Show 1 o Disloyal Officials 1 X more public official has been Cont committed com Con ONE 1 t the Utah state state prison prison for steal steal- steal steal- t ct public mon moneys ys S S. S W. W Ross Ros formerly f o 0 the state land office admits thefts t to approximately t The I st thing which can be said in his behalf is at t he waived his constitutional privileges to in his prison term as ts soon as as as' possible He Her r s sentenced to serve an indeterminate term d it is to be hoped that this will in some insure e sure fit the crime The board of pardons uld be extremely cautious in considering Applications for premature releases of men meno en r. r o letray el ay the public by plunder plundering ng the tre treas- treas sI s- s I In the past there has been a tendency in inh ini i h to pity public officials who go wrong they were once honest and upright ns a c certain part of the public and the I ardon board have been inclined fo feel sorry them This perhaps explains why none Ar the them have been severely punished But Butt Buta t a matter of fact these men are tre entitled to togs tos gs s consideration than those of smaller e i e i who be became ame entangled with the l law w. w t X a crime is committed it is expected r prosecution will follow with the arrest of ofIl Il e individual individual under suspicion Punishment U Id c follow conviction T The e question o of i inI inV in- in V I Fluence e e c-e should not be considered for a mo- mo c t for it is apparent that the man of f good standing has less cause caus to resort to crime crime for i 1 gain than he who is comparatively r non nO Looting of the public treasury has been c t too oo common in Utah The practise c be pe stopped and the quickest mea means s to f end would be to let the law take its Quick and relentless relentless' prosecution follow each each- and every defalcation or embezzlement in public lif life There can be beti ti saying that the punishment is to be deter- deter i med ined ed by the personal standing of the indi- indi t dual al accused In this way alone can others discouraged from taking the wrong road |