Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1885-11-11
SERVING PROCESS.

Whenever deputy marshal serves
any process, or undertakes to serve one
especially if such process relates to case
Of unlawful cohabitation, such officer by
the Peoples party press is termed dishon
orable and indecent. Our attention has
been drawn to this matter anew by the
following which appeared in the Ogden
Herald of yesterday:
The raid at Logan, however, has been a
total failure in so far as its chief object is
concerned. If Deputy Marshals Vandercook
and Mix were honorable, or even decent men,
they might accomplish some result, but. as
it is, they bring the dignity of their Office
into disrepute. The use of such fellows in
such an official capacity is disgrace to the
United States. 1t is like employing renegade
adventurers and moral lepers to preach SER
consort with virgins.
We do not know officer Mix, but We do
know officer Vandercook; and further,
we know Mr.. Vandercook to be a gentle
man. The fact that the officer does not
first address note with his compliments
to the person upon whom he has a process
to serve, and ask him if it will be agree
able and convenient to meet the officer at
certain hour, is no evidence that the
officer is not a gentleman. Ii the officer
were to employ the method above referred
TO, we are afraid the reply would state that
xrh t,a u,
see is not at home. The gentlemen whom
the officers desire to see are very rarely
at home nowadays.
Any person at all conversant with
the condition of Utah knows how ex-
tremely difficult it is for an officer of
the Government to find either prin-
cipals or witnesses in cobabitation
cases. The principals and witnesses in
these cases not only look out for them
selves, but the people of the Territory
are on the lookout in their behalf The
appearance of any two strangers in one
Of the smaller towns of Utah-we may
say in any town in Utah outside of Salt
Lake, Ogden, Provo and Park City, will
put such town in state of CONSERVATION.
And why will the appearance of two
strangers put such town in state of
Because the two strangers
will be looked upon as officers of the law
'ome to arrest or subpoena some one in
IN unlawful cohabitation case. In view |
'f all the facts, is it any wonder that the
ieputy marshals do not announce their /
entrance into town by herald, and the
ounding of trumpets and the floating of
lags?
The officers of the Government in this
have to execute the law and the
process of the courts under very difficult
and these circumstances
ompel them to move about silently. If
larshal ireland has a single deputy who
ungentlemanly when executing the
riders OF the courts, or who is rude and
ross when searching houses, we trust he
'ill discharge such, and we believe he
'ould. But the officers of the law must
their duty, and in doing it they are
ompelled to do many things that as pri-
ate citizens they would not do. Ii Off
ers are ordered by the proper authority
search private houses they must search
lem, and ii those whose houses are
searched in any way obstruct
lie officers. such conduct may compel c
le officers to do things which under :
her circumstances would be rude. Ii A c
.rson must submit to have his house {
arched, it is better for all concerned to
bmit gracefully.