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Show any honest man to occupy, in fiiet, '" honest man eouhl be found to act the spy in such a dirty wanner. This of itself is enough to stamp Cbowiiing ns a mark fov the linger of scorn; and yet the Tribune lias the bad tasto to go r .iking and scraping unions; such slums for information v hich it lends its Jmiiio to as a voucher of authenticity. ;' V 'J'he course at present pursued by the Tribune is not at all to Its credit, nor is it cukti ted to adviinee the material interests in-terests of Sail Lake. , THE TKIIWKK'N.SIKTIipiM. The Salt Lake Tribune is not fortunate fortu-nate in choosing its sources of information informa-tion on local topics. It has bee:i hammering ham-mering away at certain city officials fulsome, ful-some, lime past, and it. keeps at the process with a perseverance worthy of a better cause, lis latest nursling is a man named ('downing, whom it parades through its columns as a victim of Liberal Lib-eral olliclal viudiclivouess, aud who. il assei ls, is a pattern of excellence and veracity. .Now the fact of the mailer is that ('liowninjr lias no standing w hatever ; among men who love truth for (ruth's"1 sake. He is a discharged, olliciai i who no later than last Friday made a j boast I hat he w as in the employ of the ' Liberal coinmillco al a salary of $3 u day, en-l that. h:s special duly was to i;iot'' .recalcitrant city oflicials. Vis-, tcrihiy lie put iu an appearance around i the city call, and w as made to swallow ! li s own words iu a very pitiful maimer. I Even supposing it possible that the Lib- I era.1 committee would descend to such j depths as this (.'downing asserted, it Would be a very unenviable position for i |