The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-26
STILL THEY COME.

STILL THEY COME.
The newspapers seem not to tire o.
cIilicising the conduct of Governor
Murray, nor of savagely denouucing
him for his wicked violation Of the
law in trying to cheat an honestly
elected candidate out of Office. Il
was expected the editors would pay
brief attention to the outrage, and
then pass it by, forgetting what had
been done or who had done it; but the
press has as yet shown no signs of
letting up on Murray, or Of condoning
his crime. Il has seldom occurred
that an official act has been so uni
versally condemned, and the con-
domination comes from all classes.
Everybody seems to take pains 10
speak of the Governor in very plain
terms, denouncing him without stint,
and bringing law to sustain them
in their denuncistion of his
infamous usurpstion. An official
with an ordinary degree Of self-respect
could not hold up his head and meet
this avalanche of criticism that has
been poured upon him. He would
ask TO be let out of the scrape, and to
get away from the position which it
is universally admitted he has dis,
graced. This morning We reproduce
what the New York World editorially
says of the business:
That abiding reverence for law which
marks the republican party is signally
illustrated by its more innocent organs in
their treatment of the case Of Cannon in
Utah. There is no dispute that Cannon
was chosen delegate from Utah by a.
great majority. 1t Is alleged that he was
Ineligible. The question thus raised Is
expressly reserved IN the Constitution for
the decision Of the body TO which he was
GlEGAGGs 4u6 OONSAAOE VI " khu las 10
more to do with it than the governor
general of Canada. Yet the Governor of
Utah has usurped the powers of tie
House, and certified, in the face of the
notorious fact, that Cannon's opponent
was elected. All this has been repeatedly
pointed out and is not denied, l. WAS
scarcely to be believed that anybody with
the knowledge Of these facts before
him would dream of defending the
Governors action. Yet II Is
defended by q considerable number
Of republican papers, and always on
essentially the same ground, that Cannon |
is "a bad man." The argument runs as
follows: A bad man is one who, being |
evidently guilty, Is not entitled to the |
benefit of legal trial to discover whether
he IS guilty or not. The Governor Of
Utah is right in Withholding Csnnon's
certificate and in DISTINGUISHING Csnnon's
district because Cannon is a bad man
from which OF course It follows that the
men who voted for BIN are bad men.
When this view has been taken OCCASION
ally Of q case of murder by an assem-
blsge of citizens, and Judge Lynch has
held that the defendant, being q bad
man, ought 10 be hanged at once, we |
seem to recall some republican remarks
provided the incident did not happen in
or some other northern [
stated about "a spirit of lswless- ,
ness" OF course the whites of
the south are VIGOROUSLY bad d
men, while the Governor Of Utah -,
S evidently good man, so that sauce
or the southern lynching goose is by no
means sauce for the Utah gubernatOrial )
yander As an indignant American in :
aondnn rarg,arl-..l | Il
# the Irish obstEUctiOnists in Parliament
lad the failure to enforce the f.preyious !.
question" of his native land, "Rell itself
ould not be successfully conducted upon G
UGH principles as those" I
The Washington Post has been '
particularly outspoken in its com.
nents upon the theft. Some Of its 1
articles have been reproduced in these {
'olumns, Rnd below We give an ex. t
raot from a recent Issue: 6
Since the Post, in announcing the de- s
lslon OF Murray, took occasion to speak J.,
I 1t as the occasion demanded, the press
I the country has voiced public opinion. q
And 1t is a fact worth recording to the n
redlt OF the press and the public, that
lurrAy's act finds neither defense nor OF
pology. Blinded by prejudice, having Of
is wrath infamed against the Mormons
his weak-minded fanatic has undertaken o
elect delegate for the people of Utah. ct
n SO doing he has rendered himself fiji =
u6Ject for impeachment. But, as he is :
90 small game for a great outlay of L
andle, Mr.. Hayes should dispose of him n
y tne Immediate removal OF his official
cad. CT
BotE of the above are democratic
apers, but it is a noticeable fac. "
lat the republican journals have &c
eneraliy been more eevere in their o.
enunCiations Of Murray than the oi
organs. u