Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-06-21

gethcr with the Aloulian ig-
lands, was cedod to the United
States by the great white car
ON the Goth OF June, 1867. II was not
a present 10 " nor was Il n swap or
any similar Transaction, but n straight
out, olean.cut purchase, the considera-
ton being 81, 200, 200 spot cash, which
was handed u his Muscovlte mAlcsty
or his ational treasurer tsame thing
10 eflecU In glitterlng gold coin. The
deed was OF the warranty nat
tern whereby title was affirmed
and and property passed over.
There are mi,7CO square miles
Of It altogether aud na II IA mainly
quite productive one way and anoth er
and has paid our government, fully Ave
per cent year ON tho investment, IL
was very nne speculation Tor
NJ. But we didn't really know
how much or how little We
were getting at the time, save and ex.
cept the soil with iis to ementr,
apputtenanous and horeditAmen,s
thereunto belonging or IN anywlse APP
pertaining, together with M many
seals a. might porennlally hibernate
near the shores thereof. The islands
spoken Of resemble somewhat, on the
map, astring Of link saueages aud come
very near landlooking the vast body OF
wetcr known Us Berlng sea lying be.
tween them and the mainland, No that
whether our respected Uncle Samuel
controls the whole Of that sea because
Of the enclosure aforesaid OF merely
holds sway over the usual three miles
each way "a provided by international
law, or any other amount lees than the
wholt-is the question.
The NEWS has repeatedly
given warning that Il Is Of the utmost
Importance to leave nothing to impll.
cation or understanding In "a tranaao.
ton OF consequences; that is, nothing
but tho words Themselves, some OF
which by reason Of different meanings
attaching 10 them and vgrla.
tons because Of grammatical structure
should DO selected with tho greatest
care aud In some cases supported " ith
other words having similar meaning.
II IA better that we have redundancy
and iteration than that we omit any.
thing by reason OF which something
desired and conceded Ia not expressed.
The "short form" Of deed provided
by the Utah statutes Is as good
as any for ordinary transactions
wherein the amount involved Is
not considerable, and even In
some others such form may do as
well as any; but IL would not fill the
bill or even commence To do sueh
thing " the deal were for a thousand
ACRES variously improved aud irregular
Ia location anu value but altogether
worth say million or more. Aud no
lawyer VI mau Of affairs would either
draw, offer or take such deed. but
the United States must have accepted
one Of that nature when Il perfected
the dickor with Russia-and 1t was
buying an empire, too, Ia oil respects
save population!
Now, We eau all see that great men
sometimes make mistakes which those
who are not 30 great would not make
at all. The WORK Of some Of the
most profound and thoroughly
experienced lawyers can be anu oilen.
times Is diagnosed, dissccIed anu picked
10 pieces by Az humble person
as al editor who may work
whole year or more for what the
lawyer gets Tor tho Que job winch the
editor knocks into smitheroeusl Aud
the measufcs introduced, supported
and carried through by cOnrresses aud
legislatures (always excepting thv
uiah Law .makersl are quite frequently |
show a TO DO bad In various degrees
running from technically to fatally,
by limbs Of the law quite young IN the |
profession. SO with that AlaskA deal. !
II WAS engineered by William IA.
seward, q. e OF the greatest u our
statesmen and puGest OF our public men,
with the approval aud undofsemsnl
OF course Of tho administration
Andrew Johnson being President Ut |
the time, and good one. But We
fancy We could shut our eyes and 20 |
10 a law oiiicu uug # several equally |
gOOu Ia Salt Lake, where the deed Tor
tue Transaction would have uten more
carefully urawn anu the possibility Of
controversy thereafter by reason Of
The terms employed hayU been reduced
more nearly t0a miuimum.
Just rec tie result OF ~ Or peghaps
It would be- better 10 say one OF the
rtsuNs, lur there have been several.
Dul tho arbitration commission in
teshiou ut Pare 10 the greatest 1t nus
been going ON Tor several months now,
anu tue hopc at hrst enl,It,utd that
our mldulu'agcd people at least would
know before they Iied whether Berlug
soA Is Outs exclusively or the
world's gelegaly, grows fainter apacc.
Mr. Webster representing Gfua,
Britain, now ma, thu d Dor ana acts ~
though he intended to keep II, for