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FRJOAY, FKBBPARY 2s. 1878,
Stonnoas Cl'it-.-d.
The proposition to send a Com- j
mission to Utah to investigate the !
Mormon question lias wonderfully :
Hated the Faints and correspond- j
ingly depressed the Gentiles, The
priesthood are inspired with a new j
confidence in their ability to yet!
circumvent the Government and !
maintain Mormon power. At least
it will give them time to gather up
their energies and prepare the way j
for stronger and more effectual re-
sistance. It is already conjectured j
that no more legislation, as asked j
by the President relative to the
jurisdiction of Federal and Terri-.
torial authorities, will be granted
by the present Congress. Laws
should be enacted pointing out j
c.early the jurisdiction of courts j
appointed by Federal authority,
defining also the extent of Legisla
tive authority in 7'erritories; for
it is well known that the Leg
islature of Utah has superseded
its authority by creating juris
dictions of its own. Then, too,
iti selecting grand and petit jurors,
the interests of Mormondom, as
against acts of Congress obnoxious
to them, have guided in their se
lection. They have thus ignored
and treated with contempt and put
at defiance the Federal authority,
and legislation was necessary in
order to bring these things to a
definite issue. The government
policy towards the Mormons has
len strangely weak, inconsistent
a-id vacillating -311 along. In ef.
feet, they have been more highly
favored than any other class of
criminals against Federal authority.
They have committed all sorts of
crimes, from treason to murder, and
while these offenses have been pun
ished promptly in other places,
here they have gone unpunished.
This is not because the people do
not wish the laws against polygamy
enforced in Utah the moral sense
of the nation condemns the leteher
ons iniquity, and desires its suppres
sion ; but there have always beeu
just enough men in Congress to de
feat any effort in that direction.
They begin to cry out, "Religions
persecution !" and so tender are
we as a people in this direction,
that a plea from that quarter seems
to disarm us. "Religious persecu
tion ! why, our fathers fled from
it ;" and this thought subsides us.
We forget that that religion whieh
inculcates sentiments and enforces
rites which are condemned by the
enlightened moral sense of Chris
tendom, is paganism, and an enemy
to civilized government The In
dian upon the reservation must sub
mit his grievances to the law estab
lished tor his government, and not
take judgment into his own hands,
and, as his religion would dictate,
render Wood for blood. If tlie
Hindoo were here, or the cannibal,
their barberous rites of murder
would not be tolerated by the Gov
ernment for a moment The cry of
religious persecution would not stay
the hand of prevention. Now what
is polygamy but a barbarous inst'
tution, opposed in its nature, and
in its inhumanities, to all ideas of
enlightened civilization? It is a
relic of the dark ages, opposed to
chastity, k the great Babylon of
American civilization. Like the
Arabof Asia, to rob and murder
is i n violation of its creed, if per
formed upon an enemy ; for its
hand is against every man. Polyg
amy should be suppressed. The
Government owes it to the people
to suppress it. Tf the laws aganst
bigamy are enforced in other places,
so should they be in Utah. Tf the
Government compe's men to obey
the laws in other Territories, so
should men be compelled to obey
the laws in Utah. If legislation is
necessary to crush out the barbar
ous institution, Congress should
have backbone to make it, and the
Executive courage to enforce it.
Honolulu dates to January 25th,
report King Lnnallis as having pro.
posed several important amend
ments to the constitution. The first
is to separate the Legislature into
two branches NoWes and Repre
sentatives. He proposed free suf
frage, and asks that the Attorney
General shall no longer be a mem
ber of the Cabinet. The Commer
cial Advertiser suggests that the
King 6honld visit the United States
in person, for the purpose of nego
tiating a treaty of reciprocity with
our Government. Official corres
pondence is published showing that
our Secretary of the Navy ordered
the fagship California to Honolulu
to convey the late King to the
United States.
The political cauldron at Quebec,
Canada, has been allowed to get
too hot At the nomination of a
member for Quebec, on the 24th
inst., for the Provincial House of
Assembly, it bubbled out into a
fierce riot between the Conserva
tives and the adherent of the can
didate of the National party. Pis
tols, knives and clnbs were freely
used. About 3,000 persons took a
hand in it. The riot lasted an hour
and a half, resulting in the killing
of two and wounding of many. It
was thought many of the latter
would die. The National party
were whipped.
It is said that prominent firms in
Chicago and New York hold more
than a million dollars of the paper
of the Zion's Co-operative Institu
tion, and influenced by that interest
have become lobbyists in behalf of
the polygamous church. Over
$400,000 of the tithing fund of the
Church, too, is reported on reliable
authority to have been remitted to
Mormon agents at Washington
during the late agitation.
