| Show the enforcement act THE ALLEGED VIOLATION OF TILE THE ACT IN GRANT paris naris rab par ISIt it LA ARGUMENT IN TILE THE SUPREME COURT washington march 30 the tho question of the constitutionality of tile the enforcement or so called ku jeu kium klux ux tact ac passe passed by y congress in a 1870 has 1 been een cen ending pending for some t time timo a before afo the united cited states supreme preme premo court and today to day oay came up for argument the solicitor gen eral opened for the united states and will conclude tomorrow col coi onel BH marr of louisiana david dudley field and reverdy johnson will follow for the defendi ants the attorney general will then close cloae for tor the government the case comes cornea upon up on a certificate of division between justice bradley and judge woods sitting as the circuit court of the united states statts in louisiana three of the eighty citizens of grant parish tarish in that state who were arrested for alleged conspiracy to deprive colored men of their votes vois and brought before that court were convicted under that act the motion for lan hn arrest of judgment vas was aa based among other reasons reason cupon cubon the following F first rs f that the created treated by the sixth six tb section 0 of f I 1 the act net of congress referred 0 joao to and upon I 1 which I 1 section the counas are based are aie ale not constitutionally c i ution ally aily within the I 1 jurisdiction uris diction of the courts oft of the he united state states li a and nd because the matters and things therein ree reefred reier tred 61 to 1 are judicially cognizable by state tribunals only and legislative action thereon la is among the constitutionally reserved rights of the sev several rl states second because the said sold adt act in BO so far as it creates ofa of fences aces and jiu itu imposes poses penalties js is of tho con c sUt ution of the united states tates and an infringement of or the constitutionally tio nally reserved rights of the tiie several reveral slates states ana and tile the people anthis on this motion the tho opinion of justice justlee bradley brad ley vas was that neither of the cou counts ants WH wa good and wid sufficient in law fund find did not liot contain charges charged of matters indictable under the laws of the united states the lob iob loh of circuit jud jude judge e was just the ie levorse levarse vorse varse the case e comesup omes up at tile fri iii instance stance of or the government on cin certificate of this oivi Olvi division slon sion of opinion up the deneu denen d ants counsel among many other cases cited to chow the tiie lity of ot this law quote from the decision of the supreme court united Sta states tsin in th tho the eLouis louisiana iana lana slaughterhouse slaughter house houge to clearly prove that thai tiie tile the a t nelld ments tot too the thu constitution dp 0 ver atly ally legislation on the of or congress as was wal deye deVe developed lopeti lopett in the tile enforcement act the decision il will not be rendered torso me weeks but its very graat importance will give it an extraordinary and anxious ou interest N W Y |
