| Show THE OUT OF FUNDS mr cragin abel committee on the territories to mahout was wai referred the vill bill S no to in ia relation to the paying or of the expenses of the arrest custody slid anil trial 0 prisoners charged with uh territorial off enies in ia the llie territory of fl lii and for giber purposes hes line me n report it bijick without led and GA aik for foe its ila passage I 1 also IBO desire to ask for the llie present resent consideration of this bill it lie LI very brief and if the lie aedita will hear a short I 1 that I 1 will make sod loj hear abcar the iho loiter of the attorney general read I 1 think there will ie be no fro objection I 1 the biu bilt WM was read ral I 1 mr ir sherman if the senator reports front from the committee on territory Terri tor ien that there is ia st i for eucla an as this I 1 iball malce make no objection obJect ioD out but I 1 object to the pro proposed let the sensor senator state the amount yand and lot rt us appropriate it directly mr iller crain craan I 1 will state the reason eliy ll 11 chiq ik n bill i is put in this lipe pit the vice president it will still be open to objection after the senator airout new hampshire has hag con clu cluard iod his bia explanation mr fr cr train in 1 I iho he terri lariat legis lagias lature ture of abah ulah refused to make any appropriation for the expenses ci peneca 0 of the court for paying the 1116 les jur oro ori etc anit na they tensed fur a put pur I 1 p 0 annl n in that that I 1 low this lill bill lina has bl been reported I 1 P at cr in chiq forte form I 1 hill fa a I 1 letter from 1 ali bra attorney iloene rien general on abia subject aol aal d also anc an ex arom one aiom th the iari ceat t orney 0 rn ey 1 ni fir au decem Ui comber r 11 I 1 I 1 II 71 I 1 SIR I 1 ilia copy nr a letter just received from mr hatm tile the newly apin lel district attorney of umili it anil d call your special alien lion to hii big cemarka upon the or of fund forthe and jurors 1 I understand llie ilia difficulty iq bo 60 this the judges or of utah favede bided that under taj dat att tes ea harice s attorney ney I 1 and tile te are to be enforced by the united and not by the territorial olEc cra ond and tile territorial legislature lias has therefore reposed to appropriate funds for paying jurors and aej witnesses or for the other oilier ap expenses e noes of the conas courts tho the wage in in the llie lia iian been for the united states stales to bear tho the expense or of prosecutions for violations of the laws lam odthe athe united Sta states tesi and I 1 I 1 the territorial treasury to bear the other expenses or of holding the courts J I 1 tire am informed that tho the it bioni ons agal nat young and aia to others hers are under tho the territorial teni lorial laws I 1 I 1 I 1 very respectfully your obedient servant cr anti 1 A attorney general ho A it II CRA U US SS senate enate 1 I 1 will now read an extract from foni the letter of the district distri t at torney 6 to the attorney general after saying that at be has bis had bad lie abo ath b of tere 3 january a fixell fixed for these trials ho be bays in the mean time lee me die adv advise I 1 l cl joa that the maral marchal lial not only has not one cent of money to pay witnesses j jimora ji rora or the entire expenses expense I 1 of the coart but it ii fil already ready in in ad advance ran ce 8 everal thousands of dollars for expenses ca heretofore incurred irow ithen henn I 1 it pop sible ble for united states offic cra here to bring brin into court the witnesses and jurors to properly prosecute these deren dantA who aro are rich combined and able nice I 1 pause lor a rep reply ly brigham young lie in rich lie he hai big tali all the means to pay his hia witnesses jurors etc I 1 but the united states etca au lica ties liere here are penniless and a 1 mornion marmon legi lature will never appropriate a ecat cent it seems to ino ine that congress should at once be advised of the fact that there is ii uit not one dollar here in the tho hinda bands of the marshal to pay the jurors clerk i witnesses wilne MC and 1 th f r mi 1 1 A y CI j him ju kalunds to meet brigham you young rn j in court with the necessary esstry weapons to establish his biff guilt or to t demon citrate his innocence advise we nie how I 1 am to secure the bitne ses him yours truly C HATES BATES up 1 abed states district atty utah I 1 have also it a letter lette r here from judge mckann which is is to the be balne effect some parts of tho the letter I 1 do not earo care to read at present but it bears bean kioa this point ur tile tho expenses of tile the courts and how tho the mormon legislature 0 refine to male any appropriations lia for the purpose or where they do make them they arc coupled with such conditions that they camana bo be applied this bill was introduced lost march propping prop wing ap to divert a portion of the money which hall had been ampro printed by congress to pay the tha mileage and per them diem of this very ture tare for gottlie fott tile lie purpose of furnishing money to carry out these pro mentions money for the th courts simply to pay witnesses anil and jurors this ii 14 a statement of tie the CASO ill iii bricf much more might lie he said about it but I 1 leave it with what I 1 have said lawit ge |
