Show THE THE GUERILLA NEWSPAPER The New York World guerilla aI among newspapers has been called to account b by President Roosevelt Roose And Andall Andall all the blustering pretense of the World that the tho President is tr trying to muzzle the press will not avail aaU that conscienceless sheet Nothing can clothe tho the New York World orld with garments garments gar gar- ments of decency The master of that paper Jo Pulitzer Pulitzer zer zero has made a fortune out of ot slander He lIe began with the St. St Louis Post Dispatch Dispatch Dis patch and blackmail was as his game from the be beginning and It If la yet ct He made a fortune in the business because because be be- cause he ho was not afraid to attack big men In ninety nine cases out of or a hundred the big men ho attacked had dono nothing to deserve assailing The They did not merit the punishment But the slanderous venture has won wona a certain clientage There are a good many people who like Uke to rend read a newspaper newspaper news news- paper ap r attack on some man of previously prey prey- unspotted r record cord of previously pre unchallenged esteem And Aud that sort of people have made the nasty fortune fortune for for- tune lune of the Pulitzer Not Nol long ago the World published an aU alleged ced Interview with the German L emperor After a week It was as compel com corn pel lei to publish a retraction abjectly apologizing for tor putting out so 80 gross and unfounded a statement Then it be began an an attack on President Pros Pros- dent Roosevelt Roose and his family faintly and aud friends alleging that they had been guilty of grafting in tho the purchase of or orthe the tho Panama canal Numbers of or other papers have trailed the World in all an Its slanders Just because the they were sensational And they followed in iu the tho wake of what the they called tho Panama Panama Pana Pana- ma scandal The President Is right since there was no shadow of or truth in the published published pub pub- charges In levying yin prosecution against the tho owner of of the World Such reckless and ami savage guerilla journalism journal journal- ism lam should bring the penalty of the crime Here in Salt SnIt Lake we have an example cx ex ample of tho the samo sarno type Tho The Tribune publishes with glee gleo el e every rumor it itc itcan itcan the c can n secure that will discredit President It goes farther and declares de do clares dares Its own state a community of ot criminals That has been heen its ita so song g for years Every word of ot stinging con condemnation uttered b by tho the President Pros Pros- dent lent against Pulitzer of of oC tho lie World j applies I applies with fUl double force to tho muckers of the Salt Lake Tribune It has bas mado made defamation pay par and profitable It has never hesitated at backing slanderous rumor It has hidden hidden hidden hid hid- den behind an unknown ownership a and stabbed mythical responsibility wherever its malevolent passion dic dic- lie lie- Until recently it found the game profitable always Men were tere afraid of the Tribune Even yet et there are areman man many who denounce tho the method of that paper but beg not to be quoted for the they fear tear it will attack them They know it invades homes and assails women as well voli as men They lenoIt know leno It destroys business wherever It can canin canin canin in punishment And the victims suffer suf sut- fer for silently Little by little the lie spirit of independence mile inde Is growing In the state The day of the guerilla passes The da day of freedom from fear of or the tho Tribune ia ji advanced But Dut tho ho infamy of the New NewYork NewYork ew York World Woid the crime of the Salt Lake Tribune are none the less loss because because be be- because cause of of the rising Indignation atlon which makes continuation unprofitable We Ye trust the example of ot the President President dent may b be followed until the tho guerilla guerll la Ia newspaper shall be made to suffer the punishment it deserves |