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THE MAYOR AND THE MARSHAL.
An Explanation OF the Course Of Those
Lx.Oniclals.
DID THEY NIsArrRorRIArE PUBLIC
MoSEy?
Editor Desert NewG

Editor Desert NepG
DEAR Still have thought that In
Justice To Ex-Mayor Armstrong and
myself, n statement Of facts should be
laid before the pablo In regard To our
cases, wherein In Dec, 1859, twelve
indictments were found by the grand
jury, six against each Of Us, for mis-.
approprlating public monies OF Salt
Lake City. Every few weeks our
names have been brought before tho
Courts, and heralded by the Press nom
one end Of the land 10 the other. We
have asked repeatedly for n trial,
but II has been paced nom one
term OF Court To another until the
present.
When Mr.. Armstrong aud myself
were elected to fll the offices OF Mayor
and Marshal OF this city, there were
Ave notorious houses Of vile repute
doing n thriving business. The names
Of the proprlelors Of these houses were
very familiar to the public. Sunday
liquor selling was carried on to con.
siderable extent, although not with
open doors. In 1856 petition was IT,
ceived by the City Council asking that
the city marshal be empowered TO en-.
ploy two detectives for the better pro.
lection OF It, citizens and enforce.
ment u the ordinances Of this city. A
motion was made aud passed at the
the next council that the mayor, with
the marshal associated, be authorized 10
employ detectives tho number men.
claimed there was no authority given
TO the mayor or marshal TO employ
detectives,
After our installation In office, these
public houses OF prostitution were
broken up and tho proprletors aud In.
mates scattered 10 the four winds, and
q public house OF that character was
not known thereafter In this city while
Mayor Armstrong was In ofiice.
Strange women would come 10 our city
andlunuertake 10 establish such places,
and Sunday liquor selling causeda con,
tinuous fight on the part Of the city.
Sometimes the proprletors OF saloons
would be halfway decent In their ac-
tions, ut Others they would band to-
gether and defy the city TO stop them,
making threats against the officers and
detectives,
The system adopted by the saloon
men Ia most cases was 10 have two
men ~ spies, one inside the saloon at
the window, the other on the outside.
As soon as an officer came within
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County Teaehers' Association.

