| Show JUSTICE LEE HAD NO alternative the carbon county news has also made an attack upon mr arthur J lee before whom as a comm ig magistrate the preliminary hearing of dominick valerio was held all the testimony many in the valerio case was taken in shorthand notes by frank M alder the official court re portee of the seventh judicial district and was subsequently examined by J JW W cherry the district attorney the findings of justice lee in discharging valerio were absolutely approved by the district attorney as the only proper action in view of the evidence in the case all of the witnesses examined and cross examined with thoroughness abe the evidence flowed the defendant to have acted in self defense when attacked by the deceased and that the defendant did not act until after his life had bad been repeatedly threatened and until the deceased made an attempt to carry his threats into execution it would have been a useless waste of public money to have held valerio for trial in the district court such was the 4 he conclusion of the district attorney attorn bj and such was the conclusion of all of the spectators who listened to the evidence taken in ve preliminary examination before justice lee T ta ro re would be littles little safety to the che th atiz n if magistrates judges and district attorneys could be intimidated by such 1 I W W agitators as 88 benfer it is well known that benfer is against the government is against law is against the court is against the magistrates and Is against everything devised for the conduct of our system of government mr lee is to be commended for possessing the courage to faithfully discharge his duties notwithstanding ia a noise of the yelping curs barking at his heels if the time should ever arrive when men inen of the benfer type can influence tie tle conduct of our judicial system t the he community will be subjected to a reign of anarchy and the sacred right nf citizens will cease to be respected in any respect everyone enjoys clever political thrusts by a spellbind erno matter of what party affiliation and everyone enjoyed lew larsons humor at last nights meeting mr larson could have retired from the platform with considerable credit had he be not undertook to throw in with the democratic administration and roast senator smoot he should have remembered however that one E eastern principal industries is and that his remarks cot commending amending democratic policies fell on deaf cars for the amusement amuse mant he he caused mr larson should be commended for his political vagaries he should ap he buried very deeply on the third of november the carbon county news nes in UP last issue haa bas virtually admitted that its claims allowed b by v sharp and hamilton were extortionate and every busi business nees man in carbon county at all familiar with the ordinary prices of printed blanks can readily see from the admissions of A benfer that our charge was as P b oa 01 ute 1 truthful L tufui 9 nd our in inferences feren ces perfectly fair in our discussion of the 1300 00 paid his newspaper by the county commissioners the county commis shiners compelled compeli ed the county cwerk to transact all printing business with benfer and they permit tod d benier benfer to do exactly as they pre bitted stevenson to do PAD HIS BILLS benfer has been the political favorite of the commissioners because of his readiness to defend their actions at any and all times and to vilify every person opposed to their unjust conduct towards the tax taxpaying paying interests we repeat that the prices charged the county were double the standard current prices of the advocate and every other reputable print cry of the state of utah the carbon county news has attempted to criticise criticism critic ise the conduct of bishop george ruff aa a juror in the gwilym jones case six of the eight jurors impaneled in that case voted to acquit jones and mr ruff was nas one of the six the jury disagreed be bause two 1 jurors held out for conviction the i furors brors were all reputable citizens of carbon county and they listened attentively to all the evidence produced by both ides and carefully followed instructions given by the district judge the case against jones Is still pending in the district court and any newspaper that would seek to prejudice the general public either for or against aga 1 n 8 t a man who has charges pending against him should be punished punish Sd for an attempt to t obstruct justice as such criticisms have the effect 0 of f disqualifying if I 1 citizens I 1 a w who h omy may a be called upon to serve as jurors and whose minds should be free from prejudices either for or against the defendant editor benfer 1 krows aws this but he is apparently patently ly willing to st stoop 00 P to any 2117 lowdown low down trick or device in order ito to create a prejudice against bisho bishon ruff miss i josie fitzgerald the republican democratic candidate lur county recorder has been connected with that office for a number of years and has given abao abbO lutc satisfaction to all of its patrons the office of county recorder is one of great importance as the recorder is charged with the responsibility of correctly recording and comparing instruments of conveyance the preparation of abstracts and is the custodian of the records by which vb I 1 ch titles have to be established in event of loss of v ritten instruments evidencing prope property rt y rl aghta gb ts miss fitzgerald I 1 i a splendid penman and the carbon county records under her sv supervision per vision have been maintained in a ne neat a t a and nd creditable mann manner r and have been kept with absolute accuracy the first qualification to be considered on the part of a any ny public official is competency there is no sane reason wb why y miss bliss fitzgerald ald in view of the careful attention she has given to her office and ind the entire satisfaction in the puhl mind aa as to her be thorough fatress and competency should be supplanted by the h et elation lon of another person inexperienced and who at best wo would uld require a long time to acair acquire ire the familiarity with the public records which Is so essential to thorough gb efficiency MI misa s fitzg fitzgerald erald was wits for many yo ars a deputy recorder am an in that capacity acquired a thorough knowledge of the public records and this knowledge Is bisot of tho the greatest value to the public is at all times interested in ob obviating via tin g the commission of blunders in the record ing or abstract tang g of conveyances the splendid record bhe has lias made entitles entities her to the favor favorable a ble consideration of all voters |
