Show the organic act t this journal has asserted that the legislature of this territory violates the organic act whenever it suits the elcas tile ino or convenience of that body to do so tho the assertion is not an idle one the following statement of facts will prove that tho the assertion is based upon tile the record under the laws of utah tho the probate courts are clothed with an almost unlimited aut authority bority recognizing ing only the laws lairs of congress whan convenient and and the statutes of tile tho Teni Teril tory the organic or anic act does docs not contemplate that th these ese coil courts arts shall have such authority ity but it is 1 coolly set aside whenever the church chinch loaders find bad that it interferes with wilh their plans it is the intention of tile tic organic act 0 to o commence the jurisdiction of the district courts where the jurisdiction of justices of the PC peace ice terminates and the Act says that justices or of the peace shall not have jurisdiction in suits where the money money value exceeds one hundred dollars the le legislature i slature has ho however irever given given justices of tile peace unlimited jurisdiction where tho the consent of both parties ire are obtained and there is no appeal from a decision given in such stich a case the le legislature confers upon the district courts jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases when not otherwise provided by law and probate courts have in their respective counties power to original jurisdiction both civil and criminal as well in chancery as common law when not prohibited prohibit ad by legislative enactment in a word probate courts may try tiny case not specially provided for by the statutes congress never desi designed ned tho the probate courts to exercise any duty other than is usually assigned Z by custom to ench courts we thus observe that a probate judge 0 who is an appointee of the legislature holds and exercises more poyer power than a district judge who presides over a higher court till this disposition of judicial power can call have but one motive and however much that motive is disguised 0 by carefully carefully care full r worded sentences it is easily caily detected the motive is to pervert the proper administration of law froni from the united states courts to those inferior courts completely under the control of church leaders adeis le the probate judge of every county in utah is a judicial sovereign there is no crime so great that ho has as not cognizance 0 over it no trial involving in a life or liberty lie he cannot act upon no question concerning property he cannot decide and the right of appeal is no worded that lie he CAU call ot of his own decision prevent even evell it no authority is hi given in the organic ae act t for the estaba establishment of county cai courts arts yet we find them theil i coun ty of the territory the establishment of these courts without sanction of congress must be void ab aa reference to the ninth section of tile the organic act will I 1 enable I 1 any person familiar with utah legislation to see how that act has been beca violated in this territory |