Show f VILE hLAJDERS KEFDTLD Tire Salt lake Tribune of Friday morning contains nil abusive ami lilxlous editorial whirl r quina gome notlcx from the un eTerilgnSl Tlio grits pcnonli tIts wlilch are the clifef stockin trade o thai jjr place i on too Iowa level Tor frequent attention Occasionally We eleun itnwxwary to reJy but always f vI after doing to that we have pcffonnet I ell ngrceaUe duty and lanelieel worth with a blackguard I The article to which we usvr nfer i < I in relation t th confirmation1 the DuKcd State Senate of E II rarsous as Mar for Ulan The clique which lias been frying to rceurc thb iaeitiou fu a jrKii marc likely t Income it tool I fairly wild ti rage over the defeat of Its vile sud contemptible wok Afilelavits which were either utterly utter-ly false or wide exaggerations were teeretlj ebtolucd and ttnt t Wabli ilngttm to blacken the character of Mr Parsons nod aid in the scheme t out him But inreotigBUon ordered or-dered from the capital dischweJ U nature of the attack mode upuu him s and showed that it w prompted p by > ersonsl aimnoeily a > well B a desire to accomplish the purpose we DaJ J have infnJicatei Tku coruwju euce U that one of the i chief plotter has lost bis own official heed aul the object of hU awnult his gained a rignal victory Hence the vile tirade which i indulged in this morning by the organ and abettor of the defeated clique I I i charged that there Is au arrangement ar-rangement between Mr Parson and certain men high in authority in the Mormon Cur h by which the men of prominence at least in that Church are to b es eoiptcd from are A little calm reflection will show to any Intelligent Intelli-gent person that this It as chiWih i ns i i malicious I there are men high in authority or without any authority in or out vf the Merman Mer-man Church who are guilty of violating the law It is aoL the business of the Marshal to art them until a charge his been preferred erred and a arrant ioued ami placed in his hands The Marthal is not the public prosecutor nor the grand jurynor a court The Trine admits that this lr tamptiou of official malfeasance cannot b established by absolute proof btu stte iUrneaunesa by stating tat the gui ones in the Mormon Church are no being punished I I u true that any guilty ones are not being lJnieb cannot the fabricator of three chargta H that the blame lies at some other door than the Marshall And is not thLj insinuation a cert Tribune thrift at tome other official or of ficiaU I not its folly i only exceeded ex-ceeded by its potty malice The Tnune Mys Marshal Parsons Par-sons confirmation was opposed by Affidavits charging liitu with grocs irumoralit but h proceeded t get counter pSiJavit to show that the first Were not true That of course I simply awfuL The proper ting fr the Marshal t do uu douU dy va t k the lying affidavits perform their intended work and permit the clique that was sneaUng after his official footgear foot-gear to put Ha tool in life ph To cireumvont his unscrupulous foes is in tbek ejes au unpardonable sin sinAnd n now we come to comet come-t thing more specific The Triiime taysOne I O woman who had made an affidavit later made a tc ond affidavit asserting that she did no read the i contents o the fr o The secret of her counter amdrit wa s that abs had roamed a son o Charles W Pearce I i Pea-rce of the DCKRKT 7 > E and when reproached for rmk ng the counter S afar she a good i admitted that i was in the Interact o her ow people that she did ir I that pointed t anything dlreei i pointed lo th IMA that an arrangement bad Leon made between Marshal Parsons and C W Fenrose and on account 0 the Church and through lh influence of Penrosa the counter affidavit 01 for from this poor woman j 1 ttie was any jenneof riiamc in the author and suggreterof the for golag falsehood when he thinks of his own underhand but now useless work he Hold wear a perpetual Woodred Mush 1 i a fact thatone of the false or exaggerated affidavits a signed by 1 lady married t a son of C Vf Cenroe that she was persuaded into signing it by a personal enemy of the Marshals that she did not read i that it turned out to bean exngl statement of an occur Dr more over fire years ago which did not involve gross immorality and which would ner have been mentioned but for strong pressure and importunity that Iwn the purport and object of the pper wen disclosed the made another affidavit affi-davit as to the circumstances under which she was Induced to sign the former statement that she did s without being forced or influenced influ-enced or being under stress and without any intent to carry I t faiso impre = iion or do anything clre thou set a crooked matter straight The villainous insinuation that an arrangement bad been made between Marshal Parsons and CV Pcnrose in any wy relating to this natter i ulterly fak aud aU ota ot-a pie wit thereat of this shameful shame-ful rent of slander I is I al Tribune goiter worthy of the gait Lake aDd characteristIc of Its gentlemanly method of conducting journalistic curie The undenigned r Jar an he remembers never had but two interviews will Marshal Parsons and these were at the Marshals office in relation to time detention of prisoners in the penitentiary after their terms had expired for cots when no fine h been imposed The Marshal explained thatliucould tll not do otherwise than l hold them I because the commitment in cmmtent cveiy case sptcified imprisonment until the cots were paid A writ of ttocat corput was sue out in one of these cases before Judge Zne the detained person was liberated and tho Marsha then agreed that such prisoners should b discharged on the expiration of tlitir respective terms ifarehal Parsons never asked C W Penrose to do anything < J respecting the affidavit referred t or in regard to his con Urination or in relation to his office or the efforts t oust him lie never entered Into jiny arrangement of any kind whatever with C w PeiiRke url the promise do hU duty In regard to the discharge of prisoners after their terms expired can be called an arrangement There Is not any foundation or excuse for the libel utter by the Tribune which was doubtlcsi suggest by the same BdlvIiTuala wlib hato cndoavorej to intimidatu persons unwilling to join in their schemb As to the fitness of 11 I Parsons for therflico Marshal wehave nothing to ia3 Lccause tto know nothing about It We have had iuUaiatuacquainlaccc with the man at any time and arc not familiar with hisquallficatlons But we iio knew that lie hIs been cs MiKe In n mean nnd despicable mariner and therefore we are not grieved that failure and chagrin and dlscocifitura have Come t the clique that plotted plot-ted hk downfalL Ic thero HUb HU-b of further steps in regard to these mel libels and false iu sluuatlocs and we arc placed under the unpleasant necessity neces-sity of taking other than defensive de-fensive action thu vreapons used will not be such as can 0 turned abide by the shield of stem filet liar b malted juto thin air by Uiesunhghto truth That the full aad solo ron l bilityibr this article may uot le misawlerstood tie writer leparts from Uwoniimry ralonnJ hereunto appends his signature CiiAitus W PKMIOSE |