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Sunday, February 28, 1900.
Anyway, just leave the lid on polyg
'Amy. Apostle Smoot.'s forests arc getting
the pruning honk.
A State capitol building set ou a
hill cannot be hid.
Vou don't have to Rive any security
- in borrowing trouble.
Today February will play its annual
B: farewell engagement.
But the mossback would make a poor
subject for a moving picture.
If nothing else, Mr. Smoot contrib-
ules to the gaiety of the Senate. .
No Congressman knows wliat the
coming three days may bring forth.
Extremely lazy boys, however, somc
times grow up to be mighty good propb
cts. Pennsylvania is endeavoring to pro
lect the public from bad eggs. Why
not send 'cm to jail?
It 's a little bit peevish ou the part
of Philadelphians, though, to complain
of being afflicted with insomnia in the
daytime. ;
"For wisdom is better than rubies;
apd all the things that may be desired
are not to be compared to it." Prov
orbs, viii., 11.
"Whenever you hear a mau refer to
him familiarly as "Big Bill" Taft,
you may conclude that he is not seek
ing Federal office.
It does not appear to be necessary
for-the Now York World to engage the
secret service to discover who is be
hind that libel suit.
Philadelphia is chary of permitting
tlfe" Liberty Bell to come West. But
j.lio needn't be afraid we all are not
life Philadelphia policemen.
"ext Tuesday is to be a fateful day
for Senator Hopkins of Illinois; but he
nay console himself with the thought
. tliai. Mr. Roosevelt also goes out two j
days later.
Tt isio be hoped that the mouth of j
t robruary will r.ow hasten to get
through hajidiiig oiu its particular liuo
of weather, so that uono of it may drib
ble over onto March.
Our "prohibitionists" aiinourico a
determination to go on to victory with
hannors flying. They should bo able to
march on in full regalia, too, having j
ueen gorgeously trimmed.
Solomon Hott, a Columbus (Oiio)
h'rema'.i, committed sui;ide the " other
day by drinking carbolic acid. But
that's one variety of Hott Gnish that
nobody desires to witness.
Aud if Apostln-Sonator Smoot cares
to continue right aloug with his mirth
provoking activities, he could introduce
a provision for aeroplane inspectors,
equipped with diving bells.
Claiming to have been directed to the
tpot by spirits, a Chicago couplo have
begun to dig for three million dollars
which they fancy to be buried in a va
cant lot. But what, can they expect
to purchase with spirit mono'?
When Congress voted twelve thou
sand dollars a year to purchase autotno
Hj iJcs for tho President-elect, Senator
Bniley considered it to bo an insult to
tho horse. Now that Mr. Taft has per
sd'hally bought one of th.o animals with
the intention of riding it, muy wo hoar
from tho Senator that cruelty has been
added to insult?
UNLIKELY TOOD LEGISLATION.
So far as wo can note, there is little
prospect of tho passago by the present
LogislatiiTo of any geueral, ofloctive
pure food bill, or even a bill rightly reg
ulating the supply of pure milk nnd
butter. The official bill, as we may
call it. provides for a commission or bu
ronu to have chnrge of tho inspection
ami regulation of foods, and especially
of tho milk aud butter offered in tho
markets. This commission is to bo
composed of persons directly interested
in furnishing tho supply. Therefore,
those who arc most interested in im
posing on the public and cheating in
quality,, in weight, and iu grades, aro
tho persons to whom will bo intrusted
tho control of that whole matter.
It. appears that tho "Oregon butter
bill," so called, is in deep disfavor with
the creamer- men, who appear to bo in
control of tho situation and to bo able
to persuade the Legislature as to what
it shall or shall not enact in this line.
The incongruity of providing: for a
commission to bo largely controlled by
tho very persons who ought to be
watched, is so anomalous as to be a
startling surprise to any one who may
bo disposed to investigate the question.
