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Show THE " HEEALD' AGAIN IN COURT. In our local columns we give a report re-port of some rare proceedings which were inaugurated by the Chief Justice Jus-tice against the Hi:itAi.D yesterday, .having for their basis the following follow-ing editorial article, whi.-h appi-an-d in the Herald of Wrdne.-day, Nov 11th : A L'tali letter l..lhe New York Jl'-puh-lu- of November 4th, in n-ijard to the "..Munnon Th'-oerHey,'' as his honor d-lijrhti. d-lijrhti. t" frm it, bj-.it.- Ml ill. ear-mirki r Jiuli- MeKi-an. Wd are 1ju:u1 to ?uy that thiTi' i.- no nmre iinlu-triou man in tlii- territory llian llie chief ju-liee, vh , in fiddilioii lo lii arduous duties f f'ltr hours per diem upvn tthc licneh, tltidi time to write i-hihofate uli'.oi in 1- in hU uwn i f'.-iuv und pn-.-.-. le t-.-r nd hyilinn for the itniniifietiire of puh ie opinion, iut tli-' judge niiyht as wull lny a-idj hU pen. Hu enn never convert 40,001, (itill i.f iHO!e to tiii viewi, or n-iuler li is n.eMiM J of di-puiiinp; ju.-tiee noj)u'.ar. The only allegation in the ah ve article is that the R-tnht:-1. t'er b irs the ear-marks of judge .M-- ICu That letter comm Mi-el aa folI.iA--.- " Th- Uw si-.d th-i liroph -u av aK iin in e.eilliet 'm 't:ili: tti:- time o-i n new und it is to !t hnp.-,l, a ,-uuiidfr basis tll.lll before. 'I'lf i:iCtie-t nr.- M Utotfimy and the Amerieiui Hepttt-lie vh. Polygamy Polyga-my and Iho L,iitU-r-day i'heoeraey " In Chief Justico McKean's opinion denying the motion to qua-h an in dictment against Brighvn Young at tho September term of tho Third judicial district court in thn city in 1S71, appeared the following sentence: sen-tence: " It u Ihereforj proper to say that while tho ease nt bar is called, ' Tlio People Peo-ple iTiMi-i Unglmm Yount' its other and real title h ' Federal ruf.iioFly rerMM Polygamic Theoerncy.' " It now appears that the Jicjnt'olic's Utah letter which wo alluded to was not written by. Judgo McKoan; but tho second sentence is his own property, pro-perty, and certainly bears his earmarks. ear-marks. If the exhibition before Commissioner Commis-sioner Toohy, where the Chief Justice appeared to essay the role of accuser, counsel, and dictator, had not claimed to have been enacted in a court of justice and under the forms of law, it might be characterized as the most ridiculous farce ever performed in a Tree country. No complaint had been entered against this paper, its editore or proprietors, pro-prietors, that any of them bad been made aware of. About two o'clock two or three of them were summoned to appear as witnesses at three o'clock, in some case not stated. We were sent for as unceremoniously as the uniei Justice would command one ot his marshals, without tho slightest idea of the nature oi the call. Had they been informed of tho charge 1 against them they would have had no opportunity to prepare fjr even a preliminary examination, or to consult con-sult counsel. They were simply cited before a commissioner's court, without with-out tho authority of law, without a warrant having been issued, the pretence pre-tence being that they were required as witnesses. Wi tresses in what case ? 'Who were the defendants ? Certainly the Herald was not on trial, and if therj was a complaint, the Herald was not legally cognizant cogni-zant of the fact. In good faith tho gentlemen summoned sum-moned appeared before Commissioner ! Toohy, where Judgo MeKean acted as j master ot ceremonies. He examined the witnesses, uflercd tho Herald men an opportunity to cross-question them, and then blandly desired t) know if they wished to be sworn. As they had nothing to say, he proceeded proceed-ed to read (rom a paper tho following: follow-ing: May it piea;c your honor: Two wecl.s a;o it was proven before the grand jury, and published to tho world, that the editors edi-tors of the Salt Lake Herald arc calumniators calum-niators and liars. Having now proved again before yovir honor tint they are calumniators and liars, I withdraw the complaint. This morcettu was not the result of any momentary excitement, but was a prepared and prearranged dramatic denouement, showing clearly that the whole matter was fixed beforehand, before-hand, and the occasion embraced to apply epithets to the gentlemen "present, "pre-sent, representing this papor, which James B. MeKean would not dare to utter to any oni of them outside of a court. We have no words to fi-ly characterize charac-terize these proceedings. They are a . disgrace to the America;! bench. Such is the verdie.t of the people of this city. We are afconUiied that a .United States commissioner should' lend himself to the emcimon'. ofsueh a farce upon jwstico, anl w.- mint speak more in pity than in anger of the man who, occupying the high position of chief judicial officer of this territory, has made such an exhibition exhibi-tion of himself, claiming liU illegal proceedings a a triumph over tho Herald. "The man must be insane," in-sane," was the common remark upon up-on the street yesterday, and this is perhaps tho most charitable construction construc-tion that can be placed upon bis, conduct. 1 |