Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-03
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q e knRtnssf., asking ths appoin,
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make, - Tar ~ pracsiesbIe. - &c.,
psiation = Per CENT 81 ths sss;.esss
made b the corps Of army enCiness.
and q limit, IL possible TIE ac0r~c.t |.
to e8Oo0o0o.
The Chairmsu Of the Exseusivs cl,r
miftee on The Improsemsnt al Ws~ee,s
water Ways has issued : cal - -.
committee TO mest here FOR eonsuitntic-
On January Is, 1856.
Ins Secretary Of the Treasurv ba,
nos1ned the ColIector Of Customs e F.
frzncfsc0 that persons known. 81 urcvel
" his sAtisfaetiou 70 be. Chine mer
chants who resided IN the United State.
a. the time Of the late treaty Of 1880
are entitled 20 20 from this country auS
return - pioasurc, and q oertifoste ol
the Chinese Consul General at 6ar
frsnclsoo may BE- regarded q primo
Jack evidence In such eases.
Ihe report of she Utah Commiaiou 4
made public. IL states the duties in
posed on the commission at the recent
eieoe1on we're suooeeafuily performed,
and that all polyRamistt were excladod
from v0tinRs and oontinues 40 folIovs :
After more than two years. labor and
experience here IL becomes our duty "a
advise the Government and country that
although the Law has been susoessfuIIv
administered In the respect Of dis
franchieoment Of polygamists. the
enect OF the same upon the preachino
and practtce Of polygany has mos been
OF character to improve the former or
decreAse the latter. During the present
year there appears 10 have boon 4 no.
Iygamio revival. The institution II
boldly and defiantly defended and com.
mended BY spiritual teachers and plufal
marriages are reported to have increas
ed IN number. A considerable portion
Of tbs report IL devoted TO an account Of
the trial and conviction of Rudoer Claw
sou, which the commission thinks viii
have q restraining in6usncs upon young
Mormons. "It u not unllkely,5 sava
the report, "thas finally the FedersI
government will 6nd Il necessary % tale
into its own hands all civil power In this
Territory. For the present, however.
we advise only, FIRST, that officers OF the
Territory, auditor and treasurer, should
BE- definitely defined by Congress
90 that those offices can be filled by an
pointmeut. We may remark in this
connection that although the organic
act would seem 70 leave no doubt n 10
the apparent double character Of these
ofioes, and the commission has persist.
entity refused 10 recognize the right Of |
election under Law, and local courts |
have sustained this view, still the in |
oumbents OF these Offices at the present |
time are holding over from the previous |
He would recommend, in I'D |
diti0n to the above, thai commissioners |
TO locate university lauds. probate
judges, county clerks, county selectmeu.
eoanty assessors and collectors. and |
county superintendents Of district
schools be made by Congress APP
pointable, and all these, after |
nomination by the Governor, shall
require 20 Be confirmed by al
maj lrity vote Of the commission before
being commissioned. The re son for
this 10 obvious. The Organic ACT now
requires that all nominations by the
Governor shall be confirmed by she /
Legislative Council. The Council ID
always q creature of the Mormon
power, hence no suitable appointments
can BE- secured. The Governor and /
commission. acting respectively as
and confirming powers,
would insure such appointments as
would be effective In aiding the effort Of
The Federal Government to overthrow
polygamy through the courts. After
c0nferring with the Judge aud District !
mend, drst, that the provisions of the
Lag Of 1874 relative 70 juries be revised
BY providing for greater number Of
jarors, or by authorizing an open pemire
when the names in the box have bean |
exhausted. A better provision, perhaps. |
would be one authorizing AN open utniye
In all cases prosecuted by the United |
States. second The jurisdiction of |
The several district courts ought to be
extended 90 ~ 10 give each Jurisdiction !
over all cases of poIyRamy wherever In
The Territory the crime may have beea
Third-ln United States
bases the Territorial courts should be
invested with power 90 extensive with |
hat possessed by the United States oir- |
suit and district courts. in the several |
States 10 matters Of contempt and pun
Ishment thereof. Fourth-Prosecutio
For polygamy should he exempted ffsm
the operation OF the general limitation
laws. Fifth-The process OF subpoena In
all cases prosecuted by the United states
should run from the Territorial courts
into any other district In the United /
states. Sixth-Provision should be |
made for binding over witnesses on the |
part Of the Government in all United /
states Gases to appear and testify at the |
trial. Seventh-When continuance 10 |
granted upon motion OF the defendant,
should be made for taking de |
positions of witnesses on the part OF the |
the opportunity being |
given defendant 10 be confronted With |
the witness, or witnesses making |
such deposition, aud to eroes-ex- |
anime, such deposition TO Be used |
at the trial in the event Of the |
death of the witness, or In olse OF HE |
or her absence from the Territory at the |
tune Of the trial, or In the event of such |
witness having concealed himself or
herself, % ~ 20 elude process Of sub |
poaa. Eighth-It should b made
penal onense for q woman ~ enter into |
the marriage relation With man knov-
Ing him to have q wife living and M
divorced. THIS should be coupled With |
the provision that In eases where q
wife was called ~ vitness
in any prosecution for polygamy against
her husband. her testimony given In
such cas- could not be used against her
in any future prosecution against her
self, with like provision a. 20 the testi-
mony Of husband called - . witness
In prosecution against his polyRAmoos
wife.
rhe Caueua Ns0inee.
WAsurxorox. Dec. 2.-rhs hepuoit-
eaa senators in caucus selected y. An
derspn for che craftsmanship OF the
Joint Committee on Printing.
re Puolie Debe.
wAsarxorox, Dee. 1.-The increase OF
the pablo debt during Nsvsmbsr was
&7s7.12l; the decrease aince June ~.
lisa, tS2. 1929.
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