| Show IOIIUIUII TIM LIM The action of Judge J II HUlr In Ibi county court yntirdiy afternoon on the rnUfit that Ibo county appo r plat a iIId11 1 Ir adrerllilnit rurpoirt lo raid In touting an cihlbll at the MIJ winter Fairdor credit lo hlo sincf I duty u a publicofflclal In tin face ol a strong Kutlment whom rneum wm brought to bear dlrntly upon him un manfully flood up for what lie eon solved lo bo the low l In tin llftnlw The three leUctmen voted In favor of the ifproprUtlon but the probatn fudge undeiitandlnf < that tin law would not permit such a uu 01 publlo rntney recorded isle Tola lu the liege lire In eiplilnlne tho reaion tor Isle occupying the poiltlon b which he Oil relating to lhl < iniltor Judge lllnlr aid he waln Jeep sympathy with the nioremunt make an exhibit ul Ohio Fair lie thougbt It wlIld be a mli fortune If l Utah should fall to be properly prop-erly represented Hut he could l me nojuitlflcatlon theta for the court maklnit the appropriation sited and therefore rout role agalnit granllng liiepetition lie concelvod It lobe bit duty ai n public olllcer to tut tc the lice of the law II the chlpa all where they may lie had talked with some ol the loll tlonerp who had admitted that they knew of no warrant In law for making the appropriation 0010 who were thoroughly couretiaDt wllli the legal Iliao I ft the oulld hud almlttod that for Ihu court to votn the money would II ° boa direct violation 01 thualatutuaud of Ihrlroatli of oilier 1I did not believe that their wa one In I lull of Iho pttlllonera who II he law were ict clearly before them weuld not Iw b ol the opinion that the appropriation wat Illegal In thus cues Judge Illalr tin been coniUlenl with 1b fiat rroord He shows that lit ha the moral courage lo stand by that which ho ballets li 1 right The example heitl lea I mot commendable one A tendency tn publlo onicer la Rive way to popular leollmentaiajalnit theptluolplu and letter of the law li ciceodlngly danger out Popular clamor oinetlmoi goes to great extrcBio of wrong and nn lu cllnatlon un the part ot otllccM to lander to iuob a entlm nt and Illegally Ille-gally divert ubllo funds li butt modi flcallonot the dtforinoj moral soul which leads to 1I0flolIoo In oOlco by Individual A wrongful dlvenlon of public undo In reipone to popular I > clamor at au ollenie ilirTiiii only In I degree from a wrongful dltcrilou to meet ItUlTldual desires In voting In tutor of the appropriation appropria-tion the ilrctnien may havi bran Jut ai fully convinced that they were right at waiJndgi Illalr and If ID their act wa equally proper with hit Hut It woe In accord with Ibo popular lido and therefore required no marked ex ulbltlou of moral courage |
