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Show Just History ' By Albert F. Philips Forty yeara ago today Jeremiah Sullivan Black! etsteimsn and Jurist Ju-rist dlsd and of whom tha supreme court of tbe United States said after aft-er his passing on that "Ha was a lawyer, profoundly versed In the aclenet of law and worthy to be ranked with the greatest and ableet of our age." He was a etrong friend of Utah. On the twenty-ninth of September. Mil. Judge Black In ths city of Washington, delivered a powerful argument which waa ad-dr ad-dr eased to the. aecrelary of the Interior, In-terior, In the abeence of the president presi-dent and the attorney general. In which he pleaded tha cauea of the majority of tha people of the territory terri-tory of Utah agalnat the Kdmunda law, tha Hoar amendment. Governor Murray and the Utah' fo.tim lesion. And sgaln In February lias, be delivered de-livered an addrees In which he opposed op-posed the Kdmunda law and pleeded for the right of local aelf government govern-ment In the territories Thla latter address waa mads to the Judiciary committee of the house which then had before It' another "antl Utah measure. Back In 1! there was trouble bs. tween the federal Judges in tbe territory ter-ritory and the leader of tha Mormons Mor-mons regarding an attempted ar-reet ar-reet of Freeident Brlgham Young who had been accuaed of complicity In an act of counterfeiting, which waa shown to be without foundation and mattsra in connection with the Moantaln Meadow maeeaore. Judge Black, then attorney general of the United States, under dsts of Msy IT, wrote President loung thua: - The condition of things In Utah make It extremely dealrahle that the Jiidgea appointed for that territory ahould confine themeelvea strictly within their own sphere. The government gov-ernment haa a dlatrlct attorney who ra charged with tne duties of public pub-lic acouaer and a marshal who ia reaponalble for the arreet and enfe-keeplng enfe-keeplng of crtmlnala. The Judgea are to hear cases preeented tend determine de-termine then impartially. The governor gov-ernor le tbe euprema executjve of the territory and ha alone la responsible re-sponsible for the puhlte peace. He concluded "the preeldent la very decidedly of tha opinion that the governor of the territory alone has power to Issue a requisition upon the commanding general for the whole or part of ths army and that troopa ought not to have been aent to Provo without tne . concurrence of the governor." Thle ended Judicial military opera op-era t Ion of the federal Judges In Utah. During Judge Black s career he waa attorney, general In Bu-chanan'a Bu-chanan'a cabinet aucneedlng Louis Csas and wbsn tha Ctvtl war was near he vigoroualy opposed any Interpretation In-terpretation of tbe constitution that 'would Justify accession or prohibit The president from aupprsasing Insurrection In-surrection or protecting federal property. He was eouneel tor President Andrew An-drew Johneon In the impeachment trial of the preeldent In Hat. but . withdrew when tbe president's answer ans-wer waa filed. Agam when the electoral commission was crested in the Hayes-Tllden eon teat tit I7s-7 Judge Black waa one of Tiiden's counsel and afterwards wrote an able argument against ths decision ef the commission - In favor ef Hayes. He wes a brilliant scholar and converaationallat and held lie alarm auaee la the baa |