Show I t NEVER CAN AVIN IX 1 WITH THAT T. i 1 y We e dont don't believe bellevo the American party can win with of falsehood and anel misrepresentation And l j. j a n campaign l c those are the strongest weapons capons no now being wielded b by byc tho the official or organ an of that party part the apologist for the who have havo found place under the parr partisan par par- r lisan banner of the tho American part party r There are arc two recent cases in point and It Is worth worthwhile l V while to take tak a fair tail look Jook at nt them and consider if the they j i are warranted even cven by tho the end aimed at J The new Juvenile court law made It necessary to appoint apr apt ap ap- l r t point a new judge for that position and the commission commission- commissioners L t. t ers tendered the jud judgeship n to the Rev Re Peter Simplon ln pastor astor of oC Phillips Congregational church I f r I J I- I Now take tale that fact in any view you ou please e and we want to ask members of what is called the American t party If the they see anything wrong in It The appointment was not made because Mr r. r Simplon Simpkin Is Js pastor pastol of a A. church not nol because he was a minister of other than Mormon Jarmon persuasion not because he Is himself him him- f C self a non non- non Mormon not nol because of a belief that Jf If non- non I. I r v Mormon preachers could be bo Induced to exercise exercise civic powers while retaining their pulpits there would be less t warrant for the cr cry against ns In politics Butman But Butr r the man was tendered the position because he has hns proven a a. ve very promising degree of or fitness for the place 11 For Mr r. r Simplon Is ono one of those men who do a great deal more moro than Is nominated In the tho bond He Is 13 an active ac active ac- ac tive man In nd addition lUon to his church labors he works t among the bo boys and they like him He has an Influence over them and would be able ablo to lo do them goo good He possesses possesses pos pos- many of the tho traits trails which are requisite in a juvenile juvenile juvenile juve juve- nile court judge judges That was wh why he was offered the tho the place And that was the only reason S The Tribune declares the appointment was made ct v t with a a. hope of spiking the Iho guns of tho the Mormon anti antl tormo f 1 cr crowd wd because It would be a good move to have a Conk ConJ Con- Con k J 1 s I minister mixing In public once office s A BASE A TI F-TI I INTERPRETATION raw T I j M w r 4 t There Is something so 60 base BO base In that that- interpretation that th Us its Its Ver very statement s should o ld ca carry r its lla refutation 4 risso little reason reason n or 0 fairness ss In the ilio theory that It Jt t s r t felt aJl tot tOl the ground without denial And yet there Is no DO noy y tl doubt bt some of ot the tho Tribune leaders habituated to acceptS accept I S lag Ing any theory theon unfriendly to a Mormon have accepted it ft Mr Dim Simpkin considered the matter He could not possibly do that work wod of the juvenile ju court judge In addition adJI- adJI tion to the rest of or his duties and if he had accepted would have been under the Iho necessity of employing an assistant assistant assistant as as- in his church work And there are aro difficulties In such a c course urse A minister lster has the same amo sense of obligation obligation gation galion to lo his charge that an any other honest man feels toward his employer employer added added to lo the Iho l keener sense a minister minister minister min min- ister must have o of ot a conscientious character lIe He would not care care- to take the judgeship If Ir It Involved ed neglect of or his ministerial duties If he lie could have spared pared the time from his duties as a a. minister of or Phillips church he would havo have accepted the appointment That he could not was waD his sufficient reason reason for declining the appoint appoint- ment meat And ho took plenty of time to consider the matter mailer y 4 In all Its bearings We e 0 have not talked with Mr Ir Simpkin Simp- Simp j S kin on the phase of or the case so 50 prominently advanced b by the Tribune But We 0 will venture the as assertion that 1 the tho purpose of lr the Mormon church to compromise any element clement o of the community by hy his appointment to gainan gain gainan an advantage by mixing a n. non non- non Mormon minister In of- of j. j affairs never affairs never en entered erell the ministers minister's mind a aA aa as a 1 A 1 I consideration and never In the slightest degree influenced I him In making up hl his mind that ho he could not take on the additional burden We Yo want to make this clear In the tho first place the Mormon church wasn't making the appointment Mr S reason for declining tho the appointment Wa was In Inno inno no no way based on tho the belief that a trap had been laid for him Tho The Tribune asserts that a trap was laid 1 J TR TRYING ING TO 10 DESTROY Tn THE COURT What can be the effect of U the o Tribunes Tribune's policy polley In Inthis t r this matter Nothing more moro nor less than n damage to thew the w juvenile court The Tho usefulness of or Judge Brown Drown was wasy y P destroyed by the Tribune Tho The work of or the commission commission- commissioners I ers Is 18 handicapped by the tho Tribune in o or of Mr Simpkins Simpkin's appointment and his declination The whole