The theory of tho law is that these per- !
sons require tho regulation. "Very j
well," they say to tho Legislature,
"ict us rogulnte it ourselves." Mani-'
festly, prcciseb tho same result would
ensue under a programme of that kind
as though thcro wore no legislation at
all anywhere on tho question. For
to say that tho. very interests involved
aro to have charge of the inspection
and regulation of products and tho en
forcement of the law. is to givo away
tho whole case. Of all persons who
should not be on any such commission
or compose any such bureau, the men
who aro to bo regulated and whoso
product is to b& inspected and held
to cortain standards and grades, arc
the ones who should be excluded from
such authority. It is idle to pass legis
lation such as this that seems to be now
I proposed, and that is being, bandied
for the Legislature by those very in
terests that the passage of the law
would admit need to be regulated. But
if they need to be regn'atcd. that regu
lation should manifestly not bo by
themselvos If it is right for them to
regulate, they will regulate without the
law just as well as with it. Indeed,
they will probably do so much bettor,
because under the law thoy would com
biuc for their mutual protection, and
the law would be a shield for impure
foods in place of a moasurc to secure
pure foods. The very purpose of the
law, thorofore. would be corrupted at
its source, and no good from ifc. could
possibly be expected.
Under tho Oregon butter law. there
aro certain regulations and require
ments, as the handling of cream with
respect to its acidity, where the butter
from one class of cream is to bo brand
ed as standard quality, first class, and
onotbor grade as second quality. Tho
handling of the milk. a'so. is specifical
ly regulated, and all are required to
conform to certain standards and es
tablished formulas. Of course tho in
terests that Tiopo to compose at least
half of 'this Utah commission, and to
be entirely iu control of it for tho most
part, object to the Oregon butter law,
because it is specific, direct, and not
to be evaded wifliout. direct swindling.
And those who evade it are pretty cer
tain to be caught and punished.
It is useless for Utah to legislate on
this matter at all unless it legislates
"in a common senso way aud provides
impartial and expert means for carry
ing out in good faith the purpose of
the law. The Legislature should be
on the alert on this question, and es
pecially the committees should not al
low themselves to be dominated by the
very interests which it is the purposo
of the law to call to account and compel '
to do the right thing by the public, j
If there is to be legislation at all. let
it b.e such as impartial judgment and
fair intelligence would direct. If it
is to be a mere blind, lot that fact
bo known also. The people will not
support any such a sham and fraud
in legislation any more than they
would be disposed to sustain sham
and fraud iu bntter, milk, cheese, or
any other food product.
AGCUEACY IN METERS.
A good many measures have beon in
troduced at the present session of tho
Legislature, to protect tho people in
various ways. Thorn is what may be
termed the official pure food bill; an
other bill specially aimed at impure
milk, and forbidding tbo sale of uiilk
from any but healthy cows. And
there is a bill "to prevent the use of
defective devices for testing tho
quantity and value of milk, cream, but
ter, and cheese." All of which bills
have a good purpose.' and aro designed
to protect the people in matters where 1
the people caunot very well protect
themselves.
Wc wish to add a suggestion along a
somewhat similar line, where the peo
ple need protection for their pockets,
in additiou to tho proposition for tho
protection of their health. We refer to
the matter of gas and electric light
meters, Almost everybody has a com
plaint against those. As current coin
on this side of the question, we quote
au editorial-page item from the New
York Tribune of some months ago, as
follows:
' The loyalty of the faithful gas meter to
Its mastur continues to be displayed In
the pinet "touching" manner. During
the month of Muy the public service
commission caught GG8 meters, alleged to
be running at largo, and examined them
s to their morals. Only S7 proved to be
righteous. Of tins rest, liiO were cheating
Ihft gam company out of .vnts on
cvory dollar, wnllc the other CS2 were
playing thft same scurvy trick on house
holders. Thus, we sec. honor Is half as
prevalent ns dishonor among well, among
gas meters.
That testimony can be followed up
and added to by any ono who has to
do with theso meters. Every ono suf
fers from this "loyalty to their mas
ters." Now. what we want to propoao
is that there shall , bo by law a re
quirement that such motors bo true and
impartial, recording no moro gas or
electricity as usod thau is actually used.
Wc understand that makers of electric
meters send them out scaled, and guar
anteed to do absolutely accurato me
tering; but that tho seals arc broken
and tho mechanism tnmpcred with so
that the gunrnntco no louger holds. Tt
is qui to possiblo that o companies
don 't o.aro about that guarantee, any
way, as it is only a protection to the
user, aud stops any over-measure. Tt
is easy to comprehend why it is the
consumer and not the company that is
interested in the guarantee of accurato
measurement. Now, will it not bo a
good idea, therefore. to'Snact that nouo
but scaled and guaranteed motors
should bo used in this State? With
that done, tho customer being able to
read tho meter, no over-charge would
bo likely. Wouldn't it be a good idea
to try it? "
THE WISCONSIN OASE.
