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Show I REWARD INCREASED BY THE STATE OF UTAH On last Saturday Governor Spry increased the reward for the Ogden blackhandere from $500 to $5500, and for this act he has the thanks of every ev-ery law abiding citizen of Ogden. The Standard was displeased when the Governor made the original reward re-ward only $500 and pointed out that the amount should be increased to a sum large enough to prove tempting to any one who could furnish lnfor mation that would lead to the capture cap-ture of the bandita. Our morning contemporary opposed the position taken b the Standard and devoted much space in attempting attempt-ing to prove that the limit of a 6tate reward had been reached. The Standard holds that the prl mary object of government Is to maintain security of life and property. prop-erty. Our declaration of Independence Independ-ence makes that purpose of government govern-ment fundamental. When the ordinary ordi-nary processes fall, then those lu authority, commissioned to preserve the peace, must resort to the extraordinary, extra-ordinary, and in this case, the state I waa obligated to do Its utmost. The governor, when fully Informed b the Standard as to the serous ness of the situation, was quick to j respond bv increasing the reward to I large proportions. There Ik no posted the following a uthent icafed rewards for the blackmailer? black-mailer? : By the state of Utah. $5500. By Weber county $1000. B Ogden City, $1000 Two private subscriptions of $50 each are said to have been made but unless the monev is deposited as a fund in one of the local banks and j specifically et aside for that pur-j pur-j pose, the offers win not be consid j ered bv de,ectlves and others who might be induced to work on the case. However, the Standard does not I favor private subscriptions, believing j that the duty of maintaining the dig- I n't of the law rests with the state, the county and the city and that each unit of the machinery of the law should be made to perform its full part as a demonstration of fitness and a proof of a power great enough to put down any attack on the security se-curity of the lives and property of our cltizene By rhe state of Utah standing back of the county of Weber and the City I of Ogden in thiB resolve to uproot the worst form of lawlessness with j which any part of Utah ha6 ever been calle-d upon to cope, notice Is served Ofl the present offenders and on any l other similarly disposed criminals i ; that they cannot hope to escape capture cap-ture and punishment. |
