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Show I A FIXAL JUfeWEK. M , We are under the necessity of re- m fernngonce more to a very stale chestnut which the "Liberal" or- H J ' a gan, with Its accastomt-J "enter- H 'fc ,"i prise," for the lacif cf something H j 4j new and interesting, has raked out M im of the rcld ashes of the past. A H A B weekjigo we replied to some ques- M j tM -j lions put by that paper to the Des- H V i X31KT 2Ccws They were in refer- bbsm a I V'-i once to the Ogden Junction and tin fl OgdenCityCounciliutheyearlSTS. fl i j ( We were asked to affirm or deny H I $ certain statements alleged to have B ,, I been made by "a gentleman" to the 1 Tribune. We denied. This morn- HI t j ing we are attacked in common , J Tribune fashion, not because there j "? i was anything in our reply that -was Krl 1 I untrue, for we are told, "ot course tJ UiAt is in one sense true," but be- BP7 cause It did not suit the purpose in HH& view In asking the questions. BBa I Iteference is made to a reproduc- BJK M Uon of U Ogden City Council f S records in a previous Issue of the I ft "S Tribune, and what the Ojcfen Jitne- B Sft tion drew from the city treasury. BS VJ Close examination of that report BJ shows that not onstaUment in our BB BJ reply is contradicted, and nothing i? BB B ' adduced tbat was not known to the BH I citizens of Ogden at the time and BBB approved by the public And all BB B 'e financial transactions brought BB B forth with a flourish were duly pub- BB. fl llshed in the columns of the Ogden BB' fl Junction, as reports of City Council BB fl minutts and In the quarterly official BB ' . reports of the Auditor and Treas-BB Treas-BB BB I The simple facts are that Ogden ! City, on the building of the Utah Central Itailroad, invested in one of the bonds of that road; that sub- Bfl M sequenily, when a paper was started f'j in that city, the bond was sold and JU the proceeds Invested in the BB W, capital stock of tbat paper, HB ,f which became the official organ of HB t the city; that in bjth instances It HB was deemed for the public interest BB , to so invest these funds; that BB ' H was endorsed by the public; that BB when the capital stock of the com- BB pany was increased for building BB I purposes and enlargement of the B paper, all the stockholders made a 1 further pro rata investment, the city with the ret;.that connected v with the piper was a job office that BB 2 dlJ Panting for the city and re-. BH f , ceived payment therefor as from" BB I other customers; that these transac- IB j tlona were done in a business way, HB- in open council, and the iiirticulars IB,' "wen published; that the grind jury BB, in 1 S75 investigated the whole mat- BB V ,k I ter and found nothing against BB f I which they could proceed except to BB mention it iu their report. i I One thing which the Tribune did BH I not think it worth -while to men- HB' ' , ; tion we may as well allude to. HIL V. i That is, the Junction paid dividends Ht 1 to the stockholders up to the date BB j . mentioned, cf Co per cent, alto- BBJ it t getber on the amount invested. But HBj f I of course that was a trifle that did BBJ not come in the line of what was HflF j wanted by that very Ingenuous or. HBe J V i gan. Jts report says: HB jl 'TbcKcws makes a denial through BBl V il-i editorial columns, though the mat- BB'd it term controversy does not seem to HB'" I'' I involve that paper, but its editor." B'l1 J I J If that is- so, why did it com- Br J 1 I mence the attack in this way: IfljK 'ill geotlcman brings ns an item ij I which wo would like u submit to the j DEsnnin' 1ew fur confirmation or p i denial." ? Again U says: "V t "Ths TnlUae docs not make a statc- J j men! that it does not believe true. 54 J wben convinced that it has mado a HK4'' ft mistake it in variably retracts." BBb Mtf This wonld be news to the people HBb'j'I 1 of Salt Lake if any sane persons HflUHn could be found who would believe flfll fl! ,t- That paper has been convicted BBB ' 19? UmtaTwithout number of wilful ly-flBftlivn ly-flBftlivn r lg. It has never hern known to HHHi-lri taake.afhlr, stiuare retraction, no BBBfevy iX -. BflW I matter how plainly and certainly it has been shown to be in the wrong. Usually, when driven into a corner, it tries to crawl out, in the most Mieaking manner, and squirts venom rind falsehood worse than its original calumny. We repeat, "lucro wasnobusi-neds wasnobusi-neds connected iith the junction company 'a aiiairs that was- not 'Straightforward, tquare and open, and there was no need for concealment conceal-ment of auy of its transactions;" and the same may be said of the acts of the City Council during the same period. Xow as to the Assessor and Col-lector: Col-lector: It is well known that thu full imouat of the year'd taxes vra.-charged vra.-charged up to him, under the old law, and he was required to-sttUe at t certain date. It was evident U the Council at the time that he waj unfortunate but honcit, and his note was taken for part cf bis dues which re believe he paid In full, nitre was no embezzlement, no defalcation nor any loss to the city. It miy bo quits interesting to a certain class of minds to rako up almost al-most forgotten aflilr.', in order to fling mud and cast Insinuations at one who may bo unable to recall particulars, and thus secure an opportunity op-portunity for unresisted slander. Out only mean and jaltry souls find pleasure in such pastime, and we Itjivc the futject as one that, it is now cldeut, was intended ns a lersocal assault, and therefore unnecessary un-necessary to be noticed furtlicir lu the DEsnitEr .News. |