The Wisconsin Scnntorship enso is
assuming a curious phase. In that
Stato they have primary elections, and
at tho primary election last year the
candidates for Senator were voted for.
Mr. Isaac Stephouson, ono of tho State's
present Senators, was a candidate to
succeed himself. He received moro
votes than any other candidate, but
not moro than tho others combined;
consequently, although tho legislature
is very largely Republican, a number
of tho Republican members thought it
was not incumbent upon them to vote
for Mr. Stephenson. Ugly charges were
mado also that ho had used "a barrel
of money" in tho campaign. And so
tho balloting procoeded day after day,
nnd has so proceeded until now, with
no declared election.
A New York paper, however, pointed
out not long ago that on tho first day's
balloting, when each House voted sep
arately, Mr. Stephenson had tho ma
jority of votes iu each House. Tt would
natural!- havo been the procedure next
day, therefore, wheu tho two Houses
mot in joint session, to read the vote
in each House and show that Mr.
Stephenson had tho mnjority in each,
and thereupon declare him elected. Tt
appears, however, that this was not
done; that the president of the Senato
who presided over tho joint session, de
clared tho motion to this effect out of
order, nnd directed the clerk to pro
ceod with the roll call. By that time
tho opponents 'of Stephenson had mus
tered in force, and he was not ablo
from that timo forward, to command
tho nccos?ary majority. And so under
the direction of the presiding officer of
tho joint session of the two Housos,
there has been a balloting day after
day as that joint session met until now,
without result.
But sinco the pointing out of tho fact
that Stephenson was really elected on
tho first d3''s balloting in each House,
tho Stophonsou forces have rallied to
that suggestion, and havo secured from
tho- Governor and Secretary of Stato a
certificate of his election. This certifi
cate lacks nothing of the usual form
except tho declaration of tho succeed
ing joint session of the legislature that
Mr. Stephenson had beon elected by
tho majority vote of each House. Tho
probability is that this certificate will
seat Mr. Stephenson, and that tho elec
tion will be held valid, in spito of tho
failure of the joint session to make
a declaration to this effect. The law,
after all. only requires that tho legisla
ture shall elect; nnd tho legislature
having elected, there would appoar to
be no ronsou to deny Mr. Stephouson
his seat merely because the joint, ses
sion failed to declare that election,
which had, in fact, been had.
It is a curious situation, however, the
first that has arisen bringing this point
to a test, Wc bcliovo that Mr. Steph
enson will win, and sinco it is not in
the least likely that the Legislature
will elect uuybody else, he will prob
ably be seated in the next Congress.
PROTECTION IN SIN.
Suppose that the people wore to get
up here and confees their sins. It would
doatioy many Innocent persons. Does
Texas know about It?- No. nor vou about
one nnothor, If you will be "wl.se and
confess your wrongs where thoy ought
to bo confessod, and keep the knowledge
of them from every person It ought to bo
kopt from In this way you will have
strength acnlnst tho enemy, who would
otherwise buffet you mid say, "Hero Is
your wIckcilnosH marie manifest," and
would overcome you and destroy all the
confldenre you have in yourselves and In
your God. From sermon by Brlgliani
Younir in Salt I.nke tabernacle. November
0, 1S5G: Journal of Discourses, volume -1,
j pago 79.
! We arc not in the habit of copvlng. or
paying any attention to. scandalous
stories thut appoar In the column." of any
paper. Deucret Nows cdltorlnl, January.
10f8 (Kponklng of Joseph jr. Tanner's new
polygamy).
So it appears, according to President J
Brighaui Young, that tbo harmt'iilness
of sin is in being fouud out in its com
mission, or to confess to it. And tho
Descret Nows appears to entertain the
same idea, for tho reason tljat it did
its whole "duty," from the priest
hood's point, of viow, in shiolding from
the law and public condemnation ouc
who was well known to be a sinner and
a criminal.
