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Show DEALING WITH CRIMINALS. Tho Tribuue 's cucmies seem to be somewhat worried on account of its apparent ap-parent lack of worry over the criminality crim-inality of this particular region of country. But, bless your soul, Tho Tribuno Tri-buno has been continually pointing out the practice of crime in this Slate, to the evident discomfiture of Iho Doscret News, which now Hcems lo have acquired ac-quired an ci-ccss of worry. This paper has niado it a special care to call public pub-lic attention of legislators, benches, grand juries and petit juries, aud the l3eseret News lo the crimes and criminals crim-inals of this Slate. If ouo-half of the convictions had been mudo which Tbe Tribuno demanded upon tho moat complete com-plete evidence, there would have boon moro men iu jail aud fewer tithe-gath-crcra iu Zion. It is not Tho Tribune's luck of anxiety concerning the criminology crim-inology of Utah that is worrying tho ' News. The concern of tho News is on account of the fact that its present virtuous regard for law should apply to criminality of its own special care. Our contemporary would freely lot all other transgressors go if only its own special J class wero left undisturbed. There once gathered what was known as the hobo'r. convention a conference confer-ence of men who had committed all aorts of pettj' offenses short of a felony. fel-ony. Thoy were tramps, and they pro-- pro-- ceeded lo select a chief. So imperialistic imperial-istic was the power of this monarch I to be that they would confer upon him i the title of King of tho Hobos,- lo j whom all of his fraternity were lo vow eternal ullcgiauce and for wbomall tho hobo re3pect in tho world was to bo reserved. This great chief was selected iu Ibc person of the hobo who had worked less than any other, stolon more railroad rides, drained the stalest beer kogs, and 4 'bum mod' ' Iho most ''grub." To this great personage was tho hobo deference paid, Now, thero is a conference gathering here, and inaomuch as tho majority of the people who will be in attendunce are uot of the criminal fiort, but inasmuch inas-much art tho majority of those who will preside are sclf-couft'Ssed olTetidors against the law, lot Tho Tribuno offer ittf tribute to tho criminology involved, merely a a suggestion to iko IX'serel Nowe. In order to make aek-ution of the most accomplished aud best equipped leader look ground, for iti-stanee, iti-stanee, for tho most reuowued bigamist in the community, or for the groatoat e.xponeut. of unlawful cohabitation to be found in tho laud, or the ouo who has been most successful in acquiring new households since such acquisition was prohibited. Still more acceptable would be tho man who combines within liis ouo person all of these qualifications; qualifica-tions; andfcif pcrchauco he be a former Danilc who had rIoUmi wagon trains from Mountain Meadow omigrantn. then .will ho fit tho place as no other man on earth could do. The Tribune has long boon templed, on account of tho attitude of the News, to mako such a suggestion aa this, but it has been restrained ou account, of respect for the Mormon pooplo tbem-nelvos, tbem-nelvos, who are a mighty good people themselves. But the Pcscret News is so flaunting in its new knowledge of crimitiology, i3 so desperately anxious to havo the law rospoated aud on forced, that it is impossible to refrain from suggesting that if the newly-discovered ntlo ol tho N'ewa were applied without favor, it would put mnuy friends of tho News riirht whe.ro. thoy properly belong either in jail or iu the executive chair, or both. |