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Show F-ZaTOaiMQ. CONFIDENCE. " ' b'. t.. the p.ete ofli.c Puland bill tiit: e!,n f cry uf ii;e "ring'' wa-, (f -,..;.,! -:-!.lii,,:i. Tho KLder.d otii-1 ctr- u:. 1 i;it. ... ;.!(; a l!.edi.:r'puuble ring- Li fLd .t.--:d:ioii.dy to induce t Cui ri-.-a L-j a .rjcripnve law1 for tho vovurnjiH nt of the atl.tirs ot I Udi. Th---y d.'.-riul the laws p.usul i.y Li.: Tcrr.tt.-ri.d LugUIatuie, and .ii-p.ii-.i-'i d tin- motives of the leis.1 It.ns en.i. t.il thein. The Fede-1 ni! ju L "S re.'i-i.ii.it to hold courts them- nfclu.-s, and j -ri.-it -i itly aiiuuUed tlic' ,t-l;r,:i of the I'l-rritorial judges who' trit.d to ie tin: eitiens the beiatiL of UjC lav.s. Toeuihul muiinhniM of die Tinted jULcs jialguii etibetu.iliy i:l.,;ud the il-r-- of the n ui t.-', and completely locked lip the fccahs 01. ju-llce, as to murder th law bu-.ii.es, and nearly starve the lawyer.. For months there was not an attorney in LhU city exetpt tho-e i. w who were rt.-talned on fix- d s..I..rits who gathered Milii -it-nt l.'.-.n tlic legitimate i-s-.u-tic ol hi moV-it-n to pay bii board and w i--h bill-s. The tjseuse ol liiu in l-'-s was that umh'V die Territorial law i coti ris eouid not 'oc held an uvctisc ;ia Ujundatiouless in truth as'it was iiiiiuting to the hu:.-or hu:.-or of more huucat judg.-s who h id in former times louud no trouble in holding courts according Lo the same laws. 'ne of the t'lro::g' st argu-DicnLs argu-DicnLs the "ring" and their emistar-iea emistar-iea who wxrc sei.t to Washington, brought to bear in favor ot the passage pass-age o I the Poland bill, was that it would open the courts and restore conlidcnco in Utah enterprises. Business men and capitalists had left the country because of there being o protection for them or their money; other capitalists were gazing from abroad with wishful eyes at the line fields for investment which Utah presented, pre-sented, but those men held fast to their money, until the courts should bo running and some security be oflercd them for the preservation of their property. Money almost without with-out limit was ready tobo breught here and expended in earning more for the owners and in developing the country. Under the cloak of having the welfare of the Territory at heart, the men who had closed the courts said that if Congress would enact some bill which would set tho wheels of justice in motion, large sums from the East and West would conic here anil the resources of the country would be brought into use, and peace and prosperity would again take up their abode in the land. Congress listened to these false reasonings and passed the Poland bill, and what is tho result? From tho limo of the passage of that bill, business allairs, which were then depressed, have grown more so, and tn-dav the feel in ' nf ini-mif - ili-in. vestments is greater than it ever has been. The strife of words which was to be allayed has grown stronger and these same Federal ofliecrs and their cohorts are striving by every unprincipled means known to the carpet-bag fraternity, to increase it. Shortly before the passage of the Poland bid we were cognizant of the fact that a large amount of E.isteru capital was about to be placed at the disposal of gentlemen in this city for investment, but immediately after the bill became a law, tho proposition to send the money here was withdrawn. with-drawn. Only a few days ago an Extern company proposal to invest heavily in a railroad enterprise in this Territory, but on the eve of the arrangements ar-rangements being concluded the accursed ac-cursed lies of "ring" telegraphers flashed uvcr the wires, saying the country was in a state of riot over the elections, causing the capitalists to withhold their money, and the Territory Terri-tory to lose millions in substantial improvements and developments. And these are only two of many instances of the kind of confidence the Poland bill establishes. We expect ex-pect no improvement so long as the government ollicials here, who have created this state of a flairs, remain in oHice. All may rest assured that the "ring" will continue to excite tur moil and wrangling so long as Federal Fede-ral ollicials themselves all rtidica rinshes will support, aid and abet them in their damaging course. |