Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-04-24
PROOF cF HYPOCRISY, TREicH-
cry AND DISHONESTY.

at least. sent TO the capital by th'
Chamber Of Commerce 10 assist il
the furtherance Of this object. They
are both in the pay Of the oFganiza
ton named, being its authorized
agents. They have been accused
Of using the money and Influence Of
the Chsmber for the purpose Of fur.
thering the anti '2Iormon'' disfran-
chisement legislation now pending
in Congress
As the organization is alleged to
be non-partizan, there are numbers
Of members Of It who VIII be disfran-
chised should the bills, ar either of
them, alluded to become law. Hence,
if the accusation bc true Governor
Thomas and Caleb W. West have
taken the money Of certain mem
bers Of the Chamber Of Commerce,
forged it into q political knife and,
under cover Of darkness, stabbed
them in TIE back.
We insisted when it was first re-
ported that Governor Thomas and
Caleb ". West were acting the
role Of political sssassins and worse,
thai the Chamber Of Commerce
owed II 10 Itself and the accused
that an investigation be made that
theruth Of the matter might be made
clear. Otherwise, should the state
menss be subsequently proved to Ue
cOrTectiJ would b. particsDS Grim
iais, unwiitingiy or otherwise.
The only step taken in that d.
rection, SO far as made public,
has been the publication OF q state
meut over the signature Of the act
ing president and the secretary to
the effect that the Chamber Of Com
meFee is non partisan. That asssr-
ton goes Is far back rs the age OF
the Chamber. bat has not the slight
est reference to the question as to
whether Arthur J.. Thomas and
Caleb W.West have, while in the pay
Of the organization and with its in
fiuence, been seeking to forward
legislation that win disfranchise n
number Of those who contributed
the mems used in defraying the
expenses Of their present mission to
Washington.
The Governors organ INDUCED in
much mock indignation that so
serious a charge should be preferred
against him, on the ground that
such conduct would he unuttersbly I
desgicable and that he was eonse- (
quently incapable OF it. But there 4
is no more proof relating 20 the point (
in This simulated Journalistic iudig- 1
nation than in Brother Simou's al
legged non-pariisan manifesto.
In regard u the snesiins ami dis
honest character OF such conduct No
person or p4qsr can arouse any con-
t-aversy with as, as viii he observed
By the following estimate placed
upon it in these columns, herewith
reproduced:
"To cali man who would ba guilty
Of such a breach Of confidence as well
as Of common honesty. a thief. would
be TO pass upon him an undese-yed
compliment. What could be more
despic5blo than Tor a man en-
ployed to furihera given purpose, TO
uss the money paid him for the ser
Vice agreed upon AGAINST tie interest
Of those by whom the pay was fur
nished? Iaaead Of carrying out the
o2iec FOR which he is paid TO take the
means Of his employers and use It to
aid in depriving them OK their rights
and liberties? Tins would be precise
" the position, a large portion of the
members q the Chamber Of Com
merce being members Of the Church
against which the pending disabling
Legislation is aimed"
The evidence thus far Is al one
way-in fgor of the guilt OF the
parties against whom the charge
has been maize, with particular
reference to 1lr. Thomas. In this
connection we refer our readers to a
Herald special from Washington.
reproduced in tais issue, which
gives q clear conception OF an able I
speech made yesterday before u.e
House Committee 90 Territories ,
against the Struble anti. 'AIsrmon';
disfrauchIsement bin. To make the
connection more complete we intro
duce the following excerpt
AN astonishing element in this
matter is that the measure Is seeking
enactment without the endorsement
Of any party in Utah or the other
Territories. Who wants such legi.la-
tion? Who asks for il? No one who
has any direc- interest IN this question.
A ieT days ago ] inquired Of the gov
ernor Of Uiah, who j. here, and he
stated emPhstically ihat be was taking
no part and would not do 50 one way
or another. Prominent men here from !
U-ah are equally re,icent." /
At this poin; Delegate Dubois inter 7
rup;ed the speaker aud said that Gov s
ernor Thomas, Ex-Governor Yves. and (
members ofthe Utah commission vino /
were here all favored the biz and I
though; it should become a law; that $
Governor Thomas had made such :
r statement before two or three mem {
bers OF the committee
Mr.. CaiBe replied he would only !
repeat what Governor Thomas had
said 70 him, tina; lac, Thomas, had :
talked the matter over and had de-
cided TO take no part either for or
against the bill and then remarkssl:
THE committee have now both state
ments before them and can judge what Q
kind Of man Governor Thomas is" c
That is direct enough. There can q
be no doubt whatever about the cor 4
Of the statement OF Hon. L
John I. Caine, and notwithstanding
the prcclivity Of Dubois 10 indulge a
Ia iaisehood when lac thinks the C
truth is not as useful on a special &C. {
casion, what ne said yesterday must Q
be correct. The latter's assertion in s
regard to the position taken by Mr.. d
Thomas was uttered presumably in 5
the presence OF those members Of Il
the committee with whom the Gov {
ernor labored in behalf Of the dis /
reimbursement bill. 1t is not proba- Z