criminals can hero trespass upou tho law with impunity and at their will. The truth is that the American police po-lice administration, so far as all this is concerned, (and excepting alw.a the "Red Light" district, which The Tribune uever at any time ceased to condemn,) has beon of full average efficiency, and there has never at any lime., save in- the one instance named, been any just' reason to keep up any vicious clamor against it, or to declare its inefficiency, and that criminals of all trades could have their will here, if they would only come. This open invvitation from public newspapers of this city, to criminals to como hero .has boen a sore affliction to the police for a good many years, and it is afflicting af-flicting the present administration in the same way, since that open invitation invita-tion is continued in the Smoot organ. The fact that tho Nows is not doing this any more docs not absolve it from criminal responsibility in this respect. It engaged in that lawless outcry against the police, and in favor of the criminal elemont for so many years that the influence of its call to thieves and toughs can hardly have ceased yet, especially as its partner in this vile work continues in the same vein to this daj |