| Show SHOULD BE CLEARED UP IT JA is currently reported and wide y believed here that caleb W west is operating secretly in washington in the furtherance of pending congressional legislation for the disfranchisement of all bambers of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints the statement to that effect has very naturally created a stiff breeze of indignation this effect was natural on the ground that mr west who is a salaried officer of the salt lake chamber of commerce t was waa sent east by that organization which pays the expenses of his trip to abor to in behalf of a government building for fet this city the names of governor thomas and ex governor west have been coupled with that of R N baskin as working for the disfranchisement scheme in commenting upon this fact we omitted to introduce the name naine of mr west because justice requires that he should be given the benefit of the doubt until positive proof is produced notwithstanding the ground for the belief in igo his guilt furnished by his infamous political record of the past it ignot in not I 1 sufficient even when coupled with a state ta Wout to the effect affect wat his hie operations are understood to be ba as reported to place the matter beyond doubt another reason why we prefer to await developments before accepting the statement as correct to is that t if true it would place mr westin the light of an depraved wretch to call a man who would be guilty of such a breach of confidence as well as of common thief would be to paw pass upon him an undeserved compliment ment what could be more dis than for a naan man to be employed to further a given purpose to us the money paid himfar him for the service agreed upon against the interest of those by whom theay was furnished instead of carrying out the object for which he Js is paid to take the means of his employers and use it to aid in depriving them of their rights right and liberties this would be precisely the a large proportion of the members embers Bo of 4 chamber of commerce being members of the church against again bt M which the disabling is aimed in coul fiction with this subject one thing clear to us that the directory of the chamber owe it to themselves mElves the and the public to 06 ascertain certain by close eleace pro probing blog whether I 1 0 r not thereto there is any foundation for the port port regarding Mr Woots work if it be true nc man who has any self respect and is a member of the chamber of commerce can support him for a moment in the position he holds either as a representative or president of the organization if on the other hand he is entirely free from the odium of using other peoples peopled money and the influence of a I 1 professedly nonpolitical non political body for the perpetration of an outrage upon a large number of those who belong to 1 iti lot let the faut fact lie be made clear |
