A REPROACH TO MEN. desire to know what it all means. vacant, because the officers elect have IN THE early days of Utah's settle-doubtless startled a good many of the not qualified according to law, has ment, when "Mormon” rule held sway and civilization is said to have had no influence, in those times of "Mormon" barbarism and lack of "Gentile" refinement, people never locked their doors at night and a woman could travel, on foot or in a vehicle, alone at any hour by daylight or in the dark, without the slightest danger from man. Any departure from the strict rules of virtue was SO rare that a case of un chastity was a shock to the whole community that stirred society to its depths and caused greater sadness than a death. We understand that the objection is, Under the Organic Act of Utah the office under the laws of said Terri tory." Some persons have construed this to cover all the offices in the Territory, whether elective or appointive. But examination of the Organic Act The change that has come needs no and other laws of Congress, and also description from us. It is sometimes unsafe for a man to travel alone at night in Salt Lake or Ogden ond no woman ought to be abroad after night fall without an escort. We were led to these brief reflec. tions by the following, in the North American Review for January by Oscar Fay Adams, which shows up a state of affairs that is really "a reproach to men" and a disgrace to so-called "civil ization:" "Think for a moment what is implied in the single fact that in no part of the world is it deemed safe for a woman to go alone after dark, nor, in many localı ties, by day even. It is not enough to and the chances of the dark." In plain The term qualify has a definite taking of the oath of office. The word meaning in the law. It signifies the qualify is used sometimes as equivalent to making affidavit. The swearing-in of an officer-elect is what is legally understood as "qualifying." That this does not include the receiving of a commission is evident from the wording of the law quoted above, which says. concerning officers re elected, they shall "give bonds, qualify and be commissioned." The commission, then, is not part of the qualifying. It is merely evidence of election and qualifying. It is not required within twenty days. If some officers who are required by law to be commissioned by the Governor have of the laws of the Territory, will show not made application they should do so that there is a clear line of distinction at once. They will then find out what between them. Some officers are elected views the Governor has on this ques others are appointed to their several tion. He will doubtless be governed positions. It is the appointed officers by the law. If there is yet legal time who are to be commissioned by the to obtain the proper commission, as Governor, under the general provision there appears to be, the difficulty will of the Organic Act. be removed. If there should be a vacancy in the But there are some elected officers who are required to obtain a commis-office of Justice of the Peace or of sion from the Governor, and among Constable, the County Court is authorized by law to fill the vacancy until the next general election, and the person so appointed, whether it be the present incumbent cr another, must not only qualify but obtain a commission from the Governor. these are Justices of the Peace and "Each justice of the peace and constable Section 271 of the Compiled Laws has the following proviso: It would be well for all persons who were elected to office last August to see that they have all the qualifications and authority and documents necessary to the legal discharge of their official duties. ERNMENT BUSINESS. "That each person elected or appointed THE FARMERS' ALLIANCE ON GOVto any county or precinct office shall qualify, as by law required, within twenty days after receiving notice of his election or appointment, and all persons re-elected to any office, thereby becoming their own successors, shall, when so elected, give bonds, qualify, and be commissioned by the Governor, as in other cases required by law." man will seek to rob her of her honor. ALLEGED VACANCIES IN CERTAIN Thus it is clear that Justices of the Peace and Constables and also all persons appointed under the laws of the Territory, and all who are re-elected to any office thus becoming their own successors, are to be commissioned by the Governor. County and precinct officers must August have failed to qualify as by THE announcement that a very large number of offices to which persons were elected last August are JOW tained. A DEMAND of the Farmers' Alliance is that all telegraph, telephone and railway lines shall be owned and oper ated by the government. The objections to this measure are insurmountable. It would throw a wet blanket over in lividual enterprise, the field of which would be immensely curtailed. The only progressive policy for a nation to pursue is to permit the people, so far as practicable, to transact their own business. The government should only do for the people what they are unable to do for themselves. In nations where this policy is adhered to the