Show BE NOT DECEIVED I 1 the NEWS has baa already alluded to sod and condemned the conduct of men who for political effect mike ranted use uee of the names jamea and utter ances or of the leaders leaden of the church a practice which ban resulted in much bitterness being aroused many false falee charges being circulated at ai d great injustice being dooc done upright men mend 1 d actions have been wip judged their purposes and motives grolo sly and their characters ac emilid as aa though they were the be basest and aad most hypocritical of mankind mank iud the circumstances in which they did the acts or used the language charged have been overlooked or and mar mary many y otherwise conservative men I 1 have blindly accepted allegations put forth by designing deal gning persons against buno rable citizens without ever attempting to verify or consider the facts facto in ID their true light one such euca instance ioe tance I 1 li recalled by a recent declaration by a aresko ere apo liti cial party in that document quota aton is made ot of a letter a tributes tri buted to president Pre aident joseph joeeph P F smith enclosing a bishop Bla bopa a letter as to the church standing of a candidate in a previous campaign these let letters terp it la is stated elated ware wore used as a circular and intended for general distribution be ing reproduced as aa having been ad dressed bishop 10 now the f facts acts are 1 that the letter as published was never written by president smith at all the whole of it being supplied by some bonne one else elee before it was published whoever did this there fore must be held guilty of a most deed 2 while it to ie true that president smith wrote a letter or two on this ibis subject no DO one of them was ever written for or publication or for use as aa a circular at M all each was waa written in answer t two r three thre perau ual inquiries from north and bayh I 1 an aa to charges being maue by speakers concerning the stand standing ipg of the be candidate referred to 8 these letters were not dot only not printed by president smith or by him authorized to be printed fy f y but were never at any time sent lent by him or with his bli knowledge to any bishop or anybody else save ave in response rea to direct personal inquiry isrow atom correspondents correspond eota and even then to y Is jeu than half a dozen la in number 4 at the time the alleged letter was T ff farat rat published and put into circulation y be was absent from the city and knew nothing whatever about its ite being used in any such way t yet tor for this and this alone so GO far as the particular incident Is coni 1 earned berned be has baa been upbraided up braided and criticized and charged with usina church Ita influence fluence while the head A and front of his hie was merely abe be courtesy of answering a orres poo dent letter the NEWS knows know those these note and batow now that the he alleged letter has bae been made public we take occasion to tell the whole truth about it letting the blame fall where it be longs we do this for the reason that an honorable man deserves exon aeration from a charge of 01 which he be to te to in no way guilty and as a warning to non Neb eming oming poll and excitable men against f using such buob cauree in an unwarranted and compromising way and against believing they see ee anu and bear which campaigners may choose to produce to wo work rk upon tb their air feelings an AB to the question tion of disclaimers anu and den denials lale tue too leading authorities of the church like buy busy men every where have too much to oo 00 to be writing cardo explanations and statements state meota con corning each disagreeable rumor they bear or every anil and i a scrupulous word or act thai may be 7 directed against them particularly do they feel warranted in maintaining C silence on such masters mattera during the heat of a political re any attempt on their part pan to discuss a political trick W would uld not fall fail to subject ab them ao the charge of churon by one party or the other we have rebuked the dragging of their names and their official pow pou eions 1008 into politics at all they are entitled to something eom ething better at the hands handa of the people of utah they do not desire to ta interfere with anybody s civil alvil or political thle thi they have said mid again and again agabo and all the people know it on the other hand band i they have the right to expect fair and decent treatment from the politicians of all ail parties par that which to in the exer clas of their prerogatives they feel eel called upon open to do they will perform in an honorable 0 and righteous manner laoner there need be no misunderstanding about that and no one need be disturbed dr misled or de dived by anything purport ioe lem to come from them which is r not distinguished toy by wees these attributes attribute a |