The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-02-11
THAT CHARGE TO The JURY,

Judge ZANE's charge to the grand jury,
as published in yesterdays HERALD, was a
terrible arraignment of local officials for
the non enforcement of the laws. 1t was
an appropriate successor to the charge de-
livered TO the previous grand jury by the
chief Justice few months ago. 1t is to be
hoped that this one will have better effect
than followed the other for whilst there
was more or less of sensational buster
about what the late grand jury would do
1t will not be claimed that much was &C
complished. 1t will not be said that much,
if anything, was done towards the sup
| preston Of prostitution, for there seem TO
be practically as many houses of ill-fame
as formerly; If gambling has been stopped,
the fact has not been proclaimed, and so
far as appearances go there are just as
many gamblers and just as many gaming
houses as before; nobody who goes upon
the streets on the Sabbath will pre-
tend that whisky selling on Sun
day has been discontinued, for
the drunken men furnish convincing
evidence that it cannot be much more diff
cult to obtain intoxicants on the first day
of the week than on the second or third.
1t is high time that determined effort was
put forth by courts, prosecutors and jurors
to suppress the evils complained of and re-
cover something OF the good name and
fame which once belonged to Salt Lake.
The present reputation of the city is any
thing but credltable to the administration,
nor does it tend 10 induce the coming of
either the capital which is so much
needed, or the class of people de-
sired. Reputable men with families
are not seeking homes in cities where
burglaries and hold-ups are of nightly &C.
currence, where saloons are run openly on
Sunday, and where houses of prostitution
are not interfered with by the officials eX-
cept on ''license days" when the keepers
and inmates are notified to pay into the
, police court the sum asked as a permit to
continue business for another quarter. An
: earnest, energetic grand jury ought not 10
, IND it difficult to get evidence justifying
the indictment of at least some of the par
ties whose dOings have given this city bad
t name at home and abroad.
Especially interesting and pointed were
= his honor's remarks about Illegal voting
At every election, it is charged that men
, vote illegally, some repeating, theirs vot
ing in names other than their own, and
still others through perjury as tothe stain
= tory qualifications. Arrests at the polls
are frequently made, but the election being
3 over, nobody prosecutes and the cases are
dropped. If the allegations are true, the
: indictment and conviction of few of the
/ guilty would have a Statutory effect fol
D even the toughest OF men are not 60
ing to run the risk of getting
r into the legislature for the sake oil
! voting. AS things have gone the
: bosses and the crooks have beer
S encouraged to believe they would not BIZ
= prosecuted no matter how tiagrantly they
violate the laws for the preservation OF the
: purity of elections.
! Let US hope that the change will b.
f needed by the classes arraigned as well a,
a by the inquisitors, and that the presen
Y term Of the court will witness the Inaugural
5 ton Of reforms in more directions thar
one