people are active and progressive; where the opposite condition exists they are comparatively far in the rear of the van of advancement. Above and beyond all the evils that would grow out of such an ownership as the Farmers' Alliance demand, is the result politically. A situation would, under a system like ours, be evolved that would imperil the exist a measure It then quotes our first article ex- falsehood that can be proven such out posing the deception practiced on the of his own mouth. In the pretended American people by ascribing the statement about the Mountain Meadow authorship of its literary hodge-podge Massacre he says concerning some of to the oldest Mormon in the Rocky its alleged perpetrators: "They live Mountains," and says: in this city today. They nod to me in the streets and I nod back to them." "It went into this matter with full detion before the country, and to persuade termination to bring the Mormon situaCongress, in pursuance of President Harrison's message, that prompt action was necessary. "The identity of the 'Old Mormon' who made the original statement is a matter of subordinate interest. "We do not assert that this venerable member of the Mormon Church was still living in Salt Lake City. What we asserted was that as a contemporary of Joseph Smith he knew the history of the Mormon Church from its inception." How could this mythical "Old Mor mon" nod back to these imaginary murderers in this city if he was not still living here? The editor of this romancing magazine is one of those persons who ought to have good memories, but like others of his class, he fails at a critical moment. We do not question the right of any editor or publisher, whatever may be To this we reply, the "Mormon" his motive, to gather up from any Church has not thrown down any source he may choose, stories and gauntlet, nor made any threats, nor arguments however fictitious and foolhurled any anathemas; it has certainly ish, however ancient or novel, and atdone nothing of the kind in reference tack "Mormonism" with his badly to the mean and money-grubbing pub- stuffed club. But we protest against the lishers who have palmed off their re- infamous meanness and despicable hash of old fables as the handiwork of fraud of displaying this fabrication as a "Mormon." The Church has said the work of a "Mormon," and of putnothing on this matter. The DESERET ting into "Mormon" lips the vile sentiNEWS is not the Church. Its utter-ments and bloodthirsty expressions ances are its own and the Church is which are as foreign to "Mormonism" All these Utopian demands go to not responsible for them in any way. as they can be to any truly Christian show that it is not difficult to point out That religious organization is no more system or to auy peaceable individual. the glaring evils that are afflicting the likely to take official action as to the nation, but it takes statesmanship periodical that has used this contempof the highest order a thorough tible means of increasing its circulaknowledge of political economy-tion, than to proceed against the yelping to present measures that would tend to of a hungry dog. What individuals or mitigate and, at least, hold the wrongs the DESERET NEWS may do or say will in check. The trouble is that men organize into classes and make extreme demands with the object of aineliorating the situation within the circle to which they belong, without taking a broad view outside of their immediate The gives its case away in the environment. Hence, what they remark that "it went into this matter" imagine would benefit their own class for a purpose. And still further in say would be of infinite damage to the na ing that "the identity of the 'Old tion at large. This being the case, Mormon' is a matter of subordinate they themselves would ultimately suf-interest." It was the deliberate falsefer in common with the whole. His-hood that made an "Old Mormon” tory teaches emphatically that no portion of the people can suffer under the laws without the whole nation being detrimentally affected. be on their own responsibility. There the author of the articles which the The further statement of the editor: member of the Mormon Church was The twaddle now being issued in the same magazine on the polygamy question is open to the same objection. It is evidently made up by the same haud. There is nothing genuine about it. The pretended arguments in support of polygamy and the purported replies are bogus, and contain no sound reasoning on either side of the question. They are manufactured like some of the testimonials to quack medicines and with a similar object, which is purely mercenary. It is a movement in the lowest gutter-ways of journalism. OUR DEGRADED CITY. JANUARY 22 we received a call from an intelligent-looking soldier, of the Fort Douglas garrison. The object of his visit was to request us to publish a fact which might be of use to people suffering from a malady of which he had recently been cured. He had been terribly afflicted with rheumatism, from which he had endured the most excruciating agony. In the hope of obtaining relief he paid frequent visits to the Warm Springs, in which he