Show THE TRE SILLY SIL LY PLEA fon FOR GOVERNOR MURRAY tim THE san francisco chronicle echoes the silly cry started here by the clique which puts governor murray forward as its tool and mouthpiece mouth piece that the congressional Cou gressional investigation into his alleged crookedness while awhile marshal of kentucky has heen been instigated by the mormons cormons Mor mons and puts it in this way governor murray is the real autho author r of the plan for governing utah and S suppressing polygamists by an appointed IT legislative 4 council in the place of an elected leI lel legislature slature which the M mormon or on vote always elects and the poly a mists always control for this key they hate him with an intensity which is only bred of superstition and rellon religions I 1 bigotry 11 this is news levs or rather it would be if it was true governor murray is not the real author of the le legislative commission scheme ile lle is not the real author of anything that we ive know of nor of anything we ve have heard of except the doings in kent kentucky uc which are now being investigated bya by a committee of the united states house of representatives the legislative commission plan was invented and advocated and debated long before eli 11 II murray was thought of for governor of utah the dislike of the mor mons to his administration is not simply because of his advocat advocacy y of that anti republican and unstated man like measure calculated to do nothing towards the suppression of roly foly polygamy U amy but simply to work into th the e hands mn 9 of certain played on out apoll politicians but on account of his diere disregard ard of of truth hand and justice both in word and act as the executive of this territory and the mormons cormons Mor mons care very little about the governorship anyway it amounts to but a trifle the rhe office is a mere sinecure except for a few weeks every two tears years and it affects the mormons cormons Mor mons not at all except during that brief period if the governor but performs performs his duty under the law lav the mormons cormons Mor mons have no quarrel with bilm him whoever he max may be the present incumbent is as innocent of originating anything under the sun mormon I 1 0 or r antii 13 mormon formon 11 as any official who ever lived simply to draw a salary what he has said has been as an echo what he h has as done has been as a tool but supposing the ai mormons cormons Mor dior mons have instigated the present congressional in inquiry ulry into the doings of a government officer which is absurd on its face why should that be offered tion of the alle alie alleged ed crime crimes and as an argument against the investigation Is not this childish plea a potent argument a against ainest itself the new york world says the general impression of good republican p organs is that though governor murray of utah may have been guilty of malfeasance while filling the office of united states marshal in kentucky he has condoned it all by the beautiful manner in which he has persecuted the mormon saints that is the idea it is a highly moral one is it not the governor is is quite an admirer in sounding sentences of what he calls constitutional morality 91 Is this a specimen of the article as offered for mormon imitation by republican regenerators the chica wl oller odier lerald atti atel has a pretty clear understanding ft of the situation and thus presents it in a recent editorial mr murray of utah is now posing as la a victim ol of mormon hate but it is difficult to see what the mormons cormons have to do with mr murrays Mur rays ant predicament the foundation of that was laid ion lon long iong before mr murray made the acquaintance of the sinful saints the facts simply are that when murray was united states marshal of kentucky john D white representative in congress from kentucky made charges against murrays Mur rays administration ile he was accused of exacting f fraudulent fees feed of making false vouchers of drawing unearned mileage of witnesses and of causing needless arrests for the purpose of charging extortionate fe fees es the department of justice sen sent t george K chase special agent to investigate the ch charees arces who reported that they were fully substantiated and on the strength of thal that report murray was compelled to resign that report is now before springers committee and all the writhing of murray and all his plaints plaines that the mormons cormons are trying to crush him 1 cannot destroy its force coincident with this comes another sto story which may or may not be true it w will 11 be remembered attitude as a moralist prevented his issuing inga a certificate to cannon the utah delegate to congress who had received all the votes ile he issued it instead to campbell who had been run by a few gentiles and had but a dozen or so of votes it is now directly chang charged changed ed that it kasnot altogether a moral sentiment that inspired this action but that campbell obtained the certiA certificate cate as a reward fot for having bought largely of the stock of the minin mining company in which murray was wa s interested take it all in all mr nir murray had better let the mor mons alone and attend to gathering u up the draz draggled draeg dragg led shreds of his damaged damage reputation charges that lie he is the victim of mormon hate and that political enemies of his in kentucky have nave conspired with the saints to crush him will have but little weight against that report and evidence on file in the department pant pann ment of justice it will be remembered eastment Eart red that white of kentucky said the other day in the house that it if murray had his dues he would be wearing striped clothes in the penitentiary that is pretty harsh language to use of such an active reformer asni asai as murray urray but it shows that mr nir white is thoroughly in earnest and at least thinks he knows what he is IR sr about governor murray avers that h he C can ref refute ute the charges pending the presentation of his evidence and the final report of the committee lie he is 1 entitled to a suspension sion slon of his present rul rui mistake stake lios ilos in attributing attribution his uncomfortable position to the machinations of the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 |