The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-08
HALT.


If the business men are wise they will
exert their influence in the direction
Of calling a halt in this reckless. des-
perate onslaught upon the Mormons.
They will do this as matter of pro-
lection against the disaster that the
raid is certain to bring upon the
country. Already considerable num-
Der of persons have felt impelled to
take passage by the underground route,
some going to the States, others to
Europe, and still others, it is said, to
the islands of the sea. AS a rule these
are the solid men Of the country; If
they are not rich they are the men who
make business, who stimulate indus
tries, and who lend solidity to the
trade and commerce of the Territory !;
they are among the men who en-
courage and inspire the people to in
dustrial undertakings, and who help
to maintain activity in business. AL
ready feeling of uncertainty
and doubt has taken hold OF the
people; there is an unsettled, hesitating
sensation throughout the community,
and it is growing more pronounced
daily as the raid progresses and the
courts strike out after new victims. One
doesn't have to be possessed of vast
commercial fore .knewledge,t to say where
this thing is going to lead as regards
business. 1t will simply result in trade
paralysis and disaster, with the neces-
sarily attendant wrecks.
While the Mormon people largely
make the business of the Territory
that is to say, if it wern't for the Nor
mons there would becomparatively little
business here, the Mormons are least af-
4 .cted by trade depressions and Gull
times In their stubborn contentment
they will be healthy and happy, however
violently the elements may rage but
to-day they are worried less than
those who are so much annoyed by
their conduct. 1t is the other classes
who are suffering and will suffer from
this violent attack, which is doing so
much to unsett.e things and destroy
the confidence in the stability of the
country which is SO essential to pros
perity and good times.
The halt is not asked or expected, ex-
cept as to methods. 1t is safe to say
that fully three-fourths of the members
of the local bar confidently believe that
all this work that is being done by the
District Court will be undone, when
legitimate, proper methods will have to
be pursued The District ATTORNEY
himself is in deep doubt as to the validity
Of his operations, yet he FORCES ahead,
to make a little cheap reputa-
ton and to gather in the fees.
When proper methods are employed
and unquestiened regularity. of course
pursued. there will arise no protest.
Men will then accept the consequences
of their acts, and do so cheerfully. They |
only now object to these ,high-handed
proceedings; to this punishment, guilty
or innocent; to this emphatic denial of |
the commonest rights of the citizen &C.
cused Of crime. 1t is this that is driving
men away who would face the music
fairly played: it Is this that
is breeding the doubt, distrdst
and feeling of uncertainty that are en-
countered on all sides; It is that which
is going to set Utah back fully year in
the progressive march that she was
making. .
If the business men can afford. this,
the people generally will not complain.
The latter are unaffected, but the for
Rler are not. They are the sufferers, i
and they can, if they desire and will, Il
exercise their influence TO have the s
crusade checked until it is known that s
it is proceeding on the right track. s
Within three months, the prospects now t
are, the United States Supreme '
Court will say whether or not S
the Courts here can go on as they Z
have been going. 1t doesn't seem long i
to wait, but it is long enough to give to s
Utah such setback that she will not T
recover this year. t