not only bathed, but also drank freely of the water. The result was that in two weeks the rheumatism had disappeared. Not only had he been benefited in that regard, but dyspepsia and nervousness with which he had also been to some extent affected, vanished as well and his health was as sound as at any time in his life. In addition to his desire to induce people afflicted as he had been to try a remedy so simple and efficacious, he desired the NEWs and other journals to urge the retention by the city of the Warm Springs property, that it might be operated as a public benefit, to be used by the people free or for a nominal price. We needed no convincing upon the point made by the visitor. We have always been opposed to the sale of the Warm Springs property or even to leasing it for more than a brief period. The intimation of Mayor Scott that the city finances were at such low ebb that it might be necessary to sell that valuable property to replenish the treasury is absolutely appalling. The present administration went into power a year ago, with a round sum on hand, left by their predecessors in office; the taxation has been higher by from two to five times what it ever was before, and the expenditures have been so lavish, largely through the increase of officials, until they have become a multitude, and yet more money is called for. The “Liberal” administration has been a veritable quicksand into which the funds of the people have been sucked and swallowed. The visit of the soldier brought up THE MONEY-MAKING SPIRIT. President of the United States. The New Orleans Weekly States, speaking on this objectionable national charac teristic says: The most marked trait in the American character is the desire to get rich and make a grand display. This is a "This ostentatious parade of riches by fact that the most superficial observer Americans in Europe has become a recannot fail to notice. The desire to be proach to the national character. Forcome wealthy is fast assuming a phase visitors that they can get but they laugh eigners take all the profit from American of semi-insanity. No other consideraat hem while they fleece them. American tion seems to occupy the minds of anually and spend from two hundred to tourists number a hundred thousand anvast majority of the American people, but that of making money. A wild, unauthenticated report from a mining district will set whole communities into an uproar about gold and silver. We have seen what occured in Okla homa a couple of years ago, when men went clean crazy to grab the lands of the Indians. It can also be seen that the latest disgraceful excitement regarding the Indians was caused by men yearning to get rich. When money-making assumes phases of this kind it is a national evil. the school entertained hopes of getting rich and two thousand dollars each, or more, making an aggregate of a hundred milmatrimonial trade for titles and "posilions, to say nothing of fortunes given in tion!" Talleyrand never dreamed of the tremendous wealth the American people join his countrymen in their ridicule of were to possess, but if living he would American extravagance and monetary their ludicrous aspects and the abuse of osten ation. All kinds of abuses have wealth by the ignorant is no exception." are splendid virtues, but when thrift Thrift, economy, industry and energy honesty, and industry chicanery, then becomes avarice, economy becomes dis it is time for the moral and religious As far back as 1794 the Frenchman, reformer to cry out. A nation that Talleyrand, visited this country. He worships the golden calf cannot remain was a close observer, and a remarkably a nation long. A people who rush shrewd and sagacious thinker. In his madly to see Jay Gould, and leave Memoirs he relates many interesting Whittier to mope in a hovel are a peoincidents of his American visit. He ple who are mentally slaves to wealth, dwells especially on the money-mak- vanity and display. ing propensities of the people of this nation. In every environment, the dominant impulse was to get rich. The ano her phase of the municipal gov-plowman, the peddler, ernment of Salt Lake. He said he teacher, the trapper, and in fact, every was in this city thirteen years ago. It class that he came in contact with Was at that time the most respectable, orderly and moral city he had ever been in. Since then a revolting change bad occurred. He had only been here a short time, but it had been sufficient to prove to him that the place had been completely transformed, because now dens of vice of the most debasing character exist everywhere. "Since my arrival here I have written to my relatives that when I first visited Salt Lake it seemed really like a city of Saints, but now it is more like a city where devils have been getting in their work. I am not an angel myself, but I have been struck and disgusted with this change for the worse." man. asked Talleyrand narrates fully a conversa- In this recognition of the fearful The Latter-day Saints cannot imbibe an inordinate spirit in the direction of money-making without impairing their spiritual growth. It is not improper to seek to obtain wealth so long as