Show 31 olt g in ohp ii URRAy MURRAY 1 I llma lima j ax DOE boxe cit cir IN LIT UTAH t wasted WANTED sted INSTEAD OP i ing n 0 n rc hurcik TM members e abers whose eccle sias orders do not encourage the practice of polygamy polygamy the governor of utah uta h has gained gaine 1 muc much by noisily advertising his intense zeal for the ex the tho still survive surviving twin relic rile of barti baris armei pit yit it would be hard E in tho the more v vehement elle elie lucht ift d il y of t jk a aar matr matrimonial or a more aloqua clou clous champton champion of extreme 1 for tor borits its extirpation it was he who assumed the office of judge of the election and qualification of members of congress by re to issue the certificate of di election mr cannon though he received nearly all the votes itwara it IT aa helwa gave ae the certificate of election celion to the caudia cau didat afe e who received ills liis messages orts and other iru ird ichU ifa tv writing against dist fist Mormonism have been voluminous and though composed in the not altogether elegant kentzel kentucky ily icy style of literature hare ilare emitted an odor of alin alfa respired breath of fervid zeal q 11 for the phe promotion on of morality and adi zdi Ata godliness hiess ii lii ill statutory enactment at a hington To those who have abw looked beyond the tho ta ent eat smoke of bf gubernatorial words to the reality behind it it has not appeared that mr ell eil if murrays Mur rays administration of utah has been particularly mar marked edib d Y or any other a 9 r thary inthe t lie ile 1 1 was 1 I 1 appointed P I 1 governor of that province in 1880 A law of utah declared polygamy to be a crime and sanctioned ase vere verc re punishment of every person that should be guilty of that erline crime it ata ava wast hp of the provincial executive to execute to assist him in executing it he was provided with courts judges marshals and all other necessary functionaries function aries by the n national government nevertheless he did not execute it though ho he has been governor of utah years it is known that the law for tor the pun punishment ament of 0 the crime of polygamy has not been executed in a single instance within that period and it is not known that any effort or attempt has been made to execute it nevertheless Neveth eless in the newspapers newspaper si governor murray has gained rained a great deal deai oi of self adverta sing in tile the capacity of a I 1 kind of political doli don quixote who has I 1 been een and is wah wag waging ing an Cx terminating exterminating barof words against the still surviving twin relic within a few days some discoveries have been made by one of the committees of the house that tend to raise a suspicion that the loquacious knight of the sorrowful countenance at balt bait lake is not all that thab the fancy of worthy w arthy church members has painted him before ho he was sent out to govern that vin vineyard ekard of the sinful saints he held the office of marshal in the province r 0 of kentucky from records in the ministry of justice it is said mr 8 springers ringers committee finds that charges of of mA malfeasance were brought aleain allain against st him that upon examination it 1 F was f found that his accounts were not as a faithful public officers accounts should have been that his fee tee bills were filled with fraudulent items that the emolument returns were systematically swelled by charging fictitious expenses and fees constructive mileage and by beginning vexatious and boundless criminal proceedings s 17 a apparently parent ly for the purpose of malli malai making ing fees eps ll 11 it is stated that the agent who inquired into the charges mr george K chase reported the charges as conclusively proved but that a tremendous e estt t was made by district attorney wharton to prevent exposure aio also alo tremendous political influence by men of both arties parties was brought to bearbo save murray k from disgrace helas he was however compelled to resign not lon ion long iong afterward the party agent called the president appointed him governor of utah jt it has often been observed that the territorial government overn ment arrangement is a great convenience to the party a rt y I 1 in u power ower in t that hat it furnishes a larg large e nu number amter of places of banishment for party captains that have fallen into bad odor by official delinquencies but that nevertheless the party is expected to s supply upp y with subsistence at public cost on account of past services in the periodical contests for the spoils spoil s I 1 raced paced placed near the central government overn ment or ili in conspicuous offices fil in the populous provin ceSi the athe official prominence of politicians with tarnished records might invite ful injurious uriOus unious critic criticism lib lim ally par bartys als im maculate purity and honesty banished torl to 11 dista distant ut alq ane anc sp sparsely postulated populated territory the they tarnis tarnished record odthe of the party caplain captain captain Is less be obtruded I 1 to jo dim th elustre of the tj e administration a tion that has awarded him of d a governor errion d a judge judged L marshal marshai or SO some me otil other de office wi with th satisfactory emoluments attached to it it looks as if this might be the explanation of mr murrays Mur rays a appointment to theoffice the office of governor of itaho 3 s fa not only has hag he not performed perform eel eci that office by executing the law against pol poi polygamy but it is said to be charged by t the commissioners under the edmunds bill that he did all a he conid could to the execution of that law lait his object being it is further alleged but this must be an inference to perpetuate rather than to eradicate the evils of mormonism can it be possible that a governor who has written and printed so much vehement declamation against the mormons cormons Mor mons and has posed fis its the special champion of such extreme though doubtful measures for the cure of its evils has play playing ingo a part to elicit popular copula applause applause and that behind all uis nis his posing osin at he hns has sought to perpetuate the divinely revealed institution ution of celestial marriage whatever the fact may be appearances certainly warrant the opinion that mr ell H murray in the office of governor ve anor of utah is not the right man moan in the right p place lace and further that if the present government at washington is in earnest in its professed wish to abate the polygamy nuisance its first practical step towards that end eed would be tile the abatement of governor murray and the appointment of an executive who would to do more executing and less blowing editorial in chicago timm timas |