Show J t HOTS OF OP oi SUCH CASES J 7 r Nothing like loyalty to employers ers Tho The Tribune is i r under contract to lo supply at least one Mormon anti article cV every da day for or the contenting of or its Eastern readers readers- chIcH ladies s who have h too much time LIme and not enough Y j judgment to require proof of charges against fellow r c citizens ladies ladie who want to believe badly badh of er Utah and gentle faced er le d gentlemen who wouldn't believe anything I else cle They are arc paying tho the Tribune a n big sum to print j its itE pc peculiar uliar brand of or article article and they expect to get somer something something some- some r thing for their mone money And the tho Tribune not caring tv a c cent nt for or the Interests Interests' o of Its Us own city for tor the good name namo of or its own state stale nor nory j y for tor r Its own reputation for tor tr truth th and veracity is supplyIng supply supply- jog Ing the goods Hero here Is Ms an example In Its Ints Its Friday Issue it gave cave L. L I 4 C I J I e editorial attention to an alleged case of or new new polygamy No o names are revealed No o dates are ventured No 0 location location loca loca- tion nn anywhere where In all Utah Is specified Here Is the editorial edi edl tonal story tory The Tribune will relate an instance In point which goes to show the thA utter insincerity of tho the recent declaration of the that the Mormon church does docs not countenance polygamy and that there thero havo have b been n no new plural marriages marriages mar mar- performed with the consent or lalo knowledge of ot the church Not ot so very long ago a member of or tho the church was desirous of taking to himself an a ad additional additional ad- ad helpmeet lIe He knew that such an act was unlawful unlawful that that It was contrary to the pledge of ot his church to the world world but but that did not deter him In tho the least lie He went vent to his bishop and a asked for a n recommend to be married to the object of his pol polygamous amous affection Ills His bishop gave e a him tho desired recommend the man married married mar mar- ried the tho woman woman and and skipped with her to toCa Ca Canada ri ad a. a o e e a S I Joseph F F. Smith knows o of this case among among man many others others and and ho cannot truthfully den deny it Will ho sa say that the church did not approve of this ceremony even after permission for Its performance per per- was given by hy a bishop of or the time church who Is a n high priest There ha have been heen hundreds hundreds hun hun- of such cases R arid and Joseph Josph F. F Smith knows of or them S Hundreds of such cases What hat sort of cases Where did this happen And when Who ho are arc th the parties to that Illegal marriage c What hat Mormon bishop gave Kavo that recommend What hat official of tho the Mormon ormon L church solemnized tho the marriage These arc are essential factors In th the tho story tor If t the 1 Ls is telling tho tim truth and will give o no mio moro more than Is Ig expressed in that article it Is according Is-according to an established lI Tribune habit concealing a crime Poh Polygamy rn Is against the tIme law Jaw In Utah and there Is Js not the tho shadow of or doubt dout If the tho facts are are areas as stated slated In the Tribune the offenders offend ers rs will wm bo arrested and prosecuted to tn a proper punish punish- ment meat I Of course we wo all understand that article In the Tribune Is Js made for Eastern astern consumption and in the region where tho the Tribune is selling Its Hs extra copies there are arc man many people who will simply accept It as s truth The They will read that article and bo convinced not only of ot the truth of It but of or the Implied public knowledge of oC It and anel the condoning of oft It it But It is not fair to the state The people of Utah are not lawless They are not condoning crime Tho The Tribune kno knows s 's perfectly well that such a thing as it Jl recounts would be Impossible anywhere In this state stale And It H could give best and most honest I refutation of this statement by simply printing the tho names and dates Eastern people who have been trained to hate hato Utah can ron be kept up to their antipathies by such publications but why should a Utah paper aid them in their error support them In their misconception Why h not tell them the tho truth or at least give the people of Utah tah an opportunity opportunity opportunity to prove the truth A few days daj's ago in another of or those these suborned articles tho the Tribune closed an nn attack on Senator Smoot with these words Smoot an enemy of or plural marriage marriage- The vicarious hypocrite himself knows that J ho adores It and It-and and other oilier pc people plc a are unable to o s. s say ho doc not practice Jt It No Now Is that by any rule ulo of or fairness Tho The whole tenor of tho the article amounted to a a. charge charge pru pru prudently dently of of pol polygamy gamy against Senator Smoot And yet et the Tribune Tribune- knows he is not a t polygamist and never has been just been just as it knows he is a solvent business man a resident of Provo Prove a n. s senator of or the United States a citizen citizen citizen citi citi- zen and a gentleman Such innuendo may maj please tho the people who have hae an abiding dislike of Utah and the they will accept It as a truth well known here The Thc Tribune knows it is not truth that it is a misrepresentation that it Is simply a lie It knows It is Js harming its state by such publication Is there profit enough in its Eastern contract ct to warrant warrant war war- rant so FO traitorous a n. perfidy |