| Show SHAME I 1 EVERY liberal citizen of salt lake who has any manhood manwood loft left muot munt feel disgusted with the course pursued by his party toward justice laney the facts in the case are the these fit when the democratic party was organized in this city mr laney joined it having been a democrat in politics for many years in doing so he had to leave the faction called liberal believing with many prominent gentlemen who had trained with that body that its mission was ended 0 OW W powers hired by the liberal VI faction to manipulate its affairs so as ae to parry earry elections as he was in reference to the last municipal election issued a demand upon public officers elected on the liberal ticket and who had bad joined the democratic or republican party to resign their positions at once justice laney paid no attention to this ukase but remained at his post he had bad acted a as police magistrate for more thana than yer year under udder the direction and sanction of the city council oo on monday the day of the sen sch oo 00 election justice laney in the presence of a reporter of the NEWS told the assistant prosecuting attorney that the liberals were voting parleys parley s canyon conduit workmen in the first preci precinct not and further that he be saw among them criminals who had appeared before his court his state ment was published that evening there has been no denial of the facts alleg ednor auy any attempt to disprove them nor an any v effort to give gie justice laney an opportunity to est establish ablIA his hia charge but the city marshal without any aurb authority arity of law immediately proceeded in effle effect ct to depose justice laney by requesting another justice on tuesday morning to sit on police aagep and refusing to take them before the regularly installed and acting police magistrate at the liberal convention held on tuesday july the following resolution was waa introduced whereas H S laney who now holds the position of police judge in this cit city was elected on the liberal ticket and selected by a liberal city council to fill said position and whereas said HS laney has deserted the liberal party and still holds said position now therefore be it resolved that it is the sense cense of this convention con venton that said laney should be given leave of absence bv the me city ponnell until after the ofT of Feb February ruari next it was received with uproarious favor faor and would have passed but for a point of order which shelved it pr a time it was introduced reintroduced re but another point of order was sprung and so it ii was smothered although the convention was vociferous in its support the liberal members of the city council having neglected their beorn duties so that they might attend this convention there was no meeting of the council that night it bad to be put off until thursday evening what took place then will be found in the report of the council proceedings in another part of this raper paper every citizen should read it justice laney was deposed or bouB bounced Oed lp as the liberal 1 organ said aid he be would be he was wag accused of charging the city council with the illegal voting of those conduit men he did nothing of the kind but he be was not allowed the privilege nay the right of speaking in his own defence the objection to this self defence was made by james anderson councilman from the me first IVec inot who seemed to fear fea r the statements which justice laney I 1 would make about what he saw at the first precinct polls now if this is ie not carrying party dictation and factional tyra tyranny nily to the extreme what is 49 it the cowardly creatures not only demanded the resignation of a public officer because he would not bend his mind to their notions and schemes but refused him the poor privilege of defending himself when falsely accused this is liberalism in spirit and in practice compulsion in its most detestable form every liberali liberal in the city council bowed to the party lash of boss powers and joined in the shameful act that condemned a man unheard and cast out a public officer because he had left their party and dared to expose its infamous prak practices ices it was urged against justice laney that he ought to have informed the judges of election why were they not acquainted with the facts as well as he would it have been of any use have not such things been done before with the cond connivance ivance of liberal judges of election besides he to toll I 1 the prosecuting officer and thus did his duty A and nd the suggestion that he be should have told the men who allowed the bogus voters to out cast their bal lotsis simply ridiculous on one side and abd evasive on the other if the democrats of salt lake do not sift to the bottom they deserve to suffer from similar frauds in august and if any voter approves of the party dictation meanness and infamy developed in this affair his proper place is within the lines of that combination of fraud falsehood and tyranny the liberal faction |
