Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-14


horrible deed. That he should lndi
v.lually, without the knowledge Of
consent Of his fellow officers, aeum,
tho awful responsibility Of one OF th,
most appalling crimes Of modern times
principally for the benefit Of others, Il
out of the question. Even from au
ordinary business standpoint Che idea
Is not TO be entertained for momant
The secretary Of u corporation never
cmbodies ia himself the powers oil
president, vice.prcsident, board Of IA.
reci0rs aud executive committee.
Should 1t, In course Of time. be-
placed beyond all doubt that Gibson
operated the plot 70 the point Mt whsh
II was exploited, II may then be safely
sct down that he was associated with
nest ofas internal n lot of conspirators
~ ever breathed outside OF Jail OF
danced elsewhere than on a hangman's
gallowf.
There Is but one step from tho sub.
lime 20 The ridiculous. So Is there
from civilization 10 hafbariam. The
latter sifile Ia often taken In these
degenerate times. II Ia fearful 10 con.
template that n crime 20 awful ns the
one considered was only prevented by
the honesty ola servant Of the com.
pany whose Injury was the object Of
the plot. The proposed derd included
anon aud wholesale murder OF innocnnl
people, and M for greed Of gold and Of
the ,ransitory Influence and comforts
that wealth might afford.
a few years ago number OF violent
annrchlcal agltaiors, the operations Of
which were directed against capitalists
whose villalny, they claimed. held the
masses Of tho people In senii.slavcfy,
were hanged, while others Of
them were sont 10 prison. Tho
reason for their being consigued TO that
fate was that this courts claimed to
have proved that their speeches led 10
a riot In which several policu oiliccrs
were killed, by tho explosion Of dyna.
mite bombs. II the statements he true
In relation TO the alleged whisky trust
plo. agnlnst an antitrust establish.
mcnt then nest OF anarchists Of a
worse type has been discovered.
In tho late instance II IL not labor
ngninsi capital, but capital against
Itself. Such conspiracy a. tho one
alleged 10 have been nipped on the
eve Of being carried Into effect, has no
redccming feature connected with II.
The men who were hanged and I'm.
prisoued q few y,am ago were working
for cause, and not for self, however
much they may have been mistaken. Ia
the present plot there appears no clo.
mont inside from the attainment of en-
truly selfish objects by means Of anon
aud wholesale murder u Innocent poo
pie. But In this instance IL Ia not
probable, even II there bu no doub, OF
guilt, that tho conspirators will meet
their dues under tho law, because they
aIu wealthy. For while II Is claimed
that In this republic the people are
sovereign, a louder cry goes up from
every part Of the land that "moncy Ia
king"
Social commotion, the result OF com.
bin,s aud counter combines, all more
or less secret In their genius and Que.
rations, Is striking feature Of Me
times. The voice Of revelation, through
Joseph Smith, the prophet, directed
the hlder In tho Performance Of their
duty Ia pToclalming the Gospel, TO
warn those who should be converted
In the east to Zee TO the west, because
OF that which was coming upon the
earth, and Of "secret combinations
Tho Book Of Mormon IL also explicit
In regard to "murderous combln.
atlons," whose object should I've to 'tgct
power aud gain" which should exist
In this country In our day. II points
out that the domination Of such com.
blnes must necessarily be- destructive |
to the nation. hat no heed IL taken To
the solemn warning and these threat.
cnlng anarchlcal agencies are accumu.
lsting ON every hand.