But there is another peculiar doc
triu6 set forth- by President Young in
this sermon: and that is that confidence
in oue's self and in the Almighty is to
bo retained only through keeping eocret
the knowledge of ono's own sins. This
is partially explained, however, in the
warning that when the wrongdoing of I
the priesthood becamo known to the
"enemy." meaning the "outsider," a I
weapon of destruction was thu3 made
available against tho sinners. It was
tho teaching at that timo that tho Lord
would prcsorvo tho saints against tho
machinations of tho wicked Gentiles. Tt
is obvious that if disaster should hap
pen to them, on account of their mis
deeds brooming known to "outsiders."
tho faith of the saints might have been
considerably shaken, both in tho Al
mighty and in tho men who protended
to speak for Him. And so, in order to
rctnin the confidence of the people, the
hierarchy advised them to bo very care
ful as to exposing their secret misdo
ings the reference to Texas being par
ticularly suggestive of tho advisability
of keeping knowledge of their affairs
strictly within the Territory of Utah.
Tho action of the Dosorot. News in
suppressing tho facts concerning Joseph
Marion Tanner's offending against, both
the cominaud of tho church and the law
of the land shows that tho "lovo and
fellowship" claimed to exist in the
priesthood of tho Mormon church today
includes this sort of protective doctrine;
and it is ovidencc of tho impossibility
of securing conviction of criminals of
the Tanner stripe without tho assistance
of that priesthood. Thero is no use to
plead that his kind aro fow, and are
thoreforo deserving of considerate ex
emption on that account, especially
after training and environment arc con
sidered in tho rockousng. If tho law
against polgamy wero properly en
forced in this Stato thero would be
still fewer defiers of that law. With
tho facts in viow, why any man should
desiro to removo polygamy from tho
categoo of crimes in this Stato is a
mystery.
Tho Tribuno has heretofore intimated
that the hierarchs were preparing for
tho opon ro-establishmcnt of polygamy
and polygamous practices under tho
protection of Stato sovoreignt'. Has
tho timo arrived?
ITS RAILING VILLAINY.
The only paper in tho city which
made light of tho Republican prohi
bition mass meeting, which misrepre
sented its aims and objects, and poured
out vials of scurrility upon it, is out
in a long wail because the other nows
papcrs in this city did not follow its
example in thus assailing the project
ors of tho meeting, lying about those
who got it up, and falsely stating the
incitement thereto. It took a good deal
of dyed-in-the-wool mendacity to treat
that meeting the xv&y the Sinoot
"Mouth" treated it. But now its
whine because the other newspapers in
tho city treated tho meeting decently
and refused to join in its abuso and
misrepresentation of it, is the suprem
acy of insolent, mendacious gall.
It is hard to understand the position
of any publication claiming to bo a
newspaper, that would indulge in the
stupid misrepresentation of that meet
ing that tho Smoot "Mouth" did. It
is harder yet to understand on what
basis that vile organ of dograded par
tisan bossism and stupidity should
claim that other papers ought to join
in its scurrilous and villainous misrep
resentations. Its position iu this is so
utterly false, so scandalously ill taken,
that it seems as though the odium of it
should have been enough to content that
organ, without its impudent claim that
the other nowspapcrs of the city ought
to have joined it in its miserable at
tempt to poiut out to them how thej'
could have obtained political or parti
san advantago by joiniijg it in do-1
uouncintr that meeting.
The meeting referred to was a rep
resentative one; it was composed of
respoctablo pcoplo; its object was moral
aud commendable in that it meant the
uplift of humanity nnd tho removal of
temptations from many who arc unable
to resist their appetites. That the spe
cific prescribed by the meeting would
probably not effect tho object aimed at
is nothing to the purpose. The meeting
itself is what is to be considered, and
what was to bo reported. Thoso com
posing it had a right to erpect fair
treatment from tho newspapers of this
city, in every way of respect. They had
a right to bo reported fairly aud with
reasonable fullness and accuracy. Thoy
had a right, basod upon tho purity of
their intentions and the uprightness
of their characters, to claim that much
from the press. That they did "not get
it from the Smoot "Mouth" and did
get it from the other papers, is sim
ply to .the disadvantage of the Sinoot
"Mouth" aud to tho advantage of tho
other papers. And if tho Smoot
"Mouth" wishes to befoul itself with
the vileness of misrepresenting a meet
ing like that, it speaks well for tho
press of this cty that it is alone in
such depravity.
