Show PARTAKERS OF THE CRIME WHEN a report was circulated here to the effect that governor thomas arad and ex governor west were using the money paid them by the chamber of commerce to defray their expenses to and in washington for the purpose of cutting the political throats of some of the men who contributed it the chamber through one of its officers assumed an appearance of well acted mock horror at the instigation of some mem bers of the directory simon telegraphed to the couple accused of breach of confidence hypocrisy and dishonesty stating the character of the against them they did not accord the courtesy of a direct reply but in their usual left hadded banded way made the bureau of the anti mormon organ and its columns the conduit of their answer which was in the nature of a denial the charge has been fully and completely proved aud and the exposure to which mr thomas has been subjected has forced him into the light here for ins instance tance to is a quotation from a dispatch dated may 3rd ard in relation to the work being done by governor thomas in helping the struble disfranchisement ull hill along toward its passage the governor bristles with facts which he has not been slow to give to the committee that tells the situation in a nutshell mr thomas thom is in washington in the pay of a and nd representing the chamber of commerce lom merce he has been guilty of grow gross partisanship while acting in that capacity being the consideration paid for his labor his offense in our view is a crime against manhood he is permitted to remain and continue his paid work expending the money of the chamber to procure the disfranchisement of some of its members who contributed a proportion of it logically the asso association clation he represents and by whom he le ia paid Is and the official disclaimer of partisanship of the organization published over the signature of holy crusade simon to is so BO much hypocritical flatulence it only remains as a finishing touch to the picture of unadulterated yet transparent deception for the i chamber to pass resolutions of can confidence in and gratitude toward the two agents of the body for their effi efficient cleDt work in laboring for the deprival of some of its members of the privileges of citizenship t the scene presented in the meeting of the chamber on monday may ath was a racy one mr ellas ella s morris protested against the association working by delegation in washington against the political rights of the great majority of the people of utah he was promptly silenced by holy crusade simon backed by the majority of those present on the ground of the nonpolitical non political character of the chamber the utterly farcical character of the ground on which tie he was deprived of the right of protesting against that which they charged agai against not him needa no comment itis it is of surpassing absurdity and Is only equalled equal led by the exploits of tife the betrayer of a trust whose underground uner un er ground operations the objectors against mr morris protest were seeking to protect |