The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-02-22
GRAND CONSPIRACY.
rse BIatherskites and Black
inc msilers' Arts Unveiled
.,ngIR ASrI-MORMoN CRUSADE
r.j in the Direction of Com
And LaDJ ,o, for Utah and Pap for
themselves.
,,,..srycroS. February 16, 1885.


r,itor of The HERALD:
10 -. r,prder will out, A fair-minded
Anu oannot contemplate, without a
person of moving Indignation, the
sense "a escorted to by Federal officials
ms' Tpab in their efforts to doun the
m mon These days, nearly fourteen
Mo-ll after. sees repetition of the days
ysI I,5ae NcKeans reign in Utah. 1t is
o. .. ; that Judge Zane is conscien-
cll--- and honest. It is a question, at
lG ,sav when the spirit of Mexican we
'lr hone is at rest. if man can be
co. who will assert that McKean's
~ ,;ra. in prosecuting the Mormons
.i i--D,,, suvthing but honest and conscien-
.;ons- and vet long proceedings OF that
- we're overturned. Later develop
Sants show that men were employed to
ll nrirre themselves in order to convict
pssa PEI men of heinous crimes;
9 lGll-iii, cut-throats and assassins were
L IooJ as tools. and a formal conspiracy
useu entered into. 1t caused much
Wa saoTancp and considerable suffering,
vet it failed. 1 -
Nd indicate the existence of con-
s "Gr, in Utah among its carpet bag
o e,a~ in another direction. The evidence
Zoos NOT exist to warrant bold and
' uUe1 declaration that such con-
Sniracv did exist, but appearances
oga wouderfully that way, and it is
hai;ayad If utterance were made by
Sorna very disastrous discovery could
-Sa ' made For years, the cry Ihas been
that the law against polygamy has been
dead letter, and for that reason the
prosecuting attorney declared that
efforts to secure witnesses were useless,
and the trial of offenders would simply be
a farce. It has been declared, again
and again. that Mormons would not
scruple to perjure themselves; it has
been declared again and again that
thew do perjure themselves whenever
called upon to testify in prosecution
for polygamy, and these declarations
are made in the face of the fact that a
single prosecution has ever b Nen made
for the perjury so freely charged. The
Edmunds bill passed. Without any
trial, ex-Prosecuting Attorney Var
Zile and the whole crowd of Utah
blatherskites and blackmailers declared
it was worthless, that convictions fol
polygamy were impossible while Nor
mons had any rights left, while the
Church could old property, while
members of the Church could vote, OF
hold office, while man in ecclesiastical
authority could speak, or while Others
had a right to ask and take the advise
OF these men; while. in fact, Mormon
had any rights peculiar to citizenship
the cry went forth that convictions for
polygamy could never be had. In the
face OF these assertions stood the con-
viction of George Reynolds and John
Miles, and by Mormon iuries. The
truth is, such convictions were not
wanted; it was an express understand
ing, tacit it may have been, that no con-
yictions for polygamy should be had ;
and to that end Van Ele and the Federal
ring of blackmailers and prosecutors
worked The reason is obvious.
Governor Murray, Van Zile, and their
petty interiors, together with their pom
pOus and dietatorial lay abettors
wanted the Territory to be ruled by q
commission. To secure this it had to
be shown that the MOrmons still violated
the United States law against
pOlygamy, that they would continue to
violate it, while MormonS had an oppor-
pOrtunity to retain political control
that the people were ignorant and
Superstitious and would do as the
priestly rulers told them, and as con-
sequence would still vote only for Nor,
mons, would still enter into polygamous
marriages and would still perjurt
themselves to protect their brethren
hence 1t was impossible to stop thu
PFactce, or to secure convictions. IL
overcome this, they asserted, only two
methods were left: to give to court
t Inh T Oh privileges, or to surrender
suS territory to a commission having
t tIl legislative and executive powers
iney believed Congress would never dC
.Ae former, and did not want it to
anu anu as result they hoped to secure
lue latter which would give them alb
solute control over the Territory. tn
luhuS and the rights of citizens. To &C
SompLlsh this the conspiracy wa
formed, the duties of the exeeutiv
;ofaneA being to cry cut that there was a.
,ueleaSe In poiygamy, that priestcraf
51SanGt, thatthe property nor Che lives c
OeiGleS we're safe, that conviction
roulu not be had, and that the MOI
lions Mons thought as little of perjurin
thIeilselVes as of eating, while--th act {
tne prosecuting attorney was to Sc
tll 5 no convictions for polygamy wer
MA M and to bolster up the other branch
Iue tact that all the charges referred
HsTe as having been made against th
y yttIl'lons We're lterated and reiterate
WV, WIN ever increasing vehemence is 5
. o1rlous that the statement of il
"Sl Is almost superfuous; nor is
a less conspicuous fact that no a
,e'npIS were made by Judge Van ri
prosecute under the Edmunds Lay
s all the time the cry rose high
ci,a higher, and clearer an
carer, from the hungry throI
tlaVing for dab at tile public treasuI
LIZ Commission was the panac,
S Wch would cure and eradicate all Il
ofgElhon ills against which these pu
T W souI were crying out in incessant Al
& np ylrtuous anguish. If the
~r npt tangible proof of the existence
,rS SI q conspiracy, the conduct of t
Gnb ote nowling Federal ring mob, in t
9S S4t vi more recent events, gives Gle
me- NO. .uhinlstakable evidence that the 81
iailed SO far. - = -''-ieo - :
nass"s November election came a
Eassed, and the RenuhIicope uare ,