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Show 210IIALH AT Till! ATI0XAI, TAI'ITAI. Tllrnr. laa piece of flno aarcaam, whither Intended or not, lu l'rtaldcnt llarrlaon'a remarka on tho crime agalnatchaatltylnthe Dl.ltlct of Co-lumlia. Co-lumlia. Iloiayr: "ThnAllorney (leneral and alao tho Conimlailonerofttie tllatrktorCulumbla call attention to the dalectUeueaa and Inadequacy In-adequacy uf the hwa relating tuerltnoe agalnal ehKtlty In tho IMatrlct ot Co-luinbla. Co-luinbla. A atrlngent code upon Ihla auh-Jett auh-Jett lua liean provMed by Congrcaa for Utah, an I It la a matter or aurprlae that the 1100 la of Ihla dMrlrt ahould have bet 11 eo long overlol(kd., ' ltla pretty well known lhat,auppoa-Ing lhat,auppoa-Ing tho polygamoua practlcM alleged to prevail lu Utah wero aa alnful aa thoy were aald to be, they were caat In the aliade by tho Immoralltltaand vlcca tolerated In tho city of Waahlnitou under the ahadow of thecapltol. It la rated aa one o( the tnoat prolllgato cltlea In the Union. Home time au n moro than uiually flagrant cue of unlawful cohabitation waa proatcuted In tbe coutta of the Dlatrlct under tho lMnviude act. Although Al-though the law la made, In toinu, aj pllcable tu "placia over which the United Statea haro exolualve Jurledlc-lloh," Jurledlc-lloh," and the Dlatrlct of Columbia la apeclally mid lmllaulably under that "eicluilro Jurladlcllon," tho couila ruled that the law dlj not apply and Iheahameletadifeiidant wtnt uupuu-l.hcl. uupuu-l.hcl. Thallawa ahould bo framed for 11 Territory over two thouaind inllee dlatant, while right under the noata of tbe leglalitora Crimea wero commltteil that were a natloua! acandal and no enaclmcnta were made agalnat thoin, argura very little for the aagaclty or eleo tbomotahty.oraliicerlty.of the lawmaker. law-maker. Htrlngent lawa agalnat unchattlty In the Dlatrlct ofColumbla, If enforced, would make a terrible ihallng up In certain quarter?, aud one of the charina of the capital to eome claaaea of vliltora and ofllre-holdert ofllre-holdert would eoou be dlaa!ated. Wuahall watch to too what kind of ablllwllllio Introduced and ibhiI at thla aenalon of Congroaa, for purifying the aocUl atmoahero In which the Itadera In natlonafairktra llve,and niulu and have their being. |