Show Vf Wf 1 7 A LOOKS MEAN J r U Owin glo the temporary res resignation igia of al ma ii is well known judge henderson Hc of the the first district court a appointed pointed p certain members of the bar to act as an ex ar committee to select b by competition the beet beat qualified a ap P who might appear to contest for the position believing of course courte that the examination was bona fide and that the applicant found best beat qualified would be appointed as recommended by the examining committee mr dau dan hamer a young ogden gentleman of excel cent character submitted his merits with the following result as detailed by u in in the deveret ne newt the recent contest for the of the first district court was a farce fares long before judge henderson left michigan igan the local supreme rulers of the federal courts in utah bad decided for hie his honor in that matter and if mr dickson or dr mr hiles bad had been candid enough to make public their predetermination thai that no mormon need apply several per ions zone would bave have been spared expense and trouble 1 I was an applicant for the position after each of the two examinations positive eta were made b by members of the committee commil tee that I 1 hz had excelled all othere others competitors yet the was finally given to aloth er or I 1 desire to make a public growl not merely because of defeat but because of the contemptible bigotry of the autocrats who commanded and cured secured that defeat mien ben 1 Y ventured lo 10 contest fur for the appointment I 1 imagined that personal integrity and competency were requisite hjal qualifications tons rho ahe statute ite did not prescribe that a person to he be eligible must be a red hot cru crusader gAder against the majority of peoli and I had lost sight eight of the fact the district courie courts were reputed to be exclusively and absolutely the property of anti mormons cormons Mor mons hence having a core of recommendation as to efficiency and li from prominent lawyers lawers I 1 was imperil nent enough to file an application with judge henderson shortly afterwards some of my friends obtained direct information that resi ardless of all tents which might ansue mr john NY pike would be given the place 11 he e bad had been foreordained lor for the tailing calling by the alt all pus of the courts from the appointment of a contest and ind yet as late ai the preceding the first brat exam examination loa I 1 was informed by one of the committee that carmel pratt and myself would be br the only competitors judge emerson james na N kimball esq and assistant district attorney aden hiles composed the first com mr pike file appeared on examination dav day at ogden and we were tested separately before two members of the tb committee the work was not very revere and I 1 asked the examiners to increase the spec i of tea leading ding but they derided that no further furl her trial was necessary later one of the examiners iners stated that I 1 had led mr pike words in live minutes and um e ed d to benore re the test and recommend mr pike as 1 I being a bl mormon ormon 11 should not on any account be permitted to 0 o have the place the thi gentleman jobje objected ted to this course audit was as necessary to await the coming of the absent examiner to decide the tier tie evidently mr sir lilies could not get the necessary vote in bis his tavor favor for on the afternoon of the next next day we contest w was as declared off and a new examination was appointed to take place in prove on Wednesday last mr pike did not enter the second contest preferring very strangely to by the examination judge emerson and nd Met sis A G sutherland but berland juu jun and david evane evan were the examiners mr air hilea hiles wa was present in 14 spirit if not in prison the mornin gafter the second examination a member of the committee called me we to one side lie untold told me that the test bad had si aaen aln resulted in M my favor and that the committee com cittee considered condit me best beat qualified tor for the place he then asked me if I 1 were in full fellowship in the church I 1 replied that I 1 was he lie stated that thia this WAS the only objection to my appointment but upon this point the prose cutine officers of the court were making a bitter fight A little later the father and profesa ional partner of one of the other examiners xa miners beckoned me from the court room he ile stated as if by authority and as if this settled the in my Y examiners were agreed that of all the con te tants stants I 1 was yas beet qualified and would render the most valuable eer ser vice as reporter he ile delicately asked me which I 1 would consider paramount my oath of office or the bo be heet best of the church pointing hie application by saying if a eon son of george Q cannon or join taylor ere to apply for the place you can eee see what the inference would bo be naturally indignant indi nant I 1 replied to him with that no question of the kind intimated by him film so far as I 1 Is as akie alile toeko to see could dosai possibly bly arise that I 1 would in all things pertaining to my as reporter be governed by the law and my oath of office and that no person nor influence would ever be able to make me falas balei I 1 fy one tittle of evid evidence enbe he ile an all right then with an air which was equivalent to saying the appointment ia is yours the fight of the examiners with the prosecuting officer to see whether their view views gouid be sacrificed to his mandate lasted until saturday when th the recommendation of appointment was a pien given to mr air john W Pi kethe wan man selected by the courts riche 1182 to ro day I 1 met one of the exam examiners 1 iners and asked him hi m why the committee had made such a peculiar report he replied in effect as a foil follows owe and a almost in these exact words the rho corn com cittee had nothing noi hiot to do with the stair it was controlled absolutely by abe district attorney the question of cowpe competency tency was not considered red there was no impeachment of your efficiency or personal antea integrity you know fr from orn the questions I 1 put P to you at regarding ree arding re were ignored this el examination was ostensibly rual competent per n po the ilia other statutory for the position IW igles was properly no part ot of tb the question and sud no man whatever his position had any legal right to dictate tit tothie to if ommittee bet in thi this an ix the law the court 4 the bar andt the citizens proposed bet but the th district attorney disposed die posed youra yours respectfully respect DAN full it ie is generally conceded that mr hamers statement is true we wonder if the cacti are known to judge henderson Hend ereon this whole episode illustrates the blae mas of hatred which rankles in the bosoms of certain anti mormons in utah who are frequently entrusted with the administration of justice the picture which mr hamer present presents ought to be sent to td washington it would throw some light upon our local federal wire pullers bullers pul lers we pity mr john W pike he is certainly a person of doubtful spirit if after having baving 1 been fairly beaten in an authorized examination he hb deigns to accept through meandering methods a position which he could not squarely equa rely win |