Show DOES NOT APPLY A press dispatch to the papers on the western coast contains alic information hint justice chief justice or the appellate court which has recently been considering the case of millard II 11 Crawford who was some time ago charged nith seducing n young girl at washington has rendered a decision to the effect that the edmunds tucker law docs not apply to the district of columbia the decision is a startling one since the district of columbia is as much under the jurisdiction of the united slates as utah idaho arany ui luc that provides for the punishment of people for certain of fence in one of them and not in the others is strange indeed it docs not smack much of justice and certainly doc not accord with the principles upon which this glorious government was founded but the decision is in accord with the views expressed by us concerning the anti mormon legislation that said legislation was not intended to reach crime but aimed at the institutions and beliefs of a religious people it is a remarkable thing that the line is being drawn so as to show clearly to the world the true inwardness of the crusade which has so bitterly conic against people |