Show 64 the man hack for the emergency the following very pert and sensible remarks we vve clip from the golden era emergencies have recently arisen in in Mor which called for the energies of ono one who could act boldly and tearlessly with a conscientious sense of right 1 one who iho would not succumb amb to G u bernat orial dictation or cower under his iia comina co minand ild and such art an one has been found in in his honor judge jud ge cradlebaugh we e have ha e on more than one occasion endeavored to defend his excellency I 1 gov gumming cumming against the accusation of mormonism but his recent action in in opposition to judge cradlebaugh manifested by bv his hi efforts in in conjunction with the Moimoi Mor is for the removal of the necessary military mili tiry protection from the court at provo convinces us that his sympathies at least are with ith that im immortal association of patriotic arid and loyal american citizens shake a measure of corn and the large grains will rise to the top so it is with a community agitate it arid and great minds which might have ha e slumbered on in in obscurity u conscious of their own might be coille conspicuous judge juda cradlebaugh Cradle bauh of the if ie U S district court cobit of utah butali may ber be cited as an example ile he is is anakin making his mark in in that territory if half that that is is written of him be true six months ag ago go he was known as a young roan man of fair abilities but of years eais toofey to man ige the important change in trusted to hill but he 1 las as shown himself ilia tha man for foi the emergency Sati satisfied fied that many of the leading mormons cormons ind had taken part in in or instigate di the mountain meadow massacre and the insider of jones porter fortes forbes parrita parah aud and a dozen others during daring the past two years lie he determined ter mined to bung bring thoin them to punishment on 0 ll 11 the sill sih of march lio lie organized organize his c ourt court in in provo city As there was no jail in in the city he made a i requisition on gen johnston for a detachment of troops to guard the prisoners and give protection to the court the local authorities ties and mor cormons mormons in ons stron strongly ay objected t to the presence of the troops and petitioned tor for their immediate removal but without effect governor guv arnor cummin cumming g who is represent edas edas an admirer of brigham and a lol drably good IN mormon I 1 ormon was as prevailed upon by some mysterious influence to join in in the i request bequest the judge however did not feel di ds s posed to gratify his bis excellency but on the contrary considerably augden augmented ted t the I 1 ie military force around provo grand a and nd p petit elt juries were sworn in in but as the majority of their members were mormons cormons Mor mons they refused either to indict or convict in his charge to the grand jury the judge although his words fell like bombs among the saints and shook Mor to its centre openly accused old elders ers and bishops of participating in in the butchery of one hundred and forty immigrants at the mountain meadows ov and mentioned the names of mor mons who had perpetrated other murders and robberies and where witnesses might be found to establish esla blish their r guilt ailt he sp spoke 0 ke ald aid acted with the feancis fearlessness ness s and relo resolution revolution lution of a jackson but the jury failed to indict or even to report on the charges while threats of violence were heard in i n every quarter and an attack upon the troops was intimated if he persisted in in his course finding that nothing could bs be dons done with the juries they were discharged on the with a scathing rebuke from the judge sitting as a committing magis magistrate 0 he began the task alone II 11 he e examined witnesses made arrests in every quarter and created a consternation in in the camps of the saints greater even than was occasioned by the first arrival of the troops within the walls of zion at last a courts ter terrified rifled elders and bishops were de camping to save their necks and developments of the most startling character were being made implicating the highest church dignitaries ries in tho the many murders ders and robberies committed upon the gentiles during the past eight years all honor to the young judge territorial Terri lorial enterprise |