Show A reflection ON CHIEF JUSTICE ZANE the expression by the morn infanti organ to the effect that after the verdict of the jury allen alien stands legally innocent there is still no unqualified approval of the action of the jury and of the attitude of certain others associated with the recent trial for election fraud the case can shows such auch a glaring miscarriage of justice that the liberal journals dare not in the face of past developments defend the acquitted liberal ex election judge we do not believe there to is an intelligent person in utah with the facts that has baa the slightest beaul leaning ng toward a belief in the innocence of allen alien we are also satisfied that taking all the circumstances together no different opinion prevails in relation to the position of mccallum the general conception of the case is 18 in unison with the following expression from judge zane quoted in our article of yesterday yeat Jest erday phe he appears before the court under very suspicious circumstances and the evidence places mr me Sf cCallum atso also under very suspicious circumstances it is to be regretted that any varty should be so ao damaged in reputation as it aee seems 8 to have been by this action of auen alien 19 11 such an expression as this from one of the most capable jurists that ever held office in utah ought to carry weight with it the force of the statement ought to be increased by the fact that in politics the judge is a liberal bhough although he spoke as an and d not abw PO politician li ti yet there was a direct political party reference in the expression of regret that any party should be so 80 damaged in reputation as it seems to have been by this action of allen alien we will say in behalf of the fairer members of she he Lt liberal beral party that of them have denounced the conduct of allen alien and are an disgusted at the result of the trial they have reason to be if they have a spark of manhood or a glimmer of respect for thelah the law if judge zane was correct in his estimate of the conduct of allen alien in relation to the frauds charged against him and of the effect of the trant transactions of the ex foot racer with the many aliases upon the reputation of the liberal IP party the injury to the character of that political organization must be intensified by the result of the tri trial I everything connected with it was liberal pa we do not wish to say bay whether or not we believe this complexion influenced the verdict there is not the slightest necessity for any expression on that point it may however be considered as an element of the subject as aa a whom but this thie much maybe may be said if the conduct of allen alien damaged the reputation of the liberal party the acquittal of the man who caused an additional dark shadow of corruption to fall over the organization does not improve the condition when judge zane decided that mr young and not mr williams was elected notwithstanding the face of the returns the action was based on allens aliens guilt there was no other foundation upon which to rest it mr williams who was exonerated one rated from having any connection with the fraud accepted the decision and so we are informed expressed himself to the effect that he supposed there was vas no doubt that allen alien had acted as charged against him but if he had not so stated his subsequent action showed his conviction he took no appeal from the decision and resigned his bis seat mat on the school board of trustees of salt lake city does any one suppose that if a man of a stamp so se pronounced pronounce daud and so bitterly parties parti safa has as mr Willi duhame orall bad entertained any doubt as to alleys allens guilt that he be would have so BO promptly retreated no one acquainted with him has b any such an idea yet in the face of all th these features of the case and the clear and positive teotimo testimony ny advanced both at the civil and criminal trials a jury decides in effect not only that allen alien was innocent of the frauds charged against him but that mr williams william and not mr was elected to a seat mat on the board of school trustees for the city la last 9 t july we regard the acquittal of Al lenthe bartender and ex foot racer with numerous allam not only as another spike in the coffin of the Libe liberal raP party as now constituted but as an I 1 net to the gentleman who occupies the position maltion of chief justice of utah |