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Show LET US BE JUST, During Hie past week I tin Salt Luku dallies and tb Provn Kninier have tcuiued with reports and severe editor-lal editor-lal ciiinineiils on, thu allegod diunkcn-ness diunkcn-ness of Judge Duscubnrry of the Fniinh UM riot Ciiiii i during tho re. cnttuiniat Vernal, Tim lepnris til-ledge til-ledge a dUgraueful condition and If true lint Judge should certainly be removed. re-moved. Wo believe, however, that there urn rensouahlu giouuds for believing be-lieving thai the reports aie tiutiiiuorat least grossly exatrKer.'ted. In tho Salt Lake lleraid of yesterday appears an Intel view from Sherlll Pope of Uintah county, who should certainly .know whereof hu speaks, and who says; Judtrii Diiceuberry ni ty have had a drink or so, Inn I nm enull lent he win inn In oxlea ed. 1 know him so well thai 1 won. d imve been siirx lo have di'ieoicd htieli an lr'cgtilnrlly on Ills part. 1 whs uiiieli urh ved m his conduct con-duct ul Vernal a year ago, mid did mil. hcsiiaie to say o, fori b-llovu lie deserved de-served eenuiti then. II ill 1 do uol be-I be-I eve ho wu lima Clued doting tliu lerm of nniri jn-t ended ami lor thai reason I regie t, Ihu pub loaijoo of thu arllcus that huvn uppe.red, Stoiiograiilier Itohens, who aeooin-pauleil aeooin-pauleil Judge Dicciibi-rry on uu i rip to Voii.al, corMooraies wh it Is said bv Shetllf I'opa. Mr. Huberts says lint Judge Dusuaherry was nt intoxlc.itcil nor Incap ic'nued for tlm business of the court. At this writing we have not beuu ablu to secure a statement from ihu Judge lilnnuir. In this connection wo do not deslro to pnto as a champion of J mli;it Dnseu'ioiry, neither do wo desire to cover op any faiilis or neglect neg-lect of duty on his pari, but we do bu-Hove bu-Hove In doing him simple Justice If the Judge did act In l.ho muiiaer reported re-ported lii the Silt Like papers' cor re Npundenco from Y-roal, then 1m should bit summarily removed; if the reports an fuliie, then tho author of thum hlintihl be found and soveielv punished. Thrtiiialtur lioiihl be probed to the bottom. Tim reports may huveeinan-Hied huveeinan-Hied from thu vile br.iln of "Judge" L. II, Uhodes, who for personal spite would do Judgo Dusimberry all thu tlaiiugu bit could. In any case let us not pass Judgment until Judge Dusuii-berry Dusuii-berry is ptuveir to have committed tliu I acts alleged, |