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' Ephraim, Utah, - Jane 4, 1890. victed of unlawful cohabitation tut they hare been invariably where the ceremony of marriage has been per-formed, prior to the laws of 8a, and 87, and the breach has been more technical than practical in a large majority of cases. - ' No there is no use denying that the severity of the punishment for an infringment of these laws,- - has acted as a deterring agent in keep-ing a great many of the young peo-ple of this country from entering into this Order of things, knowing that if they did so, all advancement, politically was cut of!, and for ever more they were at a standstill, but let this new monstrosity become a law, let it pass the two houses of Congress, and receive the signature of the Executive of this great nation, and that moment, by this act de-priving a majority of the male citizens of this Territory of the elective franchise and the right to hold office, for no act of theirs, for no law they have violated, but merely perchance, for having twenty-- one years ago been born to parents who were members of the Mormon Church, but never poly- - ' THE CULLOM BILL. The avowed 'object of all anti-Morm-legislation has been the suppression, or wiping out of polyg-amy, and the present, proposed, sweeping measure introduced in the national legislature by Senator Cul-lo- m bases its expediency upon the assertion that it will accomplish the end sought; that by the disfranchis-men- t of all members of the Mor-mon church, married or unmarried, polygamists.or be-lievers or s in the doc-trine of plural marriage, that polyg-amy will at once cease. If the opposite of this can be shown to be the natural result of the passage of such a law, that instead of suppressing polygamy, it would have the effect of fostering it, then public policy would, demand that this bill should not pass; that so long as our lawmakers believe that this practice is a blot upon the fair es-cutcheon of America, that it is a menace to the purity of the Ameri-can home; that it is a relic of bar-barism and antagonistic to the gen-ius of the republic, as patriots, fath-ers, lovers of their country's weal, their whole energies should be bent, not for the purpose of having such a law enacted, but for the purpose of preventing a law to be passed which from every natural stand-point we can view it, would tend to foster and succor the very thing which in their wisdom, after years of gamists, and where is the deterring influence, that is going to act upon them? gone, all rights swept away by one stroke of the Executive pen, reduced in one moment from as-piring, ambitions, intellectual Amer-ican citizens, to aliens, out-cast-men without a country or a hope of a country, and for what? for the purpose or preventing tnem from entering into a tabooed relationship with the other sex. ; That the sages who formulated the "Edmunds" and "iilraunds-Tuclcer- " laws, looked upon the disfranchising clause as a preventative to a further violation of the poly-gamy law of 186a, there can be no question, and it was wise to in-sert it then, what can they expect as the result of sweeping it away now,' by the act of letting the punishment fall upon all alike, guilty or not guilty, why there is nothing to be gained by an observance of the law, but a certain gratification from a " ; That (he national are sincere in their desires to suppress polygamy, we are bound to believe, but that the 'Cullom Bill,", was conceived for this object, and this alone our judgment rejects, natural-ly it will work in an opposite direct-ion, but it may gratify a few, ' and a very few, of the most rapacious of the persons opposed to the majority of the citizens of Utah. '! - ; That it is the cry, of indignation which it has elicited all over the country bean witness, and for the .. safety of American principles, for the honor of ; our country the inhuman monstrosity should be throttled in its infancy, and hot suffered to see the light, or receive nurture lest it grow up to be a monster of such proportions that in after years it may prove a menace to its nourishers. '1 study they have come to the con-clusion, is not good, and should To come to this conclusion we will have to take a retrospective view of the.. laws passed hav-ing for their object the selfsame end as the bill under discussion, and the first we come to is the Congres-sional law of 1883, which makes the entering into polygamy an offence, and punishes a violation of its en-actments in the same manner as other infringments of national, terri-torial, or state laws are punished, by fine and imprisonment. This law remained upon the stat-ute books, virtually a dead letter for about twenty years, ignored by the efficers of the same government of which it was a law, which