Show PRESS censorship The Leading daily newspaper discusses the special charge of judge powers to the grand jury in this district T instructing that body to examine into certain opinions expressed by the ogden daily herald commenting editorially upon the action of the court of the first district in regard to a certain newspaper paragraph which appeared in this journal alie salt lake herald saya associate justice powers has signal iced his elevation to abo bench by hia grand jury to look after the press ithe judge put the matter in that way but his abs eject is plain it seems that the ogden a few days ago in commenting on the raid against the cormons mormons by the district attorney and U S commissioner said circumstances BO to broye that dickson and were pooling their fees in un lawful cohabitation cases nothing of the information possessed by our ogden namesake upon which it based its assertion nor are wo aware that the allegation whether true or false would show criminality on the part either of the officers named or of the HERALD editor however judge powers seems to that a crime has been committed by so pooling their fees being in hia opinion criminal on the part of dickson and mckay or the charging of them doing eo being an offense by the editor the judge charged the grand jury to investigate the officials the inference being that if aliey were not guilty the editor must be the latter has been subpoenaed to appear before the inquisitors inqui and it is talked that if he fail to establish the truth of bis allegation he will be indicted for libel I 1 of the merits or demerits of this casabe know nothing though it will be of interest to note the outcome of the affair but it will be more interesting to watch the course of judge powers in respect to these if alis honor has set out eliminate alander and libel from the local press and to see that only truthful assertions are made in the papers he will for a time at least find occupation for himself and hia grand juries he will read in a paper that circulates to a greater or less extent in hia district daily libels on individuals and officials lie wilfread will read in that pas per reflections anthe honesty and integrity of jurors whose verdicts are not in harmony with the ideas of the editors and contributors he will read of the corruption of judges whose ver visions do not agree with the views of the editors lie will read villainous attacks on tho characters of attorneys who defend clients that arc not in sympathy with the policy of the paper should his honor himself manifest a frendly disposition towards a community against which the paper wa fighting he would learn that lie had been bribed and was the tool of liia masters if a district ati torney were not to display the activity and malice that the editors thought he should manifest his honor would read day after day how tho public prosecutor was kept quiet by money in fact if judge powers is really in earnest in matter he will not want for the salt lake herald is sincere in the desire that the newspapers oi utah bo kep clean and pure it will rejoice alien slander is unknown in their columns and the editors will dare to print no libels while waiting and longine for the happy time we shall also watch to see if judge powers wanta to puffy all the papers or if lie is bent only on ing a censorship overa class of journals that do not happen to be pathy with the way certain shingi aro being dono sn utah |