The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-06-05
.wEALERsn AND DAVIS COUNTY.

We print today letter On the Davis
county view of the Industrial cpl
sode as it affected the people of that
county. The writer OF it cannot com
prehend why SO many of our states
men think it wise and just to prevent
J at least. a portion of the surplus of
miners and other laborers from leaving
the Pacific coast"
1t is difficult to comprehend why so
many would-be statesmen and hasty
critics have so much TO say of things
about which they know so little. No
body wants to prevent either miners or
other laborers from leaving the Pacific
coast. What is objected to is the mass
ing of large bodies of men, including
professional tramps, criminals and
deadbeats. who by force of numbers
become a menace to peaceable people
who demand support from the indus
trious. steal trains or force themselves
upon them unlawfully, and whose de-
clared purpose is to overawe the ma
tional government and obtain legisla-
ton which cannot be secured by lawful
and legitimate means
The action taken by the court in
granting the temporary injunction,
which held the marching crowd on a
dead line was in response to an
application by recognized officer of
Davis county. He sued out the writ,
the court very properly granted it on
the face Of the complaint. When the
case was argued and good reasons
were given why the injunction should
not be made permanent, it was dis
solved. People in Davis County and
in Weber County who find fault with
Judge Merritt, simply show their lack
of acquaintance with the rules of law
and the procedure of courts, or their
desire to find fault without cause.
Another mistake of our friends who
sympathize SO much with the wealers
when they are at a convenient dis
tance-is in the assumption that all
these strolling bands want is to go to
their former homes in the east, and
therefore they ought to be helped by
free food and free rides.
They do not ask for aid on any such
a plea They claim to have a mis-
SION to Washington, where they in
tend to mass themselves, to use the
force of their numbers in demanding
the passage of laws which they mag
inc will cure the evils of poverty, but
which are out of the constitutional
power of Congress to enact. And be-
cause they want to pose as a living
petition they claim the right to not
only breathe the air and walk on the
highways, which no one disputes, but
to move as an organized army, re-
quiring the public to supply their
wants and the railroad. companies to
furnish them transportation.
We want our friends in Davis and
other counties to understand that the
court here performed its duty. in
granting the temporary injunction;
that the officers sent to aid in the en-
forcement of the law were in the
strict line of their duty; that those
blatant persons and incendiary news
papers which threatened or instigated
resistance to those officers were GRIM
inal in act and intent; and that the
people of Davis and Weber counties
should be the last to find fault with
measures which were entered upon for
their protection and benefit.
While it is right that newspaper cor
respondents should be careful in gath
ering news. it is just as right and
necessary that their critics are equally
careful in commenting upon matters
that they do not fully comprehend. If
our communicate prefers large hordes
of hungry wealers to an occasional
tramp. we have nothing to say except
that he is welcome to have them quar-
tered in his vicinity. AS for the ma
jority of the people. we are of the
opinion that they view these armies
as menace and a disturbing force,
which they hope will soon be but an
unn1ea ga Mt memory