Show prospects of justice tho baw following g epenial i 1 l klipatch li patch from washington appears in iu the den denver ve i r tribune republican 0 of f september 25 tb the president had bad before him to day tho the case cue of the three mormon bishops who were convicted convict e d some eighteen mouths months azo in in arizona of unlawful cohabitation and aud who are now berring serving A sentence een tenca of three year years at bard hard labor in the detroit penitentiary and a fine of each it seems that these bishops conlu not be convicted of poly polygamy camy under the edmunds law and fence hence they were tried under a territorial statute against unlawful cohabit cohabitation aaion the th extent of the punt puo brient for which is six months imprison imprisonment m ent and a fine of the attorney general has examined into the facts and the law and he has recommended their pardon the president under these the circumstances will doubtless exercise the executive clemency the cases referred to in this die jis patch are those of elders tenney and kempe whose unjust incarceration in the detroit house of correction was brought about through and the wilful perversion er version of law in jud judge ge so inner cowards Vo howards wards court in arizona they bad not committed tho the of poly any pany as defined in the ed rounds act for this wag waa demonstrated by the evidence even unlawful cohabitation was only proven against them constructively but the law of congress and a statute of the territory orv were so 0 o thoroughly 1 I mixed and mingled t together og ether that the penalties of the former and the definitions of the latter were made to do united duly duty and the defendants were convicted of the lesser of offense and sentenced to the greater punishment I 1 having av only been technically guilty of unlawful were sen fenced for polygamy ral mairi marriage age occurred 16 years a and Kempes 20 years eara before indictment and both were barred by the statute of limitations their sentences were e an outrage on law aa well as Justi fustice ceJ and will stand to abo ever lasting infamy of fall all parties who were concerned in in tho the conal conspiracy iracy to cinch the mormons cormons Mor mons there never was a stronger call for official clemency clenie ncy than the cue of those brethren they have served more than eighteen months imprisonment in a prison conducted on the hard labor and ilent silent system over a year more than their alleged ill eged offense could justify as to time and the whole of it more than the law prescribes in degree for there ie is no hard labor in the lawful penalty Clet clemency neney is the only resource now but it is an i improper M term to use in relation to those brethren all that is asked for them is a small modicum offus of justice they have no business to be where they arc are and the facts pro tented to the 1 president ie Eident which are not disputed and aro undeniable leave no room for justice to refuse the application deseret news |