| Show jUSTI JUSTICE CIC LONG itte wn dusenberry ot of provo p ikpe ato just returned from an important J W d to the nations capital over years ago the collector of i i revenue rt venue for the government Y V S we late 0 J hollister levied a tax r awn certain scrip which was used by of the territory institutions rt oua a ita atter r of convenience in paying employed emp loyes c cash ash not being always le the scrip sc rip obtained more or f SM circulation according to where lua by what places issued but it was regarded as currency much less SS of usurping the functions V S bitses tender no less than y as aa such taxes was waa exacted institutions a great hardit the he time much greater than it S have been in later years alfh ao ai burden unjustly imposed t becomes less a burden because 16 improved ed circumstances of the n tt thereof A test of the matter anally made it reaching the su preme court of the united states by which the imposition and collection were pronounced illegal last january senator rawlins introduced a bill providing for the refund of the money and judge object was the pushing ahead of the measure it would seem to be about as little as the government could properly do in such a case to return money which its agents unlawfully took away and any steps looking to such return should be accelerated rather than retarded doubtless with a full understanding which sometimes is much more satisfactorily and speedily gained by means of personal interviews than through the routine of legislation there will be no opposition this we understand the judge hew haa fully attended to and such being the case those to whom the money belongs should not be compelled to go without it much longer |
