Show AN ABSURD AND contemptible SCHEME MOST pronounced symptoms of rabies are exhibited this morning by the canine of the lec lechars lechers le chers tiers organ the die senet news acts on him as unfavorably as the si sight lit of cold water froth and fury are poured forth in profusion and the curs yel pings are as pitiful as they are disgusting the epithets bestowed on the editors of this paper we take for compliments we are pleased to have the enmity of such creatures as void their venom through the tribune what is the matter this time why the organ of the debauchees debau chees wants to make out a case of deep conspiracy deliberate attempt to murder a and bloody bones assassination si plot out of a simple case of as assault ault by a sixteen years old boy upon a full grown stout and hardy bardy wan uan u an froin whom he fled hs as soon as he be had hit lihn in in with his list A sl light apiou not to bu be dignified by the term a black eyo eye is the only mark of the encounter two other youths who committed no assault but were said to be in company with the assailant that being by no means clear were arrested for complicity in the affair and one of them who denies having been present during the fracas but says he be came up afterwards had a pistol in his pocket and is in the habit of carrying one these are the materials out of which the attempt is being made to hatch batch up a mormon conspiracy it is a wonder that the governor has not made a call for troops and that the country has not been stirred from the atlantic to the pacific with tidings of another Mor mormon rebellion and it is because the NEWS NEW 8 treats the matter from the standpoint of cold fact instead of adding fuel to the mad flames of the tribune that the rabid ef fusions of this morning are poured out ort we have denounced the practice of revenge in general and this act in particular ti we said it was wrong an ana sr we say so now the boy ought to be punished Suni punished shed for his bis rush rash and lawless act but ut we do not regard it as anything more than a common asu aut and we rely for the facts upon the statements of the person assaulted we take mr Dick sons own account ot the affair and think he be ought to know as much about it as a naif half crazy inebriate scribe who was not present and who snaps and snarls and bites and foams whenever the name of mormon Is mentioned this attempt to make a mammoth out of a mite is viewed by the public with mingled feelings of ridicule and disgust A Aoe oe ardless boy is furious over what he considers an insult to the mother who bore aim and determines to get even he strikes the man against whom he holds the oe grudge twice in the face with his clenched fist that is the whole of the assault no one else struck a blow or made any attempt to du do so mr dickson Dick aon after affer being struck seized frank cannon by the throat to make him say who assaulted him after the occurrence angus aneus jr came up and being seized resisted and was arrested out of this a scheme of conspiracy to murder mr dickson has bee been n projected and an importance attached to it that is laughable yet disgraceful to all engaged in the business we do not share the sickly sentiment of toadyism that would exalt the person of a prosecuting attorney into something to be worshipped wor shipped in this cese he is simply an individual who has been the subject of a common assault his person is no more sacred than that of a daily laborer the offence offense is a violation of law which should be punished in tile the police court by a simple flue fine as in any other similar case and justice would take notice ol of the alleged provocation perhaps some cognizance of the fact of the assaulted persons position and the excuse offered for the assault should be taken so that lawless individuals may learn that officers will be protected by the law in the proper discharge of duty auty and that grievances against them in must not take the shape of personal vengeance all bf beyond vond that in this attempt to make out aut a bloody conspiracy and a mormon outrage is utterly contemptible and comically absurd |