The regular monthly meeting OF the
CountyTrachera' Association convened
on Saturday morning In tho University
building; President VIM. Stewart In
the chair. The minutes OF Feb, 9TH
Were read and approved.
Nearly every district In the county
was represented.
The committees appointed 10 revise
the constitution and bye-laws reported
that further time would bo needed 10
perfect it, work.
Superintendent Stewart presented
each teacher with copy OF tic
LaaterH, paper publhhei monthly
by the students Of the University Of
Deserct.
The programme for the day was ear
rled out ns follows;
Supt. Stewart introduced Mr.. VIM,
Bradford, who gave his experience
upon tho subject Of "SchOol OrganIza.
tion." The gentleman dwelt Ia detail
upon many things OF great practical
value 10 teachers. All teachers present
heartily enjoyed the remarks made by
MIR. Bradford, and at the close hearty
vote OF thanks was accorded him.
Miss Katie Dean, In speaking upon
the subject OF "Rending," advocated
the thorough learning OF all hard words
before tho recitation begins; then the
pupils should be required 10 read In an
animated way, No that the pupils who
are not taking part are sure to be inter
ested.
Mr.. Ross stated that this teachers
should give more Of their attention 10
the subject OF phonics and dlacritlcal
marks, Us these are the keys TO the pro.
nuncialion Of all words, and by their
use the pupils might be made their own.
critlcs.
The Institute adjourned to meet
April 18th, 1891.
OSCAR VAN Corr, seo'v
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brac kind Of ware. When II Is found
that Sicilian has trade, II Ia gen-
orally that Of q tinker or cohbler. These
wo trades are taught In the peuilcn-
iarius, and II may be Inferred that the
persons exercising them here are
graduates Of criminal reformatorIcs.
In political sense these people
are more dangerous than In a
social sense. They are entirely led
by their "padrones." a politician
deals directly with ''padrone." Tn.
latter, Of course. Ia an Italian, more or
les conver-ant with American politics,
aud able 10 speak the English lang.
uage. THIS "pa1rone" eau manipulate
votes "a II suits his purpose. His
strongest grouni IL at the primaries.
And II Ia there that he IL most In de.
mand.
or the slclllans the Beelw States
says
,Aur records show that a. a nationality
hey belong essentially TO the criminal
classes, and vet, onvlciion, when crime
Is charged against them, is very hardt To
secure, becnnse OF the diileul'y OF get
tlna them 10 testify one aRaiusi the other.
OF no other rhcc IL this true. our crim-
w." ',ev'us ~ ,,n ~ ''."'u NV 49,
49, ',''',.' t.,,'a,,, ~, ~, H.,
,,.. hs. RON ,nrna,, s.,d, n, ~ d,,,h.
bo1 stai.,nent even az tho ylr,lm. him.
salf. that his a.sallrnt sa. nj. friend aud
innocont OF the crimo clearly brought
home to him, the victim decmlng II
virtue higher even than truth to rclogaic
his murdercrto the operation of'ho ven.
de''a rather than to tho punishment OF
'"e 'a"'
However, rs rule, these people
confined their numerous doings TO
themselves, until last octobcr wheh
David Hennesscy, the New Orleans
chief OF Police, was Killed. He kne"
liie workings OF Italian societies. naue
himself cognizAnt OF the siIi'es anu
'cuds which led to their secret plots 10
murder' IL was known tha' IN ease
'heh pchuing, no woulu give import
'nt evidence anu 'hat was IL Is s'"''
III, he cause ior MS removal
inc New orleans episode Is on'y one
more OF heso convincing testimonies
"nloh prove inc useie-'h'es anu
OF many secret societies, Clnn |
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NATIONALIsM. MOBOCRACy AND
MURDER.

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-. ,,,a,,..,,,,l -. 1890, f.,
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s,a,os s...,,.s 49, enacted which
cain oonsII.ra,. Iaw..hL,I,,, ,l,,,.,.
mr.. d,.InclI,.J IN dw.ifon n was n
Iyn,h,,, nnna,ail.Iod 4, m. unlt.d
s,a,.. +, v.. .uch , v,oIsn, con,.mn,
aod d.a,nc. a, civil l.w ,ha, railonaI
mini, A.. ho,,ia.J
IN. d,c,.,on M n co,,, and IN, var.
d,c, al lurv war. ,.,,,,I.J he a, ON.
ray.d ,ubl,c ma J,s,nss. of mnr,i,,ou.
con,plra,ots A corrup, iu,v and n
rot,., ludIcIa,v m. baa .nouyh but n
IA .c,rcoIv d.ba,abl. that IvncbInv IA
much wor-. Accor,Ing IN m. New
orl,.n. n,,.. and u.blic onlniop. IN,
Iu,y .,J cou,t war, ,,,,,ha.ad In IN.
trial Of IN, Italians. and TINT WINS WHY
IN, Iyleh,pr followed. This l. very
sad state OF aflaIrs. Mob Inv 4. IN.
worst kind Of tyranny and the tragedy
nj Nav Orleans A. n dlsgmo. 10 TINT
CITY and the state Of Louisiana,
To those who wish for In, u.rpetua.
tion and pr,seryatlon Of our instltu.
tIon. this iamentablo drama ought 10
make n serious object Lesson. IA hall
very well 10 denouuc, cormpt Jury.
men, ycnal ludges, and undesirable
immigrants. lut TINT will avail very
little. We must begin nj the begin.
ming. and let every citizen deem IL
mart OF his bound,u duty both 10 80.
that good men and wise men mr.,
elected 10 of,lcc,and 10 watch IN. eonr.-
Of those who are elected 10 public posi-.
tons, also 10 discourage all race fac
aud maintain the supremacy
Of law.
II will he remembered that Few
months ago murder OF very sensa.
tional character occurred Ia New
Orleans. Captain Hennessy, the
rhief OF police In that city, was shot
aud killed while In the dis
charge OF his duty. The reports at the
Inns connected an Italian secret so.
ilety known rs the "AIaha" with the
Hennessy, II was stated, was
, very energetic officer, and Incurred
he wrath Of this society. Hc exposed
several Of IL plots, and even brought
10 light several jobs which II acccmp.
lshed In the way OF murder. A few
lays after his death, two or three OF
he leaders Of this society were ar.
rested, and a strong chain Of evidence
woven against them.
Tn. WeeLh S,ates N Nav o,l..n.
ournal commenting on th,murd.,.nd
IN the cause, which led 10 II rema,LaJ
ha, thouyh our land .x,.,ds 40 IL.
he blessings of liberty. wei A ,xnec,s
hem 10 bo aliy. IN IN. resro,sI.
,lIl,,es which fre,.dom co,rI.. vim /,
4 said. "one-the ohiefest danger 10
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COLLAPSE or A SHAMEFUL PROS
ECUrION.

