Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-02-26 | Page 4 | The Work of Slanderers.

THE WORK OUI OP OF Underlying all the tho activity which I Ihas has marked ed tho course coUrso of tho prohibitionists pro pro- which gave cause for the big m meeting eting on Wednesday night Is tho time b belief lle that managers of ot tho the Republican Re Re Re- publican n party part sold out tho the party to tho liquor Interests of Utah That belief Is utterly without foun- foun atin in truth truth The Tho Tribune first t hinted hinted hint hint- ed at a trade b by way of or explaining the defeat of tho Kearns party In Salt Lako Lake count county at the tho November election If It tho men and women who formed tho the audience last Wednesday oven- oven Ing had not believed such a 3 trade were made they would not have havo como come to I tho the convention The Ille would not have havo felt so Interested in the time subject matter of or tho meeting I j They had been carefully drilled In that hat unfounded belief by men who ho better by men who knew the hints camo came from enemies of ot the tho party part crob from enemies who ha had a a. reason and Inducement for uttering tho the slander but but b by men who never nover should have n credence to It They could not have havo believed it lL There TheVe There Is la no proof of or it Thero There Is the time utter r unequivocal denial of the time mon monthey monthey they accuse every man who could have been responsible for a trade And tho tImo men nien on whom that audience of Wednesday night depended sao gave currency currency currency cur cur- rency to a L charge thc they did not behove bellevo be be- hove spreading with Innuendo and suggestion tho tile slander the they had not the time the courage to utter utter against against men better better better bet bet- ter than themselves It is not a pretty thInS thing to sa say But the tho leaders of tho timo movement mo which culminated culm culm- mated in tho the Wednesday night meetIng meeting meeting meet meet- ing built bunt on a n. slander for which thoy they had hind no n waIT warrant nt And AntI If It the they had hod not used it the they couldn't have hae made mado their point Tell the tho people the tho truth Tell TeU them all the truth truth but but tell them mb 1 0 more than thon tho truth Tho The party part and every everyone everyOne one ono else can safely r depend on tho the peo- peo plo pie when they are aro put in possession of or orthe the ic ex exact ct facts In Ill tho time case