The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1894-05-15
PROVO CITY. MAY
WEST IN FOR 1T.

Do what be may, discharge hi 5 duties
to the last, faintest obligation, steer
as close to the law as may be, yet the
republican papers, led by the great
liberal Tribune of Salt Lake, will hold
Governor West up to derision and
scorn-thereby, as they believe, they
are contributing, to the defeat of the
party in the near future. In order to
accomplish this they would and are
putting the country to the hazard of
falling into the hands of the anarchists
for good and all. Shame, shame upon
them. Saturday last the industrials
appropriated a train without leave,
over the protests Of the employees of
the railroad, unlawfully naYigated it,
ran it off the tracks in the Provo yards,
were ordered away by the United
States authority, refused to leave but
continued to labor to replace the en-
CINE with the declared purpose of pro-
ceeding on their unlawful journey.
The sheriff Of the county Joined the
U. S. marshal in demanding their dis
persaI, they still refuse and dare the
officers to interfere with them. The
sheriff calls upon the bystanders, sum-
mons deputies and all that, but such
are the sympathies of the people with
the commonwealers that they laugh
our faithful officers to scOrn and ut
terly refuse to obey. Added to all
this, they say to the officers you dare
not attempt to force US to assist in the
arrest of these men. Then and not till
then, they apply to the governor. That
officer responds and in the only legal
way open to HIM by sending the state
troops to restore the authority Of law.
This is done and the property is res.
cued from the unlawful hands which
had appropriated it and restored it to
the hands of its legal and unquestioned
III fiUiaf5d. For this he IS held up TO the
scorn, of whom? plainly the unlawful
mob, the men who have subverted the
law and who are found in unlawful
possession Of the property OF another.
What, pray, can the Tribune and
other republican papers say? How can
they justify themselves In thus giving
aid and comfort to the very people who
are defying all law? Win their con-
servative patrons approve of TINS
cause? Do the business men and
property owners who support them
approve? These have the greatest
stake in the country and are
more interested in sustaing the law
than any others.
When the moment for calm, second
thought comes, even the very men who
contravened the law Saturday in re-
fusing to obey The officers or to assist
in arresting the wealeTs will be thor
oughly ashamed of their unlawful acts.
Governor West need not be alarmed in
the slightest. The phrensy passes with
the moments and then the cool, wary,
law-sbiding men Of both parties will
rejoice with The DISPATCH that Utah
happened to have a governor, who,
knowing the law at the same time had
the nerve to enforce it, and that her
escutcheon is not to be Soiled by the
charge that her officers surrendered
to the mob ere a Single shot had been
fired. Instead of blame, Governor
Vest is richly entitled to warmest
praise, He obeYed his oath OF office
rather than listen to the bowling of
the mob, OF to the still small voice of
pity, which was sounding in his own
heart, for the misguided men who had
been led into placing themselves in an
tagonism to the government, by woes
which while they do not justify, are
yet many and grieYous. We are sure
that law-ab iding Utah will stand by
West or any other man who stands by
hls duty, albeit, he may outrage every
sentiment of his own heart, in the dis.
charge of his sworn duty,