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Show JlKKTiau TO I NOOKS IC JtDtit MCK.UAS. 4t'U-te a iium ior of persiiui as-;i.bi as-;i.bi ;d ar. ihi lod-e room of the Ma-o;ia, in ( '.jiniuerce Building, yesterday yes-terday at 4 p.m.,. for the double purpose pur-pose of indorsing judge McKcan and denouncing district attorney-genera,' Geo. C. Hates. The entire number of persons prc.-ent was perhaps TJo, of wh'jw one half were merely lookers-on. and a portion of the other half voted automatically in obedience to an involuntary invol-untary impulse to do when among the Romans pretty mu'.-b as the Romans do. The representation from the f oc !.y and TuIltdgM -wiugj of the "liberal" party was about equal, and the opening jf the meeting wan evidently evi-dently shadowed by the apprehension that there was danger of a mutiny similar to that which occurred in the "Liberal in.ilitute" some months ago liut the lnoedug was. called without public noiieo, by a personal service ot oUQjLuoiis tu attend, and hence the managers of the gathering were able to keep out persons obnoxious because of their liabiliy -to create discord. With ihoi-o precautions, and a out and dried programme, everything went on smoothly, aud we give the speakers upon the occasion credit for refraining from impeaching the motives of every body that differs from their dicta. Mr. (Jit oalled tho meeting to order and nominated David 1 Walker for president, who was duly elected. The other officers were M. B. Callahan and K, 11. Kobcrtfion, vice-presidents; A. S. Gould, secretary; and John Chis-lett, Chis-lett, assistant secretary. Mr. .Robertson stated tho object of the meeting. A committee on resolutions resolu-tions was appointed, and whilo they were retired, Mr. Harrison and judge Gilchrist mildly delivered themselves of speeches highly eulogistic of judge McKcan. The committee returned and reported. report-ed. Judge .Robertson made a speech, inveighing, as usual, against the Mormons, Mor-mons, and Mr. Sawyer faintly orated. All the speeches perorated in bearing testimony to the immaculate character of tho judge. A preamble and resolutions reso-lutions wore adopted with boisterous "ayes" from the -voting part of the assemblage. They are as follows : Whereas, the situation of affairs in tho Territory has long been and still is complicated; and, whereas, efforts are being made to impair if not destroy des-troy the efficiency and usefulness of the United States judicial authority of Utah; and, whereas, by tho misrepresentations misrepre-sentations of U. S. district attorney George C. Bates, an order was procured pro-cured from tho attorney general to direct di-rect that a motion should be made to admit to bail fifteen men indicted for murder; and, whereas, it appears by a telegram from Washington tiiat "Mormons "Mor-mons and Gentiles of Salt Lake city, among the latter many of the most prominent citizens," have addressed the attorney general, condemning judgo MeKeun in ret using said application for bail; now, therefore, bo it rosolvcd that we, citizens of Salt Lako oity, in public meeting assembled, do declare, hirst That wc have abiding confidence confi-dence in the honesty, integrity and ability of judgo James B. 'McKcan; that we bolicvo htm to bo a faithful, I impartial, and incorruptible judge, one who is govorncd by a conscientious ! sense of duty, beyond all other consid- j erations, and whose whole course since he camo to this Territory, has been an honor to tho administration and the pride of all really law-abiding citizens. Second .Resolved, that tho refusal of judge James B. McKcan to admit persons charged with murder, in some, cases of the most atrocious character, to bail, receives our hearty commendation, commenda-tion, and that we have abundant reason rea-son to believe that such refusal to bail is fully approved by ail the so-called Gentile people of Utah. Third Kcsolvcd, that these preamble pre-amble and resolutions be signed by the president and secretary of this meeting, meet-ing, and forwarded by telegraph to the President of tho United States. David K Walker, President. A. S. Gould, Secretary, T. H. Brown offered an additional resolution indorsing all of the U. S. officials of-ficials in the Territory, except G. C. Bates, which was adopted. Mr. McLaren made a m etion that a .petition requesting the President to remove re-move Geo. C Bates, as U. S. district attorney for Utah, be prepared and circulated cir-culated for signatures, and when duly signed be forwarded to Washington; which was carried. A collection was then taken up to defray tho espensos of telegraphing the preamble and resolutions to Washington. Wash-ington. . In connection with the business of telegraphing, Mr. Chislett moved that the dispatch be sent from Ogden, saying, say-ing, that he had no confidence in cither of the telegraph offices here. Motion not put to a vote. The meeting then adjourned. . |