Show THE MARSHAL AND THE MILITARY THE marshals organ exerts itself vehemently to shelter him f from rom tho the censure that falls upon him for the cowardly course he pursued iu in relation to the military usurpation in the cannon case it says that the statements about the soldiers in charge of a captain and lieutenant taking control of a prisoner out of the hands of a united states marshal etc are emphatically denied well who emphatically denies them does the marshal utter the denial if it is only the ti counts for exactly nothing the evidence is complete that the soldiers took charge ot of the prisoner surrounded his couch drove his friends out of the car removed him bim before the time the agreed upon refused passage to the press reporters from 0 ogden den to this city and assumed entire control also that the marshal when appealed to said lie he had nothing no thin to do wim it lie he denied having sent for the troops yet he yielded up his bis prisoner to their custody and had or pretended to have no morek ir dhority in the matter thau than a strati stranger when asked by president cannon if the military power had taken precedence of the civil he would give no satisfactory answer v against the tribunes reckless denial we give the tribunes own account of the usurpation A comfortable couch was arranged for the prisoner in the salon of superintendent in sharps car to which he was transferred just before the train started the train was then TURNED OVER TO CAPTAIN PINKEY FINNEY f who had absolute control and assumed the responsibility of landing the prisoner baiely in salt sait lake and for the remainder of the journey those on board were brought to a rather painful realization of the rigors of ini military regulations all persons except the officers and frank J cannon were excluded from the car in which th the e prisoner was wa s con condred tined and ma marched relied into the other coach at each end ot of which a sergeant was stationed with orders to permit no one to enter or leave six soldiers then tiled into the apartment in which cannon was lying and were stationed around him the account goes onto on to describe the position of the gentleman in custody bruised and disfigured whose terrified gaze met nothing but grim soldiers and loaded muskets then follows an account of the refusal of the captain to allow the reporters to proceed on the train although they had passes from the railroad manager lt it says marshal ireland declared his hia inability to help them and when on the tae request of the marshal to the fhe captain to allow them to ride he at length consented thay were then marched into the car containing soldiers and for the remainder of the journey were not allowed to leave tue car or to speak to anyone outside what is all this but complete control the civil power was made subordinate to the milf military tary not ket only the prisoner was in custody of the soldiers but bat the press reporters were made prisoners and the marshal whom the tribune claims did I 1 at no time surrender possession of the prisoner repeatedly declared ahls h inability to help them and was as completely shorn of his authority as though his successor had been appointed and qualified qua lined ii 11 he had not yielded up his authority to the military why did ue lie forfeit ina aid pledged word to the plis pris ioner loner thai tha L lie he should not be annoyed annoye ct by the presence of soldiers and that he should not be removed till the morning express came in why did he declare repeat idly edly he had no power in the matter why did he allow soldiers to surround his P prisoner prisoner and drive out those gentlemen who were allowed to be with him while the Mars halwas in charge it was a piece of poltroonery and unlawful surrender of at the civil authority to the military was an outrage on the prisoner and on the community and is a disgrace to the officer that per mattea it and knuckled down to it the soldiers acted under orders order s we are not finding fault with them the blame rests upon on the marshal 16 to the extent that ute he squatted down and wil wilted in the presence of martial power er and chiefly upon the official theatrical effect and with a desire to menace and malign the AMor mons by implication made that demand for the troops without which they would not have bave been provided and which in any other community would have been the occasion for the prompt removal of the official that made it all AH tile the wiggling in the world will not change the facts and the they ought to be presented in their true figu light at the seat dt government |