But isn't it a pretty stiff proposi
tion that a newspaper should bo chal
lenged for making a fair and honest
report of a public meeting of responsi
ble and representative 'citizens on a
great public question? And doesn't
the fact that tho organ of the "Fod
oral bunch" makes this challenge, on
that ground, afford a fair measure of
Lbo depth into which the politics it rep
resents has fallen in Utah?
HE "FETCHED" THE GRAND jtjey
Last Sunday, the president chastised
pome of the apostles and bishops who
were? on the grand Jury. Did he fully
succeed In clearing away the fog which
surrounded them, and In removing blind
ness from their eyes? No, for they could
go to their room and again disagree,
though, to their credit, it must be admit
ted that a brief explanation mado them
unanimous In their action. From sermon
of President .Icdedlah M. Grant In Salt
Lake tabernacle, March 2, 185C: Journal
I of Discourses, volume 3, page 233.
Ah! Those wero tho good old days!
If the brethren wanted to "get" a
grand jury, thoy arose in the "taber
nacle of the Lord's house" and ripped
'om up tho hack, and slashod 'cm
down both sides and across the middle,
until they, could make their minds be
have. What business had grand jury
men to think? was what Brother Jede
diah wanted to know. WI13-, the inso
lent upstarts! Were not "those placed
in authority over them" thoro for the
very purposo of "directing thorn in all
things spiritual and temporal"'?
You sco, it was often desirable to
givo tho grand jury a "hunch" that
indictments were to bo confined to cer
tain quarters, and that certain other
localities wero to be " inadvertently
(overlooked" in the littlo matter of
causing individuals to step to tho front
and explain their personal conduct. And
that nccossity never once arose in those
"good old days'"' but tho brethren wero
nblo to meet it sometimes with the
honeyed word, and at others with tho
prod that was sharper than the ser
pent's tooth. By ono means or the
other, tho brethren "nailed 'cm to tho
cross."
And when "tho authorities" desired
to "get" a judge of a court who was
not of their selection, and who was
proving to be so rebellious against the
priesthood as to make it a bit uncom
fortablo for some- of the members there
of, thoy usually succeed in driving the
official out of the Territory by tho "pe
culiar" methods at the hierarchical
command, of which there were go many,
so very many, and which tho brethren
know so well, so very well, how to
utilize.
Of course, here and there throughout
this community, there- may be .some
feeling of regret that "tho good old
days" havo passed away; but wo ven
turo tho thought that thero is a groat
preponderance of joy that the- havo
gone, never moro to return. And this,
too, oven though tho cbango is duo to
tho Gentiles those terrible "enemies
of the kingdom of God on earth."
I WHERE CIVIL SERVICE FAILS.
Wo notico in a rccont issue of tho
Fireman's Herald of New York, that
the City Council of Chelsea, Massa
chusetts, is petitioning tho Legislature
of' that Stato for a law to relieve tho
fire department of that city from tho
burdens of civil service. Tt is held
that tho civil service examinations aro
utterly demoralizing to the fire depart
ments; that those who can pass tho
best civil service examination are the
poorest firemen, the least courageous
and effective in work, and the most
prone to shirk danger and avoid manly
risks. 4
It appears that the fire departments
of towns and villages in Massachusetts
aro exempt from civil service laws. As
stated in tho Fireman's Herald, with
the exception of Boston and a fow full
paid members of other cities, all the
fire departments of the cities of Mas
sachusetts were exempt from civil ser
vice laws up to July 1, 1905. At that
timo tho State Board of Civil Service
Commissioners, "for no just reason,"
placed all the cit3 fire departments
uudcr State civil sorvico laws. It
seems curious that that commission
would bo able to do that in the ab
sence of legislation, but that appears
to bo the way thoy do it in Massachu
setts; and the effect ha3 been so bad'
that now tho cities are petitioning the
Legislature to got them out from under
the rule established by the civil sorvico
commission.
Tho expressed intent of tho commis
sion iu imposing civil servico exami
nations for the fire departments was to
eliminate politics and put tho depart
ments on an entirely independent basis.
