The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-11-04
"THE HERALD" Is WITH YOU.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE,
SALT LAKE CITY, October 8, 1855.
To the Salt Lake Herald, the Salt Lake Tribune,
and the DeSeret NelUs:
AS to myself, waving all discussion, Is to
the causes producing the anomalous condi-
lions, which all concede exist in this Terri
tory, and as to the merits or dement's of nv
last annual report, which has been the sub
ject of comm ent in your papers, will you as
moulders and directors of public opinion,
unite with NE in an earnest, honest effort TO
secure what recommended. capable, i'm
partial tribunal, to ascertain the facts of our
differences? 1t doth appear from the repre-
sensations made as to the character of
Federal officials who have served in this
Territory, that most, if not all, have been
weak, or corrupt, inspired by q hope of gain,
love OF power, or animated with spirit of
malice or hate towards portion of the peo-
pie. The committee or commission which
1 suggest is to be created by the highest
source OF power In our land; no political &C;
vantage is to be given; it is to be constituted
equally of the two great political parties
Having regard to the source of creation, it
is fair to presume that strong, fair, capable
men would be sent to US. Being charged
with a special mission, limited in its nature
and ending with It's completion, it presents
no inducement to the greed of gain or
lust of power Awaiting an answer through
your columns, am,
Very respectfully, etc
CALEB w. WESI.
When the above reached The HERALD
last evening there had already been
written an article on this very subject,
which appears in these columns this
morning. The Governor need not have
asked THE HERALD if it would unite
with him in an effort to secure the
commission which he proposes in his
annual report. If he has been a reader
of this paper he knows that we have
often and earnestly asked for just such
committee as he suggests. THE
HERALD does not care whether the
commission shall be composed of Dem
oerats or Republicans, Mugwumps or
| Independents: all we ask is that it
shall be made up of honest, intelligent
men, who are not cranks in religion,
and who will not endeavor to use the
Office to make capital for political
party. We merely ask for men who
will believe their own eyes, ears and
judgments instead of the unsupported
word OF unprincipled adventures and
the willful lies of irresponsible news
papers. We ask men who when Cover
nor West officially says that the
articles of incorporation of q. c..
NJ. l., provide that membership in
the Mormon Church is essential
to holding stock, will not accept the
statement as true as matter of fact,
bat will examine the articles, and find
ing that the Governor willfully falsifed,
will say so. We don't want men who -,
when told by Governor West, that the
Mormon Church has built and operated
gas works, street railroads. theatres,
and so on, will rest content. but will as
certain if the executive speaks truly.
We don't want men to come here and,
accepting the assertion of an irrespons.
ibie newspaper or a vicious governor
that the Mormons are on the point of
rebellion, will go away without learning
if the allegation is really true. We
don't want commission made up of
Senator Edmunds, Tom Reed, Ran
dolph Tucker and Angie Newman, who
would believe anything vile about the
Mormons, no matter who said it, and
would not believe the truth if it sug-
gested the possibility of tie people of
Utah being anything but rogues and
lechers.
BY ali means let US have a congress
sional commission of inquiry, a COM
mission made up of men who will ascer-
tain on the ground from those who
Know just what the social and political
condition of Utah is, just what has
brought about the condition, and who
will have no other object or motive
than fair ana honest and unpreiu-
diced statement of the fact. The HER
AID is heartily with Governor West in
his recommendation, and this is oul
answer to his communication.