The Evening dispatch. [volume] (Provo, City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1895-01-11
THE RECENT FIASCO.

ENCIH e LaSO Al " Soh
burnt yesterday when the breakdown
came like clep of thunder from clear
skv. It cannot be read in any other
way than that the recent going behind
the returns was either mistake or it
was the result OF deep laid scheme to
place the democracy in false light,
SO that next fall the work of electing
republican legislature might be assured
and entirely successful. Two United
States senators 1s prize which is richly
worth struggling for. One of the ways
to struggle was to place the democracy
in a false position before the voters of
Utah. This has been done, and, if
designed, it was as adroit as it is wicked
and blameworthy.
There was either full justification for
sending for the boxes Of Sanpete county
or there was not the shadow of an ex-
cuse. In the light of all that has been
done in this connection, we incline to
the theory that there has been all along
deep laid conspiracy to produce this
call tor the boxes in question as well
as the ignominiOus breakdown-and
enly for the purpose above mentioned,
that of placing the democracy of Utah
in a false position so that it might be
placed in a position where it would be
impossible to win this fall, thus put
ting the new state into the hands of
the republican party, giving that party
the two senators and the subsidy
bounty constitution, which is
now plainly in sight. OF course
this result could have been
worked out in no other way and with
no other tools than republican
leaders and weak venal and dishonest
democratic cosdjutors. Somebody has
turned traitor. Who2 The question
may never be satisfactorily answered,
probably never be solved, but still the
suspicion will be ever present in the
minds of those honest and faithful
democrats who have an unspeakable
scorn for croodedness and scoundrel.
ism in politics as in every other inter-
est or pursuit in life.
1t is fortunate that having to occur
at all, it came in ample time to en-
able the party authorities to institute
the most rigid search and to run to
cover the base scoundrels who have
placed this ugly and ominois burden
upon the shoulders of the party, and
for so base and dishonest purpose
The party will be recreant to the every
characteristic OF democracy if it relaxes
its effort to slit this thing to the bot
tom, or stops short of full elucidation
of the dark mystery now surrounding
the whole matter. The recreant men
and their instruments and tools are to
be searched for both in Sanpete county
and in Salt Lake. Our noble commits
sion will not be true to themselves or
the party if they do not lead in this
matter.The crime was committed when
the boxes were tampered with. They
could only have been raped before
leaving Sanpete, on the way or after
they arrived in Salt Lake. With this
simple statement it ought to be very
simple task to find the Williams. A good
sharp detective put on the case
now, while all the circumstances of the
rape are fresh in mems memories,
ought, in short while, result in an
early detection as well as an easy con-
vlction. The leaders, but especially
the party authorities, should take the
lead and camp on the trail OF the
rspers until conviction has been se-
cured and conuign punishment meted
out.
Handled how it may be, almost ire
parable injury has been done already
This and its bad effects can only be
lessened or done away with by the
most strenuous, earnest and persistent
efforts at detection. We hazard the
prediction that when the bottom facts
are turned up, it will be found that the
conspiracy has been formed by and in
cludes some high-rsnk republicans and
one or two characterless democrats
who have neither party, social or busi-
ness standing.
OF one thing we are convinced and
that is, the sponge was thrown up by
Judge Powers too soon, entirely too
soon. The fight should have been con-
tinued longer and for the reason and
with the hope that the culprits would
be turned up without the delay which
now seems inevitable.