Show TRY IT ON IN washington so 0 it has h pawned upon the winds minds ot of certain officials at washington D C that at iome some provisions previsions ot of the ed edmunds munds act and the law passed to supplement it are applicable to all places over which the united states have exclusive jurisdiction 11 it if there is one spot more than another where this juristic thop toa is and must be indisputable it is the region known as the district of columbia the seat of the national government is undoubtedly under the control control of the Nit national ional government ad subject to its laws the attention of the U S attorney for the district has bad been called to a house used for fer improper purposes ur poses so the newspapers gra gravely pub lie fie and the question lias has been submitted to film aim buether the provisions of the utah law faw in relation to certain sexual of fences are applicable le to this case the bublie 6 grins with adert derision first i the statement that a houses hou seis bald to be used borsuch lor such purposes is such a huge joke in a city that I 1 is notorious lor its ts fair surface aud and I 1 toul W substratum in that no one can at its mention see sec abd ii the idea of prosecuting any one tor for the common doings doloes of the town strikes most people as excessively lut dicross di crous i but bat the answer of the district attorney hash has been given and it Is of course that the laws against bi bigamy gAIDY polygamy unlawful cohabitation and certain vulgar crimes mentioned in the statutes to be special social for utah are of force in the district of columbia u ba and it is pretty well known that the administration is de enforce the laws jaws fairly and equally in every part of the re public so tar far as applicable this has made a bit ot of a breeze it may develop into something serious and why not it it is desirable that social purity shall be established in a territory oy many hundred miles away from the national capital why not inside of its own borders and of the balls where laws are en ea acted lai or the promotion of that end it will be interesting to watch progress of will ibbe it dropped like a hot potato or will some zealous advocates ol of reform hold on to it until something definite has fiss come out of it it the matter assumes no practical form for a lew few months it would be quite interesting to have the thing pushed home about the time for the next meeting ot of congress how i will it do to set get some deputy marshals en an the track of certain members who climbed over each other ether in their eagerness to shout their ayes in support of thaT the tucker bill and give them a taste aaste ol of their own medicine atwould it would cause them to have Is a realizing sense it of the meaning of a measure about which they knew nothing and cared nothing only that etwas it was agin the Mor mons this may be looked upon as badinage e but bat seriously we are in favor of tyle the enforcement of laws intended tor for all places over which the united states have exclusive jurisdiction in some t other spot than U utah tab and among some other folks than mormons cormons Mor mons what is wace lor for this territory ought to be sauce tor for the district of columbia and if the provisions against polygamy are proper t the he provisions against adultery ought to oe proper ag against alesta a Congress congressman mau or any other 1 person erson 1 who violates them where the they IF ire are in force and there lit 16 no reason which chean can be urged why spotters and should be used to nose out of fences in utah that may not be advanced with equal propriety in sup port of a similar coarse courel in washington 3 by sit all means let the law be enforced and according accordine to its terms and import this j jug ag handled justice most go |