| Show i heroit IE alie followings fol lowins telegram shows united slates commission els would do with alio spirits if they lind the power the report of be utah commission was made to llie secretary cf alio interior lodar lo dar the genvo a detailed statement of alic of alic work of he G diun the past year alicy recommended alno alm piss igo of n law siring the first or acal difo the as at coni inon law or sonic oilier equivalent interest in the real they al 0 suggest to the execution of provisions of the hw ahe or justice should bo fur a fund to be specially applied to that purpose that as tho justices of the peace in utah aro nearly all mormon it would be wise to confer concur ent civil and crimi oil jurisdiction upon the united states they also say wo would suggest tho advisability ot considering n law for the appointment by the gornor or tha di judges of and county officers who ire naw As wo lave previously shown that congress lad legal to logs into for tho tem except in ic lation to its own property pro porty it ia unnecessary in this article to go over that ground again nor is it to refer specially to the right of can giess to appoint officials for the territories wo assume that no anch right ia delegated iu abo constitution ution and chal lango proof to the contrary congress has heretofore assumed unlimited jurisdiction over tho territories and catered to popular clamor against tho mormon people and iu moments of excitement has to loose sight of tho fact that our in a similar manner by great britain anly n ago the court LAS ruled that tho territorial legislatures havo a right to legislate on all rightful subjects of legislation and certainly madriago mai riago and lower arc rightful subjects of legislation tho very morals of society aro based on the subject of marriage the territories havo full power to mako their own laws in relation to their bochl status that being a rightful subject ot iun the above ruling is in accord with the constitution which gives all rights to tho people |
