The New York herald., 1878-02-25


clauses the Appropriation BILL as Is said 70 DO sug
gestcd by Messrs Stephens and Springer
~ think" said, he finally, 'that tho bill with the
Senate amendments viii become law and there Is
end OF It, One thing dcploro is that the idea has
got abroad that the Silver bill gong to afford relief
to the poor people going to make bestor times In
business The repeal Of the Specie Resumption act x
to do this aud that is be brought up next perhaps
within a week, and It will pass the Senate IL is the
main cause of all the suffering and hard times"
General Butler does not yet know whether he will
support the dill not until he ascertans the ground
OF the Presidents veto should no send In one 1t
struck him that In the vote given by many OF tho
members afnrmatively Tor the Senate bill whom tney
stated that they did not approve OF IT, but took US
tho best that could be nad the President Will nnd some
ground tor vetoingiL General Butler finds some OBJ
lection 10 tho in which the bill was rushed
through without allowing ample time Tor full and
free discussion. That will be had whom the veto
comes TO be considered.
THE UTAH SECRET BALLOT LAw-DIssATIsFAc-
TON OF THE GENTILEs--THE QUESTION
BEFORE THE HOUSE CoMMIiTEE-EvILs OF
THE EXISTING JURY LAW AS DEPICTED DY
THE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES
Tho following despatch was received hero yester.
day by the anti-Morm Delegate =
SALT LAKE Cry, Feb %. 1873
To J. c. HEMINGRAy, Washington, u. =. -
The Gentiies, apostate Mormons and miners
highly indignant the approval by Governor Emory
OF tne so-cailed Secret Ballot act Just passed by the
novaamous Leeislature Tne bill Virtually disfran-
chses nearly the entire Gentle population oi Utah
and places the elections irrevocaoly IN tho hands OF
the Mormon priests. An indignation meeting has
been called to at tho Liberal Institute ou Tuesday
night copy oil tho bill, which Is entirely different
IRON tho one shown by Cannon TO The House sub
~ A. LoCKLEY.
Tho Mormon Delegate, Cannon, It will be remem-
bered, exhibited to tho members OF Congress the
draft of electoral bill which lis face appeared to
be iar enongh, aud assured them 1t would become
law; but heretofore pointed out by the anti
Mormons, that bill and It's passage constitute
subtcrluge, they say, for The purpose OF hoodwnk
ing and iulng Congresslhen into n non-inter.eronoe
frame OF mind regarding Utah matters The House
Committee on Territories, however, have sgrced to
report the DILL giving the citizens of Utah a secret
ballot; but they divided to whether they will
dsiranchiss tho Mormon women. This point win bo
settled their meeting on Monday, and the BODY OF
the blll-,he secret balot-wil bc reported, unloss
the committee deceived by the passage OF the bill
referred 10 the dispatches from Salt Lake us q
remedy OF the evils complained OF by the Utah Gen.
tiles
In the other wing Of the Capitol Senator Chris.
tancy Is preparing 10 press upon the attention OF the
Senate Judiciary Committee the importance OF an
early report upon the bill introduced by him to dis.
qualify polygamiss and bgamsts as jurors In bigamy
and polygamy trials 10 tho Territory OF Utah. II Is
his intention TO ask tor such amendments to the bill
before II is reported AZ viii relieve the Uned States
there of their difficulties In enforcing The laws
Tne amendments to his original bill have been sus-
gcsled by the following letter from the Justices of the
supreme Court Of Utah Judge j. y. Hemingway, the
an Mo mon Delegate In Wughin nton.-
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Feb. Is, 1873
Hon. J. c. HgMiNGRAY, Washington, ID. ca
DEAR SIR-In answer to your favor OF the TIN inst.
requesting our views wriIina respecting the Jury
Law provilcd TOR the Territory wo beg leave to reply
ollOws:-
the District Courts Of the Territory In disposng OF
business before them have been very mucn embar-
rasscd by tho mpericctons OF our present jury law
Tho OF 200 persons IN each district ary seiectcd
Disirict Cour. IN each dlstric AS consequence tho
fourth term OF court is liable to be and sometimes is
without jurors 70 .ne great detrment o! tho public
In 1877 list OF Jurors for the Third district
haustcd with the third term of court, and lists
tho First and Second districts were nearly cx.
hausted that some important could
NOT be tried at the fourth term, but oi q
necessity had 10 be continued nDti the next term TO
be held in 1878. The 200 persons whose names com.
side in the v!cnuy oil the court but very properly
scattered all over tho whole district, and pro.
vision made to avoid the delay incident thereto 1t
will be remembered that each dsirct very large,
the smallest being composed Of Eve large coun,i.s,
the District Court either Tor United States or Terri.
torial business.
Al each term OF the court at which there is grand
jury much time rs expended, 10 the great OF
the jurors IN atlenuance and to the witnesses and
others IN waiting, tor the summoning OF additional
jurors 10 complete tho panel accordlnS slow
process provided II sometime <nppent that all
or nearly all the remaining namS6in the box are OF
persons who do not reside ne& the court, and az
there is no other way OF compIens the panel but 10
wait Tor Inc summonIng OF the additional jurors the
Court has TO wait. Tho samo femarxs are appIica-
mn nj nm
where in some instances hours and days are wasted
In waiting Tor the summouiDg and Coming into court
OF addiliona jurors Especially isthis The In i'm
portanl respecting mincs and in murder cas- 8,
where the general facts nave public Lorortety. In
murder cascs, you remember, there arc llteen per.
emptory chalitnges on eacn side.
o. course THIS delay IL vexatious and annoying In.
tho extreme 10 those jurors who are In
attendance on expense, but drawing OF course
souo pay, although doing nothing; aud 1t Is
likewise annoying 10 witnesses, htgauts, attorneys
ana oiicers aud besides This delay increases cx
penso the general government or Tho Territory
Tue present law places IL within the power of one
man ine Probate Judge--in each district 10 say
whether thers shall be any jury trias Ia tue disrIc
whero resides. Ho eau refuse 10 furnish the 100
names required by the statute or he might be absent
from the dislrict NJ the necessary time. The clerk
could not refuse TO luruIsh his proportion 0i the
Desies Is his interest to do but Is 10 his
interest that jury trials DO had, and ne Is likewise
friendly TO federal authority.
IL might be that the Court could draw the jurcs
from the 100 names furnished by the CLERK IL could
perhaps proceed Tor short time, but the question OF
its legality would oucc arise. For II party he
titled TO Jury drawn from among 20O shall
the Court say he must be content with jury drawn
IRON hall that nunocr? But even n the Court could
legally proceed with the 100 names, tho number
woulu bo exhausted with the end Of the eecond term.
anu during the residue OF the year the Court would
have 10 proceed without jurics
We therefore deem 1t advisable in do not
have entirely new jury law that the present stat
ute be changed, nj icas as TO avoid the difficulties
when have relerreo and the mode best adapted
TO accomplish this end Is TO modify the statute az
to authorize the juries grand and pcl 10 be nlicd
up by talesmen whenever the necessity therefor may
arise, either iron the failure OF the officers to furnish
the jury lists or from the exhaustion OF all names
the box or from the delay incident
TO filing up the jurcs by drawing and sumnloning
them as required Uy the present law. Ihcro seems
to DC great MISUNDERSTANDING at Jtstance respect.
,au ,ua, If