Show j l 7 1 WHY TIDY THEY l C CALL J NAMES I f 4 t tIn In Its US Issue of or Wednesday ay the Tribune explains at al atif if great length why ti h it calls The Republican the Smoot c mouth It hadn't occurred to us to wonder wh why but ut the Tribune explains It Is replying to a large Inquiry from its leaders readers men ers men and women who were curious t j for an explanation of so strange a name for a newspaper Iii In order to lo keep our own readers at least as well Informed j i t as arc readers of or the Tribune wo we may add that lint the Tribunes Tribune's explanation is this wa way When the Mormon 1 church wants a spokesman it selects one and designates him as the mouth He lie has to sa say what whatever yel the church tells him to to say say and and can not not sa say an anything that the theft ft church doesn't direct t Hence the namer name r The explanation is not entirely satisfying The habit of or calling this paper the Smoot mouth could probably bo be boo with more moro veracity credited to tho the childish trick of y calling names Little boys bos when hen they arc are soundly pa paddled by their thell fellows always alwa's re resort orl to the cheap and harmless device of or calling name names Boys Days who can call the hardest names some borne times tines get quite quito a reputation Although Iho Jho the logic of or the Tribunes Tribune's explanation would bo be that The Republican is the personal or organ an of ot Senator Smoot speaking his views on every occasion and never speaking anything not In accord with his views we wo suspect sus sus- suspect the Tribune nc means to cover rather more ground It probably means to tb imply that The Republican Is not only the p personal organ of or Senator Smoot but that It Is rR thc and pliant organ org of ot the Mormon church authorities authorities There Is a suspicion evident ident In tho the Tribune mind mind or or In that organ which tho the Tribune so mistakenly refers refer to as ns Its ItH mind that mind that a harmful odium would attach 1 to The Republican If the community could coul be convinced rs t that the Mormons controlled It oi 1 And w we are alO going to lo take up UI a f few w brief brIer moments of your our time to say that the Tribune is wrong We Ve say my it simply because e this is a Republican new newspaper paper un under er 1 the orders ordel'S of oC no church subject to the control of or no noman noman man man- working for the good of the party the tho city the thc state and the nation in such light as Is given gl those charged chars with making makinA the paper each cach da day If It Senator Smoot owned the paper and the men now engaged in its dall dally daily for him the would presentation were working they certainly F F- F obey his orders ordel'S and consult his personal interests before those tho e of or anyone else In the world world and and ml would frankly ly state stale that as their platform But Senator Smoot docs does not notown notown c own the paper nor anything like a control of or Its stock and he hc doesn't even e tr try to direct Its Us conduct He never nover has Issued orders to the c editor or writers on The lIean lican either cither directly or through an any other person It is f perfectly well known to the Tribune makers and to tot t 01 man many other people In Utah Ulah that The Republican hasi has i time limo and again expressed sentiments which Senator Smoot f A did not ot at all approve e ove And AUtI we ha haven't ent yet heard of ot either cither punishment or 01 rebul rebuke e. e So that the exegesis of I. I i v i f j. j t Smoot mouth seems faulty faulty fault even for the Tribune f f V If It this paper r were nere published In to the Interest of the 11 Mormon church we should frankly admit admit or or as frankly iV t pf claim the claim the fuel fact But it I IB is not We c are arc perfectly aware I I t V i of or the thu belief beller that the tho Tribune and amI It Its friends lends have ha clr- clr r f If ry x to that effect and always with the purpose of or X damaging The Republican But nut the belief Is not well r J r founded This paper has now new been published hed fifteen months It has started from frum nothing and has to today ay almost ten thousand actual c cash coth h subscribers In all reason rca on wo wa should have ha more than ten len thousand b by the end of the present year One thousand and three now names were added In tn January January- eight hundred nine eighty in February nine nino hundred ninety eight In March larch nine nino hundred fort fort- forty five e In April And AmI nearly all of ot this is a anet anet anet net gain Few Fc of tho the former fonner subscribers subscriber were dropped We Ye dont don't of ot cour course c know tho the church affiliation of all th these e