Show THE DOINGS OP OF THE GRAND JURY THE report of the grand jury that was discharged on friday calls for some comment there are three points in it presented for consideration the ignoring of bills against certain person charged with crime the remarks indulged in about the lack of memory in one class of witnesses and the recommendation men dation concerning the removal of persons f from rom the penitentiary to some distant place of conlin confinement ement the refusal to indict the fourteen liquor dealers who were proven beyond doubt in the police court to have been guilty of violating the ordinances against liquor selling on sunday is id not surprising to the public the courts and officers officer that have been so zealous in prosecuting mormons cormons Mor mons for living in accordance with their religion ion nave even been averse to proceeding in against ga last those who are guilty of acts aa against t peace and good order the unlawful liquor dealer the prostitute and the seducer may always expect protection from those who are overflowing with wrath against the supporters of plural mar marrlee As some of ef the accused were themselves members of the grand jury to which itlear cases were referred the probabilities of the indictment ot ol any of the number were not very assuring A mormon even if a monogamist is not permitted ermit ted to sit on a grand jury ury for fear re r be e might have undue sympathy to tor r a co LO religionist coreligionist re ligi onist accused of violat in the edmunds law but gentile Uen lUes th themselves s accused ot breaking the the territorial laws may sit as inquisitors Inqui upon their own owa cases and ot of others accused of like offenses ses and thus oar the way to tile the execution of he laws jaws thu the evidence against the saloon keepers was far more conclusive of probable guilt than the testimony in regard to a number of persons accused of unlawful cohabitation yet the former were dismissed sed and the latter indicted common r rumor is enough in the charges against the mor mons positive testimony straight and direct is nut not enough against the gentile saloon keeper the attack made by the grand jury upon the police lor for employing spotters comes with a very bad grace froni from pros eluting officers who depend chiefly on spotters to eaten mormons cormons Mor mons on the cohabitation charge the Kosa way may be worthy of all the vituperation heaped upon him by the grand jury it is not expected that men of class character and reputation will engage in the spotting bu business biness but if he is id so unworthy ot of belief what was the object of ancor in the report his so ao called affidavit the grand jury affirm that he be is an unrepentant ani and unmitigated swindler r and liar and then produce an affidavit which he be did not write but which he was induced to sign by saloon men when under the influence ot 61 liquor and the promise of money to take him out of the country so that he could not appear against them was not the affidavit concocted and drawn up by a malignant tool of the anti mormon prosecuting officers it bears his bis ear marks and the signs ot of his manipulation and who drew up the grand jury aury report was it not partly the work of the same hand band and partly the work of his principal thereby hangs a tale the grand jury way may have had good cause for denouncing the witness ross boss we believe him to be a scamp of the dirtiest water we think it a mistake on the part of the police to engage him lor for any purpose but what about the witness moore the grand jury say he was much the same kind ot a witness 11 but that is an absolute falsehood of course they dont like him because he detected the larless la aless ness of some of their own number and kind but they cannot bring a single thing against the mans character except that his bis evidence was too straight and convincing to suit the them 1 bi the testimony of ross alone we do not value LL a rush but moores evidence corroborated it completely and made the proof strong to convict any one before an impartial jury a great deal more than is necessary to indict and convict a Mor mormon charged with breaking the edmunds law I 1 then there Is the disc discharge harge of the rapist abe benedict testimony could not be clearer than that before the court which committed him that he be was waa guilty of a horrible outrage upon a de fenceless girl of course be Is nut indicted such crines crimes as his bis do n not ot shock some brutal minds all they want in the shape of prosecution ire are pro ce edings against honor honorable abib men for living with and supporting their wives rape count and violations ot of ordinances to preserve the pubic peace are not worthy of consideration the remarkable fad fact about the alleged loss of memory of certain berain witnesses is not a fact at all people are compelled to appear before the grand ury and are ae plied with questions about the private private r acts of their relatives or neigh F s about which th thy y 01 kno know w no ing and they say so the object is to indict some 11 mormon all and the evidence failing the prosecutor is enraged the grand jury join in his chagrin and like him accuse the witnesses either 0 of f perjury or lack of memory la in a territorial rit orial case before the grand jury direct testimony is sought and obtained in united states cases indirect testimony MO 11 is enough and that is difficult to gain because because ot the nature of the case fain if f a man sees another steal or comoli commit ap an assault or sell liquor on a sunday he be can bestiny test itly directly as to his knowledge I 1 if lie he Is asked whether a certain acquaintance has married a woman named how bow can he be answer directly if he be did not w witness I 1 ta e as the marriage or he bear a r the p parties S lr or either of them acknowledge the marriage the erand arand jury have gone butof out of their way to cist cast a slur upon peo pie who are as much super iorio torto them as truth and purity are above chicanery double dealing and the condoning of crime the recommendation to remove certain prisoners f from rom the territory comes from the same vindictive spirit as prompts the indictment of mor mons on oa hearsay and pointless testimony an outlay of less than a thousand dollars would provide ample accommodation for bof all the jhb prisoners now in the pen and fifty more inore it would cost that sum to remove ten of them to an eastern prison and then they would be put to the expense of their own return there is not a particle of need tor for their removal it is both a stupid anda and malicious recommendation men dation it should be noted that out of 46 territorial rit orial cases 30 are ignored in many of which the evidence was strong enough to ensure conviction but in 56 cases under united states laws only six have been ignored lk nored awhile while in most of them the testimony was mere conjecture and opinion the names hames of this this precious prec reckons ions grand gra ad jary should be placed lage son on record thattie that the public may tear bear them in such memory as their official course deserves |