| Show EXIT E A IRELAND is no longer united states marshal for utah he will probably never fill all another public position of any moment during the remainder of his hib life unless fitness should be entirely laid aside in the selection as a a mon on essential element cewill he will never rise to anything worthy of note by reason of native force his whole official career has placed beyond doubt the fact that upon every matter demanding mau cling decision of character he be is one of those limber individuals who acts on borrowed resolution when it was necessary to take any step involving real or imaginary consequences of some moment if the tribune gang were not consulted upon it what they would think of it and how they would treat it were paramount considerations and governed traction his hia servile attitude was marked 0 in this respect and unola that it has been a common ab that to the parties who fulcd his official acts he surrendered au w manhood hood this assertion is how ever 0 open to question it might be ever difficult to prove that such a thing were possible while it would be more susceptible of proof that to them he virtually gave up his office some at least of those before whose dictum he awed so abjectly did not respect him on that account far from it A human tool may be a convenient article in the hands of the unscrupulous but even the latter do not hold it in exalted esteem such athina is an impossibility it isgut is out of the range of human nature all hypocritical professions to the contrary notwithstanding had mr ireland been a courageous man the moral responsibility for many of the unwarrantable and apparently cruel acts of his of official racial career would woul have been greater than it is As it is the responsibility is 19 divided part of it rightfully belonging to those of whose displeasure he stood in mortal and pitiable terror had he h been een antram belled by fear of the political conspirators and the lash of their in he might have acted with some degree of official decency he has doubtless made a good thing financially out of the office because in addition to his questionable methods of piling up feess fees etc is added a reputed financial finau cial carefulness that reaches over the borders of rigid economy and trenches upon the domain lainof of penuriousness men of that calibre enjoy but little beyond the feeling of gratification afforded by the knowledge of possession which is alloyed by every dribble that happens to diminish the size of the tion we wish mr ireland well and trust that when adversity visits him he will meet with more magnanimous treatment than he appears capable of according to others when urged to a pusillanimous and perve course by influences outside of himself |