But while tho firemen aro not opposed
to nny proposition that will keep poli
tics out of tho departments, they claim
that to put them under the civil 'ser
vice jurisdictiou is providing a rem-cd3-
that is worso than tho disease. At
first tho firemen did not object to tho
placing of the departments under the
civil service, because they supposed
that good would result. But it ap
pears that thcro was nobody in au
thority in the civil service commission
that had knowledge of tho fire servico
aud the uecessnr- qualifications for
firemen. The result was that the rules
formulated for the examinations did
not apply in a practical way to the
i applicants for servico in the depart
ments, and the working of the civil ser
vice is pronounced au unmitigated
curse. "Civil sorvice," it is said,
"has been a worse evil many times
over in most fire departments thau poli
tics ever was, and it has uot by any
means relieved some of the departments
from politics."
All of which is a thoroughly prac
tical answer to the universal claim so
often made of the benefits of civil ser
vice as applied to public affairs.
CONFUSION AMONG- THE SAINTS.
The meeting was. first of all. n magnifi
cent demonstration for prohibition, but.
It was also a notice that the people- of
Ltah aro not slaves of party leadership,
but that thoy demand of their political
leaders to do what Is right, nnd that, onlv
so far as they lead in tho pa the or right
eousness, can they command the rank
and file. Dcserot News editorial. Febru
ary 25. 1000.
Tt Is the president of the church that
receives the revelations of God and an
nounces the law to the church. That Is
the law-making pdwor of the church;
there is no other. Tho people do not leg
islate for the church. The voice of the
people Is not the voice of God President
T5. . Roberts in Deserct News, January
Have I made myself a sot becauso
liquor was kept for sale by Z. C. M. 1.? "I
am not the worse for It, thank tho Lord.
And who else Is? No one, except the
pious Mormons (?) who In opon. dav or I
under the cover of night would go "Into
the drug store and buy liquor to drink.
" Tf he could not pet It there, he
would not patronize Z. C. M. I. at all, but
would go somewhere else to deal. From
sermon of Josenh F. Smith in Salt Lake
tabernacle. April fi. 1S0S; official report of
conference, page 11.
Ilere wo havo the statement of the
Descr.et News that the people shall rule
that in effect "the, voice of the peo
ple is the voice of God." Then wo find
Elder Roberts, whoso works on Mormon
doctrino aro accepted as being among
the most authoritative in the church,
denying the assumption of the News,
and placing tho solo law-making power
in the president of tho church. And
finally, President Joseph F. Smith is
discovered as defending tho sale of J
liquor by tho church mcrca'ntilo insti-
i ti tf 011 presumably presenting the
I 'word of tho Lord" on that matter. J
It may bo that the church organ will
argue that it was speaking of matters
politic, and that Mr. Roberts was deal
ing with a religious subjoct. But the
argument, will bo of no avail, because
tho Nows itself sometimes declares I hat
tho Mormon people are tho most free
of any denominational body on earth,
both in religion and in politics; and
that condition ennnot prevail except
it bo conceded that "tho voice of the
People is the voice of God." At an
other time, when defending tome par
ticularly alrocious usurpation perpe
trated by tho hierarchs. the Nws will
take precifely tho position stated by
Mr. Roberts. No dependence whatever
can be placed in its utterance, and the
only recourse is to lake tho facts and
conditions as thoy really exist, and draw
couclnsions therefrom. Following along
this line, we assort that not oven in this
recent "prohiibtion" movement were
the Mormon pcoplo free to act. They were
forced to sign petitions against their
will, or they gave jheir signatures
thereto without any consideration of
tho cause to which they subscribed, un
der pressure of their "filo leaders." Tbo
wholo affair was engineered by Apostle
Heber J. Grant and others who rallied
to his assistance solely because thoy ap
preciated his influence as an apostle,
and imagined that it was their duty
to second his efforts on that account.
And this reminds us of a statement
made by Mr. Grant in the Salt Lake
tabgrnacle on March 15. 1008, as follows:
I thank God that no man who deals in
or In any way handles liquor can bo In
good standing in the church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints, and that 'tho
benoflts of those In such good standing
cannot accrue to such liquor dealers.
' When it is remembered who are tho
gentlemen that operate- the liquor busi
ness conducted by Z. C. M. I., it is a
wonder that any individual would con
sent to placo himself under tho leader
ship of one who would give voice to au
utterance of that kind. Mr. Grant was,
himself, and undoubtedly now is, a
stockholder in that institution, and yet
he aud his fellow' brothren who have
similarly invested would feel highly in
sulted to be told that they were not in
good standing in the church.
