Show I Utah People Demand Answers to Many Questions About State Liquor Affairs The lid has hag finally been leen blown off the seething caldron of liquor affairs in the state of Utah It was first lifted with the report of ofa ofa a ft mysterious burglary at the thc Brigham Street treet pharmacy liquor agency and theft of f an estimated to cases of liquor valued at between and It was lifted still further further with the revelation by the liquor commission that jan tn aud audit t showed more than lou cases hort with a total valuation of more than 1 It was blown off all together with harges of gr graft ft corruption and p political chicanery in connection with liquor affairs af at- a- a fairs the charges being made on the floor of the state legislature J Whispers insinuations and rumors which have been circulating wildly around the state for the last fast two weeks tire fare now out in the open open and and as a a rc- rc the people of Utah arc asking a lot Jot pf questions questions not not only asking them but demanding answers What is the true story of th the alleged burglary at th the Brigham Street agency 1 How did it happen th that t the liquor Commission permitted an unnaturally large Jarge inventory at this agency Why was a regular audit of stock at athis t this his agency not made by the commission commissio j jn J. J January in accordance with regular commission ion pro procedure 1 J How did it happen that the deputy state stale auditor regularly attached I to the or commission office did not discover the errors jn in accounting methods which have now reportedly been discovered by bythe bythe bythe the state auditors auditor's office Is it true that discrepancies in inventory inventory inventory in in- and records at the Brigham Street agency existed but were not revealed revealed revealed re re- re- re before the present agency manager manager manager man man- ager assumed responsibility Is it true that large social parties given by stateS stat officials were supplied with liquor from the Brigham Street agency And if so who paid pai for the liquor Is it true that a back room of the agency was used as a drinking club frequented frequented fre fre- que ted by high state officials And if so who paid for that liquor These questions have got to be an an- If law a arid and d justice do not demand demand demand de de- de- de mand it it lt public opinion will They will not be answered by any embezzlement charge filed against a single individual They will no not be answered by any audit whether audit whether it 1 is made by competent unbiased investigators or n not nat t. t Those questions can only be answered as the result of a thoroughgoing complete complete com corn investigation by an entirely inde independent pend pendent nt nonpolitical body The only such body is a grand jury The law Jaw of Utah provides that a grand ny j may thay be summoned when inthe inthe in inthe the opinion of the judge of the district court of the county the public interest demands it Certainly the public interest demands it in this case casc It is the only possible way in which this whole mess mess can be cleared up The Telegram believes the judges of our district court have not only the legal right but a public and anda a moral obligation to act in this case |