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Show A cheat many people think that tho federal government ought to have authority au-thority to go into Louisiana and prosecute prose-cute the mon who lynched tbo Italian bandit.). If such authority wero conferred con-ferred upon tha government at Washington, Wash-ington, no different result would be reached in iv case liko this, If the I'nilod Slates district attorney iu Louisiana Lou-isiana wero charged with prosecuting offenders who had done injury to the persons of alieus, he would bo as powerless pow-erless as are tho state officers. Kvcry action of tho kind must proceed from tho deliberations of a grand jury, and if an indictment bo found tho accused must bo tried by a jury of the vicinage. It would still be impossible to punish the offenders in tho faco of public opinion, opin-ion, and Italy could not secure compliance compli-ance with her demand that thoy shall be made to sutler for their acts. |