Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-04

/ lhn Nrup1gitiau thai tue Zee system
| applicable 10 tho mpcnsatou n
/ Uniiud State .t0rncys, MAJ lalr
| CLERKS Uf Federal c.uH8 nna UHlio,
/ states cOmmis.1ugr, shout. .u l1l
| lshcd with rs lili.s irIny o. possible
! IL is clearly In tHr Interest VI TIE cou'
muuity that the business 0i ile courts
both civil nuI cau.u.l, SHOULD o.
/ az small anu uH iuUNp ulHivply trsu'
glctcd ul tue ouIs U' Justice Will allow.
The system Do tuuUlIrp thoroughly
vicious which maa ,nn compensation
! OF court officials dependent upon lht
volume OF such lusiuras, anu thu,
creates conflict lDiW a pf.ror OK.
ecution Of the law and private gain,
which cannot fail Oh be- dangerous 10
Tue rights and ffp dom of the CiUzeuf,
aud uu iutsisllU.b temptation 90 the
unIustifiable expenditure Of public
funds. II Ia addition 90 this reform
another waa lnauguf'ui, which would
give 10 United States commissioners
tue hnal disposition Of petty Uh.ulci
within the wa Cd. mfIcmeauJrH,
t1HtcHAlly thua' coming uuatf tHC
Internal revenue laaU, great advance
would DO made lIH.riI o. more dCUual
administration U' tHH criminal Law.
IN my hfsi mos u tI Congress, dated
Dec 5, 1855, Z strongly recommended
these clangr8 HuI referred sUmualai
~ length To- she uFlI| Jf the rBruu {
sys'uui. Since tll. IuG the criminal
business 0fthu general CJuris, ami m
eApcnfu attending DO uHvu enormously
increased, Tie uguIrr OF criminal
prosecutions pvulIHH ln tho Circuit uu
uistrirs courts OF luH lH.,d Su.ts ON
the fiat dsy JIiE, ISIS, was a5I5, OF
which 1854 TCfo iUI Violations oi tls
Internal revenue llF; while tIp
number % fucl r.1.DCIuIul pcn1lug
ON the nut Joy ri July, 1898,
was $500, Of which 200 were Tor VIC.
lAiipu Ul tho iutfHll revenue laws.
Tho expense OF tlr United States
courts, UECiuflVc Ul IIlyu' Balarllr,
ior the year ending july /, 1856, VIVA
s3ibfii1ai. n, rnt .Or tho yrlt tuti D..
July /, 1893, .i.5-3 Gils7. ltHt.t.a.
Tore apparent tnAt tAu fll.0n8 giyeI Ia
1850 tor n change iu Gao man 20. Gu.
forcing thu Federal criminal law bnvu
gained cogcnoy and strength by lapse
Of time.
1 a.sI heartily In tho Attorney
General M recommending ltgulauUu
hiking the degrees 10 tho crime ul
murder within Federal lurEdlcu0n a-
has buun done Ia many OF thpa.at q;
authorizing wtits OF error 0u hthulf DO
the government lu cases where nual
Judgment II rendered against the fuf
uclrnCy NJ an indictment, or ngniuft
the government upon any other quef.
lion arising bufoTo actual trlal; limitiur
tie right OF review Ga cases OF felony
punishable only by lno aud imprisJl.
mont % the circuit court OF appeals;
'uu mailing speedy provision Tor the
OF such prisons and re-
ilfmalories aa may be necessary Tor the
OF United States c0uvic,s.
rosrOFFioE DEPARTMENT.
The report Of tue Pottm,s.er Gonea
a detailed statement Of, q
operations OF the p0stofilce Dcpartn Mt
iuring the late fiscal year, and much
Intrr.atiug Information touching this
important branch OF the public service.
lue business Of the mails indicates with
absolute certainty tue condition ofthc
business Of tue c0untry,and depression
la financial affairs inevitably aud
quickly reduces tho postal revenues.
There orc "a larger discrepancy than
usual tc.wcen the p0stofiuc receipl6 |
anu expenditures 10 the expected aud |
unavoidable result OF the disiresslug |
'tginguncy which has prevailed |
the country during |
much Of tho time covered Ly
the Postmaster Generals report. |
AZ date when better times were ana. |
.icipatci, 10 was estimated by his pre-. |
iecusaur that the deficiency on the |
iOih day OF June, 1893, would be- but a |
title over million nud y half d0nafs. |
Z amounted, however, 20 more than |
i've milliong. At the sans time aud |
inder the influences OF like enticipg. |
Ions, estimates were made Tor the cur. .
ent il-cal year ending June 8Jth, I.
7ol, which exhibited "a surplus of |
rvUnuo over expenditures Of ss72,2i5.. |
Il, But nov, In view OF the apiuaI |
y'pl o. and expenditures during that /.
ilri OF the current fiscal year already .
Expired, tbe recent Postmaster General .
estimated that ut i,s close Instead oil
surplus there viii uu ueH.
lruuy of nearly eight million DOLLAR.
The iusIDillCo receipts for the last fiscal /
rear amounted 90 s11, 500 ,08I. 10 anu IT,
expenditures % s5lU1i lui %. THIS
.0-iuillcu deficiency would disappear
q Do lmmUnHrlY decreased u less
natter was carried free through tho
lails, nu item Of which II upwffd OF
ll tons OF seeds ami grain from the
Agricultural Department. The total
lumber Oi pIstalllcrs In the United
.lhics ON tyu 3J.h day VI Juur, 1893,
'us 07, iIiI gu increase OF /, 23i uvor
lo preceding year. or these $3.50
zero Pft8iIenllul, an increase IA iual
lass OF 2Ol over the preceding year.
'1fiy.iWu fee delivery 0illCoa were
lu'I uuriu the year o. those already
Aisllng, msNnEA total VI 90 cities
ma towns provided win fec delivery
u June 800, 1893. Ninoty.threu other
ltit' Nul towns ara now entitled %
lIs service under the law, but a. has
0t been accorded them on account OF
ltuulF'uut funds 10 meet the expsnre
lE establishments L am decidedly !
the op'u.0u that tho provisions VI
le p'r-ru. law permit as general ana !
articulation ~ Tins feature Of ma
'rVicu Hs I1 uerelaary or justiha 10
10 lUai b. uugU. not 10 be- ext uug4 O.
na.Igr communities than are uUw
900 ustr.,
lhu CS rl,n OF fsoe delivery f1r thr
seal year uE|ug june so, 1888. VIII
n m1gr chou uievon IN Mon Iou De-
ll una. legislation now Uy Ela.
..ru wI" ua constant iuVrs 1850 ti
.it tom ". expenditure. There wafr
90 $50 i.lu 6. tbs domestic money
Hrf offices during the las Hs'.l
'lp h'iHE tho largest increase IN uuy
l. Since tHr inaugural IA Of tu
'm. lUH total uumu.r ui the q
~ w 90 Goo close OF tho year N.H
lil. lUera were 10 8JD.I35 mou y
.r.a iHsI.l Iuu thesu offices, being