Show THE STANDARDS a order to test the reliability of tribunes statements that new po lyka marriages are being cele eted in utah the standard hereby ial a reward ot for the evidence to the conviction ot the of a plural marriage with in tho confines of the state of utah or tho united states by authority ot the mormon church since utah became a state who wants this who knows of plural marriages that have been performed since statehood ogden standard it certain which have had a lively circulation in this city the past winter have any foundation in tact the tribune could earn that by sending a detective to the matter should be thoroughly ventilated the charges made by the tribune and denials by the deseret news are becoming very tiresome proof la what the people want we reproduce the above from the independent the editor ot that sheet certainly knows nothing about newspaper scoops it be did he would never ask another paper to send a detective to hunt up what he thinks he already knows and la afraid to tell it the independent thinks the standards reward applies only to tho tribune we wish to say it Is open to all citizens in that the first proof gets the it any person doubts our earnestness in this matter we will deposit tho in any responsible bank in the state subject to our original offer for limited number of days if the independent knows so much and has not the nerve to mention the names in its own paper we offer the columns of the standard tor the publication li of the reports which have bad a lively circulation in all we ask Is that the editor ot the paper shall make an affidavit that the reports anre true and the standard will do the investigating tor him and save the tribune detective expenses our is ready give us your proof reports are in circulation he says which means that our editor has not the nerve of a gossipy old woman it he bad instead of giving voice to rumor he would be silent or present the facts furthermore he points out the necessity of a detective conclusively branding the report to be the merest kind of guess work requiring a peeping tom we suggest that the editor take on the role of an eavesdropper eaves dropper for that is the natural inclination of the gossipmonger gossip monger and that he then submit a report based upon rumors in circulation in and claim the standards |