they were sworn to see executed in conjunction with all other laws of the land, until by this very dilitoriness that which was only in it incipiency in 62 had assumed huge proportions in 82, when the law known as 'the Ed-mund's law went into effect, The framers of this later law, placing the blame of the inifficiency of the for-mer statute upon the wrong shoul-ders and not where it rightly be-longed, by the enactments of the "Edmunds" law, saidi fine and im-prisonment is not sufficiently severe a punishment to deter these people from the infringement of the- - anti-polyga-law, hence we will make the penalty more we will not only inflict the former and usual punishment but the unusual one of depriving them of that, which if they have any of the spirit of Americans in their being, will bear harder upon them than fine or im-prisonment, although they are invol-untary citizen of this country, that is, native born, or voluntary citizens, that is, naturalized, or citizens from choice we will take from them all rights as such, bar them from parti-cipating in all matters pertaining to politics, deprive them of holding of-fice civilly, or being arbiters be-tween man and his country, or be-tween man and his neighbor, by making them ineligible to serve as jurors, in fact make them so far as wi ran alipn in their nwn fmintrv- - This is what the "Edmunds law," sought to do, and did, for polygo-mist- s, upon the theory that it would have a salutory effect in detering others from entering into those for-bidden relations. - For five years this law. was considered sufficient, until 1887 when the "Tucker-Edmunds- " law came along creating other of--, fences all for the same avowed obj-ect, the suppression of polygamy, by nuking it obnoxious. ' That these laws have had) the desired ef-fect the records of our cwts bear us out in asserting,, for 9 all the numer-ous cases that have been disposed of in the last eight years few, very few, have beea for the main offense, po-lygamy, not to exceed half a score, but about one vei annum for eight years among a body of religionists, numbering over two hundred thous-and souls. Can the same thing be said jo; any other community in the United States of the same number that for eight years but one and a fraction cases of bigamy have, been perpetrated for the same length of time. : . Tree a great many hay been con- - those matters of agriculture' etc., that are common to the whole. Our agriculture probably now stands ' first on the list, and our mineral out-put last; but with the completion of the railroad that is to traverse our County,, this will be reversed. The Territory will then begin to hear of San Pete building stone and marble, San Pete silver and gold mines, San Pete salt and silica, San ' Pete white metal ,' and asphaltum. , This impetus to mineral develop-ment will but give new life to all other industries, as the home market will be more extensive and steady, The product of the farm, garden, and dairy will be doubted, by the certainty of sales both at home and abroad. We have ; vast herds of improved sheep, whose yearly yield of wool is a source of great wealth and will be of triple value when the establishment of factories gives the profit and prestige of mnu'actur-in- g it into cloth to our own people; then we wilt export instead of import such things as are made of wool. San Pets is also the happy possessor of im-mense herds of cattle, and our range is the best winter range in the Ter-ritory. San Pete County is the para-dise-- fat horses, and the Granary of Utah; yet an era is upon us of such importance to the development of mineral wealth, that these terms will be well nigh forgotten. v LOOKING FORWARD, ; , San Pete County has been stand-ing around with its hat in its hand, and a smile of welcome on its face for a number Of years; in fact ever since the S. P. V, Railroad steamed its unsatisfactory length . into our midst. Anxiously have our citizens waited for the fulfillment of ' its promises, watched the feints and starts made to push it to com-pletion, varied by rumors that they would soli out, with . breathless in-terest.' . It would probably have been better for San Pete if that rpad had never been built; as their pres-ence, wholly inadequate as it is .to the demand, has prevented other and strongoer fcomn. anies from buildin?a through. '." Heretofore the bonus method of bringing in a railroad, has beentried,and failed; We have nothing to say against treating a railroad company with every cour: tesy, extending the hand of friend-ship, and smoothing the way to the completion of their desires; In fact a community, should; evince some degree of friendly interest in every public enterprise; but it i? folly and worse than folly to suppose that the small sums which it would be