Show st POINTS NT 11 IS As soon as tho the gr grand and jury was empanelled empanel led on mondy his honor began hig charge in Bub substance stance as fellows follows the grand juries of this territory wro were different from those in the states here they occupied a dual position represented both the united states and the territory in tho the states they had two juries one for state and tin till other for united states business tile the grand juries were a big power and aided the government materially in establishing good order and ity among tile people they should bo men of integrity and judgment so BO as to be able to detect crime but should not indict from a malicious malici oue or vindictive lve standpoint neither from fear feir of loosing a rest reward rard or the good opinion of anyone should they allow men to go free who were guilty of crime in short th they cy should do their dut duty y honestly and fair lyas they sworn to do united states business lias has the preference over territorial and if any persons aro are in jail awaiting tho the action of the alie grand jury they should give their cases casca consideration at an early date in this territory there is a p ps culiar state of affairs existing and it is your duty said his honor bonor to investigate ill all infractions of the laws against polygamy and uti unlawful lair cohabitation it scorns to ili me e needless needle to pay eay to you that these are arc very common crimes in this territory polygamy and unlawful cohabitation are virtually two crimes polygamy is one crime and unlawful cohabitation is another the one consists in tho the marrying of more than one woman the other kotlier in the living with more than one woman a nt t the kaniat time as wives now you know a well as I 1 do and every citizen here knows that there is a political civil and religious organization which is id hostile to the government ernin brit of the united states tin this s organization is fighting tile the government all tile tho time teaching hostility to it you know this as well as r rdo do and in enforcing c these laws you may may expect M act to meet in e et with perjury arid and lying in every direction it is your duty to stop it enforce these laws no matter what tho ho consequence is to you couo or r mo ancor or anybody else the government of tal the united stoics cant afford you vou cant afford is as citizens of tile the united states to see sec the laws ignored continually it must not be allowed and cant lie be allowed when it man says sa s I 1 am not a fro frei e man but I 1 am a slave to a church a po organization that man is ii unfit ft to bo be a citizen of tho the united states lie ile is a slave lie ho is ig not a man and ho is is um unworthy orth y to be called a citizen of tile tho united states ile iio is not his hia own 0 nii N ii master and such euch an organization tb that at enforces eucla C a condition of affairs ought 0 to be crushed crus lied and broken up a and nd it if B your duty to see as ae far as you are arc conca concerned ailed riled that it is broken A up we cant afford for it to stand and the booner it is broken up the better it willbe will be if this thing was broken up lip to today oday o day the territory would be prosperous it keeps back tho the interests of the territory and but for this state of affairs we would have baa one of tile the most prosperous territories in tile the country anti and it is to the grand jury that wo we look to break this up ile he then briefly re ferretto the more common crimes of larceny la reeny kidnapping reduction tion incest etc antl and remarked rentaro ed that though there such crimes as ag the last two there were no laws lawa to I 1 0 mako inake them punishable A man could marry mother daughter and grandi grandmother nother an nn dhave it sanctified as is lie he called it gambling Ga tabling was rag a 1 crime that should bo be stopped ilu also stated that tho district attorney might act as ar interrogator or of witnesses no one but ilia grand jury must bo be pro pent font when A hen a vote is taken ile iio enjoined secrecy upon tile members as they had been sworn to observe notwithstanding tile the asin in funds arrests under the E edmunds ds aw awa still till and doubtless wi will 11 con inne |