---
Tnr closing scene In broad Glib
eralv farce was played In the rhlrt
District Court last Friday. The case
against ex.Mayor Armstrong aud OK
Marshal solomon were dismissed on
motion OF the District Attorney. These
were the last Of the trumped.up charges
against prominent members OF th'
Peoples Party which were made fof
political effect during the last munich
pal campaign.
The accusations against the Mayor
and Marshal were all Of a piece with
those connected with the Hydraulic
Canal Company. There was nothing
In them. The "Idboral" individuals
who moved In these matters know
there was nothing Ia them. The
"I.ibcral' grand Jury which foand the
indictments knew there was nothing
In thom. The Liberal" scribcs who
tried to manufacture public sentiment
against the accused gentlemen, on ac-
count Of these groundlsss charges,
knew there was nothing In them. The
whole proceedings were prostitution
OF the powers Of the law aud shame
nil TO the last degree.
The prctext on which the charges
against the former Mayor and Marshal
Of the city was based, Ia clearly shown
up In the letter Of the cx.Mafshal
which win be found In another coli
umn. The facts there related cannot
10 denied. II the promoters Of the
prosecution against these gentlemen
are not ashamed Of the farce they have
played and the flxklc they have made
OF 1t, that IL because shame IL a feel
Ing Of which they have become In
capable.
But there u q serious side 10 this
batch Of buncombe, falsehooi and ms.
use Of Official influence and authority.
Mossrs. Armstrong aud solomon have
been put to Immense trouble aud ex.
pensc In this yoxatious and vicious
pretended prosecution. They are In.
jurcd materially. That may be- some
SATISFACTION 70 'heir acousers' but IL Is
wrong whion 'hey should not Do
mauo 10 suffer rom wi'hou. some
redress. what course they viii take
III relation 70 inc matter We 10 not
Know but " IN ciea Una, hey ought
A.. -. -. l.. "A. -.
not 10 DO inaue 70 bear alone inc buruen
OF inc expense which mas been incurred
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We take it that trebling the taxes in one
year may correctly be termed EXCESSIVE
taxation"
S-"Ohcial extravaganza" Every city
department costs vastly more under the
present than it did under the former man
agement; while it is melancholy fact that
in no department is the service as efficient
now as it was one year ago. The salaried
men OF this city to day comprise a small
army, very few of whom are really earning
the salaries paid them.
4-"Laxity in public social regulations"
lnasmuch as the last indignation meeting,
composed chiefly of Liberals, and held for
the purpose of demanding the suppression
OF the vice and crime of this city, occurred
only three nights ago, we think it unneces-
sary to discuss at length this fertile theme.
We may just remark that since the murder
of two worthy citizens by foot pads, the
woundlng Of others, and the terrorizing OF
the whole city; since the Sunday sa-
loon, the gambling hall, and worse places
openly Haunted their shame in the face OF
the public, decent Liberals have become
disguised and are raising such shouts of
Indignation that members of the Peoples
party feel to join with them on this issue.
Present conditions fully verify the truth
of these plain predictions concerning the
effects that would necessarily follow Lib
eral rule in this city.
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VERIFIED.