Bogy, the newly-elected United
States Senator from Missouri, was
one of the dignitaries of the Board
of Aldermen, of St. Louis, at the
tinft of his election. He could not
very well fill both positions, and
so, after mature deliberation, doubt
less, ventured to resign the position
of Alderman.
At a preachers' meeting in New
York, not long since, one of them
expressed great concern because
hell was not heard about as much
as iu former times. We think he
could hear enough about it out this
way. It is used with many where
morals and brains fail to supply
better language.
A memorial is being signed ask
ing the Government to turn the
waters of the Colorado river into
the Colorado Desert and make it
an inland sea. It remains to be
seen whether the Government will
so s(ea)ee it
Tlse MMte Tvinp -'rani'P Alllnee.
The Temperance Aliiance, Whieh
met a! Salem last week, to say the
best or it. acted mi a very foolish
and intemperate manner. It seems
to have accomplished nothing more
effect unllv than the sacrifice of its
own respectability. Though it, pos- j
sessed a large body, it lacked the
more important essential of a well
organized, harmoniously developed
mind. In other words, the tests f
qualification of admission to tlie '
Alliance, were apparently not clear-1
ly defined, if defined at all, and the
objects of the Alliance were not j
clearly pointed out and understood.
The result was confusion, wrang-
ling and shameful discord when
the Committee on Credentials came
to make its report. The Alliance
would have probably organized
without lnharmoiiy, however, had
not a delegation ot 'Woman Suffra
gists, headed by Mrs. Duniway
whose connection with the Alliance
of last year was vividly remember
edpresented themselves for ad- j
mission. They were regarded asj
coming to the Alliance more for the
purpose of rendering it subservient
to the promotion of the .Suffrage
cause, than for the gwd of temper
ance : and those who had become
dissrusted with the efforts ot Mrs
Duniway and her allies in the
Alliance ot last year in this direc
tion, were determined the Woman
Suffrage delegation should not be;
admitted. The fault of the Alliance
was in not having the test of mem
bership qualification determined
lietbrehand, and presented in the
call tor the Alliance. This would
have prevented, possibly, the scene
that now ensued ; but this was not
done, and so when the Committee
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day afternoon, they reported against
admitting the Wornan Suffrage
delegation. If the scene that then
transpired is correctly reported by
the tfalem and Portland ,. papers, it
was in a high degree both lud icrous
and shameful. Mrs. Duniway and
Judge Thornton were the most con
spicuous actors in the row of words
and jestures and grimmaces that
then transpired, Mrs, Duniway
with along pencd, ,and a flexible
mouth doing much more than her
share, so much so that the Sear-"eant-at-Arms
was instructed to
put her out; but happily that al
ternative was not resorted to Con
fusion and disorder reigned in the
session tor some time, but the report
of the committee was adopted, and
the Suffragists excluded. The next j
day, Friday, Mrs. Duniway was
admitted into the Alliance as a
delegate at large, by resolution.
This was followed by the formal
withdrawal of a large number of
delegates, who repaired to the Cap
ital Lodge Hall in that city and or
ganized themselves into a State
Temperance Union. We hardly
deem it worth while to follow these
two bodies through their proceed
ings any farther. No doubt they
were good enough, but they were
not the result of the harmonious
action and cooperation, and single- j
ness of purpose, which should char-1
acterize the workings of the tern- '
perauce element.
It is reported that two of Wis-1
cousin's ex-Congressmen are in the !
wood, chopping logs at $30 per:
month. Doubtless they do more
good there than they ever did in j
Congress. At any rate, nobody j
will complain it they "grind their
own axes," now. I
Letters from Madrid to the 24th,
state that an A 1 Consist rising is an
ticipated. There vns great anxiety
in conscqneuce,
I ton Carlos at last accounts was
at Vera, in Navarre. Me issued a
proclamation on the 17th inst ,
calling on the national troops to
come to theii k;ng.
In Madrid, on the 23d inst., ex
citement was increasing among the
Insurrectionist Red Republicans
were urging extreme measures. The
Carlists were very active.
Minister Sickles gave a reception
last Saturday evening in Madrid,
which was attended by Castelor
and leading diplomats and men of
letters in the city. Several repre
sentatives of the Spanish nobility
were present.
In commenting on the Pomeroy
Senatorial case, the London Tek
graph says, "so long as America
can boast ot a free press and find
Yorks iu each State, we shall not
despair ot American institutions."
Families were leaving Madrid,
Spain, on the 20th, in anticipation
of disturbances in the city.
A statue of Washington has been
placed in the facade of the Hall in
Barcelona, Spain.