subscribers and wo we dont don't care a whit what It is Iii But we do o know men mon and women in every denomination and of or oven every race in Utah are patrons of or the paper Impel And no one race and no one church controls or 01 dictates or oren oven even attempts to control or 01 dictate the policy of oC the l paper Let us make that entirely entirely- cleat clear In the fifteen months of or The Republicans Republican's life lIfo the tho Mormon church organization either cither b by President Joseph Smith or anyone anone for him I has never Issued an order to The Republican or sent a n lC request t to this for tor the direction of or policy polle or forthe for forthe forthe the treatment treatment of or nn any Individual case This is true pf of course courtie of or every e other church In tho the city cit We Ve have tried to lo treat all alike giving fair l r recognition to all according to the members ot or each that respect and esteem which they certainty certainly would v forfeit If IC an any or all of them were I to undertake dictation Now ow If In the whole fifteen months effective months effective and successful months months or of the papers paper's life lIre neither Senator Smoot nor any representative of or the Mormon church hasin ha hain has hasin in the slightest particular even ven on one ono occasion interfered Interfered Inter Inter- with the tho manag management ment of or tho the paper we fall to see sec how it can fairly be he classed claued as the personal organ orsan of ot the one or the of or the lie other One da day a a. good woman met one of or the pf ot The Republican at a Methodist church and remarked tl f I with sonic some surprise surprise- Why h I had supposed that e cr everyone connected with The Republican was a n. Mormon ormon Vel Very likely that Impre Impression lon Is shared b by others other We Ve have ha no wish to put forward the personal onal side o othe or of orthe the paper but wo we believe In view of or the facts In tn th the case we ma may be bo pardoned for Cor saying that the question of or church affiliation Is never ne raised In The Republican office The business manager Is a Mormon formon So Is th the tho I circulator So is one of or the office women In tho the hushes i department The advertising manager Is not Neither are arc the two other office There arc are two office bo boys but we real really 1 dont don't know what their sources source of or spiritual guidance may be It If It will comfort th tho ho Tribune to know how the children worship wo we might strain a a. point and find tInd out The editor of or the paper Is n not t a Mormon and never nc was Ills word is 18 final as to matter admitted to or excluded ex ex- eluded clude from the columns of The Tho Republican with with th thone the theone theone one restriction that this must bo ho a Republican newspaper I Ilo lo loyal loyal al to the party part in ell city cily state and nation and sustaining sustaining sus sus- the elected officials of that party part whenever the they arc unjustly a assailed The city e editor the tho society e editor llor tho rho mines editor the exchange e editor tho the telegraph teles-raph editor tho the sports editor the political editor arc all non non- Mormons There arc are three Mormon lormon men employed a as local ocal writers on The Republican n Ben Ren n Roberts nobert t nO Bourne Houlne and Harold Goff and GoIT-and and the they are arc capable men Wo Vo 0 very vcr much doubt If fr there Is an office force Ii in town lown with a smaller percentage of or Mormon Tho theof theory that The Republican Is all Mormon Is s theor theory only only and and and a rather threadbare one at that Because Because DelUSo Be De- cause lUSo tho the best of or men In hn Salt Lake know there Is not another paper in Utah Ulah so absolutely Independent of or an any outside influence as Is this Now ow we arc are not protesting against an opposition paper calling this an Ol organ an of the Mormon lormon church nor even coon against being designated the he Smoot mouth though we do protest against the fault faulty derivation of or the term We c dont don't expect compliments from the Tribune nor nOl nor ors favors nor quarter And we dont don't want them It aITor affords s us some gratification g to lo look k back hack over o the fifteen months of oC The Republicans Republican's life and realize that the p paper per has been successful that tho ho men employed by it have worked loyally that they have been clean men reputable creditable to any employer and amI any home But Dut competent as the they are arc enthusiastic as thc they are aro In the service of or their paper papel we wc doubt If Ir the they could have won so marked a success without the splendid opposition of tho the Tribune So far as The