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Show POLITICS AND PARTIALITY. It appears curious to see that the Smoot "louth" still fights shy of tho proposition that the peoplo suspect the motives of Sheriff Emory in his pretended pre-tended fight for purity and against the red-light district. Thore has never been any doubt in the public mind that Sheriff Sher-iff Eme-'s action in this was political, personal, underhand, and uttorly insincere in-sincere and deceptive. Tho effoct of his action has been to scatter around town with more or less wide dispersion, the outcast clas3 who wero inmates of places on Commercial street aud elsewhere else-where iu the underworld region, that wero owned by non-Mormons. There is no record that we know of anywhere, no instance has ever been cited, where Sheriff Emery routed from Commercial street, or from any other of the localities local-ities of vice and crime, the denizens who resided iu houses owned by Mormons. Mor-mons. This has been frequently stated,-both stated,-both publicly and privately, and no dispute or denial has been mado of this partiality on tho part of Sheriff Emery. Now, what is .tho result of that onesided one-sided activity, dcvelopod for political purposes before election, 'of Sheriff Emery? Thcro can bo no two ways, to look at it. That activity was di-'' rected specifically and energetically in favor of the red-light district which a State incorproated company is endeavoring endeavor-ing to put in ou tho West Side of this city. The matter is as plain as anything any-thing can possibly be to any oue who chooses to look at it. Emery invades these localities of vice and enrno, routs some of tho inmates out, and they disperse dis-perse throughout tho city. Wherever they go and settle there is an immediate outcry, and a demand for their expulsion. ex-pulsion. They aro expelled. No locality' is ready to receive them, no places are constructed with a view to the business they conduct, save only tho construction authorized by tho Slato under1 its incorporation, incor-poration, of the company that is constructing con-structing the cribs and vilo dens in that So-called red-light district. Is it not "plain as a pikestaff" that the ultimate resort for those scattered pariahs will bo that red-light district? It seems impossible that Sheriff Emery could not have had this in view when he made his raids and dispersed tho inmates in-mates of tho non-Mormon owned houses of ill-repute. He certainly is a man of Eomc practical experience and of a little knowledge at least of vice and crime, and he must havo known that this would be tho suro outcomo of the raids that he began and pursued. No-whero No-whero else iu the city could they bo harbored or find refuge except in that red-light district, aud tho Emery raids will inevitably force them to go there, while he pretends the contraiy. The Sheriff began this work prior to election, and conducted it in such a conspicuous, raw, and partial manner that every one could see the motive behind be-hind the act. It is a clear case, therefore, there-fore, that Sheriff Emrry was not only "playing politics," which the "Mouth " denies in his behalf, but that he was also playing fa.vorites as between be-tween the douizons of Mormon owned and non-Mormon owned properties. Even up to now, as we are informed, no women of ill-repute aro disturbed who will live in property owned by prominent Mormons or by estates of prominent Mormons. "They aro securo from all interference by Sheriff Emery. Ho routs out tho women of ill-roputo who liyo in the non-Mormon owned houses, however, and ultimately they must drift to tho rod-light district, because be-cause they are undesirable as neighbors anywhere else, and everywhere else that they go they will be routed out and mado to leave. The game is a perfectly per-fectly clear one as it has developed, and as u man is presumed to know what he ia doing and to do -what bo intends in-tends to do, the conclusion is irresistible that Sheriff Emery is working for the peopling of the red-light district with the objectionable class of tho population popula-tion which he pretends such anxiety to drive out of town. As stated, ho is not only "playiuK polities," he is playing favorites. Tho public of tho city is absolutely convinced of the bad faifr I of Sheriff Emory iu this matter, and it does not believe in the least in anj protestations that ho may mako of wiP ; bigness to serve tho cause of purit and tho right enforcement of tho Iut |