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Show MKMLREW Oi a Political Party that Is Approaching Death. 0UC BEMILTS OK LIBEAUSM. Ttls Cliy for a-TlmsHisaFcoIpii's Paradls!. ,htixm: ash MiinCMi rf,k1eererlen.Hliirerrubllreinila. -lrtar nel IrrerjiiUelllee.-M.ltmil. IrrerjiiUelllee.-M.ltmil. l Ihe "nelormet." The history ot.ttie Lit cral patty lnc0 In advent Into i-owot In Ibis dlX nM ken In many rcs...bi nn uuunvlatuu one. Kor way Hint were Untie and Kicks tl't worn "I" lllttl organization laipruTrnlttclf ono of tho most mc-. cinlul that llio country has uvcriccn Tbo public ru familiar wllh the gigantic gi-gantic election lrau.li of Fcbrunry, 1S0O. Tho mstlioils employed to bring vlcory to n lntly thnt was Known to bain busiiicm 1 rlnclpally lor plunder, and that has alnco shown Itulf to be anoneray to liberty and good govern-me govern-me nt, wore ol rt character to forever i....i iim pTitnf manltuUtora vrltli llrhonot end dligriiv. Mauy who then liclongiil to Hint ciEnl2allon now bluh witli ihnmo whiu tlioy think of tho hlftorlo run ol tho no-lorloua no-lorloua Orond Junction frjlitiatloii train, of tho ImroitoJ IIiurp, hlroJ hobo, rcalcr, tlnhorn, 1111J ktciwra of Jlcs, who nil performed their .tly piH m outlined by party wlrepullcrr, omu of whoinwiro not mailing their innldcn effort in political villainy when they placed TIIK CAl.t'CT IU(I abore tho Hlara and BtrlKn In tho i al ol lair nnd loj al but much mallnnod and ruliepreii.nted Utah. Notoufy coraiollid toaubmltto In-dlgnltlct In-dlgnltlct of thla tort, the community's will was further tlmarlod ond nn ad. dltlonal lueult was otltrtd to ligul Toteri by tbo Biatlni: of alx bo,ui councllmen who ld no alindow uf claim uiwu tno tlllcoa which tlioy knew then and realna sow they had uiurrd, Willi " bravado that ibulJ only naTo been admired If txtrted III a good cauiv, thiy Lonllnued lor nearly elKhlun months to diaw auil fliJ tbo talarlrs and enjoy tho tuiolunieula of otlliu ol the l'icIe'i) touncllmtn. Thty (Mk every ndvaiilaKe of thu delay for which the law la proverbial and did nut lim the ilecincy to vjotIo until the court of lt resort baJ perampterlly decided ngalnst tbeui and OOJIl'fctJVH THUI TO OKI OUT. Of the lndlvlduil raeinbera of this council theie la full warrant lor bjjIiiu that one of them made records that will scarcely ttand thu euullght ol open Investigation Uiero was conduct that calhd forth from their own ort.au, aibcrt UnibUlUr the luiuguratloii.the charno that lour ot them were lalntod with boodlilttn. When they took tbo oath of uflU-o thu municipal Irestury as well filled with cadi. They entered upon n lilCKLEta OAHLim Ol KM ItAVAOANCL. Corai arallvely llttlu Is shown for what they did In lbs way of public Improve incuts. New ofllrca were created III Rteat numbers, telarlio we re Increased, tho ubllo lunus were speedily exhausted, exhaust-ed, city properly was (old and itlren away t mushroom 'aorroratlons, bond Irg was commenced mid It has bten continued until the utmost limit has been almost reached. Kotwlthstund. In all this, the vorailly nnd KUcU nf the oMco buntir 13 as far from latlsflid as It was years ago when he captured bis first rlto and ate his first meal In Tooels Uho ru-public," ru-public," where ho Is reported as htivlui; "voted livery man (both dead and alive), uoiur, mum: and jack iiauiut In the Ophlr mlnluR dlslrhl," In order tocirrytbu eltotlou, nnd which resulted re-sulted Iti Tooele county becoming practically banrrupt. The shameful and uncertain con elltlon of allalra which followed MUral triumph In this ilty n llitla ' over two years ngo Is still flesh In tho minds ot tho public. A reign of terror was Inaugurated such as few mining towm evon In tho wild west over experienced. This city bucame a verltablo fnotpadi' aridlse. It waa tho Mecca of highwaymen, sale blowers an 1 trsmi. (Jumblus and vile women Were welcomed within our gates. A reward Waa virtually placed on crlmo. ThoUagof vice was Haunted upon the I rlnclnal streets of the city In broad daylight In the c)is ot resectable leoiih. Morality and virtue wcro tcoOVd at. These evils wero to l expeotrd' ours was last Incoming a metropolitan city, argued some of the couucllmcti who nought to earry out the Injur otlon