Show i OFFICIAL ACTIONS THAT RESPECT J T THE I 1 m object of bail is to secure without injustice the attendance of a person accused of crime and whose guilt has not been finally determined j judicially adi the constitution of the united states provides that excessive bail shall no not be required the equity of this provision is self evident the very purpose of granting bail may be frustrated if excessive bail is demanded and so long as the attendance of the defendant is assured beyond all reasonable doubt no good purpose can be served by harassing and perplexing film aim to furnish ball the amount necessary for that thal purpose anything more than that is oppressive vindictive and unconstitutional the bail required of president george Q cannon to secure his attendance for trial in a case of misdemeanor the full penalty for which is a tine of M and six months imprisonment was and by trebling the charge one indictment being found and two cases pending for the same dame charge under the an aritt ti mormon scheme called segregation by which an offender can be punished any number of times for the same of feuse according to the whim or the spite of the prosecuting officer the bail required aggregated the enormous sum of this demand was resisted by richards and rawlins kawlins of the attorney fur the defense who showed thatis that it was excessive and unprecedented but district attorney dickeson insisted upon the amount and judge zane of course granted what that attorney demanded did zane ever fail to dance to dickso Dick sons I 1 i in Is it not popularly understood too that zanes rulings are Dick sons dictates but the question is was the ball bail required excessive outside of the court officials and the clique who hound them on to extremities we do not abot think there is a man who will not answer that question iu in the affirmative to decide it il if auy any one is in doubt lei let the amount be compared with the full fall VeLi of we me law let usar usage ge and precedent tere pe e called into the controversy it if there was ever an instance inthe in the jurisprudence of this country y that can be cited as a parallel let it be produced it cannot be done if the demand was not vindictive in its spirit oppressive in its nature and harassing in Us its purpose then those adjectives have lost their settled meaning it may be argued the amount of the bail does not signify because the friends of theres rei acted defendant would have furnished bonds in any sum that might have been named the fact is true but the reasoning rea reasoning sonin is wrong it does signify a great weal deal it Is the principle of tile the thing that we are alter after and it is against that that we object it it is wron wrong g and is another proof that in proceeding against the mormons cormons Mor mons neither constitutional lestric res restrictions tons nor common justice is permitted to stand in the way of harsh and unprecedented measures to annoy and pe perplex and without we have nut the slightest doubt tuat if the law had not given president cannon the absolute right to bail it would have been refused altogether we are satisfied from what we know of the proceedings that if the defendant ha bad s not stood upon his rights the trial would have been hurried on in the most indecent manner considering his uries and general condition of bodily health against such animosity and spite which should never euter enter into a prosecution for any purpose and particularly ticul arly in such a paltry offense as charged against this defendant we feel it our duty to protest attorney to prejudice the court and the public against the defendant by repeating a rumor ramor as though it was a fact known to the attorneys attorney that the defendant had attempted to bribe an officer to release hirwas all of a piece with the rest of the proceedings it was highly improper and unprofessional and no one knows that better than the official who let himself down to it in his excessive zeal to please please the enemies of the defendant if I 1 the statement was voas true it had no place in the argument about bail and being something the attorney could nat not vouch for was a piece of pettifogging unworthy of a government officer the mormons cormons Mor mons are continually taunted about their want of respect for the law ind and the courts the slur is undeserved for as a rule there are no people who are more submissive to the law than the latter day saints but in the administration of the law which some of them are accused of violating has there been anything to win that respect e p act which is so loudly called for spite p i te vindictiveness shallow sophistry rulings diametrically opposed to lo each other shillings tings of argument to suit different cases under the same law an evident and unconcealed 4 animus against the victims of the law because of their faith la in a creed obnoxious to the cour and its officers treble indictments extreme penalties excessive bail pure ni man imprisoned and filthy lechery set f free and other proof s of special action against one class of th community render it impossible for the mormons Mor muns mons to feet feel that respect for this law and the officers who administer it which ch some people rave about SO se 1011 loudly aly show us something to command respect exhibit some dignity consistency and fairness let us know what the law means definitely that we are required to obey give same some evidences that virtue and decency are valued and that vice is not encouraged antso act so that we can see that desire for the public rood good and not religious bigotry and hatred of a powerful f al faith and a devoted people animates the persons whom we are arc requested to honor and perhaps there may be some borne change of sentiment among the masses of the mormons cormons Mor mons but while they see such exhibitions of spleen such excess of authority such finch personal animosity such disregard of legal meaning aej and established precedents suen shifting unstable illogical and unparalleled proceedings as this whole crusade has developed ev eloped disgust will be mingled with just resentment and scorn and indi indignation indication pation will drive out the last vestige ot of respect |