| Show 111 CLUSIM1 MUWir I The ice no at the meeting ol the Ulah Legislature on Wednealay altcrnoon during Ibo last ballot for United States senator was a new tea tutu In Ibis State and one which should be o warning to all lovers cl American liberty to xuard well the free exercise of their cOlcial function It was an effort at mob rule which In a menace to the welfare of the topic In a convocation of Ibo iuprinie representative organization of the State there was Ibo painful humlllat lug cmluous spectacle of a howling mob unrestrained lu Its Ito oat flails lo compel members ot the Leg lilature to vote against their couvlc lions of duly Everything short of tactual t-actual personal I violence was resorted to to force legislators to go to a certain candidate Jibes and sneers threats slid yolll stamping and frantic gas tuna bowline booting swearing Bcrtamlur even from men and boys allowed to crowd upon Ibo preildlng illlcerj platform were directed lo overawe thote members who voted for another candidate It was the coarse brutal unreasoning demand 01 It mcb that membura should yield to Us oliuior Instead of doing their duty In such a situation It look moral courage and force of character lo rill the onslaught kill moiiocratlc Orrco and Intolerant lu spirit aa ever marked in assembled crowd gathered to witness Itililitlvo proceedings It was all launched In one ill rrctlon end In shame ba It taU that there Was no tOlolal cflorl to protect the legislators against whom its fore was aimed They had tobestritinc3rapmriativeelleace Hut to tho honor of a bare majority ol the Legislature be It also Bald that In the storm which tunl forth learn the auditorium upon their beads they stood firm to their convictions of duty though grieved and humiliated by the spectacle occurring In our fair BIt It was an runault upon liberty by the tumultuous rabble unJ by their courage arld determination thirtytwo mtinbora cf the legislature cave life quiet decisive answer that they would not relinquish to the mob be reins placed in the legislator handr It 1 > to be IniuJ that never again will such a loans occur In this rilatt that never again will presiding ollloin ot the Unmaking LoJy allow lao hall and galltrles to bo packet I with fierce partltane who ere allowed to howl their derision and thus Interfere with the Lustiness of the Legislature Such cUiirts to overcome the representatives of too peop cannot ba tolerated with safety tu the Government and men ard methods oterallng by tucb means threaten the stability of The Stale |
