Show 1 CONNECTED WITH THE FOUL conspiracy it was generally supposed that nathan J harris was not mixed up in the foul conspiracy hatched by alt colleagues johnson and smith of this county but it seems ho is as deep in the mire as the others as indicated liy his action on saturday in the legislature first sir harris asked that a certain bill be withdrawn from the print cr because there was not time enough left before the legislature would adjourn to print it dut a few hours afterward he introduced a resolution to have all the testimony offered before the committee on bribery investigation printed tor the benefit of the members of tho legislature the object of this resolution was to f postpone action on the report of the committee on investigation beyond the session when mr harris attention wag called to the fact that he had already recalled a bill from the printer because ther was not time enough tu print it and was asked it there waa not time enough to print a bill how the testimony could be printed he in replied after being thus caught in his own net that he had no improper motives in view p this shows that nathan harris while j his name is kept in the background W was in the scheme as much as johnson and smith it seems that mcclunes Mc Cunes election was a certainty and the conspirators had but one object in view namely to stop the election of mccune by fair means it possible but by foul means it necessary the standard would have preferred C C richards an ogden man as a democratic senator but from the foul and dirty methods adopted to defeat mccune our sympathies naturally go to mccune at hs time it gives the standard great pleasure to announce that three of the members from weber county up to this time havo not even had the breath ot suspicion cast upon them tending to show their connection with the foul conspiracy they arc bishop geo W bramwell president L W lir and senator F J klebel their names are in nowise connected with the scandal we feel certain they will not be but the names ot smith joanson and harris will go down to posterity as men who disgraced their constituents the standard regrets that any weber county man had any connection with the conspiracy to tempt A W mccune to bribe albert A law but their connection being proven and also admitted by them there Is nothing to do but to denounce their actions and repudiate the men |