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Show THU lIMt CHI. Till) vcrllitof acqulttil In thnrnfo of W J Allen thK"I.IWral' Julga of elerllon with a iifriliuridanceof iIUfe- was not iinnitnl. It la, however, Krnerally ilenouiicoil. TIiomi utic.emidotiin II do not by any niintia all Iwlmijf toonepirly. Any number of faifmliidel "l.lhtnlr" arc much nioreprjiioiinrwl liilhclrdeuuni.litloii of Ui. rr.ult of th. trial than any othi r claof th. rommiinlty, A gUow at lb. vl lenc Juatlllem In our vl.w, lhaealalencsof thl Indignation Indig-nation riii. iMtlmony for th prwe-cuti prwe-cuti in waa nltlTely to the .Ooct that, at th. city Khool election, In the Fourth Precinct, Allen' conduct was a iil.ua lu many pirllculara and Ihalh.waaarjuillyaeviiby two com paWntwltu.aa.t-Mr. IlUIr anl Mr. Uhikr-Mllui(tu put th. balloui of l'ropl.'arirlyrulcralii tho hot nnd lro pin? "I.lucrat" billot. Into Iho rei.pUcle In their .tea I. In orler to ollot tlila, an attempt waa luad by th. ilefenae lo llNcrcdll the tntlmony of Mr. Wlnttra, w liu la a memli.roflh.rtallI.ak. bar, by feik-lDl.ahowthithe feik-lDl.ahowthithe waa actuated hy motlreaof rovtiigv, becauao ho fillij torei'lv.all,lb.ral" iionilnatlnii for 1 file. The rraona wb 1 war. chiefly ii-ed for thl. purpit were Allen anl MiX'alluui, th. former Ullig til. defenlallt and III. latter tint county rel.tntlon oil! err who aol.ctftl Idm for thuolllieof elrctloii Judge, nud whona conduct In connection with the trim, chirginl again! Allen waa anvervly conini.ntvd ujflnly Jiidce Zme when hi. Honor decided thai coiiteated ctiaebf Young vi William, on the biala of fraud having belli committed. Here, then, were twu peraona who awor. that they aaw Allen commuting the fnu I charge.) agalnat Idm, and Ihladamiglng evldencu waa met ly n fetbl. atteni t to Impair the testimony ofooaof thu wllncM;awltosu!eilllle-l. Anothertnetliotlof thu defense waa to liitrnduvtt a number of wltuoase. who a-HiteJ they were at the Kotirth I'r.-clnct I'r.-clnct 011 the day of .lection nnd did not ibsuve anything wroiitf lu Allan's conduit. This r mlnlaua of lh atory of a noted thief who waa charged with brcakliu; the law. rlavaral wltiieasea Kara damnx-Inavll.siivngaliiat damnx-Inavll.siivngaliiat him, th. patllia having aovii tho tt.f.udant commit thv act of whlcli he waa accuse 1. lie therwjon otr.red to bring a hundred I wple who tat tv4 aesn Mm jtcrjxtratt tticikitt. Ithadlwellprovnlby tho prosecution prosecu-tion that Allen waa a foot ran r, a tor-terder, tor-terder, eu,nnd that he had iwaumed a nuaiUr of allasia In dllerent I laces. In one locality liowas YV. J. Allen, In anoll ir Dick Muri h) 1 lu aumu other I hu-e Lincoln, and lu still auolher seo tlon lis llgurod aa a patty by the mm. of William.. Hi. Uifensw arose to explain this mi Icloua wvcr. lng up of Identity by Introducing Mr, Jar im, tho aportlng editor of tho Bait laks W;nis, win tUted Willi much meeknts. that II sraa common for n profeMlouat lu take another name thau his own. This flood of lutelllffeiice seemed to be nry satisfactory, and auf-fli auf-fli lent to throw the blanket of plana-tlon plana-tlon over all the nlhuwi of Dick Murhy Wlllltm Jarvla Allen Williams Wil-liams Lincoln. Thu willing witness did not ouro allude to the fa t, however, that holiest profcloua!a have, aa a rule, but ouu 1 rofoaaloual name, white auch cognominlo tuouomy la not tlunittrlatlo lit auothtr ilaaaof r-aona. r-aona. Thealkgedargum.nUof counael for Uie defousu w ere of that typ. of a4.ch which aavorwd more of a ko aa you-I you-I leu. political inmUllngliig wanco with th. abua. dealing facilities c on-fined on-fined to 0110 aide of tho contest thau anything iwrtaluluif to a court. There u 1 1 Icutlful display of leirilchur trap and oxploilom of rhetorical Hi. balls. The abuao heaped uiion tho wltuesa Winters waa ahanuful. In our view the court would havu shown muib more dignity by putting a atop toauclia bullying I rooms than It UM by allowing It to havu untrammeled aco. Thu lllghta about the sacred iitas of thu Inllot frouisuiha source was In tho nature of a howling farce. Afttr Mr. Powers had itlervesce.1 on the meU for the reservation of the lairlly of tho ballot, he Indulged lu n flight or1eueiico on lilsownacrauiit, howln)llioapotlees whiteness of Ids own soul or liver. The whiteness of something about himself nnjuay. Ilvsald, Willi deep pathos' "I. I. not UIMo lu oililuctlnz ilet tloiiatll.inHlljrtaii I wlwtovir liny Ih m1 fine, 1 Imte a cb ar coiia. Iuihhi on thin orel'l Hftlng Hint It Is uiiunual for 1111 at-tormy at-tormy to, aentimetitally nt leist, lake thjMsltlonof tlio 1111111 hu la ih finding, find-ing, 1 au It I o fKMlblu tint for thu mo-niviil mo-niviil lie ha I Kline Idei that Mull an aiii tlon woul 1 1 ap ro rlati.' 1 r-lia r-lia howuvtr.tila aa nvsloii uia have ln csuaed by 11 suspicion that hla inlltli il fum nil wasn romlilnn and he Mas wiled w)th thu notion of jru niaiiKlug a glowing tribute to Ida own iiumory luudtniiie. To a large extent the verdict In this cassia telle, ed to I but auothtr el diiiioofthofiutttut, through illtlcal Iritrlgiio, trial 1 Jut) has Uen ractl tally atoll.lnd lu Utah. |