Show WHAT A LIARI THE abode above ele 9 ht exclamation forms the headline to an editorial in this mornings tribune if the writer were soliloquising soliloquizing or speaking of the sheet in which it appears we know of no language lan guase that would be more appropriate but if it is intended to apply in another direction the probability Is that coming from such a source it is but a mad and vulgar attempt to cover up his own duplicity and the cor j ness of this will be seen when the drift and language of the article are e exposed ased I 1 the the tribune nab has been trying to incite litigation to compel the present incumbents of local offices in territory to take the oath or affirmation required by the new law of voters and officeholders we showed that this provision as regards officeholders office holders only applies to the f future and in sup port oi of our position quoted from the act of congress now the angry and defeated stirrer up of strife comes back in this way speaking of the DESERET NEWS it says referring to the article in yesterday mornings tribune showing t V all ail officials in this territory are required to take the oath in the new law ic protests that they do anything of the kind that the oath is a condition precedent to entering upon the duties of office it quotes the words as inthey were the words of the law which is an attempt to mislead pretending to quote the law but omitting that portion which directly relates to the point in dispute the tribune says further it distinctly avoids making the oath a condition p precedent to entering up on office but bu t says none shall hold any office without taking the oath A sufficient answer to these wilful falsehoods and this charge that we attempted to mislead will be found in the fo following which is the exact lang language liage of the act of congress as anyone may see by reference to section twenty four Asa As a condition precedent to the right to kold office in or under said territory the officer before entering on the duties of his office shall take and subscribe an oath or affirmation then follows the substance of the oath to be taken the words we have placed in italics are those which the shameless says the law distinctly avoids using ing it will be seen seen that the purpose of the law is to have the eath taken by such officer before entering entering upon apon the duties of his office it is w well I 1 known that after entering upon their duties no ho uw qualification can be demanded of officeholders office holders during their terms the act ot of the malicious gang that the tribune tri b une speaks for is to annoy and obstruct because they the cannot oust the peo peoples eta elected OKI officers cers it concludes its ta rabid harangue by exclaiming force all the officers to take the oath that is easier said than done who is eager to waste time and money in this iT impotent potent kind of forcing forcina pro process probest bess lie he will have his labor for his pains no officeholder office holder need be under any aay apprehensions of trouble on this score it is but the vain mouth indof ins of a low lowbred bred brod cur that cannot bear defeat with any degree of equanimity I 1 in n t the h e light 11 g h t of the law does not the palpable falsehood of the tribune scribe brand his brow with the line which he has put at the head of his bis mendacious article I 1 |