scheme of juvenile court work here In utah Utah where t all aU tho the rest of the country recognizes a great advance i t has been made is Injured by the time Tribunes Tribune's silly and unI unfounded unfounded un un- I I founded explanation of or the thu motive for tor the tho tender and I t the reason for tor Its declination Evidently It Is the purpose v i of tho the Tribune to destroy the tho juvenile jU court and to do doIt doit it with weapons which will still further discredit tho the people of or Utah before beCore the rest of the nation H But It I Is not fair and w while lento it ma may bo be believed bym by bj m 1 a few hero In Utah and by mo most t who reside at a die dis tance and read It ft it certainly the tho very bad noting motile of It wll I show to tomen men and women of or fair minds and level jud judgment judg judg- i ment that only harm can follow a further r encouragement of the Tribune I i f. f There Thero Is another Instance of or the t same am unreasoning I hostility of ot the tho men who make that paper i s HERE HERL IS ANOTHER I INSTANCE STANCE Ii Some days day's ago the they published a pretended account o oa or of 1 a young oun woman who came to the United States from some som country countr a convert to the tho Mormon faith and who was hero In n the state as a domestic servant that she presently ly entered tho the family of or an official of ot th the Mormon church a prominent citizen of Utah and stated state that she would rather be bo the plural wife of a good ma malike man manlike t like him than to slave lavo as a n servant all her life Throughout Through Through- out the Impression eslon Sion was conveyed that It was waa a case o of new plural marriage f Remember the Incidents alleged are h here re In R tho time la is the present the persons portions are arc represented to b bo be so 80 o well known that their identity need not be bo further stated Now t the effect of or that publication on the minds mind I of people In the East would naturally be to the tho ment ent of the people o of ot Utah They Thy would understand K I. I from every lino line of or the thIS cleverly cloverly constructed libel that now new plural marriages marriages are arc of frequent occurrence that there Is no power with which to punish them and that the Incident Is so lIhU lightly re regarded that It Is clearly clearl a common occurrence I II I We 0 undertake to say there theio Is It not a word of or truth lruth In the thc entire stor story We c arc an perfectly certain that it Il was wad not nol a u case of plural marriage And if Ir it were tho the Tribune Tribune Tribune Trib Trib- une can serve its cause much better by publicly giving the name namo of the tho man For jU just l ns as certain as there Is Isa Isa Isa a sun un in heaven that man will be arrested nested and tried and andIC If IC the circumstances are as tho the has alleged he will be bc sent to prison CANT CAN'T OVERTAKE A LIE Of or CO course C this this statement statement will not g l to tho the Tribunes Tribune's readers renders In ht the East We have ha not nOl their subscription lists In that quarter It Is s unfortunate that those who receive tho the Tribune can not know the truth It Is unfortunate for them because e they havo been deceived ed and the they have a right to know the truth It Il Is unfortunate for Utah because this people Is 19 not a lawless people Such an act Is 15 a n. clear nUon of the law forbidden b by statute statute statute stat stat- ute forbidden b by S church And every case of or It will certainly be punished with all the r rigors or of offended Justice These These two cases are ale spoken en of ot at some len length th because be be- cause caus the they are characteristic of or the Tribune and of or Its policy in the prosecution of or Its owners owners' political cam cam- Tho Tim truth Is the tho Mormon church Is not at all InterferIng In the juvenile court matter mailer and has not been from the beginning The Mormon church Is not encouraging encouraging aging nor permitting plural marrIa marriages s. s This community without regard to church with a a. united spirit of or citizenship and equality Is seeking in the best manner manner man- man ner pos possible to lo establish a Juvenile court that will continue continue continuo con con- and advance the good work that has haM begun beg Tho The people of or this community In a a. spirit of perfect uprightness upright- upright ness and honor are living Jiving In lawful behavior in all things I and ind are working every denomination together ever every freeman hand In hand with all his hit brothers for Cor the ad advancement advancement advancement ad- ad of or the state to lo the proud position which It ought to occupy TRIBUNE IS NOT OT HELPING In such publications as these mentioned the Tribune Tribunes Is s not helping It is retarding the lie progress of or the tho state It t is conveying to lo the rest of or tho the country tho the most harmful harmful harm- harm ful ul possible conception of or Utah and of or the character of oC Utah men It II Is making the rest of the nation believe that hat a condition of or hopeless and helpless slavery exists which here which docs does not exist at all And wo we submit to the sensible readers of or the Tribune to o the thoughtful men and women of the American party part that hat the they can not nol w win in following that course course coune |