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Show CALEB WEST'S INTERVIEW. The festive Interviewer not Infre-quenly Infre-quenly adds to the gayety of nations by his adroitness In drawing out from men who are supposed to have had to do with public affairs things that had better been left unsaid. At times, the hilarity thus evoked passes from nation na-tion to nation, until the world Is put Into good humor by some freak of speech. The Interview that was granted grant-ed by former Governor West to an admiring ad-miring Honolulu reporter, on his dealing deal-ing with the "hobo .army" In Utah, while he wnsChlef Executive of tho Territory, will not awaken ribaldry among the peoples of the world, but at least It will stir ud hilarity in Utah. When West talks of what lie did at the time of the invasion of the Industrial Army here, "It is to laugh," .It Is true that. he called out the militia, mili-tia, and had a cannon mounted on a 'fiat car. taking the force to Ogden, But what did he do when he got there? Refused Re-fused to go to the western border of the State and stop the Incoming of tho "hoboes." These came to Ogden unopposed, unop-posed, and if the Union Pacific suffered them to capture a train and get away as speedily as possible, who should blame the company? But where does Governor West come In? Ills mastery of the situation does not now appear, nor did It ever appear. It Is true, also, that he took his flat-car flat-car cannon to Provo, with some of the troops. But what did he do about the presence of the Industrial Army there? Nothing at all. He was absolutely Impotent. Im-potent. Every move he made was a farce. ' Ills talk about his enforcement of the Edmunds law Is too ridiculous to speak of. That law was enforced by the courts; It was not In any way an executive or administrative department function. ' The stress of holding the Industrial Army Invasion came Upon Messrs. Bancroft Ban-croft for the Union Pacific and 'Welby for the Rio Grande Western, and right nobly did thoy respond, both in behalf of their roads, and in the public interest. inter-est. Clvically, tho stress came upon Mayors Charles Brouh of Ogden and Bnskln of Salt Lake, and Chiefs of Police Davenport of Ogden and Arthur Pratt of this city. Each did noble work In that crisis, and either' would have reason to recall that time with a just sense of duty well done. But Governor West! Faugh! |
