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Show ants luvcNligiiliou. A telegraphic dispatch to the I'rovo Times says Judge McKean will demand an invest igati' n into Utah affairs this winter. We. have no idea where the information was obtained, but as these telegraphic operators know everything and a li t tlo more, and never by any iWible means err, we must accept this, per-foreo, per-foreo, as the truth. Il is gratifying, it is consoling, it is calculated to increase in-crease our waning faith in human kind; and wc sincerely hope the Chief Justice will conlinuein thesame frame of mind. There are several things that will bear investigation, for a gentleman with so high a reputation reputa-tion as the Chief Justice, and a reputation, repu-tation, too, that has been the object of numerous sharp attacks, cannot well afford to permit the grave eharge-s made to pass unnoticed. He is chief of staff to the Governor it was Presi- j dent Grant, wo believe, who said to a ; former Chief Justice of Utah, ns his j reason for cashiering said Chief Jus-tiro Jus-tiro that "the Governor's stall' niu,t be a unit" and ns such chief of staff he must be keenly alive to the honor of his superior officer and his messmates. mess-mates. Ho cannot but know that grave accusations have been made against the commander-in-chief's entire en-tire staff, by which we presume the full forco of Federal officials in the Territory is meant; and that nothing but a Congressional investigation can clear them if they can be cleared at all. If a stainless record cannot bo shown, somo judicious whitewashing might be advantageously resorted to. Still, Chief Justice McKean has our best wishes for success in securing an , investigation; it is one of tho many things needful; and as much needed for the sake of the Chief Justice as for that of any body else we wot of. |