possible for the County to raise would weigh anything in determining the time of building or the route, of a railroad that would cost millions. j - As an expression of a desire for a railroad, and our preference for a special Company, it may be of some value;, but, as a bribe it is worth nothing. ., Convince company that we have anything worth building a railroad to, .and, .they will come. San Pete County commerce is a rich nut to crack, and to convince the public of this is the agreeable task that lies before us. Every one of the eighteen or twenty precincts, towns or cities, from Thistle onthe north, to Willow creek tin the south; and from Mt. Pleasant and its rich neighbors on the east, to Fountain Green and Walej C-- JbejEsW cch have their own peculiar" resiOTKSJ their exports snd advantages, besides - .TO THE PUBLIC- - Custom very properly requires a newspaper to declare itself in its first issue. The necessity or desire-abilit- y of its existence, the field it designs to occupy, its specialties and its political bias; besides many other matters that may be deemed of interest or importance to those who ire expected to make it, by their i patronage, a financial success. In f- - conformity to the popular custom, - and because it if honorable to show one's colors, and that no person shall be able to misunderstand the purposes and policy of this paper, we give the following outline of the whys and wherefores: Uusurpassed in native wealth, San Pete County labors under financial v disabilities which we purpose to re-move by fully Worming the public of the true sure of affairs. Our l - County is"$Yin all that goes to ; make a popuhon wealthy, is sec-ond to none in the Territory in the abundance of opportunities, devel-oped ' and undeveloped resources. Convinced that the railroad facili-ties, which are an imperious neces- -' sity to our proper advancement, - will be sooner attained by the judi-cious investment of $10,000 in a newspaper devoted to the business interests of this County, than by giv-ing f 20,000, ashas been proposed and . pledged, to a railroad corporation V - - as a bonus, we take our place among " the permanent institutions of this County;and these are theR egisver's only apologies for being born. The t people of San Pete County, and more especially the business men, have patronized and helped to build up various newspapers not identified with us, in the vain hope that they would reciprocate by ranking our natural advantages as they deserve; - r but repeated disappointments have ,7 . convinced us that "fate helps . those who help themselves." This paper will, therefore, be devoted to ..the business interests of this County, ,t r; the fostering of entetprise, the en-- " ' " couragement and directing of cap-ital and the "registering" of our V financial importance; and we expect to be "big" enough to fill the County and "slop over" a little. To this end we shall have a paid sub-edit- in sev-er-of the towns of our County, and earnestly urge upon representative .... citizens of other places to take ad- - Vantage of our columns to give their locality just prominence. A feat-- , V are will be made" of Scandinavian v : news.translated by a competent-person- , for" the JUgisjkr. We expect ij to conduct our enterprise entirely with Saa Pete County ability, and if this paper fails to 1 accomplish the purp oses for which it is designed, we heartily in vite some other paper to do so; for we art thoroughly convinced that the chrysalis state Oi' San Pete County is past. Devotion to what we consider our legitimate field, will not, however, debar us from dis-- . "cussing - public questions' of direct interest to the majority of our readers, or which directly af-fect our County or her citizens. Questions of public interest may be !' - freely discussed through the columns of the Register, and though this paper is identified with the People's Party, all persons shall have a fair hearing so long as they confine themselves to gentlemanly methods , Id their discussion. We claim the ' rieht. which is at once Ihe nreropative " of the newspaper, and the safe-guard of tjhe people, to criticise th public career of any person, and to praise or censure as the case may demand. So far as we shall be , We to inform ourselves, we will " tell the truth, of men and measures, without regard to previous impress-Jon- s, or personal prejudice. We extend the .fraternal . hand to all persons engaged in like avocations, and expect to be too busy in keeping .the promises herein contained, to ' ' ; liavt time to engage in recrimina-r- f prions, personal J abuse pr other dis-gusting features of accepted journal-ism; but if any. paper attacks us, we .1' will" endeavor .. tomake the public sorry for said . paper. A certain space will b reserved for