of their lelltlual nmgunt, Judgo 1 owern, "not to be ton ro I but Just good enough." In thu natural wako eanio tho erection of a variety theatre, the lownt typo of 1U class. To obtsln n llcemu glvliiR It Iho right to ulepeuielntnxIcatliiK liquors was nirno. thing for which n niimierof (iiuhcll-nuu (iiuhcll-nuu wuiked nuuei.tlnKly until they Were tucctss ill. This done, the rmtlveaof somo of tho gentleuieu who called theniiolvce reformers and lUBL'II A3 i not! mission iiri a felore the people became nj parent, est the notorious show houu re'urred to hiutea of llllame wero quietly erect. M by Hy ofllceis. They were renlod direct lo the wanton creatures who nt saa lm . that timet pllul their Infamut voultun on J'raukllii avmuo. One ol thise t'-.nlli men left thu Tcriltoi , Ii la raid, toavuld being Indicted by tbo grand Jury. UCICAIlllll t'lll oicami ti. How tbo social evil wne CDiiJonnl nedolllrhilly vticourjed the rt-ilers of this Journal well leinenihrr. Mayor Bcott, during n luinenhae ro-trsilad ro-trsilad nbtenco Iron tho lerrtlorjr, dtilgnaltd W. Ii. l'lckard, ono of the coiincllmcu, In net ns mayor until Ii a riturn. fir. l'lckard was nnllong at the helm before ho dlstlngulshuj him net,' by geUlnt; Into n pnllenment Unmade the serious mlie) ol wilting wilt-ing a letter without tho necrwary post ten-1, "jidiin Tinn" Bald letb-r gavu him nn uollmllod amount of trouble, lie lihd to ex lain the matter nwiy List lullirl algunlly. It allowed tho sympathetic rolaHuushlp nnd ton dor feelings Which existed be. twecu tho adriliilstrnlloii nnd thu elsts ol (leoiln the letter re'irred to. It was first riven to the public ly Tnr DucttiT Isr.WH and Its lubltiillon created nsenwitlon, Willi h lining other exposures 11 to tho holding of n iiism miitlngolclllteuaat tho lint M. 1.. church to cry down, nnd, lfpossllle, item thu tide of vice and crime which til re item il to deluge the clly. The letter wiw written to Chief of roIlcoJohiiM. Young, riia ruUbuvo ol It vol: "l'Jraie taku notlcn that i'.u nro not 1 1 arrest prislltulcs nnd gum-hlers gum-hlers toiilta I am acting mayor." Prom thu limn that brief but ixprisslva and now hlttorlo docu mint was uueil, Chief Voting claimed tint ho had Mr. l'lckard Jutt where ho wantcu him. I'nllcu ariitKlnta. Perha) a In no other city In tho United Unit-ed Btctc have police scandals bui-u no frimit'iil and outrageous u In this during dur-ing tbo two jcats audit half that tho Liberal I arty has been In power. The ruultshavuunly liceu natural niter all. When thu fact la taken Into consideration considera-tion that many members of the new polico lorco wcru driwu from a class whose uvncatloi r tiro conducted In violation of thu low characters ulviu placo and position becauso UIBV HAD A "lULL" or n claim on tho jarly for services rendiled It la net linicultto understand. It la n well known lact that somu of tho so called guardians of thu peace weie guilty of thegroxses: climes. They aiwudlbe needs of distension In their own rankr. Homo of their nuariels and myiterlou inltJolngaln houtea ol lll-reiuto and InthodarL ulleya Lecamoa publlo disgrace. dis-grace. The climax was leached when an overbearing and exacting captain una killed by a subordlnatuellleer. It was thought that this would I tit nil end to hottllltka among the constabulary, but It did not and Mayor Bcott was obllgrd to summon tho entlru force lie (ore nlra and conil them to reuow their obligations "to keep tho peace" In their own ranks. This action u occasioned by threats lo commit murder. Tho lorco was divided. There wore tho "Y'oungltea" as tlioy were known and thu "antl-Voung-Itcu," and betweou the two factions there was almoat mortal enmity. More lria.li onco fatal encounters wcru narrowly nar-rowly ucaped. When the last election was held In I'ebruary, 169.', nnd victory was again the lot of thu Liberals, great reforms wero promised. The Unit that lo said about what followed tho bettor. A meru mentlou of thu official ni.ATir, nod tho cute thnt lead thereto, of Marshal Janney nnd suveral trusted as well .as u number of uutrusted heuchmau Is all that Is necessary. Neliunl I trellun rriiuila. At theacbool election In thel'ourth precinct of this city on July 14th, lbOU, oueottbemost flsgrant