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Show A IIIMIIMI iiuinir. Til ri charge tolhtKrandJury dallrered to that Unly on Min.lay by Judge C. H. XlttepreelitJaaaJplcture of the demorallied condlllon of thla city Unfortunately, tha (irlrajal waa In ery way correct Intho court o of hla commeiiLa Ufiuti the appallingly law leeeltuatlon, hla Honor aJmlnliteml aatlnglngrebuketa the preieut city Ciivirnnient, atatlng. In ellect, I hat If Iho niunlolpal ofllclala neglected their dutlM that furnlahed no reaaon for thu grandJurorai4irulngthe tamo court. Among the lawa and ordlnancva the onforcunieiil of which hat UTomo a nondltlou of the t aru IIim relallng to burglary, prottltutlon, gambllni; ami the llijuor tranic. Thl criminal otll-clal otll-clal neglect hat auwrlnducel an era nf crlmo anl Imnntallty that could acauely have been dreamed of a fw yean ago at ioMlbla within the corpo rata llmlta of Halt hake. When the tile of lawle-ancai waa bttjlnnlnz Io run high lat winter, mat mrttluga were hel I by the moru rea4i'lalla data of non'Moriu ilia" to rotrtt agalott the criminal neglect of tha city government. It waa atatml In oue of three mi ner outly attendni lueetlngt, by a 1'rotatlant clergyman, that It had Haver before lren necetaar) In the hlttiry of thla city Io call mill an avMimbla je I igethi r for the purpura for which It oouvened. No atlcntlon wa tild to thate role tatlona Bgallitt tliagrowlngcrlmlnallty, and the moral condition liaa been grad ually growing woree from than till n-v. The fact of rt gambling den being in I ull vlow of the temple of juttlee w here Judge .lite delivered hit charge la of tteclf a flagrant and lawleta Intuit to the oourt. Fitly men can Ikj tien from the court room, hit Honor n marked, plying their Illegal train any night when the window bllnda are up. ((laniblire and blackleg who aru driven out of tlio larger cttlra where the Utwe on the aubject are more or leat vlgoroutly ettforial, aro aecklng rifoge In Hall I,akr, where limy have nfalrflvll and practlially no Inter feretue. Tha action of thu chief of (tillcoinarretlliiga few uiemliera of the gambling fraternity lait night, before be-fore Ju.geKme'a charge had tlmo Io gttcold, laalniitt alnurd In thu ajtvt modlo atpect It prwenU. It lint tlio appearance af a a purt, aujerln Im-tnl by nvlgoroualhruatfrom a thirpjudlclil ttlck. It will bo duly tredltrd to Iho account of Iho miIIco deart-ment, deart-ment, however, provl Jlng tha tuddrii blaieofolllclal aealdoia not flicker out aa quickly aa It t lutteml Into life. There la ona thing that can be aald of Chkf JuttlreZaue-that In lilt tdJal carwr he hat eought to ruttaln good government, and hat art hit face ngaln-t Jawletancaeand crime of every deacrlptlin. In taking an I maintaining maintain-ing thla petition, or rather lu purtiilng llilacourta, ho liaa manlfeatidafoir litanieaa that haa won for lilintlie r ajnctofall cljuot of iopla, Itu In ling tlio who liavu ha I occtudoti to dltamt more or let atrongly from noma of hla vlet. The atllludu ha aa. tnumt lu rilatlou to thu j remit lawleaacoiillllonof Halt Lake will I. Biibilr.edby every Intelligent nnd ro tlttableclllxen. Aa etatcd by him, the fad that the city c fflrl.! are guilty of neglect furillahea no vxcuao for the gruud Jury purtiilng aalmllar llnoof conduct. Aud ehould thu Jury choote to Ignore thilr aworu duty In the n nillee. It I clear that tjm lodge haa ileured hlumll of rrtoullilltty cou-nutted cou-nutted with Ihe aorry 1 light Into n hlch Ihe t Ity haa leu j lunged by a con tileiirehuolUclaladmlnlitratlon. It ltlobvhiid tho Inntriictlona of Iho court will U atrktly follonc.1 by tho new liody of Inipilaltora. |