The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-02-01
SALT LAKE. Ian. 81. 1870.

SALT LAKE, Jan. 81, 1872.
the District Court to-day Deputy United States
Attorney High applied for a discharge, on nan, or
all United States prisoners under arrest. There
was crowded court room, and the majority
were Normons, who were greatly disappointed
with the decision. The application was made on
the following dispatches which were read
DISTRICT ATTORNEY BATES TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
Cases against Brigham Young ana others con-
tinued until March, Bllls for keeping prisoners
accommodating. Defendants ask to be released on
good bail Shall consents
ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BATES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. IL. 1872.
BATES Admit defendants to reasonable bail.
WILLIAMS, Attorney General
BATES TO DEPUTY HIGH.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 1879.
HIGH, DEPUTY ATTORNEY
The Attorney General direcls that you move Court
to bail IN such sums as Will secure attendance OF all
CRIMINALS to save expenses. BATES
DECISION OF JUDGE M'KEAN.
Chief Justice Mexican rendered the following de.
csion, which meets with the complete approval Of
the Gentle portion Of the community There are
eleven prisoners charged with murder under Ter
rtorial laws. six of them are held in custody In
the city without expense to the government. The
other five are held at Camp Douglas, and furnlsned
with rations by order OF the Secretary OF War
at expense OF about thirty cents per day for each
man. This expense so trIhlng when compared
with the
MAGNITUDE OF THE ISSUES,
ought to be, and no doubt ultimately will be, re-
ferred against the Territory Some of the murders
were committed under circumstances Of great
mystery and atrOclty, and some were committed
openly In the face of mankind; and some Of the
prisoners are known even before trial, to be most
desperate characters. We're these prisoners now
turned loose upon society before they were acqult-
ted by a jury 1t would be an act
WITHOUT PRECEDENT IN CRIMINAL JURISPRUDENCE.
Such decision would hereafter be quoted as a
precedent In every mu rider case In this Territory.
1t would be most rernlcous precedent and, be-
sides, there are reasons, which cannot be made
public why these prisoners should not he admitted
to bail; reasons which District Attorney Bates can.
not have communicated to Attorney General VIII
liams, and to which Mr.. Bates seems quite
Indifferent Indeed he Is known by the Court TO
have made, In other particulars, serious misstate-
ments In regard to affairs IN Utah. Whether or not
PRISONER CHARGED WITH MURDER
shall be admitted TO bail is judicial question ad-
dressed TO the discretion OF the Court l am placed
here 10 decide under the law all judicial questions
that shall arise In this District Court and were
now to shrink or swerve fl ON plain duty It
Is not improbable that the irresponsible magistrate
called 'Judge Lynch'' would assume the seat which
would thereby have proved myself unworthy to
devolves upon me alone l refuse to admit these
prisoners to bail.
Proceedings in the Legisiature-Bates and
Mexican.
SALT LAKE. Jan. 81, 1872.
The House passed q joint resolution unanimously
calling a convention to prepare constitution for
admission as a State. TO be held February 10, the
election to take place on the 3Oth. Also to send a
Commission to washington to urge the admission
on The ground, as some members said, that they
might slip IN before 1873
Efforts will now be redoubled to effect the re-
moval OF Judge Mexican, who enjoys the complete
confidence OF the loyal citizens.
Bates Is universally condemned by the Gentiles.
Strong representations have been sent by all the
United States officials to President Grant reprobat.
ing Bates fatal course.
In the House this evening the committee to ex-
press the sense OF that body on the Governors veto
of the Admission act reported a resolution that the
statements In the veto message were unsound false
disgusting and direct insult 10 the people OF Utah,
which was unanimously adopted A joint resolu-
tion was also adopted to take the place of the
vofoed Admission act.