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Show nioiti'. oi'' Tin: .m Di( 31 1 iidi.i:. Tho StilL J.uku ciirir.-pciii'lfiil ul' 1 1 iu Sun J'nuiciM-o .li;, uinli'i- il.itt! .MaiL-li writes as I'ulKiw.s ; Tito absorbing (tit'-(itm ul' intwol lu ri) now, I'm- dm mini-e, inlnirtiiiK In iiiotlorulo t ho 1 j;i I il )1 i 1 1 '-j iibulit 1. ami lodes mid vciii.s, (.-ali'iia, clilin i.L' mid o.idos,is llio recent disi-liMn o by.JmlL'e McKeim of tho lintnil itml Trial .) or-ors or-ors of his court, and tho indiliiiilo ml -joiirmiient ol'all e:ises triablo by juries. This notion of tho .) udi;o has, ol'coinse, created preat triluilation iimoni; tlio lawyers, who, liko eagles to thoeaieii'S, aro iitlieriiiK bore in grout numbers. As nearly as 1 can iiseerlam, tho timi-blo timi-blo between Judgo Mckean and tho local 'Territorial authorities, mcins to bo that the .liuk'O refuses to recu-'nizc tho 'Territorial Marshal, or .Shorilf, as an ollieer of liis court, and tho rijjlit of said tjhorilV, under tho laws of IJlah, to summon tho Grand and Trial Jurors of said court ; ho al.-o declines to rc-co.miizo rc-co.miizo tho right of the Territorial Ijegi.slaturo to )reeribo tho nioilo aud nianucr of drawing and summoning jurors to try Territorial cau-es ; while on tho other hand the Territ jrial Treasurer Treas-urer refuses to pay tho expenses of a court of which tho officials aro exclusively exclu-sively Federal. This leaves the court without tho means of paying juries, as tho authorities lit Washington also (le-cliuo (le-cliuo to audit and pay (ho per diem of such juries ; while tho local 'Territorial officials claim that the laws of tho Territory Ter-ritory in the respect alluded to aro valid and tho Territorial Treasurer re!'u.es to pay tho per diem of jurors summoned in any other manner than in accordance accord-ance with said laws. 'The authorities at Washington have heretofore refused re-fused to audit and pay these expenses ex-penses ; and so Judge McKean discharged tho jurymen summoned, sum-moned, sine die, and this Territory is left without law. 'To state tho matter more succinctly, Judge McKean claims that tho United States .Marshal has the right, ad libitum, to summon the jurors of his court, aud that tho Territory Terri-tory should pay their per diem. The local 'Territorial officers contend that jurors should bo drawn and summoned in accordance with Territorial law, and that if summoned independently of that law, tho 'Territory is under no obligation ob-ligation to pay, and will not pay their cxpen.-es. It matters but little t ) the people whether tho United States or Territorial Marshal reaps tho emoluments emolu-ments of tho ministerial officer of the court; but they are greatly interested iu having a court to maintain public order. A large and moth. y immigration immigra-tion is pouring into this Territory, attracted at-tracted hither by the fame of its mineral min-eral wealth, and tho effect of Judge Mclvean's decision that there could be no courts in the Territory, is an indirect indi-rect invitation to lawlessness that will be followed by mob law, unlets the proper remedy is applied to relieve the community from the evil consequences of that decision. It is objected to by those who support the Judge, that if jurors are drawn and summoned under! I the Territorial laws. Mormon inlluenees will control the courts; but do these gentlemen reflect what would be the consequence if tho selection of jurymen is left entirely to the discretion of a single individual, the United States Marshal. I know nothing prejudicial to that gentleman; but invested with a power so absolute, he can, if he chooses, decide every case that comes up for adjudication, aud bench, bar and juries might be dispensed with. Every one acquainted with the conduct of courts knows of the abuses practiced in summoning sum-moning jurors after the drawn panel is exhausted, and yet Judge McKeau proposes to dispense with the drawn panel, the only safeguard against such abuses. Divest the question of all extraneous ex-traneous matters, and it becomes political po-litical the old issue between popular and the one man power. |