it ismade a secondary and not a primal object. And the efforts should invariably be accompanied by a desire to do good with the means acquired by personal effort and the blessing of God. the words of the Prophet Jacob, deAt this point it is appropriate to quote livered to the Nephites with regard to having too great anxiety for riches and in relation to pride, both of which, community. (Book of Mormon, page are more or less exemplified in this 131): the word which I declare unto you, that "And now behold, my brethren, this is many of you have begun to search for gold, and for silver, and all manner of which is a land of promise unto you, and precious ores, in the which this land, to your seed, doth abound plentifully. "And the hand of providence hath smiled upon you most pleasingly, that you have obtained many riches; and because some of you have obtained more abundantly than that of your brethren, hearts, and wear stiff necks and high ye are lifted up in the pride of your heads, because of the costliness of your apparel and persecute your brethren, bethey. ca ise ye suppose that ye are better than "And now, my brethren, do ye suppose that God justifieth you in this But he condemneth you, and if ye perthing? Behold, I say unto you, Nay. sist in these things, his judgment must spe dily come unto you. pierce you, and with one glance of his "O that he would shew you that he can eye, he can smite you to the dust." A TARDY SUIT FOR LIBEL. THAT is a pretty heavy libel suit which was entered January 23d in the Third District Court against the Salt Lake Tribune. The particulars will be found in another column. They recall some interesting incidents of the last municipal election. the occasional improper course of some of the Territories. chance for any person attached to the The gentleman who has planted him Mr. Barton brought with credentials from eminent lawyers, judges and other public functionaries in the East, acted as became a gentle man, and so far as we knew, did nothing to excuse the scurrilous attacks which were made upon him by the vilest paper under the sun. True, he worked with and for the People's Party during the municipal campaign, but did so as a lawyer and was not employed to do anything morally, socially or professionally improper. offered as to his apparent tardiness. There are some other affairs connected with that election that ought to be ventilated. There are some rogues who ought to be exposed. There are criminals who ought to be prosecuted. The time has not expired within which legal action may be taken, and though justice has been put off, we hope it is not in these cases entirely defeated. It would have been worse than useless to attempt anything in its cause some months ago. There may be some prospects now. We would like to see We are of the opinion that the the matter tried. Even if no rascal charges so recklessly made against him was punished, much corruption and in the columus of the "Liberal" organ several scoundrels would be exposed, entirely without foundation. and that would be of some benefit to Conclusions were jumped at that the community and might hinder, were not warranted by any if not prevent, a repetition of similar substantial premises. And even frauds in future. it the surmise that Mr. Barton wrote certain articles that appeared in the Chicago Herald were correct, it would have formed no justification for the shameful vilification to which he was subjected by the blackguards who assailed him. were where it originated, when that body gets down to other business than the force bill and measures to muzzle its opponents, the bill to which we refer may become a law. As it is designed to affect all the Territories we here give its full text: "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States the Supreme Courts and the respective of America in Congress assembled, That Judges thereof established in the Territories of the United States, and the Judges of other courts of the United States exercising jurisdiction in any of such Territories, shall respectively have habeas corpus in such respective Terriexclusive jurisdiction to issue writs of tories, any law in any of such Territories to the contrary notwithstanding." THE AIM OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ONE of the most significant signs of the times is the gradual resuscitation of We hope this libel suit will develop the power of the Roman Catholic the facts in the case. The Church. It is in a fair way to absorb parties defendant will have ample the Protestant sects, which appear to opportunity to show whether be hopelessly affected with religious they had any justification for the at- consumption. The mother church is tacks on the complainant, and he will accumulating strength and, strange as be permitted to vindicate himself be- it may seem, her power has better and The refusal of the scrub registrar, fore the public, particularly the people larger scope under democracy than who set himself up above all courts of this city, among whom he expected monarchy, because by the operation of and redcedents, to permit Mr. Barton to make his home and many of whom her vast clerical machinery