The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-19

GovEgNoR MURRAY managed to
have himself quite generally inter
viewed by New York reporters. to
whom ne repeated his story concern
ing she certificate business with a
parrot like ssmeness that must hsg
been wsarisOme TO the neHsgsthereTs.
Indeed, the interviews are SO nearly
alike as they appeared in ths papers.
as to suggest the possibility fall hav-
ing been prepared by one hand. Can
Il be that his ex3elleacy has printed
copies of what he wants the papers to
publish, which he distributes at tue
publication offices Of the various
cities he vIsits2 Judge Mcbride ap-
pears to bo the travelling companion
OF Murray. sld always at the same
point in the alleged conversation
With the reporters, the judge Is pre-
senled ss Mr.. CAmpbelI's attorney,
and Distinguished lawyer of salt
Lake. Mcbride then repeats his
tale, which consists of the story that
Q9orge @ CaHuon vas in tne Sand
w!ch Islands uni! ten days before his
naturalization. that the legislature
wanted to elect him sergeant-at-
arms, and in order to qualify him for
the pisos, Mormon clerk gave aim
a certiEcste for 50, which was psid
cut Of the tiihiDg fund. This closes
the Interview, unless Prof. Clayton,
who is witn his oxcaIlsacy in the |
scheme to place The M0ultou mining
stock, happens 20 be present, when /
he is introduced. BsiDg in bad COM
psny the professor evidently feels tn 1t (
he must do rs his associates do. aud |
unlike himself, he swkwarjly mouths
something against the Mormons. |
Left to himself Professor Clayton |
would not be guilty OF saying WhAl
these Murray. msde interviews put
into his mouth. lie knows better.
and his whole course III Utah is a
contradiction to the newspaper reports
Of his remarks. But little capital Tor
his excellency is being made out of
those alleged talks with ths nsws-
papers. He has not succeeded In
changing tae opinion of single
editor as to his infamous conduct 10 5
trying to stsal the U:sn delega.eship S
for his mining partner. Tney all
denOnnce mis- action with the same
degree OF eArnestness and vigor as
formerly; the natural inference from
which fact is that editors generally
are not as susceptible to Moulton f
mining shares as IL. Henry Waiter
SOD, of the Louisville C0urierJour..aI. !
As an Instance OF how the Murray f
interviews strike the eastern editors, e
we reproduce what the New York
Wortd said editorially, IN the same q
paper that contained a half column 5
account OF one of the patent converss- a
tons with Murray. Mcbride aud I,
Clayton: n
The Governor of Utsa explains in our Il
columns the state Il fa.t- on wLicn re c
withheld his certificate If election from II
Mr.. Cannon, who received & large ma Il
orily Of the votes cast for member Of V
Congress in Utah, aud gave 1t 10 M.
Campbell, the candidate Of the minority. n
Il Is In substance the same statement y
With which the county is familisr, and
lpon which Governor Murray's action
las been condemned By all persons who -
are more about law and justice than
hey do about making a moral demon IS
tration against polygamy. l. ia not fOr Il
be Governor Of Titan bat for the House ID
# Representatives TO decide whether q N
,erson chosen to that body Is ineligible. z,
f he Is ineligible, nothing is better set ;t
led than thai the conte-ting cand'd4te =,
Ices not succeed, and that the effect of "
be ineligibiiIty i 10 create vacancy. ut
This was distinctly de-id by the C, urt OF
f appeals Only the olh-r day, 10 the case
{ IN ineligible candidate for county n
ldge. The award Of the certificate Is, I've