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Show OFFICIAL ANI sriit'liLATIVK WAR-FA WAR-FA ItU. This Tim lot rates fair piny as a jewel, and taking no particular interest in the squabble between ollice seekers and holders, hold-ers, has this to siy of tlio sudden taking off of Assistant Attorney McKay, that it looks like an arbitrary and unfair proceeding pro-ceeding on the part of Attorney General Miller. To give a man no chance for presenting his side of the question, but to rake up charges made by a secret agent of the government, and which havo laid dormant in the pigeon hole nt Washington ever since the lust national administration held Bway,savors of Russian policy and Siberian manners. The Times has but little interest and takos no sides in the personal quarrels of government oflloialB, so long as tho public interest is unaffocted by the scalping scalp-ing parties. It is apparent that betweon the blaok-iliig warfare of officials, and tho underground machinations of speculators, specu-lators, tho reputation and the substantial substan-tial interests of Salt L ike and the tarri-tory tarri-tory have received serious damage. Go slow,gentlomen,on both sides. The greed for ollice and for pelt may bring you all to grief whon the inevitable reckoning comes, as it surely will. |