Show A WRONG PRINCIPLE IN ANY CASE conviction has been secured with a packed jury and the same penalty as in the clawson case has been imposed in the evans case ball bail has again been refused pending an appeal it is curious to note the difference in the spirit of the mormon I 1 eating journals and their supporters with refer ence to these cases and the case of the thrice convicted murderer hope hopt when a stay of execution was asked for and denied pending his repeated appeal to the supreme court of the united states what a howl of indignation lle lie against the co court urt art went up no from the hoarse throats of the ill ILI liberal beral crowd I 1 and how the acting gover nor was patted on the back for fotr a brave little man because he be stepped forward and stretched his authority to save the murderer from the results of judicial timid timidity ityl 1 now that two men have been committed without ball while their cases are under appeal to a higher court al though thestine the saine same principle is iq involved nota word of censure is heard beard from the anti antl mormon I 1 source for the defendants fend ants have been each convicted of marrying a plural wife and they are mormons cormons Mor IMor mons 11 the alle illegal al method of getting grand juries the unprecedented and unlawful lui lul packing T of petit juries the absurd and just lust punishment of appellants ap gallants iel gei lants pending the adjudication of their t air appeals Is all ali sanctified in antl anti mormon eyes because the victims of these outrages are members of the moamoa Mor moa all church we as strongly condemned the course of the judges in the hopt case as we do the action of the court now in the clawson and 0 evans vans cages cases it Is the principle of the thin thing we oppose of wh what at use is an a higher court if the sentence of the lower court is carried out while the appeal is pending and if the principles of punishing a convict who appeals before his appeal can be determine dis wrong and ridiculous in one case it is equally wrong in other cases and although a mans man 8 religious belief may make a big difference in the eyes of a mission judge bigoted lawyers and malicious scribes the country will not view matters in the same light nor will the final result prove very gratifying to those who are engaged in such senseless proceedings or those trose who endorse and applaud them |