Show A DI DISGUSTED GUSTED NEWSPAPER MAN EXPRESSES HIS CONTEMPT eor VOR THE IDAHO antl ANTI MORMON conspirators editor deseret news N eiss having not long connected with the editorial staff of the idaho statesman s v notoriously noisy and as I 1 now knous know unscrupulous anti mormon paper published at boise city and ha having 1 9 still more recently since ince seve severing iri irl irli my y connection with that blatant mii mil minion of persecution become convicted of the truth of the gospel of the church of jesus christ of latter da day saints saint will you permit me th the privilege ve ge of oi bearing testimony for the cause of zion to the public through h your columns Th the statesman under the direction of the well known corrupt venal dishonest milton kelly has been and still is the foul mouthpiece mouth piece of the anti mormon demagogues who through the most brazen frauds subverted the will of the people of oneida county in that territory as expressed at the late no crober ember election and wh have since disgraced the legislative halls balls of idaho by the enactment of miserable laws in the most palpable direct conflict with the national constitution ution nay more this idaho news aper monstrosity is not merely a persistent calumniator of te toc most virtuous and loyal portion of citizens but it is also the champion of a wretched gang of thieving federal tramps whose ch chicanery canery canary it conceals or endeavors to palliate for a paltry share of the tho spoils I 1 in it other respects this fiend in the guise of a public journal is an enemy to the territory where it is published a foe fod to the fair city that reluctantly permits it to be issued in its environments environment si and a reproach to honest journalism I 1 thank heaven I 1 was not connected with the staff long before I 1 discovered its true character and hope to be forgiven for having inadvertently been led to labor one day iday for the prolongation of its pestiferous career its lying in utterances in reference to the yio Alc mormon rmon people were in themselves so inconsistent I 1 was wag led to suspect its want i of f integrity without having any other source of Inform information alton aiTon whereby to judge I 1 came here to utah to I 1 investigate tho the alleged infamies amies of the I 1 stormon sM Al ormon faith falth and ug ita followers I 1 find the most virtuous hospitable industrious dust rious pure and righteous loyal people that it has ever been my fortune to meet durin during all my extended travels amon among many n inions in both bodif hemispheres cheres the true citizens of this great american commonwealth ought to be proud of its mormons cormons Mor mons and turn turri the s scourge ge upon those who wantonly wantonly asperse and them CHAS cilas W HEMENWAY payson utah jan 31 1884 |