Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-12-11
The business Of the Supreme Conrt
Reviewed by Attorney Gen.
,ral Miller.
The "l,aia" Gaze. = The Laws Of
Alaska.-snb.idlz,d Telegraph
Lines.
~ Telsrrsnli TO tho Ssws.i
ntiLEn's REPORT.
Busin.ss OF the supreme couvi--u. n.
rrisous.-- the aitainr ease. etc.


rrisous.-- the ''iiRtA" case, etc
wAsHIHorog, Dec. lO.-Tho annual
REPORT OF Accomplishment Miller was
submitted 10 Congress today. II re-
Views the business VI the United Statea
Supreme Court aud devotes n chapter
10 the circuit court OF appeals which,
he says, has been organized In each
circuit ana IA ready for buslness, al
though an additional circuit Judge In
each circuit has not been appointed.
Mention i made Of the heavy Increase
in tho business OF tho court VI claims
nod recommendation IL made that
the working force Of the court be
largely Increased. He saya II IL also
necessary that some provision be made
Tor the representation Of the interests
Of the government bhfore the board OF
appraisers In cuatoms cases appealed
from the collector 10 the board Of APP
pralsers.
lie invites attention 20 tho special
report on the subject Of Indian depte-
dalton claims aud shows the I'm.
portanco Of change In the condition
Of that business. The claims aggregate
10000.
rnis0Ns.
On tho subject OF United States
prisons the attorney-general says: "in
pursuance Of the rscomnlcndhtiOns ip
the annual report Of this department, a
bill wis passed by the last Congress,
authorizing the construction Of three
United States prisons, TO DO located,
one rDrih and another south OF the
30lh degree Of north latitude and east
of the Rockies, and third west Of tue
Rockies, but by evident inadvcrtencs
falling 10 make any appropriation for
the purchhs. Of sites and the erection
u such buildlnga. I recommend that
the appropriations evidently contem.
plated by that act be made, NO this
work may go forward"
Alter speaking OF the well.known
difficulties IN the enforcement OF
THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT,
he says, Tfit IL desired that these
laws shall he made effective they
should be 20 changed that they cannot
be misunderstood. 10 arrest aud try
such persons aud as result
tlmp;y sand them hack across
the British line IL shown TO be
an Idle expenditure, 10 me, OF labor
and money by the fact that, az might
well he expected, tue same persons
have 10 be arrested and tried over and
over again. Moreover 1t l. quite un.
certain wheAher the order requiring
Chinese prisoners sent back Into the
British dominions could be made
effective. This subject demands
prompt confederation"
From information, Official aud un-
In regard TO the administra-
tion Of
THE LAWS OF ALASKA,
the attorney general Is impressed that /
such naturalization 10 not ss,iaial0ry, .
aud that IL eau only DO made sati-fag- /
tory by new legislation. The attorney
general called attention 10 the evils of I
tho "ieU systom,n aud advises tho sub. .
siitution Of stipulated salarlos In all
cascs.
lie reviews the legal proceedings IN I
the caSc Of the Chilean steamer
''i,ala,n and sums up as foilOws.
"Upou the trial oil this indictment 1t
was held 10y Tho district court these
we're not In violation Of
the neutrality laws Of the United
States. First, because the enterprise
was legitimate commercial trans
acton, mud second, because the
party of Chile, not
having nj tho tlmo received
recognition frum the government
Of tho United States either 40 a govern
neut dc lufe or An beligrTent, the
acts done by tho Representatives OF
and In the interests OF that party ia
the way Of hostilities against the
Chilean government were not ia viola
tor OF the statute OF the United States.
In short, that It, IL only Ia the Interests
of ~ government recognized as such de
lure or ~ beligerent that the uau.
lmlty statute OF the United States
can ba violated. without discussing
tho proposition that such II Transaction
Is legltimate commerce, | venture the
suggestion that Ia case Of serious in
Jury 10 the commercial or other in-
ietests ola nation, with which we ara
At peace by ships fitted out In our har.
inr-, tho plon OF such non.recognitlon
would be very insufficient answer.
y the construction given TO these
'tatutsa by tho trial court shall be- gu.-
ainod on appeal, tho statute should,
think, DO ameDdod."
He reports Ave suits commenced
inder tho act OF August Z, 1850, re.
luiring all
TELEGRAPH LINES
by the government by and
Trough their own respective corpo.
ate officers aud employees n maintain
md operate for railroad, govofnmental,
and all other purposes, such
elegraph lines, and requiring tho Mt.
Orney general by proper proceedings
o prevent any unlawful Interference
With the rights and equities OF the
United states In relation 10 such tele-
rgraph lines. Gu this subject the Mt
orney general says; 'In tbs suits OF
he United States against tho Central
'acinc railroad company and Western
Jnion Telegraph company, both pend
ny In the northern district OF Cali
lfnia upon demurrer aud motions 10
ismlss for want of Jurisdiction, II
eing claimed on behalf Of the West.
m Union Telegraph company and
thtr corporations necessary parties
eTndgut having charters from other
tates than California, that they can
OF be sued Ia the United States cir
uit court or Ia any district court other
han that from which they derive their
lspectlve charters. In other words.
ley are not inhabitants OF any dis.
riet IN the State by which they were
reated.