Show THE COLLAPSE OF THE SENSATION no local topic of the times has excited more interest of late than the chamber of commerce scandal that was sprung upon the public on MOD monday the salient points in the attempted deal with th union pacific rall railroad road company by which certain documents which gave away the arguments and evidence relied upon by the chamber of commerce in its suit against the railroads were to be be turned over to the union pacific officers for a valuable consideration cons aeration ration de were given to gur cur readers last evening As AM we then informed the public the matter was in the hands of the board of directors of the chamber of commerce and the he question of the pr purported ported connection of secretary sears isears was to be thoroughly examined we advised a suspension of judgment until both sides of the affair were fully brought to lightle light ligh tWe we also expressed the opinion that the casa woul i go on notwithstanding this sensation that had bad been created and that while mr sears had bad received a sev sever em blow in the conduct of his bis son it would be shown that his bis own course had bad been incompatible with the idea that he would betray the chamber of commerce or do any thing to damage the cause to which he had devoted his energies and experience peri ence so earnestly particulars of the meeting held on monday evening at which the board directors and the transportation bua bureau of the chamber were present will wil be found in another part of this poper they show that we were correct in our statement and our opinion those gentlemen fully and completely exonerated secretary sears from the suspicion that cast upon him by a local morning paper and expressed their full confidence in his bis integrity they atoo also declared their intention of con cold case which he is conduct ing until a satisfactory termination is reached the to is sought to be conveyed that the third party whom young sears beare has represented to have a hold upon him and to have dictated some of the letters written is a myth there may be no such man as E E edwards or that may be one of the aliases by which a man known to be an associate of young sears has figured but that there has been a person answering to the description he be gives of edward who has visited him almost daily in hia bid father fathers a mee when the latter was absent is certain the statement of an of the NEWS to this effect will be found on another page we believe this man to be the as of young beare bean in this nw now ex plodded scheme we believe he be was employed to do the work which he attempted we believe that he be has baa been sent gent out of the way we believe that the real starting point of this conspiracy has not yet been disclosed we believe that if this man can be found and induced to tell the truth something still more sensational than that which startled the town on monday will cause a vigorous shaking up in certain quarters an idea is il entertained that the disclosures that have been made will prejudice the case against the railroads that is not well founded they can have no such effect A postponement has been agreed upon to meet the desires of a number of shippers some of the gentlemen who signed the request for postponement on the ground that they were not dot satisfied with the hands in which the case was placed are now among the sign signers erra of the resolution endorsing mr seers expressing confidence in his course and pledging their in ia the conduct of the case it should be understood too that the suit bap has not been planted by the shippers who have moved for a postponement and for a change of place of trial it oae been entered by the chamber of C commerce om merce that body through the transportation bureau is the complainant pl nant against the railroads it is claimed that at the present freight rates utah loses from one to two millions of dollars annually over and above what Is reasonable and just mr sea bears rag gained 8 ined a case against the railroads roadoff of a similar character as it affected california the chamber thinks h he ha has at least an equally strong case now if it is so it concerns not only the business firms throughout the territory boft all the people of utah who are the real financial sufferers because the freight charges form part of the cost which they have to pay for all the goods they purchase besides the merchants 1 profits that are added so that the chamber of commerce not merely a few of the business firm swill determine whether this 8 case Is ia to be continue J that we understand will depena I 1 upon the terms which bijj wi be made with the railroad companies it they prove satisfactory within the sixty days limit to the transportation bureau and chamber of commerce the suit will come to an end if not not that is in the situation we should think the railroad corn com panics will find it ic to their interest to make reasonable terms by which we mea mean ii reasonable rates and so make instead of litigants of the people of utah and prevent tall all those unpleasant pleas complications and consequences which the intended investigation will engender euder J 1 1 in any event this episode will not attest the result secretary sears has discharged his hie son as ae his assistant he remains in ID his own position so ae secretary and he has baa his arich argument ment and his bis evidence ready if the ca case se comes to a trial we hope the matter will be amicably settled out of cout 11 |