The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-12-17

of the Peoples party. It is not shown, nor
attempted to be shown, that the officers
did not actin behalf of both parties, if there
were two; in fact it is not shown that there
was any other party to represent. The
fact that officials of the Peoples party en-
ployed them to perform public duty,
which they performed and properly got
paid for, is not commented upon; it is only
the receipt for the money that raises a
bubble. Now. supposing the objection to
that be correct, and the facts concerning
which it was given be also correct, which
course would an impartial person naturally
suppose grand jury would take in the
premises-consider the services pursuant
to which money was paid and receipt
given, or merely take up the form of the
receipt make a great TODD over it, and
ignore the facts behind it Suppose they
claim(to themselves) that there was no need
of such service at Bingham at such time
why not let the absence of such necessity
appear in the report! Why not show up
the whole transaction, in fact, if there was
anything in it calling for the intervention
of the grand jury? Was it not because 20
tell it all would be to deprive the party IN
whose interest the grand jury seems 20
have been working of large portion Of its
capitali 1t would seem so. If a man re-
ceives money as payment for finding
another's horse and playfully or ignorantly
receipts for the money so as to make it ap
pear that he has stolen the animal for his
patron, of course dignihed, intellectual
and upright grand jury would indict the
man on the receipt alone for grand larceny,
although the facts otherwise showed that
the man never stole the horse nor anything
else and was nota stealing mani If he were
a member of the Peoples party and the late
grand jury had to handle his case, we feel
justified in saying that that is about what
would be done.
Again-conclusions are grasped at from
cases in relation to county and city officials.
As to the former, not the slightest mention
is made of suits brought to enforce collec-
ton, nor of compromises made when it was
evident nothing better could be done in the
way Of obtaining what was due. So far as the
report was concerned, we were left in COM
plete ignorance of all that. And whyl Can
any other reason be assigned than what is
herein set forth-a desire to aid the Liberal
party in the impending campaign by raking
up all the old stories against officials who
have been identified with it in the past and
giving them a new coat of varnish and thus
the semblance of originality by incorporat-
them into the official report of the grand
jury of the Third district courtl AS to
what is said against city officials, they will
be given an opportunity of making better
defense than can be done for them in these
columns, and that their showing will be
complete and conclusive, there can be no
doubt. The mention of federal officials is
for the purpose of apparent impartiality,
and is a very diaphanous disguise
Following so closely upon the naturaliza-
ton proceedings before Judge ANDERSON,
we can only now say that the Liberal
party must be sadly beset by doubts and
misfortunes. All their boosted ability of
being able to carry the city on a full and
free poll by good-sized majority is shown
to have no foundation other than their own
blowing and the lying deception of their
organ. Without such assistance as they
are now dragging in, they have no chance
to win and they realize it. They don't
want fair contest, in fact any contest
at all if it can be avoided; they are
working to have the election made mere
matter of form, the courts, through an i'm
properly influenced and therefore unduly
biased public sentiment, settling it for
them in advance.
One thing remains to be said-since the
grand jury were going so far back and in
to all forms and manner of malfeasance in
office, why could they not have given US
report on Tooele county under Liberal
rule! That county is in this district, ard
yet they are as dumb as oysters regarding
it. Of course they were thoroughly i'm
partial, seeking out iniquity wherever it
may have existed, at whatever time and in
whatever place. OF course. Certainly.