aleals on re cord waa consummated. It was so pitpablu that one ol tbo gentlemen (Mr. 1'. h, Williams) who nas fraudulently tie-rlured tie-rlured elected refueed to actandhon. ently and oluntarlly allowed Mr. Richard W. Young, ono n( thu oppos Ing candidates wuo was legally eleot-ed, eleot-ed, totikuhfssoat. Thu steal was accomplished ac-complished by the nld of a clever ballot bal-lot boxstulfer. W.J, Allen, thu famous foot racer, pugilist, 1 ar lender nnd all round sport, with a number of allaaes, n as accused of tho crime. Ho was arrested ar-rested and tlwi grand ury found an Indictment agaiusl him. Tho uvl-deuce uvl-deuce appeared to bo plain nnd overwhelming, over-whelming, but hu waa acquitted. "IriegtilarllleH." I pais swlltly over thu causes and the exposures that led to Itecordor Louie liyams' sudden retirement from ofllolal life 111 which It transpired thnt a shortage of somu $1731 was regarded re-garded not as "criminal but only as careltfsness," also over tho string lluanrUI Innocence ol Assessor Chile, who didn't know that about SM.OJO ol city funds was included luhlsprlvato bank account until some one called his attention to It. Ileceut developments are no leta Interesting, Tor more than tyear there have been damaging rum-ra rum-ra to tbo filed that a succcetful system ef fraud was being curled on In yanltary Insiector Bhowell's department. de-partment. The insinuations wero nt llrst silenced In ono way nnd then In that, Thu hush, however, was In ovory Initancu only temporary. Borne ono kept "leaking." It became uecesiary to act, and detectlveg wera quietly cmiloyed to "work the case up." They did to. Thuroiultof their labors is not yot msdo public; I ut llsdetalla am said to be astonishing, uolesi than $1J,UQU being tho sum which It la alleged has been misappropriated mis-appropriated by Bomehjdy, Mr. Hhuwell claimed komn weeks ago that ho would provo hlrasrlt Innocent. He httH not done no yet, but thu legal lie-sumption lie-sumption of Innocence must be per milled to remain until the contrary Is I roved. Thu lapurs In ttincaftehavo been refened to Major Iteslilii for investigation in-vestigation und action, and ho would seem in havu hud mil) lo tlmo to consider con-sider Ihim. Can It Lo that bicauiuau Important election Ii approaching ho defers any decided move Thlalsthu ex l.ipatlou vouchsalvl by (tome ol those who aro "on tho Inside." A few wieks ago Watermstlor liar. vryfentauliii'Ultliigconimunlcatlonto the City Council lu which hu charge! mm of tho memberH with "talking through his hat." It Is alleged by llarvrj 'a Irleuda that this rash accusa- F Hon of n heinous olleiwo bos coined ml iti iro Hilo In which Itu im Iinly fea d liluim'f. Hut It in puars Ihni onuul tliecwui el moil had te-cii .'oil-ln .'oil-ln Into thu (Mcullir fj lonlluMid liualuotis to lo IrnufKcttd hcloro I u role Unit letter ami nnS p.vpinng a iiiriilMt any for him nt lint vt-ry Hioe. Ilcnuu later nnd proved oji,-cltistvely oji,-cltistvely thut whatuvir there ha I (ecu ot "talking through llio hat" tl.oru wero b intently some tlngtilar triigularltleslnthu oji rations ol Mr. llursi ' deputy, Mr. Uuhu'. When I jiinrmbir that tills Dai not Ihoii denied ly even tho Liberal ootiu-ellruai, ootiu-ellruai, 1 nui thu nioro aurir.stil that tlero should haiu kwi n rijrt n te evenings ago whlc'i lookol very much like ni nltcuit to "whtiuttUb." lhH csee has nlm been called to the nttcutlon uf his lit nor tlieM.ijttr, nm! in duo lime will dcttbtleis rccelvo attention. I May cm a future) otenslou bivo inoro tu tay on these and klndrod sub-)ccts. sub-)ccts. Jlcfotu couc'udlng this letter I wl)i tomakuonueXi!anillin: I Lniiw huiidrcdn uf men lelouglug lo the ldleral patty who nro fir abovo any iu-(nIoncf apitovalof orcooncetlon wltn vlco or crime ol any ItlnJ. 1 billeethu party Ittelf deiltis, In Its own way mil according to Its own notion, tho reneral welfare. I do i (it den) that It has accomi llthetl this tu a considerable de;ree. IJul when 1 glvo lo them and It this much credit I con-fess con-fess my amazement that tho decent iarl ol the crgHiiltttlon shoull still cling to method! that havu yielded such n J Itlablo, record, nnd through which thero have been ao mauy untor. luuato Usui's. Iloz. |
