Show THE ZANE ZANE RAKE A perusal of all the testimony given before examiner harkness Hark hi akness nesa in relation to the conduct of the receiver and his hi i s i attorneys in the church case makes clear the fact that the compromise was the very best beat stop step that could have been taken it was advantageous to both sides from every aspect its only object was to reach the supreme court of the united states so that final adjudication might be arrived at at the earliest possible date neither side orthis of this litigation could lose anything by the suit taking that direct course if any other line had been adopted and continue coutin uell aff affairs lairs connected with it would have been in a perpetual boll boil and bubble perplexities and heart burnings and difficulties would have arisen that by this measure have been suspended if not entirely prevented seeing boeing that the object was most desirable and certainly worthy why should it not be understood that until atlease at least a finality is attained by means of the decision of the highest tribunal of the nation there should be so to speak a suspension of hostilities all ali persons willing to accord to the defendants fend ants who abo are liable under this law to be deprived of their property the s slightest ll 11 eghte t degree of amenity could not but agree that such an understanding should exist and be lived up to why should tb there ere be such a disposition in certain quarters to rake up this matter and pursue with vindictiveness ti veness those against whom the law to is directed why should there be any desire to take from those who are thus pursued every stick and stone that can be dug up and clutched before even it is determined whether this can be legally done this point is worthy of special consideration in view of a decision being expected from the court of last within a few weeks from date it is a curious anomaly that the individual who formerly occupied the position of chief justice of the supreme court of this territory and has baa been chiefly instrumental in producing this raking up of affairs connected with these cases has since his deposition from that office made a declaration to the effect that he had bad serious doubts about the constitutionality of the law under which the suits involved have been brought he made a statement before the court of which he was formerly a member speaking of the edmunds tucker law that the subject of it was on the border of that on which legislators considered they had no right to legislate the reason adduced by him for this view was waa that it took a large amount of property from a church one would suppose that a person who has such an opinion would naturally expect although he himself decided that the law was constitutional that the supreme court of the united states would not act as a he has done judging from his admission contrary to its own opinion lon it Is supposable that he anticipates that the decision of the supreme court if it should consider the law of doubtful constitutionality will be conformable with that understanding and the doubt according to civilized jurisprudence be given in favor of those who are pursued and not of the pursuer A thus far the huge rake that has been introduced by the ex chief justice has gathered nothing but a small quantity of dr dry v stubble the straws have been headless and therefore he has garnered no wheat the theory in relation to corruption in the matter of the sheep transaction has been exploded by competent evidence the witnesses who testified being familiar with the subject and it is a singular fact in connection with this sheep affair that th the e receiver obtained I 1 I 1 more animals than the defendant possessed I 1 this is certainly not tremendously against the recel receiver ver from the standpoint of those who 4 are now pursuing him for not being 4 sufficiently exacting it is unquestionably tion ably against him from the standpoint of the other side because of his having insisted on their placing in his hands a large amount of property taken from a church which the church did not at the time possess and had bad to purchase 1 the anin animals fals for the purpose of placing them in his possession the disposition that has been shown in certain quarters to seize adze Q every box of matches and every paper of pins pine supposed to belong to the church would constitute those persons who have manifested it first class evictors evic tors of irish tenants the outrage being perpetrated here is worse in one of its features than the doings doing that are creating a revolution in the emerald isle in the latter country the people are being driven from property belonging to the evic evio tors in this territory the property of the people is being seid the idea of some persons regarding this free government Is that it is not a system which elevates and protects the A weak but which should be used to crush them and grind them to powder such characters are the enemies of mati mankind matzkind kind they have patriotism on their lips while their hearts are filled with envy and covetousness A they are the enemies of the institutions of this country the present phase of this property controversy tro versy is most shameful and disgraceful let tho supreme court of the united states decide the issue let that court say whether a people no matter what may be their religion or their politics are to be the victims victim of one of the moat gigantic and inexcusable robberies ever attempted in th name of law |