| Show DR predicament THE herald of sunday september exposed one of ibe the most moat flagrant instances of plagiarism on record the gentleman whose deceptive conduct was exhibited is ie the rev dr iliff he deli veredon the biet of last march in the salt lake theatre on the occasion of the anniversary of the Y M C A of this city an address which was wa notable for its ite excellence at A t the conclusion of its iti delivery the manuscript was handed to a reporter of the salt lake tribune in which journal it was waa published in full nearly the whole bole of the address wits was taken from a book containing lectures and addresses delivered by the rev bev thomas guard D D the effect of the del delivery lvery of this purloined material by dr clift and its lt publication in a newspaper new paper was to place him before the community as a brilliant and intellectual pulpit orator which he really is not A person who envoys that distinction cannot main lain it by the use of other mens brains a recourse ot that nature indicating that he himself does not possess them the tribune while admitting that a newspaper new paper with such facts before it as aa were in possession gaion of the herald was justified in making the exposure but it also attempts to make an explanation la in behalf of dr iliff the substance of the apology is that the rev bev gentleman was given such brief notice that he be would be expected to deliver the address that he did not have time to prepare one that he informed the he audience that he would have to draw largely from the ideas of ot othera athert hert that after the 1 publication of the borrowed address addres g e in the tribune as aa original the doctor docto r called the clergymen together and explained the matter to them unfortunate y there does not appear to be anyone who listened to thae ad dress drees who heard dr iliff explain that he had bad drawn largely from other peoples ideas ideal if he had made the statement even that would not be a sufficient excuse for such wholesale as was we perpetrated by him on the occasion it appears also alao that be did not explain the matter to his fellow clergymen immediately atter after the publication in the tribune the address was deli delivered in march and he made no mention of the subject to his brethren until the present resent month the cause of his hib finally finally taking thin step was waa on account of exposure being imminent he having been informed that the article which appeared in the herald Heral dof of last sunday bad been offered for publication but even if he had confided in his brother clergymen what had bad that to do with the deception of the people at large by the publication of mr guards lecture as an the product of the brains of dr liff the public were allowed to t believe that the address addre a original and to slumber in wain belief la in the doctora Doctor a fl bril blancy the excuse thai he h did not have sufficient time to prepare an address of his own seems seem remarkable he be was waa notified the day before delivery was required he seems to have had bad plenty of time to copy in writ in log from mr guard abe matter W which blob dr I 1 from mr guard one n notable feature con acted with its lt use by th the 0 former bears bean strong evidence of alagi ar itic intent we refer to slight alight 3 9 verbal alterations at the beginning and ending of paragraphs this manipulation shows an evident purpose to avoid giving credit to the source from which the quotations quotation were made this point applies also alio to the effort made by the plagiarist to make dr guarda guard a language and ideas conform to the occasion upon which they wt wre re used by dr clift it to is clear enough that dr iliff has been seeking to build up a professional and intellectual reputation on other peoples brains the expose to which he be has ham been subjected subject cd is not surprising men lot let things escape them that are keys by which their calibre can be understood this gentleman evidently for the purpose of posing as a patriot in one of a series of anti mormon meetings improvised to tuff stuff the members of the 0 A R oo on their way to encamp ment at san francisco stated in a speech that he placed the cross under the national flag bag however we probably would not have treated at all upon the subject of the terrible exposure to which he be is now subjected had bad it not been for the flimsy ex explanations plans made in attempting to cover up the flagrant plagiarism of which he has clearly been guilty if nothing of that kind had been attempted and a frank acknowledgment been made charity would have stepped in and suggested ug that the subject be allowed to lid past so far as aft we were concerned THE sensation created by the exposure of dr cliffs great plagiaristic feat causes considerable interest to be attached attacked to any information as to 0 o who were abe persons who worked it up we have learned that thle this part of the subject shows that so BO far an aa relates to the brethren of the M E presbytery the millennium Is still a considerable distance away all to Is not peaceful within the ranks of o f the local clergy of that denomination the small hill fight la Is still within the local memory the plagiaristic scandal is a development of another fight among clericals A few days day ago a methodist minister was hunting all avei over town for 4 copy of the salt bait lake tribune containing ng the address alleged to be dr he sent several men man to the office of that paper at different times I 1 d urt 0 g the day to procure it bui failed he called at this office in the hope that it auld be got here we could not accommodate him H he e succeeded in borrowing it elsewhere the gentleman who loaned it did so with the understanding that it should be returned another M E minister not the one who was hunting bunting for the pap sr put a sum of money into the hands bands of a hotel manager as security for the return of the particular copy of the tribune to la question circumstances indicate a to overthrow dr iliff but teat does not dat relieve him from the position in which the expose places him it looks as if some of the doctors Doo tors clerical associates were imbued with an unchristian grudge against him or that one or the other of them is animated with ft a desire to possess his bis shoes the morning no in the herald of the details connected with the meeting ot the methodist clergymen held to chalder coif the subject of dr wholesale draft of language and ideas from marguard mr guards Is address confirms the nature of the plot that report must have been up sup plied by someone who was present no credit ii in due the conspirators an aa their motives were evidently ulterior and sinister |