The people generally, of Havana
favor the Republic ot Spain.
KAKTKKM NKWN.
The Senate has directed the Sec
retary of the Treasury to report
upon the expediency of erecting a
lighthouse at the mouth of the
Umpqua river in this State.
At various points in New Eng
land on last Monday the thermom
eter ranged from 20 to 30 degrees
below zero.
Two murders were reported at
New York last Monday. The first
occurred at Bumside, Conn. An
old man, Ira Bliss, aged 72, station
agent, was murdered while on his
way home by two youths, aged 18
and 19 years respectively. They
lieat him to death and robliod him
of $24 and a watch. The other
was a wealthy resident of Bethle
hem, Penn., named Monroe Snyder.
A villain had followed him on the
train from New York and when he
left the train at Bethlehem follow
ed him and killed him with a sand
hag, throwing the body into Mono
cay creek. The assassin had not
lieen apprehended.
Two brothers, Tom and Henry
Wagner, were burned to death on
the 20th, by falling into a sugar vat
in Jersey City.
A s)ecial from Washington on
the 21st inst, says President (.rant
has sent a confidential document to
the Senate, showing the necessity
for ratifying the treaty extending
stipulations of the treaty with Mex
ico, and its reference to tho Joint
Claim Commissioners.
A Kentucky man has been mar
ried in the same house, and by tho
same minister, to four sisters.
One hundred square miles of
land have been bought in Iowa by
George Grant, a London merchant,
for a colony of emigrants.
Theodore Brown was convicted
at Indianapolis, Ind., for the mur
der of his wife in December last,
and sentenced to the penitentiary
for twenty years.
The Indiana Senate on the 20th
inst, passed the temperance bill, by
a vote of 30 to 19. It previously
passed the House, and now awaits
the Governor's signature. It is sim
ilar to the Ohio law.
At Montgomery, Ala , Speaker
Parsons and Representative Wil
liams, both colored Republicans,
have been arrested oh a charge ol
conspiracy to prevent the election of
a United States Senator on the sec
ond Tuesday after the organization
of the Legislature. They gave bail.
Mrs. K. O. G Willard, an advo
cate of Woman's Rights, died at
her residence in Chicago on Satur
day last of heart disease.
It is reported that on Saturday
last four thousand dollars worth of
bonds and coupons were stolen from
the house of Vice President Colfax
in Washington.
Butler was to defend Ames before
the House.
Oakes Ames is preparing a state
ment giving what is declared his
whole connection with the Credit
Mobilier job.
At Savanah, Ga., on the 21st
inst., a fire destroyed six buildings
and two stables. Falling Walls
killed one fireman and wounded
another.
The Dent homestead, owned by
President Grant, six miles from St.
Louis, was burned on the 21st
The entire business portion ot St.
Petersburg, Pa , was consumed on
the night of the 21st. Loss, about
$100,000. Explosion of a kerosene
lamp caused the fire.
Washington's birthday was gen
erally observed in New York City,
business being suspended. Tlie
United Order of American Mechan
ics paraded the streets, some 5,000
being in the procession. Tlie day
was observed also in Boston and
Philadelphia.
S'ome 4,000 people witnessed the
hanging of Robert Champion, (col
ored) for the murder of his wife, at
Fayette, Mo., on the 21st.
A terrible double murder and
suicide was committed near Wan
seca, Minn., on the 17th inst. A
man named Ruff, having supplant
ed one Buser in the affections of his
wife, and having lived with her for
some time, was, with the woman
indicted for adultery. On the 17th,
the two decided upon a bloody
escape from the law, and Ruff cut
the throat of the woman, hung the
child and then killed himself. All
were found dead bathed iu blood.
It is rejiorted that subscriptions
public and private in ''eniisylvania
towards the Centennial Commission,
will amount to $4,000,000.
The River and Harbor Appro
priation bill iu Congress, among
other items appropriates $20,000 for
Lower Willamette, and $8,000 tor
Upper Willamette.
Washington's birthday was oil
served in Washington-
The President has called an extra
session of the Senate for .March 4th,
At Bethlehem, Pa., on the night
of the 21st, Monroe Snyder was
murdered and his body thrown into
the rivet His money, the object.
On the 28d inst. it was thought
that not even a majority of the
members of the House of Repre
seutatives would vote tor the ex
pulsion of Ames, much less a two
thirds vote. Some members were
in favor ot a general resolution ot
censure applying to all members
who had been interested in the Mo
bilier. It is thought no further serious
effort is contemplated for this ses
sion of Congress in behalf of the
postal telegraph scheme, all the
efforts having collapsed.
Exteusive preparations are mak
ing for inauguration, ceremoniesn