Show A REAL INQUIRY T sentiment cannot but rec rec- PUBLIC p JL and endorse the fairness I with which the tho investigation In of ot the police department I Is being being- conducted If tha the city commission authorized the Inquiry for tor any purpose other than learning the whole truth certainly tJ there thore ere has ha been no Indication of ot It None can complain that he was not even urged to present himself and expose whatever in the activities the thol personnel and the administration of ot the department needs exposure Truth Truth could be developed In no other Way and the tho commission Is IB to tobo tolio bo lio commended for tor recognizing the t fact and acting acting- upon it Were other than Ui n latitude of the broadest permitted permit permit- ted ted to witnesses the tho desired result resul of ot Ul iIi inquIry could not b bo achieved rh The Republican Herald proposed the Inquisition that It might be determined determined deter deter- mined whether the community teems with crooks and criminals as the Evening Telegram charged and whether the police department was wasas a. a as dishonest and incompetent as that newspaper Insinuated That objective tive dve could be realized only in the tho way wa the city commission has chosen Ir If there be bo any who suspect the city government go means to whitewash tho police poUce department they may console con con- sole lole themselves with the reflection th that t such Uch action would be quite im Im- im- im material The verdict the real verdict ver ver- dict diet will be formulated by the poo- poo pie Die themselves they thoy are the jury TheIr heIr opinion opinion will wUI constitute the only that Is worth while It would be Idle to suppose the members of or the commission sufficiently childlike and bland as to announce conclusions Which conflict with th the evidence adduced adduced ad ad- adduced and the circumstances c s environing environing en en- the Inquiry Sh Should uld they prove Drove so BO foolish their action could aft affect ct none but themselves It Is only of ot minor importance so far as concerns the real object of this Inquiry whether tho the police authorities ties and their subordinates are found honest or dishonest competent competent or or otherwise It is 18 of supreme e Importance tanco tance- whether life Ufe and property are are or nr are not Rafn In Salt T-ak T It Tt f 1 lq n nf but minor moment In the present in- in whether the police aro are efficient efficient effi effi- clent as they should be It is of paramount paramount paramount par par- amount moment whether thieves and thugs have rendered Salt Lake a a. city strangers should avoid Police Pollee department department de do- dishonesty or incompetency can be corrected by the tha simple process process proc proc- ess C of replacing knavish officers with honest ones Inefficient men with successors suc suc- of ot ability But the good name a of Salt Lake once lost lest cannot be easily regained It Is la to determine whether the Insistent in insistent In- In assaults made by the Evening Telegram upon Salt Lakes Lake's reputation aTe are re merited that The Herald lican suggested this inquiry We It r hope ho e tho the city commission accepted y o our r with that objective a as ono ono one of ot its purposes also When the l facts are known as developed by this c Inquiry tho the remedy can be bo applied It If tho the afternoon newspaper has been 4 f telling the truth A do house cleaning cannot too soon begin and pu public lIc sen- sen lI can bo be trusted to compel it I p If It f the afternoon newspaper has been j dc deceiving the public and slandering SQ Salt Lake to no purpose other than I town own concealed devices de It Il cannot bo be bro brought to to repentance a g and ind 1 reparation n and d public sentiment 4 will nm handle that situation also P 4 opinion n is is thus judge Jury h and ande e in this l inquiry Upon t Its s finding much d depends pend Jor for the theM theA M l word must go forth either cither that Salt 4 4 Lako Is is corrupt but sternly resolved resolved upon reform f rm or that Salt Lake has I eO deserved none of ot the slanders visited upon her and that the stranger within our gates sates hazards no no greater risk of or 10 losing ln his lils valuables than In an any other community of or like hike population and Importance im importance hit Im- cast or west This Investigation Investigation investigation gation Is developing which It shall be Because the people are the Jury Jun The Tho Republican Herald Is seeing to it that thc they arc are fully ull Informed as to the tho evidence adduced before the city commission court Vo Yo are voting devoting greater space to news reports of or tho the proceedings than Is 18 our wont however how Itow- over ever important th the story and more than an any other Salt Lake newspaper Is la using We e are arc determined that all parties to the controversy shall obtaIn obtain ob ob- ob- ob tam tain the same square deal we guarantee guar guar- antee everybody and aro are employing extraordinary precautions to Insure it itIn itin in fn this Instance We c hold a brief for or neither tha the accusers nor the tho accused ed wo are aro Interested only In Salt Lake I and its good name |