Republicans Republican's attitude toward Senator Smoot Is concerned he was a l senator of or tho United States Stales when hen Tho The Republican was started and had been for three years He lie was elected by the people of the state according to the laws they themselves had devised There was no flaw in his title Tho The only considered protest against his retaining his seat distinctly recited that the charges chars against him dl did not involve violations of an any law We e found here n a strong party or organized specifically to fight him Their very dubbing this paper the Smoot organ and later latel tho the Smoot mouth was a confession slon of the tho singleness sins of or their purpose purpose the tho dis disgracing and crushing crushIng crush- crush Ing Ins Insor of or a United Slates States senator who had been elected by bythe bythe bythe the Republicans of or Utah We Ve dont don't care whether he Is Isa Isa isa a Mormon lormon or a Methodist He was entitled to the defense and support of or The Republican And ho he got It We Ve found here that same noisy faction seeking the defeat and the overthrow of the Republican party in city county and state slate Leaders of or that faction were ivere not nearly so bitter against th the Democrats a as the they were against the Republican organization and against the themen men men men-in in and out of or office who office who had remained true to the Republican party part How the they abused them How thc they Insulted them How they sought to cot co cr co er cr them with derision and how low the Tribune sunk in fighting them them even even to that reference to the bastardized Republican Republican Republican Re Re- publican party part of Utah This paper papel was established to be a standard bearer of the Republican party part In this state an and all who have employment ment upon it are and ha haVe e e been striving ing faithfully faithfully faith falth- lull fully and earnestly to achieve that honorable result We Vo have succeeded We e 0 shall shaU continue to succeed Wo We 0 shall presently have ha a new press made absolutely necessary by b the surprisingly Increased circulation of the paper We trust there will be no change e in the thc t sort ort or 01 character of oC opposition presented by hy the Tribune and its friends We Wo have ha thriven under It We e will beat them on any tack the they may choose but the present system has become a habit and an agreeable one S Let us s sa say in conclusion that this is Ig not a Mormon paper nor a a. Smoot paper nor a a. Methodist paper nor noram noran noran an am Italian paper nor the personal organ of an any man high nor nul low that It is not the mouthpiece of oC any church nor the tho advocate of oC an any creed Wo Yo are er very proud to know o 0 have havo warm friends and staunch supporters In every church And as In the past so 50 in the future wo shall give o I to everyone fair fall an and honest treatment It happens that tho the Mormons are aro more moro a assailed than than any other which may account for a more frequent mention of them than of or any other one denomination In In this paper as in those that assail And as in tho the past so in the tho future we shall Insist that Mormons l have ha precisely precisely pre pre- ely cI the same consideration as any an- another other p no people no nomore more no less This not because they ask It It for for they do not not but but because It Jt i is right Gentlemen en our community is made up of or men of all creeds The They have rights here In absolute equality Each of or them has followed his God along the lie paths he believed ell to be right ht All have worked toward the tho same end cud of business honor moral worth an and national ad ad- Wo We arc are not going to become a a. bosom besom of ol destruction for Cur an any of them All but Lut one ono of them ma may maybe maybe b be mistaken as to tho correct view of the D Divinity 1 nit We Ve Weare Weare are arc not In position to say which is right right right-If If any is We Ve certainly are arc not In pos position lon to sa say ay which If any is wrong Neither is any other man or bundle of or men on little earth so lone We Wye Q realize that Hlat we have spoken of or these e things s at al rather a tedious length But there aro are two or three points that we want understood and about which wo we have havo preserved a patient silence This Is a Republican newspaper newspaper news news- paper raper and not tho ho personal organ orban of or anyone anone nor 1101 tho exponent of or an any church It finds the men of or all creeds hero much alike and shall continue treating treating- them alike And And dont don't dont overlook this this The The Republican Is achieving achIo ing a decided business and journalistic success |