she can, by to practice before his buncombe Mighti- were prejudiced against him by the commanding votes, dictate terms. ness, was prompted by the falsehoods attacks of which he complains, so that Political power and the sustaining of the Tribune. And one is at a loss to he felt compelled to move to another sentiment of the masses circumscribe decide whether grotesque impudence | place. Let truth triumph and let all other earthly influence. To the or impotent malignity predominated justice prevail! accumulation of these forces the in the action of the "Liberal" Roman Church has set her energies in tool of the "Liberal" organ. operation. We have in the past directed attention to the fact that she was aiming to again become mistress of the CONGRESS still finds it necessary to world, and we observe that such a legislate for the Territories. We be- view is gaining ground. The Sydney lieve that in doing so, after recogniz-|(Australia) Quarterly Magazine some ing or conferring the power to legislate time ago devoted a lengthy article to on "all rightful subjects" within the this important subject. Speaking of Territories themselves, Congress ex- the power of the Jesuits, the writer But said: A BILL TO REGULATE "HABEAS It may be objected that the gentleman is tardy in bringing this action against his libelers. It does look as if a year is a long time to wait before vindicating his character in this legal manner. But there may have been good reasons for this delay. It is well known that there was considerable excitment just after the election and that party feel- ceeds its legitimate authority. ing ran very high. It was also well some justification for congressional "Never in history did Protestantism understood that there would be small action in this respect may be found in present such a promising aspect to her foe, and can anyone doubt that she will be prompt to take advantage of it? The eventual triumph of democracy affords strong grounds of hope to Rome. The great science of wire-pulling has been developed and perfected by Democrats. The great thing in a democracy is to command popular votes; and who are so skilful in doing this as the Jesuits? Let us not forget that "union is strength," and then look at that mighty example of it presented by the Society of Jesus? Where is there upon earth an army, a society of men banded together for any purpose whatever, that is so perfect in discipline? A compact phalanx of twenty-five thousand men, all well educated, all trained to the most implicit obedience, all animated by the same aim, despising fortune, torture, death; ready to do what Gordon said his men would do. The record of its past history reads like a page of brilliant romance, full of marvelous exploits. But this is really nothing to what they may do if the entire power of the Order is concentrated on one aim. Whenever democracy becomes the chief form of government, and power passes into the hands the people, then the Roman Church will, itle by little, arrogate that power to itself. In America, especially, the Church of Rome is the church of the laboring classes. The Jesuits are rapidly competing with the best colleges in the Republic, and educate large numbers of Protestants as well as Catholics. The Romish element is supreme in New York Baltimore, Chicago, St. Paul, Milwaukee, St. Louis, New Orleans, Cincinnati and San Francisco. In America especially the compact unity of the Irish Romanists and their enormous wealth make them almost supreme masters of the mines of Nevada and California. The secret so cieties directly under Jesuit control are combined under the name of the United States Volunteer Militia, and number 70,000 men, all well armed, well drilled, and absolutely obedient. of A similar policy is being followed all over the world, like lines converging to a point, all tending to make the people believe that their truest friend is the Church of Rome. Once let this belief gain a thorough hold on the popular mind, and the chief point is gained. The accession of Rome to the dominion of the world is but a question of time." Miss Anna Garlin Spencer, in the De- "The second set of books is an advance upon the first in understanding of the intention of Mr. White, in neatness, in accuracy, and in the proportion of those having the full number of items. In some instances the same boys tried again, and improved decidedly upon their original work, although knowing that they could not get another prtze. "The far greater number of kind acts done by humble people in everyday fashion which are recorded in the second set of books show that the boys had at last understood that they were asked to note that which touched or might affect their own lives closely, and not merely to search history for sublime deeds of great men. "An Episcopal minister had a Sunday school class of 100 boys so rough and rude that the regular Sunday school teachers would have nothing to do with them, and turned them out of the Sunday school. It was upon this very unpromising material that the experience of "Moral Chemistry" was tried. It was suggested to him that it might interest his one hundred bad boys in that pursuit, and