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Show I WHEN THE SCANDAL BREAKS With the beginning of the suup investigation in-vestigation at the capitol, it becomes evident startling disclosures are to be made. Men are to go down in shame who should have remained respected citizens by obeying the moral code and the law of the state. Nothing is more shocking to a people peo-ple than to find trusted public servants have betrayed them. A man in private pri-vate life may gain a reputation for being unworthy of confidence and not be entirely disgraced, but a public official of-ficial who proves unfaithful is losL He scarcely has a place of usefulness in any community. Because of the ineffaceable stigma which will attach to the men who are published as offenders against the state, the most scrupulous care should be exercised in seeing that no mistakes mis-takes are made. The task before the investigators Is a very big one. Out of the labors may come heartaches and blighted lives, and the very seriousness of the undertaking un-dertaking adds to the responsibility of those who are delving down into the records of acts good and bad of Utah's honored men. An Ogden business man has said the penalty for state embezzlers should be shooting. No, death is merciful. The average man who errs so egregiously, if not entirely lost to conscience, would not object to being taken out and shot, as he awakens to the enormity of his offending and realizes the odium that is upon him and his family. The Standard feels a deep sympathy for the innocent who mu"st suffer. The wives and children of men who have gone astray are the ones to receive our profound sorrow, and, had we the power, they would be shielded from the world's harsh criticism. |