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Show AN UNCALLED FOR SLUR. From tho Hartford Courant, the Standard is today reproducing an account ac-count of a meeting held In Hartford, Connecticut, Avhlch Avas addressed by Mrs. Lulu L. Shepard. Two thousand miles from Utah, Mrs. Shepard may mako untruthful statements state-ments which she Avould not have the effrontery to utter before any audi-oncc, audi-oncc, Mormon or non-Mormon, in Utah. A3 quoted, Mrs. Shepard's remarks require no refutation in Utah. They are outrageously defamatory and evidently evi-dently Inspired, by a vindictive spirit. The Standard objects to these libels on Utah because they are a reflection on non-church as well as church people peo-ple in this state and cannot do us good and may do much harm. Any citizen of Hartford, who has access ac-cess to the records of the war activities activit-ies of the stales of the union, can quickly become sufficiently informed to be ablo to contradict many of the accusations of disloyalty Avhich arc directly, di-rectly, or by insinuation, placed against the people of this state. The Hartford Courant should hasten to inform its readers as to the truth. This it should do as a Avork of patriotism, patriot-ism, because it is embarrassing to oven assume that any great percentage of the people in any state of our great nation, in this mighty struggle, has failed to respond heart and soul to the call to arms. Utah proudly boasts of being very close to the head of tho roll of honor in men and money and every other requirement re-quirement of preparedness. oo |