| Show RELATING TO the amnesty proclamation of the president naturally Y comes iu fora for a goodly share chare of comment amoos among all classes of the community not that any considerable sid erable portion 7 are opposed to the ertem ion a ef clemency under tho circumstances cum stances named but that in fa some quarters there is a steadfast and rather petty inclination on the part of those who thoroughly ap approve prove its ita friendliness to belittle its effect and impugn the motives that prompted it coming from such A source this stems to us ca to be in exceedingly bad taste from those thosa who utterly disapproved of the proposed rop 0 3 a amnesty from the outset and a pd who h a are opposed to it on principle criticism of the kind re referred ferrad to aright be expected edalin along arith an any y other unfavorable strictures stricture 3 that could suggest themselves but buttrom from those who professed to be friendly to ta and anxious for it who were eo 00 impatient in fact that abey aou ht to utka political politic sl capital out cut of its pest past poa Pon emont ement there would baem to tie be no oe casion obier rations such euch as been baen made mada and published j deseret news newa that applies to the salt lake herald an organ which knows nothing but ut itself and democracy Demoa racy it also applies to a few individuals wh ahu give ear to that journal 3 partisan and un an flir comments chevery the very fear that amnesty would bo be used by the republicans to forward their political aims beford tho the last election prompted the herald tu to publish ex ext anted tented articles saying that it would ba of rio no benefit so far as aa restoring ret the franchise franc bie is concerned it knew then thatis that it the franchised disfranchised dis ones could coald havo have voted utah would have been bean lost to democracy hence the herald wanted to forestall the benefits of the presidents proclamation should it have come coma before election at tho the aade 0 o time it pleaded friendship for those deprived of their right to vote when amnesty was delayed de fayed the herald in the very face of its former assertions that it would b bo of little benefit sought to make political capp tal of the f fact act that amnesty did nut not come com e confessing that it was important now that tho p proclamation hai N am j 1 been issued we aro ara again told that it is of little importance an in inconsequential couse quent ial paper the salt links laka herald is is the only paper excepting somo bamo of its sattel ites that holds amnesty does not blot out the past of fences cf c f polygamists ista and restore them to their former cobai con lt them to register and to hold office the deseret news and salt lake tribune take the same poi po relating to the effect of ami sty as that maintained by tim THE ENQuin Esa ninEn rm for iiii na lib |
