Show UE Judge James B. B McKean who ho came to Salt Lake a ap chief Justice of the federal court in Utah had been a colonel In the army In the Civil war On his hla arrival In Utah he ho aligned himself with the element that was opposed to the Latter day Saints Saints and at that time It was said that Mormonism Anti was In the saddle backed by the power of the federal government and It was freely predicted that the man who had conquered the South would make short work of ot sub subduing rebellious rebellious rebellious rebel rebel- lious Mormonism This is the way that the matter was put at that time Apostle Whitney In his history of Utah speaking of ot the objects In n view at that time says sars The object ob object object ob- ob of the powers upon the Potomac was to assert and maintain the au authority au- au of at the nation over the territory territory territory ter ter- which authority they had been made to believe was not recognized recognized recognized rec rec- by the majority of ot the people people peo peu- pie here Incidentally they proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed to curtail the temporal activities ac ao- ao- ao of oC the Mormon church and prosecute some of its principal men for alleged offenses against the laws So much for the object of the government PURPOSE OF RING The purpose of the ring was vas to get the upper hand and govern Utah to suit themselves Mormon rule was hateful to them and they wanted want want- ed Mormon anti rule substituted regardless of majorities or minori minor ties A legislative commission was their pet scheme often advocated but never realized Wl What at this would have meant for the founders of the commonwealth the people of oC the North were not in a position position position tion to fully realize but those of the South such South such of at them at least as were under the heel of the thu carpet carpet carpet car car- pet bag domination could domination could sense the situation to the utmost And It was this consideration as much as anything that made their representatives sen In congress then and at atla la later er periods loth to strengthen by special legislation the hands o of plotters toward similar ends Then he continues This Is not Intended as asan an arraignment of oC an entire class Not all the were of the seeking office element Some of them were men of splendid splendid splendid did qualities and of patriotic pur pur- pose pose Their designs were not preda preda- tory It was the ze zeal l of the re reformer reformer reformer re- re former not of the place-hunter place that tha t fired their souls They hated hate 1 Mormonism or what or-what what they supposed wai wa Mormonism hated hated it sincerely sincere sincere- ly and Intensely and their hatred warped their Judgment upon everything everything every eve thing connected with it To them It Jt was a desperate disease requiring requiring requiring ing a desperate remedy The McKean McKean Mc Mc- Kean cot coterie ie had h honest nest aims alms their I j fault fa U laying In the tle unfair methods by which they sought to encompass those aims alms FIGHT OF FACTIONS And this was the situation when Judge McKean took hold of ot tile the courts of Utah as ag chief justice The opening gun was fired of what gave prospect of a bitter fight tight be between between between be- be tween the factions which were arrayed arrayed arrayed ar ar- ar- ar rayed against each other Back in inthe inthe inthe the year ear an a act adt t of the terrItorial territorial terri tern tonal assembly provided for the theoffice theoffice theoffice office of territorial marshal marsh l and I ten ter cr attorn attorney y general the the themar marshal marshal marshal mar mar- being given power to execute all orders or processes of oC the su supreme supreme supreme su- su preme 01 district court In all cases arising under the laws of the ter The territorial attorney general was directed by the law lav to attend to all legal business on the part of the territory before the courts where the territory is a party arty and to prosecute individuals ac accused accused nc- nc of crimes in the judicial district district dis dis- Its Its- n n which he had his office In Incases Incases incases cases arising under the laws of oC the territory This act was approved March 3 3 1852 and It was never re- re pealed Under this law the United States marshal and the United States district dis dis- attorney attended to only the legal business arising under the acts of congress and the c costs of the federal court was paid b by the government government government gov gov- while the tle territory cared carea for the costs of Its own This law stoOl stood in Iii the way of oC the radical element ele ole ment in the territory hence Its Us re repeal repeal repeal re- re peal was desired |