Show JOHN HUGHES It Is greatly to be regretted that death has claimed John W. W Hughes t the le proprietor an and editor of Truth Truths Mr 11 Hughes had bad lived many years in iii I Salt Lake and nearly ol e every day ar of that time was g given gen en to newspaper work Ho He knew tip th cit city and he know knew the men in it it as perhaps not half a dozen other men Inen did ld know l He was in iii his likes and his dislikes nn and yet et he be was singularly fair Even on of men whom he ho very much disliked he would speak with care car and judicial balance alance Some men ho bo hated with hated with what he regarded as abundant reason But nul there never ne was a time line when he lie permitted his antipathy to cloud isis his judgment concerning them John Hughes possessed two qualities quail quail- ties tics which are riches enough Lot for au any man Ho He w was entirely fearless and ho he was absolutely honest Any man trying to frighten him would w waste ste time He couldn't be he scared If Ii he had been at all timid he ho would have been driven to silence in man many cases case where he be has 1138 spoken with entire and I I I i I I I I effective plainness And if he le had been h b he w would not have died poor poor which he hu Id d did id Because ho has on occasion said I u uncomplimentary things of ot wealthy wealth j c citizens ho he has haa been charged charged ver very t tentatively with being a blackmailer But no one knows quite s so well wen as the I I men attacked that mone money would no not L buy buy silence Jiom John Hughes He ITt was honest bonest and azal he was brave The Tho man has been a force for good gool goodIn goo I In i In n Utah Ho has urged fairness ant and 1 1 peace and leace-and and these qualities have e most t been needed He has bas advocated mea mea- ures tures of or pu public benefit Sometimes ho lit hohas has bas been mistaken But Dut he ho has nOvel never 5 been bUnd blind to the correction which butter but bot ter h information could give nor deaf dear t to reason The Tho death of or John Hughes Hushes is a public public pub pub- lic lie loss Joss |