Show tiam bline iu provo mr mcewan usually tries to act very in his capacity as member of the city council but he did a very ungraceful thing last evening he had beard he stated that gambling was openly being practiced in provo with the city officers tacit partners rd thereto and he wanted to be in a position to deny the ramor he the assurance from marshal KNIGHT that it did not exist and having got that he declared his entire willingness to stand by the marshal in the future and defend him against such attacks aa had been stated there was not a day in the week that mr mcewan could not privately have gone to marshal knight and got the same assurance that he last evening sought publicly furthermore he must have acquaintance enough with the honor ablo gentlemen who are now serving the city to know they would not in any way lend themselves to fostering gambling in provo we say that he must know that and according to his statement last evening he did not refute the rumors no he wanted the chance like a of making a big thing out of an imaginary evil gambling of course cannot entirely be put down in a city of this size it has always existed here of late years to a greater or lees extent we do not believe however that the evil has increased since the republican marshal got control so far as 0 o know he has been energetic pinch more so than bis predecessor in putting down illicit liquor selling and gambling in view of abie energy we think it entirely wrong to hold him up to answer for gambling when a private tyire would jast aa well have the |