| Show correspondence EVASION ON the the action of the supreme Teme court of the united states slates in the snow and cannon cases Is toky to ay the least ex conflicting and evasive theCa naon case was reached by A body of learned expound ers of the law who are not only well versed in the administration of j justice asti ce but upon whose rulings depends depend 4 the honor of american jurisprudence loosing at the matter squarely it is evident evi delit that the supreme court considered thattie that it was within its J juristic 1 tian to act in ia the cannon case as presented otherwise that body would not have he heard ard aria meats from each bid side 0 anthe issue neither would that court have rendered a lengthy decision and filed it in the archives of the nation as one arrived at according to law ard and justice what are intelligent citizens of this nati onto think of the supreme court of the when a few weeks later a kindred case icart apostle snows is presented to that august body for adjudication the court n not 0 t only dis misses it for lack of juried jurisdiction in the prey premises aisea but tries to obliterate all precedents in III order to prevent attempts at future futures appeal eal for justice by ignoring entirely thear their previous action in the cannon case I 1 it the judge of the third district court of utah can turn judicial judici somer saul looks as if the Supreme court of the united states was not perpetrating things in that line Is it any wonder that we hear it spoken on the street corners as and in the highways highway a and byways that such rulings rall are eva sive and in the nature of j judicial uricial abamo I 1 lles lies when a government cannot meet an issue iskui fairly and squarely in ia accordance with the principles of its I 1 constitution without having to uphold acts of injustice to carry ity its point that government will willmott most su surely loose dignity and respect in the eyes eps of god and al all I 1 civilized nations SF S F gi salt lake city may 18 1886 |
