| Show THEY ARE ABE ALL DOWN ON HIM 0 THE nonsense uttered by gen dement or some dispatch fiend who has worked ork d it up from something dropped by the surveyor general has made quite a breeze among the F t b Rs in this city if he had confined his menchau to the mormons cormons Mor mons it would have been considered quite legitimate i A federal appointee who has no not t yet been confirmed may work the mor morill mon bating dodge for all it is worth to effect his confirmation but when it comes to imputing fraud to the whole fraternity of officials in utah that is taking a long step too far if demet dement vas has adopted this course for the purpose of securing his position ne he has only followed the lead of others i Judge have been known to exceed their duty and go beyond all precedent and settled co constructions astr actions of law in order to convict prominent mor mons for the very same purpose as that alleged against demerit dement the onla difference is that the surveyor general has included in one ene broad sweep both t the he mormons cormons Mor mons and their local enemies therefore while we the former have i been applauded the latter is condemned when general dement first arrived he dealt out opt several yards of taffy if through an obscure evening jour journal 4 and the FO H Is a were a little dubious dub dubious ions because he announced himself free from prejudice and determined to 0 o ignore religious religions and sectional differences at fort douglas official thop though at a reception of the federal officials here after the liquid inspiration had began to take effect he let himself loose on the local question and ranged himself on the side ot oi those who knew no party in their war upon the mor pons mons the organ of the F 0 Hs then patted him on the back and he was waxed and lettered as one of the right sort but now the tribune calls him an impractical egotist determined to make a sensation a sorry ass says it is not worth while to call him a liar but does say that he is a sorry fool and the democrat which published his aalf laudatory ef fusions in a milder way as Is its wont expresses similar contempt for the general accuser without descending to the low language of its ts morning associate if gen cements De ments story Is tested before gen dement is confirmed we are of the opinion that he be will not be known as the surveyor or general for utah he will be sent to survey the wreck of his ruined hopes aud to search for that documentary evidence with which he was going to prove liow how senators and representatives had been bought by the cormons mormons Mor mona mons since the tha foregoing was in type dispatches have come to hand baud announcing that the pretended interview isacar is a canard for which surveyor Sarve genera dement repudiates all responsibility in n fact claims s that it was concocted concocted f for or inis bis injury we are pleased to r record ecord his denial debeal |
