Show MARSHAL DYERS resignation that marshal dyer liall placed liia resignation in the hands of the president has been au open secret jor several da s cast monday the receipt of the paper at washington and ia filing with abe department of justice was reported by telegraph and on tuesday the text of tle document and tho lengthy letter which niel it was riven ti the salt lale papers it is an unusual practice with retiring to address alio appointive power in a of the extent and cliar acter of this one cut as the marshal truly observes abe duties imposed upon his office are peculiar and extensive calling for alie ciao of high administrative diu crealon cret lon and a reference to these facts with as to tho wisdom ath which they should bo met and the responsibility resting upon alie man who assumes to meet them cannot but prove useful to abe administration in making choice of a to alie oll ice A after fter going at bome length into alie marshal proceeds to answer abe aspersions upon his olli cial activity by comparing alie record of nine lynndred linn dred convictions under the aali polygamy lavis secured during ilia incumbency cum bency with the one hundred and forty five convictions under alie same lifts during abe term of liis predecessor pursuing the earne subject bo saya aut while I 1 have been vigilant active and faithful I 1 have believed and still insist that mercy and kindness in alie of these their proper place beneficent ana fruitful of good in their however wrong and mistaken the mormon people may be and in my opinion are aliey are a law abiding people except as to lucli as effect their peculiar religious convictions many of them are honest and sincere and whenever moderation in enforcing that law can bo used t effect I 1 have not hesitated to recommend its exercise and n ben old or persona have been arrested and convicted of these ut ih crimes and I 1 could lawfully aid to mitigate abe punishment and secure respect for abe gasn at tho same time I 1 have done so humane regard tor alie fanaticism of many to my klont edep has a ivancev abe cacao of reform in rutih where harsh measures though strictly ly legal would leavo had alie opposite effect believe in pun the of fence but not la hounding the offender and I 1 believe a firm regular consistent enforcement of alie laws without vindictiveness vindictive nesi or malice will it contin Wl secure final submission rom this keople re ople and w bile I 1 have striven faithfully to aid this my most important duty I 1 have equally endeavored deavo red to impress upon alie mormon people my desire eliat submission to the lawa was the end in view atod not persecution of them aaa butt policy I 1 have advocated as tho proper one to be pursued and I 1 wish to give my testimony now as I 1 retire rom of ficeto my firm be lief in its and tho document closes with a brief reference to abe writers labors aa receiver in and etli a beai lily ex pressed wish for the anc bresn of the new administration in dealing with abe critical questions demanding peculiar treatment in this territory altogether alio letter is manly and lonest in pats st speaks nars of tho belief of alio mormon people but 10 method or correcting that which ho calls ovila h reasonable and jut ju t marshal dyers own record may bo cited as proof of liia sincerity in these views that he haa tempered severity with the belter elements of discretion and mercy ia ilia worst that his personal enemies can bay against him more than that would doubtless have abib him to the criticism of his best mends being only mortal he hag made some mistakes but lib administration ia alio main lias boen conscientious satisfactory aud suc we hope for a great aleal w lien we eay that we trust liis BUC may improve on his methods as greatly as lie improved on of hia predecessor or says john L Sull han lias done much to was prize fighting into disrepute sut lias done liis best to naka prize honorable in his regard ho is even less creditable ban aul liyan NEW minister to hie statch was corn polled an unlucky day and an ain bucky date for his time of departure frightened him but he selected lie ai tho date of sailing |