The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-05-15
POLITICAL PLOT
that FAILED
SmOOtiteS Tried to Besmirch
American Party and Scheme
Proved Boomerang.
INSIDE HISTORY OF
FIGHT AGAINST FIGHT
Surreptitiously Enlisted Aid of
Ministerial Association to
Gain Their Ends.

MlulStClldI AoSUCldllUu W
Gain Their Ends.
The charge of perjury preferred against
the Rev. D. A. Brown by James Donald
son. who promoted the Hyland- Corbctt
exhibition was dismissed by Judge Dichl
at Monday afternoons session OF the Po-
lice court Judge Dleh! took this action
on a motion made by District Attorney
Fred Loofbourow, who. at the request of
Assistant County Attorney Willard Han
SON. was entered In the records os repre-
.senting the office of the County Attorney.
Mr. Hanson indorscd the motion The
District Attorney stated that he had
looked into the case and decided that no
public good could be accomplished by the
proposed prosecution OF the case To TINS
stotement Assistant County Attorney
Hanson added that he was satisfied no
erlnoe had been committed and moved
that the case be dismissed.
Prosecutors Will Not Prosecute.
This action on the part OF tho District
and Sounty Attorneys left Judge Dtehi
no alternative but TO DISMISS tle eNoe,
and In doing he said: Inc Ino',on VI
dismissal coming from the county 1ftIt 49,
news office backed up by the DistTict
Attorney places the court In a peSunal
position. If this motion were oehieo ,Se
County Attorney would not prosecute the
case and. II prosecuted. the District At
torney Sould refuse TO file the inforina-
ton"
Attorney Pierce Reflects on Court.
AT this juncture Attorney Frank Pierce
who represented the Rev MT Brown,
stated That II had not been Al the requesl
OF his CLIENT that the motion haa i oeeG
made. The defendant desired TO process process
with the trial notwithstanding Attorney
Hanson's wish TO have tho case dlsnilssS9.
And then Mr.. Pierce proceeded: we
want this case TO so on. we want TO as
certain III this court Is TO be used TO be-
smiroh the Characters OF good men. We
want all the facts TO come out.
Judge Diehl Resents Slight
This apparent reflection upon Judge
Diehl ana tho machinery OF ms SouI. S
raised the Ire OF the Jurist, and he olu not
permit tho slight TO pass uhanswereu,, 20,
''Before granting the notion ne sara, l
want to say that tho intmation OF de-
fnndant's attorney as TO this courts con-
duct In Issuing the warrant OF arrest Is
absolutely false. This court cares not
plalned against The complaint sets forth
sufficient facts, II Brown connhts an
ofiense L care not whether ne Is a Nuns
ter or not. II Brown made mistake,
know nothing and cnre nothing about II
This court has done its plain duty | deny
that at any time or place, or thToush me
Influence of any man the machinery OF
this court has been used as lntlmated py
defendants attorney.
secure a special prosecutor and resort to
mandamGs proceeding TO enforce the lssu-
ance OIL a warrant want 10 say egain
that in handling cases of all KINDS IN thls
court | know nobody. l care not whether
n plaintiff or a defendant be gambler,
vaxrant or a preacher. The dispensation
of even handed justice to all who come
seeking IL is the rule that guides this
co t, and / resent the intimation OF At
toney Pierce as absolutely falsc ana
wholly uncalled for"
Assistant City Attorney Daily here arose
end stated that some OF the ministers had
informed him that they had understood
that the City Attorneys office had mhde
extraordinary efforts TO secure the per-
jury warrant against Brown He wanted
to deny II In open court. To this Judge
No one but myself is responsible for Is
suing this warrant l Issued 1t, l take
nll the responsibility. The case is dis
missed"
End of Brown Incident"
This ends what, may be termed & the
with the facts leading up TO ct IT, a, as ,c th@y
bur they are not acquainted with the
political phase of the episode.
Facts in the Case.
Briefly, the incidents leading up to the
abortive prosecution of yesterday are that
James Donaldson had arranged for box
ing exhibition at the Salt Palace. With
a campaign looming up before them ir
November, County Attorney christensen
gether with Sheriff c. Frank Emery anc
the disgruntled Smootite remnant OF {
political party, conceived the ldea Una ina
capital at the expense of the American
party. They would stop the exhibition
1t was illegal, II was q crime, 1t was
disgrace, II was a blot on the fair nam
of the city. 1t was all this and more, &C
cording to the righteous few whose onl!
aim and object was a purile effort L
make capital for themselves
Were Present With the Prophet.
They cared nothing about the exhibi
ton as an exhibition, They had all wit
messed them before and enjoyed them
Together with their ecclesiastical ON
all assembled in the Salt Lake theate
and Witnessed schreck put Gardenr Int
shricked with delight over the science an
precision OF the Teuton. But that was n
crime, Neither was the Schreck- VIII
fight at the Salt Palace under the Morri
administration. II was almost if
were according to Holy Writ, for had nc
the prophet. seer and revelator by his au
gust presence dedicated 1t to the Lord
No, a przehght In the Salt Lake theate
was an act perfectly in consonance wit
conscience, etiquette and ethics, but
boxing contest at the Salt Palace was
crime and disgrace for which there wa
absolutely no absolution; IT was the pen
tentlary for the offenders.
The Change of Conscience.
For tho reason OF this change OF cor
science and front II Is not far to seel
When Gardner and Schreck fought theI
was no American party to attempt to b'
smirch and attempt TO hold up to odiuu
the time was not opportune to attempt
coin political capital; there was 10 pt
cent rake on and free seat for II
hierarchy. What has been written Is r
defense of the Schrcck- Gardner unplea
autness or OF the Hyland- Cor bctt affai
which was not consummated. 1t is simp
a recital OF facts they arc of publ
record.
But Righteous Act.
But the bloody afrray of the Salt Pala
must be stopped; Utah must still star
where she is her escutcheon must be u
sullied and there was supposed to be
whole mint OF political patronage behir
OF Pm bna