Show CAN THE CASKS CASES BE APPEALED question of the right 7 of appeal to ta the supreme court of the united states in the cases of tile the auditor and treasurer surer is under by bly the tha supreme court of the territory views are freely expressed that though there ought to be an apfell on such au important maiter the change in the act ot et congress requiring the amount involved in the dispute to be not less instead of 1000 as for lormer merman ly shuts aduca out the present cases from review because the salaries of the officers are not equal to the specified sum but setting aside the financial aspect of tile the cases to there is another side than that above presented the appeal in our opinion should be granted for an altogether different reason the act of congress under which the right to appeal in these cases is claimed w wa passed march 3rd ard ia 1885 and provides as follows no appeal or writ of error shall hereafter be allowed from any judgment or decree in any suit at law or equity in the supreme court of the district of columbia or in the supreme court of any ot the territories of the united states unless the matter in dispute exclusive of costs shall exceed 5 the preceding section shall not apply to any case wherein is involved tile the validity ot of any patent or copyright or in ia which is ia drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute or an authority exercised under the united states but in all such cases an appeal or writ ot error may be brought with out regard to the sum or kalua in dispute 19 A writ of error was sued out under this act in the snow cases appeal having been denied by tile the utah courts and the supreme court of the united states decided that the validity of no statute or authority under ane states was called in but the construction of a statute aud and therefore on oa that dismissed the cases tor lack of j jurisdiction it is supposed that this ruling will apply to the present cases but bat a little reflection will show that there is a radical difference between the two positions in the snow cases only tile the construction of a united states statute was involved in the present cabes loan an authority exercised under the united states is called in question and the law expressly provides for an appeal in such cases the authority in dispute is that exercised by the late governor in attempting by alleged authority under the united states to appoint men to offices which 11 had ad been made elective by teri toria law the whole litigation turns orn on the question ot that ailL authority hority if it were not for the claim and exercise of that authority there would not nave been any ally such case for the consideration of the courts should the supreme court ot of the territory as is not improbable refuse the appeal we have no doubt that a writ of error would be granted by a justice of the supreme court ol of united states and that thus the whole matter will come up for review before the tribunal which should give the final decision ot of course will settle the tae matter legally but if it is decided that the people of utan have no ri right 1 lit to say who shall handle their mo money u ey which they have devoted by taxation for the transaction of their own business tile the situation will be wrong in principle and in opposition to fundamental law and the undoubted rights of cit citizens zens in a popular government the organ of the ex governor raves over our dissipation of its claim that the ruling of the utah court is a vindication of his bis course and tries to ring ra bedri in n a number of issued issue that have no bearing mg upon the question it also as usual and a matter of course entirely misrepresents our position in regard to it and continues to claim that it is 96 a perfect vindication of the defunct official it fails however to show how bow the decision vindicates him in the least particular and is as mad as a hornet because we have proven that its apology is no vindication and that its pretences pretenses only put the deposed officer in an unfortunately co conspicuous position ire we repeat our advice if the fellows who led the man by the nose to his ruin rain dont want anything thin said that is disagreeable to efin mm and to them they should cease slavering him over ove with false adulation and stop claiming Iv indications for him which do not vindicate but only occasion comment that might not have been provoked As to their abuse abase if the poor creatures had bad not net the NEWS to curse and revile they would print many columns of mighty i ng matter the end is not yet by any means and it is no indication that a community in determines to become a law unto itself because it exercises all the rights which belong to it under the tae law for the purpose of maintaining ing rights that are regard regarded eq as the inheritance h e of all free people in every free country since the above was in type we have received the ruling of the territorial supreme court denying the appeal we have no space tor for comment on the decision |