The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-06
THE CONSPIRACY"

The desperate efforts of those anti
Mormons accused of lewd and 'lasciTi
Gus conduct. and the Federal officials i!
to establish conspiracy" between the
city police and certain dissolute women
to "entrap" these same Mormon-haters
and government representatives. We
don't know what conspiracy IS in this
connection and the law seems to be
equally ignorant for it never once men,
tons it; perhaps The gentlemen them
selves know, and thus knowing, under
stand what they are about; land perhaps
they do not. We are inclined to believe
however, that they are quite as ignorant
as others, and that they are cropping
blindly and consequently are moving
wildly. They are in a sad fix, and in
their desire to extricate themselves
they are madly Irushing about for an
opening. If they should succeed
in establishing conspiracy,
they would be in no better situation
than now, for the doings of others in
liz WAY C4CLtS tnCI Oh RulAl.
Certain of THE HERALD's contem-
poraries profess themselves joyful over
what they assume to be admissions in
this paper that the women were hired
to do as they are alleged to have done.
We like to please our envious oontem-
poraries, and make them as happy as
their naturally unhappy dispositions
viii permit, hence we will give them the /
comfort and consolation of saying that
we firmly believe the women were hired, |
and that Vandercook, Lewis and others
paid them their wages. This may be an |
error, but if so, it is an honest one, of
belief, and We trust our esteemed con-
temporaries viii not quarrel with it, but
simply be happy over the confession.
But perhaps this is not the kind of
an admission that is wanted. It is
probable that the troubled editors
would like to know what THE
HERALD knows in regard to the alega.
ion that women we're employed to as
list ia obtaining evidence eliminating ,
.ertain men who have been active in the .
of Mormon poiygamists.
he HERALD knows absolutely nothing .
bout such employment or any bargain
f any nature with the women for the
'urpose indicated; however, it believes
he women were hired, and hopes they :
eceiVed their pay. AS a rule neither :
nen nor women engage in the disreput- /,
bic business for fun. As to who Z
with the fallen creatures, we
now nothing and care NOT at all, but
7hoever they we're, policemen or pri-
ate citizens. they were justified in
shat they did and we heartily COM
lend their shreWdness, their cunning,
heir siberality and all their efforts
detect, capture, expose and punish
be guilty and make transparent the
ypocrisy of these men who while
stensibly working in the interest of
morality are themselves foul lechers. If
he women were hired, the end justified
be means. and If they have been able n
, show up ID their true characters ,
ONE of these unclean men who are so is
eeply exercised over the marital prac- Il
ces of the Mormons, they have done Y
God service to the community. twill Il
e time enough for the moralists to CRY Il
at against bargains" and ''conspira- e,
es" when it transpires that any inno- r,
,nt man has been hurt. When anyone U
,cused manfully faces his accusers and Fl
roves his innocence, instead of trying ,e
escape responsibility and defeat the g,
W by hiding behind technicalities, ts
he HERALD will also denounce the al al
ged conspiracy" and the conspira- Il
Us. .,
We hope our esteemed contempora- h,
es, now that they know how THR n
ERALD stands in this matter, viii en-. ~
y themselves for a full week. II
eRTeAT II WE zrREr TT rDr.,r :. ! OF