offer prizes to those who could report a certain number of good, or kind, or noble deeds which they had themselves witnessed, or heard, or read about, either at the present time or in past history. I feel so strongly that the right way to "The whole collection of books given help is to present examples of goodness in this second contest shows much moral instead of picturing wickedness and vice, discrimination, and many incidents rethat I think this experiment might be corded touch upon those finer and more worth trying. No sooner said than done. delicate elements of kindness and nobiliThe minister in question began opera-ty which the boys could hardly have ations as follows: seen much of in their homes. The prinple of this unique enterprise in moral training is of universal applica ion-the principle that attractive power towards the good rather than repressive power towards the bad is the mighty lever in character-building. "I will buy fifty little pass-books to be given to the larger boys, in which they may write down the ten best and noblest acts they have seen or read in the papers during the past year. Christmas week I will give a grand banquet. The boys shall sit down to a feast and at its close a song or two-some ballad of brave and After the books were purchased he "Write in this book the ten kindest, noblest, or best acts you have read or been told. Write plainly on one side of the paper, and as short as possible, and return Christmas." in this boys' 'Record of Virtue,' wherever "The great interest already manifested it has been known, justifies this public recital, of a most private and personal work." Perhaps the foregoing recital will be of some assistance to persons engaged in the care and training of the young. EFFECTS OF THE ELECTION BILL. PRESENT indications go to show that should the Federal elections bill pass The experiment was immensely suc- it will disrupt the country. It will cessful. When the books came in they affect every material interest detricontained an interesting collection of mentally. Already the legislatures of crudely constructed stories, But the three different Southern States have teacher derived almost as much ad- introduced measures looking to a revantage as the scholars from the ex-fusal-in the event of the passage of The boys had sent to many the bill in question-to participate in periment. of their friends to find kind and brave the World's Fair of 1892. Hence that deeds in the newspaper and elsewhere. propose great exposition is threatened some of the conclusions were very with failure from home causes. It Here, for instance, are the would be an anomaly if large proporentries made by one boy who did not tion of the United States should be think anything worth while putting in without representation at such an exhis book that he could not find in the Bible: VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS ON TRAIN- curious. "Jacob was very kind his brothers sold him and when his brothers wer in neede he took them in his home. Daniel was a brave man he was in by 7 lion The seven jew brothers was brave and there mother the were killed be thy would not eat pork." THE Columns of the ordinary newspaper are largely devoted to descriptions of criminal exploits, great and small. The space devoted to acts of virtue and meritorious deeds is comparatively limited. This exhibit familiarizes peo-ath whit a sling David was a brave man he killed Goliple with crime, its phases being dished Samson killed 1000 people with a mule up to them at every meal. The conse-jaw boon and he pulled a lion jaw into quence is inevitable-sin becomes less repulsive. When the moral sense is thus blunted the individual becomes more liable to wrong-doing in his own conduct. The effect is somewhat similar to that produced upon the minds of susceptible and romantic young people from the reading of dime novels. With a view to correcting this tendency Mrs. Grant started, in the Journal of Woman's Work, "A Record of Virtue." This led to the making, by a clergyman, of an experiment, which was described, under the head of "Moral Chemistry," in an article by The second set of books showed de- hibition. The ground for the refusal is that the passage of the bill would paralyze | business in the South, as Northern in vestors would no longer consider it safe to risk their capital in that section. As a matter of course, the North would be sympathetically affected. Stagnation in the South would result in at least a curtailment of prosperity in the South. Then comes the perhaps still more startling question of "negro domination or death." The Southern whites would prefer the latter alternative. Hence the passage of the bill would mean a race war and maybe a conflict with federal authority, or both. The subject is one of stupendous importance. The design of this competitton is to teach you to seek for and to love that which is kind, gentle and brave, and to shun and hate those things which are LONDON, Jan. 26.-A large number base, ignoble and wrong." of strikers have resumed work on the Miss Spencer, the writer of the Cen- North British line and traffic is imtury article, says: proving. |