Show federal Ve derall courts coarts in iiii lutai the deseret news the agan r an of the mormon church is is now edited i by one elias smith who is 13 also probate probity judge for the county of great salt lake it has re recently leer beer decided by two of the justices of the supreme court for the territory Terri territory tor Y including the chief justice that the said elias smith lias assumed in his judgeship arlanta ble jurisdiction in taking cognizance of criminal matters as probate judge under ordinary circumstances circumstance it could not dot ke be expected that elias smith should ahoi id personally personal lyt officially or as a member of the mormon church entertain any luperi superior bior re regard ard tor for the superior jurisdiction which has as condemned his official acts betit but it might have been presumed that controlling cl a religious newspaper and aware of his bis position he would have had the decency to lai haie e refi refrain ain ed effrom from spiteful comments which whilst harmless to those aimed at must in in all sensible minds damage the cause of those whose servant he be is the district judge never writes to the eish bish op a f a ward to know kitow buhat is is the righteous dudl ment to be given in any cause lie ile knows no elias smith the probate judge tile the editor wants vi ants to know what has been done da during the late adjourned session of the united states court ile he thinks the judiciary of the country is is dech declining ning taking this place as a point of comparison we can oay cay to him mat more practical il business has been done it by 7 the present court for tins this district than in in any u which aich has cori convened sirce since the organization of the territory altory and the records will show it it has riot not suited his taste no doubt nor does he perhaps consider it cf value alue but it is because he entertains a heretofore concealed conce Aed but now uttered contempt for the authority au bonty which chis superior su perio the editor and judge complains of delay wonderful delay how much delay has there been for two years ears past I 1 11 bringing criminals to justice when nheu the lion hon probate judge judg was in in the tl e exercise of his bis claimed powers and ilia his criminal jurisdiction at the present term of the court bow bov many man witnesses have been spirited away awaya and how varied have been be efforts to defeat the aim to administer justice under the authority of the united states how coni lied Aved at and by abom look at phelps case see colbourne Col bourns easel ebo lain haie been shot down assassinated ho have been drawn by civil process here emanating from the district court and who mho came there to try their rights before a jury and to await the action of nr the court mcneil brought a suit against brigham young and others for false imprisonment during the winter and ehring of 07 57 arid ai d 38 8 and whilst the court was in in session session arid and his case expected to come on he be was inta murdered dered and the action abated sergt pike who nho was charged with an offense against the person of howard spencer having been brought here by a caplas capias on an indictment of tile the grand jury was shot on the street in in daylight day aig light lit arid and through the inaction of the police and the he inertness tf t f the citizens the assailant escaped fifty citizens at I bast ast are said to tahae have been witnesses of the act gibson escaped but we are pleased to learn that he has been re arrested and is now in in custody in in this city all this might have hate occurred in in other co corn nuni ties but such a succession of eve events ats pointing in in the same direction no man can misunderstand the whole object and design seems to be to throw obstacles obstacle s ghastly deathly obstacles in the th way of the administration of justice ile he is is a madman or knave who will deny it in the face of these facts it is is tauntingly asked why do not t the federal authorities prevent these things we reply that the authorities can do nothing unless upheld by the sentiment of the community where authority is is exercised Is it so upheld here had these outrages been practiced elsewhere the whole community would have been shocked and the country would he be full of seekers for the perpetrators now how Js is it here everything g goes on as before and that dark mysterious agency chich eeling to permeate and control the community no doubt chuckles the crimes and asks among its coadjutors where inhere is their remedy reme dj perhaps the remedy is at hand |