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Show CHIME IN THE TEBBITORIES. S,.jnr yi ars ago John Titai w;w i.'iii'-f Ju.itii'e A L'Lih. It was during tin: v.ir of the rebellion, when many 1' -p' r.idoes from Ujth North and nlh t.jn:.il tlieir way westward, and Uw-d.-fyiiig m.-n w.-re numeroiw all thi-ough tiietireat B.i,in. Yet Judge Titus ejjd'-avorttl tu enforce the laws as he- found th'-in. The 1'robate CjurL- wi re- Kii.-taiin.tl, and when ap-pt-als i-ri; tak'-n from them to the iJi.-trirt, Courts the law w;w luluiinis-tr-n J with vigor and impartiality. 1 lie r-s.ult w.is that during that period thr re'eord of L'tah showed com para tiv.-ly little berime. Judge Titus is now (Jhh-f Jit-ilice of Arizona. Knowing Know-ing the old man we can well believe that he still endeavors to honestly nd-ruiiiL-t. r the law; yet the telegraph wire la-t Saturday night brought in-t.-lligi-nee of the hanging at Tucson, Arizona, of four notorious murderers by the people, ni masse, who believed there was no other way by which jus-tire jus-tire could he secured. When the manner in which the law has lieen administered in Utah for the past three years is coasidered, the marvel Is, not that deeds of blood are becoming frequent, but tint they have not been much more numerous. Occasionally judges of honesty, honor and ability liud their way into the Territories: but as a rule they are either incompetent, incom-petent, corrupt, or superannuated, unu.-hed judgeships in the Territories that their Washington friends may be relieved of their ceaseless importunities. importuni-ties. As a result, the Territories have been cursed and crippled by them, and notably as in the case of Xcvada they have often Bought Statehood before the' were able to hear the burthen of sovereignty to bo rid of this fearful incubus. While government assumes to govern the Territories so much, and keeps the pioneers of future greatness to the country deprived of several important rights which citizens of the States enjoy, en-joy, the least it ought to do is to send measurably honest and competent officials to them, or make such ofli-ec:s ofli-ec:s elective; and not burden its "wards" with men under whose rule criminals grow bolder and more reckless. reck-less. There is no question that much of the crime in the Territories is directly di-rectly traceable to the manner in which the laws aro trifled with, and justice mocked, by those wlio sliould enforce the first and honor the second. |