| Show irregular proceeding edin g we do not question the entera suitability of sam thurman to try arv the dirty tramp case before the court this week no doubt it was handled quite as skillfully by him as by the county attorney mr gash has made a disastrous failure in the prosecution of the public cases of late sot not only have few convictions been made but information after information has been acknowledged faulty and justice seems to have lost much of its force men can come to provo it seems shoot each other down and go scott free fre from the courts there must be some legree degree of crime connected with such acts acas and the wonder is that they are not punished for simple assault if not for assault with i intent abent to commit murder our oar county ut attorney torney is of course blamed by the public when justice thus miscarries and a great many citizens have expressed themselves to us as not pleased with the deep interest lie he takes in politics to the apparent neglect of public affairs he is a paid official under bonds and the public look to him for its work not to sam thurman for two days now the latter has been conducting an irregular proceeding in the prosecution of a lot of tramps before judge hatch he relies on a verbal appointment from the county attorney to attend to public business in the court while the law says that an appointment of a deputy must be by bj and with the consent of the board of county commissioners ners furthermore such appointment must be made in writing and filed in the office of the county clerk and until such appointment is so made and filed and until such deputy shall have taken the oath of office no one shall be or act as such deputy it is not sufficient for the county attorney to say sam try that dirty case forme for me you are well suited for it while it turns my stomach it takes comet something bing more it will be seen than just a verbal averial request the peoples representatives the county commissioners sio ners must know in whose hands bands the public business is placed the commissioners know nothing abbat sam thurmand Thur mans appointment and no papers have been filed with the county cerk as the law provides the result is that two days of the peoples time and many dollars of their money tor for jurors and witnesses have been illegally expended Is it not about time i the people made a change from su ruih h ring rule and put in office one of our own boys as prosecuting attorney who will more closely watch the Ie peoples interests and the peoples money |
