Show rr JACK 3IOBMON SPRKGER 6 t II It is the popular thing for Gov I t ernor Murrays friends now to attack 1 1 f at-tack Representative Springer call him Jack Mormon denounce him aa the tool of the church and soon c i s so-on THE HERALD doesnt feel i f called upon to champion Mr Springer iI 1 Sprin-ger nor do we believe that he desires de-sires any defense This much how 1 tt d 1 ever we may say to the admirers of his Excellency that they have gone I off alfcoeked in assailing Springer t r z Sprin-ger as they have done We happen I Ito know that the distinguished Representative is not only not a Mormon sympathizer but la nout l spoken and pronounced ant Mor i l mon So much is he opposed to the Mormons and certain of their practices I prac-tices that he has expressed himself willing to run against his own ideas I of law and right in order to punish them Mr Springer voted for the Edmunds law and delivered the following among many other short speeches on the bill when it was up for discussion This ought to prove how much of an admirer of Mormons he is and how far he I would put himself out to aid them in any manner Mr Speaker I desire in a portion of this time to explain the vote I shall give on this bill and if I have any time left I will yield it to the gentleman from west Virginia Mr Kenna To all that part of this bill which is directed against the institution of polygamy I give my hearty assent There are other portions of the bill which I think are utterly unnecessary unneces-sary to the extirpation of that crime I have endeavored to strike out one of those portions by voting to strikeout strike-out the ninth section which vacates all registration election and canvassing offices and appoints through the President and Senate a board of commissioners com-missioners which is authorized to appoint ap-point all such officers That effort being of no avail I shall take the bill with all its objections in order that we may get tho good even at the risk of doing a wrong in another direction t It so happens Representative Springer is chairman of a committee charged with the duty investigating investigat-ing the affairs of certain officers in the Judiciary Department and in the line of that duty has run across I something that has the appearance of official crookedness on the part of Governor Murray The probability is the gentleman knows little or nothing no-thing of Murray personally and doubtless he cares less he simply believes that he has found something some-thing that looks like dirt and he is going to find out whether it is dirt or merely a slight discoloration He is not making the investigation because Murray is Governor Utah and anxious to be reappointed nor because Murray is antiMorrconj nor for any other cause save and above that seemingly a federal official offi-cial has been crooked and the facts should be made public in order that the accused may be vindicated or punished according as he merits Naturally Murrays friends would denounce Springer for undertaking anything that might prove troublesome trouble-some to their pet but they take the wrong pig by the ear when they grab Springer for a Mormon sympathizer sym-pathizer |