The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-07

| oil WHO loNe them, IN your hands.
! (ApplauSe).
AT this point recess was taken.
During the intermissiOn, the court
room presented an animated scene,
suggestive of the Guiteau trial.
When the court was called to order,
the attorney general began his adj
dress with statement as to his con-
nection with the case. 1t was now
one year since he had received a
telegram from Attorney General
Mae Feagh to take charge of the
case, and to consult with Mr.. Bliss
in regard to its management. Alter
consideration he had consented to
do so, on condition that he discOv-
cred 1T was case which ought to
be investigated. He had come to
Washington and instituted suit by
filing an information. Out of this
information the odious thing known
as The Star Route Case" had de-
velOpfd. and upon that investigation
before Judge Cox, he had come to the
conclusion that it was a case
which ought to be investigated and
considered; that it was the duty the
accused owed to themselves to de.
fend the investigation, one of them
having been a senator Of the United
States and another having been Sec
ond assistant postmaster general.
1t seemed to him that, as a paint of
honor they should demand an in
vestigation, when the information
was brought him. The prosecution
was told, in tones that sounded
like trumpets, that all the defend
ants wanted was fair examination
according to law. Give us an OPP
portunity," they said "to go be-
fore the grand jury and traverse
jury, let us be fairly heard and
we will come here and
triumphantly vindicate ourselves"
He respected men who had man
hood enough to stand up and talk
in that way. They did go before
the grand jury and the grand jury
found an indictment, and now they
are before the traverse jury. Had
they shown the zeal to tell the whole
truth, and nothing but the truth,
where was the indictment. None
better was ever drawn. How had
they met it? From the hour that
the Indictment was drawn, down to
the last instant of lngersOll's speech,
there had been nothing but harping
and hypocracy on that indictment;
they attempted to get the
jury to acquit them on the
technical points. These were
the men who came into court
bOasting that all they wanted was
an opportunity to vindicate them
selves before the world. He was
here to see fair play. He was here
on behalf of government that
wished no mans conviction unless
he were clearly guilty; to say that
if these men were Innocent they
musTbe acquitted; to say that gov
eminent would not have the law
strained in the slightest degree to
secure their conviction. The honor
of government, the integrity of the
administration and public JUS
tice demanded that these men
should be tried in accordance
with law, and acquitted IN
less government should make d
clear case against them But If,
on the o her hand there was ev-
idence against these men, the honor
of the country, the honor of the adj
ministration and of public justice
the honor of every man in the jury
box was concerned in seeing that
they were convicted. The jury had
been told in peremptory and almost
offensive tones that his presence
here was an intrusion. He had
heard day or two since that it was
beneath the dignity Of his high Of
fee to appear before an inferior
criminal tribunal, and that no such
thing had ever been heard of in the
history Of this republic. This was
not an inferior criminal tribunal.
1t was q tribunal Of great dignity
Before this court was called, this
room had been filed with crowds
upon crowds Of people to hear the
trial of the assassination OF the
the President of the United States.
Counsel who had claimed that
the appearance of the attorney
general in a criminal suit
was without precedent, could not
have read their books. With only
short notice he had discovered nu-
merous presidents. The defense
should have trusted to books more
than to declarations. The attorney
general cited numerous instances in
which the attorney general in the
United States and great men in
England had appeared in prosecu-
tons, and continued: If my place
is anywhere emphasizing his words
with the stroke of his hand upon
the table before him) in the perform
ance Of the functions and duties OF
the high Office bestowed upon
me it will be here, as it is here now
now, nowI My place is here
Why? Because / want to see JUS
tice done, and as far as am con-
cerned, am determined to see it
done, or else surrender my Office.
The attorney general said he had ar
ranged and methodized the conduct
of this case from the beginning.
The gentlemen in it, with the ex-