The entire hodge-podge, so far as the
Mormon church is connected with it.
has undoubtedly killed "prohibition"
deader than the notorious doornail and
the prohibitionists of Utah' can thank
the church, its political representatives
and their deal with the liquor interests
for that defeat.
BUSINESS AND TRADE.
The week has shown somo important
business development?. One of those is
tho trust deed given by the Commercial
ciub, amounting to $250,000, for the
construction of its new clubhouse, cor
ner of Exchange place and tus
street. This iusirts an energetic push
ing of the CGUsrru.-titn on the admira
ble plans which havo been adopted.
Other important business operations
have been the lotting of tho contract to
build tho Jordan and Salt Lake canal
culvert at Parley's creek crossing, and
repair the conduit at tho East Mill
creek crossing of the canal; and the bid
to build the west side aqueduct along
N04I1 Temple street. Both of these
are important" matters, and the latter
is especially important in that its in
clusion i ti the proposition submitting
the bonds to vote secured a consider
able support for tho bond issuo by
those interested iu this aqueduct. It is
to be hoped that this aqueduct w.:j be
snllicifutly advanced by the time of
the spring meltings to carry off the
flood water.
Trade in the city during tho week
has been strong and active. Tho bank
clearings show a gain of 26 per cent
over these of the corresponding week
last yeor. All kinds of trade are fair
ly active and the markois arc well sup
pliail. Tho building operations of ti.e year
have begun in earnest, aud with the
mild, plonsant weather prevailing, thero
is nothing to prevent the energetic
pushing of work. The frame work of
the Dooly block, corner of Second
South and First West streets, shows up
strongly, the active .work ou the Com
mercial club block, the pushing of the
Mr. In tyro building, aud the gcuerad ac
tivity manifest throughout the city in
the building line, all promise extreme
ly well for tho ensuing season.
The real estate, operations are in good
form. a'nd. with the practical certainty
that no prohibition legislation is to be
feared, tho prospect is for a good year
of real estate activity. Prices aro well
hold, but every one knows that invest
ment in Salt. Lake realty is something
sure and profitable, so that the demand
for property is always good. Impor
tant singlo sales are reported from
time ro time, and the aggregate of sales
is always' important.
The mining industry is getting well
on its feet, and undoubtedly this will
be a good year for tho mining men. The
properties aro producing handsomely,
there are new and better facilities tor
the treatment of ores all the time, and
the indications offer great encourage
ment, in this directiou. The smelters of
the vulley have less to fear now than
for a numbor of years past on accouut
of vindictive law suits bv the farmers,
aud the immense rcduciiou works being
j constructed at tho point of the moun
tain west of the valloy arc adding im
mensely to the ore reduction facilities
of this region, making it ono of the
most extensivo and thorough anywhere
in rho world.
This is likely to be a good year also
iu the railroad line for Salt Lake City
and for Utah. Tho Western Pacific is
pushing on rapidly, and its promise of
a through track in tho fall is every
where recognized as a surety. On
Wednesday of this week the Lcgisla-
1 -jj,
ture will go out west on this track ta ' I' t
the salt beds, with a viow to ascertain. 1
1 mg what legislation is necessary ta ' r
deal with the aalt proposition whon the
quest ion has " been thoroughly pasgG(1 '
upon by tin? courts. The UnlverMU JSC
chillis all the salt lands under the cn 3?E
fb.ing act, nnd so far ia the winlfolfew
with the l.kelihood that it will &
tunic so to the end. 510
The MolVat road will undoubtedly ht
hoard from strongly tho present voar i &'S
in its construction towards Salt Laic, I revm
Uty from Steamboat Springs, its prcs. ffe'f
cut U-rmii.uH. This road has had ill feet
mendous duties to overcome in g H i V$
ting across the range and from Kremtn. frcn
ling ovrr to Steamboat Springs. Bui &c f4'
now tho difficulties aro entirely over. Sitae
come except as to the main tunnel j n '
which is boing bored through the Hockv "
raugo, and construction will be com i 7
panilivrly rasy until the raug,e!
tweeu the headwaters -of the DucZno :
and of the Provo is reached. Then vel1
later on doubtless the line which 11 ' WC
scheduled to bo built down the Provo t
river and around tho mountains and.,' S 'f
up through the narrows to Salt Lake 1
will be shortened by tunnolbg the 'li t
range this side of Parley's park and' In J
down cither Parley's or Emigration i 5-'a
canyon. ; gmpc:
The prospect of hostile legislation 5)ntn
against the railroads is hazy at pres- Saiiw
ent, and we may reasonably erpect to ; 0
be spared this at this time, so that ;$Dj?
railway construction will not be dia- ' Mce
couraged. It will undoubtedly be found ' MeI
that all of the main transcontinental 1
lines-the Chicago & Northwestern, the Sit?
Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the ' SkP
Hock Tslnnd, and the Burlingtonmust
all build to Salt. Lake in order to get '-V'
the advantage of the railroad connec r &
tions hero which will lead to Portland, : fin'"1'
to Los Angeles, and a choice of two' ' '3
lines to San Francisco. This will be to '
tho immense advantago of all thoEO 'fW"
roads, which now have to turn over'ilA p
thoir transcontinental business at Om- Vl
aha or at Denver. ' ?!j
The season 's agricultural interests I h
aro assured, in that tho deposit "of ': VD'
suow is ample; and the wool interests!-,1
are assured, in that the sheep on thej
desert have had ample water and for- J ciwis
age and arc pretty certain to come ontif2l'b01
with heavy fleeces and on to the Bum
mcr ranges in good condition. ) jtHo
In the country at large, the com-K
mercial agencies note some expansion ftcm t
of trade, but disturbances caused bv jjiscH
price reductions in iron, steel, and;-1
other metal markets, tho wcakcess in jkran
securities, and the near approach of Wge.
the tariff revision unsettle progress. It1?'atr.
was expected that there would be a
considerable revival in the metal in-Uiimsi
dustry by reason of these reduction! 1 V o
prices, but this has not been had. 'The -,t1
copper market i3 weak, with symptoms l e
of decline, and the lead market is dull. : sntts.
Stocks are uncertain, with a markefcj'r 0
that docs not bear any pressure il
breaking. There is an abundrMfei:- '
moue3v-but this money prefers invest-
ment in bonds rather than in stocks. :,fc),Sflr,
The bond market is strong and advanc-
ing. The glut of money continues, hut itlt
is somewhat relieved by tho bond of---h
fcriugs, which recently havo been verv ' Pa
great. " j Wh '
Tho return to the old-time prosperity &vr
seems to be by fits and starts, with oc-! S- n'
casional drawbacks, and, although thei;
financial, industrial, and commercial fetslv
basis of the country is overvwhere rgf ij.'t:i
ognized to be sound and treiuerioosM SJjE
strong, thoro is much depending upon ij?!'
tho crops of the ensuing season to con-: tilh co
tinuc tho advance towards the former r fnr
prosperous conditions. sin 'l
I " 'lTin
Wo want to stato right here and nor
that if the Des Moines plan doesn't ; gjs.
provide for a Salt Lako population of ajijj
two hundred thousand in ninetcen-len, wines
we're forninst it and will fight it from rj
the drop of the hat to a finish, barring '; i? wj
neither short-arm jabs, swings to the . $jrej.
n'aw, rib-roasters, chin poke3, pivot
blows, uppercuts or nose-tappers. Any
old thing above the belt goes, the win-'! Jl(ln'v
ner to take the whole cheese. Comes'ir
ou! ' 'l?81.
ing
A member of the Legislature is re- :-ijira
ported to havo said that he wanted pro- t. '
hibition, but that he wanted it in the u 'foOdy
future. Probably meaning that he s'j
would prefer to set it far enough in I'iikj
the future to get it about the ' time 'j ift thr
tho saints aro to get that promised re- ! j
ward for the payment of tithes. i ii suit
i im
The 'English suffragettes arc dote' jspi!!
mined to compel the government
show its hand with respect to eirjfcv
"rights, but tho question is, can they oea4:R (
the government's hand? "fW
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BUT THE BEST. i
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66 Peacock"!
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S8 SOUTH MAIN. JIJ i,
Phones Bell Ex. 35. Ind. 2600; 0
CREAM OF VIOLETS.
A relief fromTChaps and Tan and
Freckles. wA'" ty
TOOTHACHE JELLY. MM oY
Instantaneous Relief from Toothache. Jfljy Jt
OQUIRRH PHARMACY. (j jp1"- 1
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