literary productions of special merit, and J 1 "i no patent matter will be used. Of .., course we want your patronage, and ' the patronage of all wide-awak- e progressive people who believe in encouraging home enterprise, and developing home resources, and who are able to read and pay for a paper; and these include the great frrity of the.p.eo.ple of San Pete. ... WATER ON THE HIGHWAY. . A correspondent from Spring City writes: "Is there no law against flooding the County Roads? If there is it should be enforced. The roads in this vicinity art flooded moft of the time." The County roads are for the use of the public and if any individual, company or incorporation, render the roads 1m passable, or cause inconvenience to the public, on complaint of the parties injured, damages can be collected; and yet on account of the unprecedented amount of sur-plus water this year, which renders it almost uncontrollable, we should all be very careful about entering such complaints. None but a churl will complain of his neighbors for that which is unavoidable; but where it is possible to confine the water to the. irrigation canal, it should be done of course; and if the responsible party fails to take a proper interest, complaints will be in order. ' 111 I CO-OPERATI-VE g MERCANTILE : INSTITUTION ft North and South, ft U : I . : Dry Goods of all descriptions. Hats and caps boots and , 4 I shoes, both home made and imported. Clothing a specality. fj - ' 11 . .. n - t : Groceries, including Dixie Molasses, and Dried Fruits; Crack tf era and fish. ..' j - : Our Hardware Department contains an immense stock of Toola - '. M for Mechanics; also tools for Farmers such as ShoTels, Spades , . 11 - H Picks, Hoes, Forks and Rakes. ' ' Ij ( Glassware, Queensware, - Wooden ware; Medicines; Drugs; ' fl Paints and Oils; Well Piping and Shingles.. II -- ' ' . .'.i. .. :. , .. M Your patronage is always appreciated, no matter how small ' M , your purchase. You may rest assured it will - be our constant ; I I aim to give our Customers the best "goods Aat can be ' obtained .' ' ' H - for the money. Your Child .will be treated as courteously as - M .'.'yourself. ,v-.......- ... . . . . j .. M J. A. ANDEUSOX, Supt. - .11 i I I 'Ml .; iMl . '. ; " ; " ' - " :' . , ... . ". " " ' ' Studohnkor Bros. Han!rg Co. Carriige Repositor, 33 and 35 Main Street, and Branch House corner State 4. . - i Road and Second South Street. The Finest ; Carriage Display . in the Territories tighl and Heavy Wagons in Every Style that is Made. " Vehicle t for Public and Private ' Use ; in .All ; Yrieties end Prices 4tuo'Mnm rqa ' v - The Whiteley, Champion and Piano Harvesting Mechines and Extras, 1 i ! C I. Case Thresheri ' Horse-Power- . Enginef and Mills, i . ; Weir, Morrison, Meikel and South Bend Plows. Hay Rakes Frazier , Road Carts and Harness' of. All Kind. , Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Prices. i.i mm Has Ju Received Lrg AssorUMent INwl' . LAWNS, PERCALES, ;v .t i , " ' 8EEKSUCKERB,DRE--- ' v.r. T; V' ' ' ALLr: THE LEADING JABRlliXjR THE SEASON ;' ?". A Full tine of pOu CHOICF HOSIERY "im 'la How bnHand. , CALV ANIlXAUmE QUALITY ANffpRiQES. A Complete Assortment of Merchindise Alwajsea Hnd. , S4" TeasdeFs 4 Stores ' Main Street,Salt Lake City . . 12 7 - THE PEST, The fact having been established that the grasshoppers now commit-ting depredations in the fields of1 Manti and Ephraim, are the regular old fashioned "Army Grasshopper," ther is a feeling of apprehension, especially among old residents, who know, from experience what the presence of this insect means. The call of all hands to assist in the work of extermination is well timed, and not exaggerated in importance; as every individual grasshopper de-stroyed this year means getting rid of .thousands for next year. If this view "of the case is also applied to those who are permitted to remain alive, the great necessity of destroy-ing as many as possible will be seen. The County seat question should be thorougttly canvassed without acrimony; and while not claiming i t for Ephwn, we will not fail to pre-sent the clames of this place to the distinguished honor; but we cordial-ly invite a full and free discussion of the question, - as ..an important matter likely to be permanently set-tled at the next . election; and it should be decided so as to give the greatest satisfaction to the greatest number. . Is the opinion of the Register it is as unnecessary for a paper to an-swer every vile attack made upon it, as it would be for a gentleman on his way to his place of business to kick every cur who might chance to bark at him. ' Those who rail loudest against 'competition, are, as a general thing, those whom monoply has lulled to sleep; ': Register, Register, REGISTER. - --Thanks old boy. Shake. T |