The platform of the Peoples party
adopted September IS, 1889, and extern
siveiy read and discussed during the NUM-
Fcipal campaign of one year ago. contained
one article of especial significance. This
article above all others aroused the ire of
the Liberal press and stumpers. It was de-
clared by them to be villainously false. Our
morning contemporary fairly foamed with
rage in denouncing it.
The innocent article referred to reads as
follows:
We believe that the supremacy OF the Liberal
party means class Acknowledgement excessive
taxation, official extravaganza and laxity in
public social regulations.
Each of these predicted conditions in
case of Liberal supremacy, was scoffed at
with huge gusto by every Liberal that re-
ferred to them. Have these predictions
been verified by fulfillment? Let US see.
1-s'Class acknowledgements Shortly
after the Liberals came into power, the
leaders. who had been vociferously declar-
ing that they had no designs upon the liber-
ties of the people, adopted resolution ask
ing Congress to pass the STRUBLE or the
CULLoM disfranchisement bill. The party
then nominated candidate for Congress
whose platform was Acknowledgement for
everyone known by the name of ''Mor-
mon," irrespective of acts or thoughts.
This party has now delegation at
Washington, laboring to secure the dis
REIMBURSEMENT of the majority. This dele
cation includes the ex-Confederate ex-
Governor WEST and the little Welshman,
Governor THOMAS, who claims that he was
born in this country.
Certainly, no one can deny that the su
premacy of the Liberal party meant
"class disfranchisement,n if it were posi-
BILE for that un-American party to procure
this enslavement of its opponents.
2-"Excessive taxation" The general
and special taxes in this city have been
trebled; and no one can show wherein the
city has been correspondingly benefited.
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SILVER LEGISLATION.

The friends of silver need not iubilate
over the adoption by the Senate of STEW
ARTS free coinage amendment to the tinan-
cial bill. The action of the Senate has not
advanced the cause of silver in the least
degree. 1t has simply demonstrated this,
the Democratic party and Republicans
from silver producing states are in favor OF
the restoration of silver to its place in our
monetary system. The restoration has not
yet been made, nor is it likely to be made
by this Congress. The discussion up to the
present time has been waste of time, as
1t must have been apparent to every Sena-
tor that no free coinage measure could be-
come law while the House is constituted as
it is, and HARRISON Is President The lat
ter was an enemy to the white metal when
he was member of the Senate
and no word that he has
uttered since is suggestive of the
slightest change of opinion. His party is
opposed to silver quite as firmly as it was
eighteen years ago when it demonetized the
metal. The party has never for a moment
changed front on the question, but has uni
formly done the bidding of Wall street in
return for Wall streets contributions to
the campaign funds.
It's doubted that the bill will even get
before the House for discussion, and it Is
almost certain that it will never be voted
upon there. There is not in the republic
to-day more earnest and determined
enemy to silver than the autocrat who pre-
sides over the House who so interprets and
applies the rules that no bills which are
Objectionable to him personally can be
passed. Speaker REED would see to it,
even if there were those in the party
friendly disposed towards the measure
that the bill did not pass.
The silver men and the people may con
sole themselves with the reflection thai
within year there will be in the books q
law which will do ample justice to silver.
The next House will have such an over
whelming Democratic majority that it can
defy Presidential veto, and the Senate
has just given proof that enough of its
members stand in greater awe of the
masses than of the goldites who make thai
branch of Congress reasonably certain tt
override Mr.. HARRIsoN's objections to
free coinage bill.
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LOSSES BY FIRE.

