Show DOSED citizens of provo regardless of party affiliations were more than surprised to learn that SIM had obtained a pardon from the governor they were highly indignant some freely expressed themselves as being bithe opinion that a bribe had been accepted by some worthy officers the ENQUIRER but recently expressed its appreciation of fudge BLACK stand in the interest of temperance and morality we said that it was with satisfaction that the public received Hs manifest anten kioa to not lend himself to any whisky ring in the district or be bought by such we furthermore pointed to his past rulings as evi dence of this and believed that he would always stand firm in bohall of the respectable portion of abe com in view of this it would be highly inconsistent for us now to say that the honorable judge had been unduly influenced in recommending the pardon of a man guilty of running a low gambling den we have always believed beli eyed bodge BLACK boax above the contaminating influence of filthy lucre and we cannot permit ourselves for one moment to entertain the thought that in this case he has been bought enst frankly admit that his recommendation of a pardon for DUGGINS haa given us a genuine surprise knowing as the honorable adge does ano 01 mis man who stands convicted of running a faro bank and haying made the statement when passing sentence that he understood the defendant had once before been convicted of carrying on a game of faro makes the case seem all the more strange to us that judge BLACKBURN should afterwards intercede for his pardon in fact his honor changed hia mind so boon after passing the light sentence that the wonder is what mitigating circumstances he could have so quickly discovered as to have induced him to ask for SIMS pardon be fore he had even entered on his term of imprisonment ant then strange things do happen our honorable little governor of utah the does not hold so high an opinion of him as does of judge BLACKBURN though no statement is made th at be accepted financial argument in behalf of the citizen convict edE a gambling don in the garden city under certain circumstances it has been thought governor THOMAS might ba influenced by tho glittering g ld but in this case is presumed that he simply took the word of honor ot the judge and aber listening to our friend eloquence ordered the secretary to make out the pardon and so SIM is free we are sorry to say for the ENQUIRER is free to confess that had he gone to jail our feelings would not have been dowa cast in the least on the other hand wo feel rather to censure the county attorney for joining with the defendants attorneys in asking for a stay of sentence when is again convicted we chopo he will get his just dues |