The disastrous fire of the day before yes
terday in this city calls to mind some
popular fallacies concerning the loss due to
fires.
1t is no uncommon thing to hear the re-
mark that the fire will prove benefit to
the laboring classes, inasmuch as the build
ing will have to be replaced, thus affording
work to mechanics and artisans.
This notion of the supposed benefits OF a
destructive fire, apparently results from
the fancy that there is some danger of
such an accumulation of wealth that the
further employment of wage-earners in
wealth production will be unnecessary
that present buildings must be swept away
before others win be erected, etc.
tits sufficient answer to and refutation
Of this harmful fancy to remark that even
if business man has get through putting
up buildings or residences, his money is
still busily at work, paying wages some
where in the complicated machinery of
industry. In fact, about the only way. in
which the money could be kept idle would
be By locking it up in safe.
Now, the re-erection of building de-
stroyed by fire, while it will of course give
additional employment to builders, will
necessarily be at the expense of the wage
earners in other industries from which
capital must be diverted in order to restore
the building.
Loss by fire or other similar disaster is
an absolute one, which in the end falls
most heavily upon wage-earners, since it
reduces by the exact amount of the loss
the capital that is devoted to paying wages.
The total fire loss for 1890 is estimated at
Sos, 600, 900, as compared with sl44. 0OO, 900
in 1889, 100000, 900 in 1888, $3.50, 600, 900 in
1887, and Sll5, 900 600 in 1856.
These vast sums represent the destruc-
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DISFRANCHISEMENT,

What means this sudden haste to secure
the Acknowledgement of the majority of the
people of this territory9
There has heretofore been some shadow
of excuse for advocacy of Acknowledgement
from the fact that number of people here
violated a certain law. For this they were
punished by Imprisonment and disfran-
chisemept.
Still, as it was not certain that others
would not also violate the same law, some
held that it would be best to disfranchise
the whole people, as a sort of preventive
measure, we suppose.
But there is little or no likelihood now
that there will be any such violations of
that law Indeed, we feel safe in predict
ing that there will be more violations of
the anti. polygamy laws in every other
American community of the same size than
there will be right here.
What, then, is the occasion Of the present
demand for the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the
Mormon people? Simp y this: the hungry
politicians know very well that the Nor
mons are in earnest and when they say they
will OBEY tho law, they will do so; aud in a
short time we should have the spectacle
of minority which furnished all the law
breakers of any Importance demanding the
disfranchisement of the most peaceful and
law abiding majority upon this continent
This unpromising outlook causes the dis
tranchisers to make unusual eXertions Just
now so that the people will not have a
chance to prove their sincerity.
49,. l. ~. r.. a..
can people and their natural inclination to-
ward fair play will prevent the consumma-
ton of the Acknowledgement plot.
If the advocates Of this disfranchisement
| outrage were capable OF approaching them,
we would direct their attention to the
words of a great American of our day,
who has discussed this question in the
greatest workson political science yet pro-
duced in this country.
ut has taken ages" says THEODORE
WooLsEY, a lately president of Yale col
| lege, "for the most civilized nations to
come to the conviction that the state
ought not to NEEDLE with individual and
family belief and divine worship. If uni
formity could be produced by law, light
would be excluded from the individual
mind: all thought would be IN letters, not
only in theology and religion, but in all de-
partments in which the doctrines may con
! t1ict with those OF religion; and all reli-
| gious institutions would be afler one pat
tern. But individual minds rebel against
such bondage, and hence the alternative OF
persecution even to death, or OF forced ny
| nocri heal oon forrnitv
| And we cannot believe that alleged opin-
ions will be punished by disfranchisement
in the country whose constitution is
founded on the rock of religious liberty.
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ton of just that much property, and are
loss and waste to their entire extent The
country has lost just that much capital, to
which is to be added the expenses of all the
insurance companies, which distribute the
losses. but do not lessen them; and the ex-
penses of the fire departments must also be
added to this yearly loss.
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IA MONDS

REMEMBER, We offer Bargains in every
line of goods in order to save handling when we
enlarge our place in February.
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A PECULIAR EXPERIENCE.

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