Show ED EDITO T 0 R RIALS I 1 A LS otah UTAH EXCEPTED wilen WHEN thare there is any general legislation pro proposed posed in in I 1 congress c concerning in the territories it has come to C be ile a common thing to have utah specially excepted from froan the benefits tile thereof beof especially wherein those benefits are of a kind hind to confer upon the people or their elected representatives nta tives any rights right s or privileges lre ire tres ires ot the nature of self seif government an exception of this invidiously distinctive character was reported in iii our dispatches yesterday wherein in senator sargent of california offered ed an amendment prohibiting the legislature of utah only from the benefit of a bill NII to fix the j judicial districts appoint the times and places of holding courts and apportion the judges of the territories je respectively there la Is no substantial reason why utah should be legislated against with this particular discrimination not the least all the reasons which have ever been adduced for foi such narrow minded one sided aided legislation are intensely partisan bitterly prejudiced and utterly unworthy of the attention of an enlightened deliberative body budy like the congress of the unit rd states or of any intelligent american citizen there is no sagacity there Is no wisdom there is is no statesmanship in narrow parti zan ship or prejudiced special legislation ris gis gi latiol and it should be resolutely opposed by every patriotic citizen as wholly inconsistent with and absolutely inimical to the ruling principles of american government in this kind of proscriptive prescriptive le legislation c there is something so indescribably little so ineffably mean that it is mortifying to see a united states senator or anybody else who claims to be a man and a citizen engaged in if it tire TIIE grasshopper LANDS the cleveland thus comments upon the theo views of gen hazen upon the grasshopper and his habitat een uen agen hazen advances to the front with a few words touching our western pest the thie grasshopper he ile puts a now face on the matter 11 is hisa opinion the trouble arises not from the grasshopper coming to the farmer but from the farmer going to the grasshopper beyond the one hundredth meridian lies the great arid grasshopper breeding ground round for a couple of degrees east of f that meridian ile lie the lands where the grasshopper takes his early breakfast and where he be often stops to dinner and tea and stays his stomach with a cold bite before going to bed west of the one hundredth meridian the settler can be s sure ure of drouth and grasshoppers between that and the ninety eighth meridian he is very likely to have more of both than he cares for it is in the latter belt that all the present suffering in western kansas and western nebraska lies the grasshopper instead of having curses heaped on his horny head should be gratefully considered he performs the duties which the land department of the government neglects and warns the westward bound wanderer with his ox team and bags of seed corn that the advice to go west young man applies only so far as the ninety ninth meridian and that beyond lies the debatable ground bordering the grasshopper reservation the looth merl meri meridian dian leaves out colorado wyoming montana new mexico utah half of nebraska I 1 dachota texas etc as well as the vast mountainous region west of those territories and states the proposition to abandon this enormous I 1 district to the pesky grasshopper is a joke ajoue that cannot be entertained so the grasshopper and the human insect will continue to fight for the right of domain and of eminent domain west of degrees OUT OF DEBT Illi illinois nois is said to be practically free from debt hav ing sufficient clent elent in the treasury to cover her liabilities according to the denver demo craty crat the annual report of the treasurer of colorado territory for 1874 showed that on dec 31 there was a cash balance in the treasury of 2110 tim THE COLD SNAP IN THE NORTH the tile montana papers have ii ave much to my say about the recent cold snap in that hyperborean region in some localities the mercury was at 36 deg de g below zero for several days together an evaporating dish was partially filled with mercury and expose exposed dfora for a few minutes in front of the city drug store deer lodge at 9 one evening and it froze as hard bard as a rock iller mercury mercurs cury curs freezes at 39 deg F it is pretty cold when mercurial matters become congealed for ten days the temperature was generally from 20 deg to 40 deg below zero the mercury congealed three successive nights before midnight wednesday jan 13 was the coldest known at deer lodge no spirit thermometer being available the temperature was estimated at 55 to 66 deg below zero at silver bow bows on the same date at p in it was wag 50 deg below at 1030 p m 54 deg below at 1130 p m 56 deg below next morning 28 deg below most arost kinds of business were stopped by the intense antens e cold brost frest bites and anti freezing I 1 thermometers hermo meters were the principal incidents exe eze excepting epting that according to the bozeman avant courier the cold weather produced a decided improvement in the marriage market ss old bachelors go ingolf going oft olt like hot cakes some of the long eared people had the extremities of those appendages frozen while in bed T THE NEXT U S PRESIDENT the san francisco chronicle a staunch supporter of the administration tra tion even in the louisiana bungle has never been convinced that president grant ever contemplated a third term but is convinced that there is BO iao hope for it now I 1 if f even there is any hope forthe for fon the election of any of his known friends says the chronicle if this idea ever obtained among the friends of president grant it is now most certainly exploded and there is less lesa probability today to dakof day of the of grant thanos than of any other prominent member of the republican party it is even doubtful whether it would be a wise policy to nominate any friend of the president morton conkling or washburn if nominated would find their political or personal relations with the president embarrassing barr assing general dix or senator trumbull would bo be more likely to unite the republican party than a more strict and loyal party man veny VERY HOPEFUL the deave democrat of jan 22 has the following 1 tim THE ADMISSION OF COLORADO this we understand bya by a private letter from a prominent member 0 the senate is a foregone conclusion the republicans of the senate are satisfied from representations made by mr chaffee and others that the state will be republican pub licau hence the decided action of that party A caucus has been held and it was about unanimous in is s conclusion to admit colorado into the sisterhood of states it may not be until just before belore th the e ides of march but it will come co m e within w the next few weeks if not n ot within the next two weeks this scarcely tallies with recent telegraphic advices advises from washington but we hope colorado w will I 1 get in a tiie THE BILL ring KING MYSTERY after tile tiie charlie ross mystery closely comes the bill king I 1 mystery sl bill king as his friend friends s proudly call him is the member of congress elect from minnesota who received we dont know how many thousands of dollars from mr irwin and whose presence is desired by the ways and means committee to ten teu what ho he did with this mon ey 11 says an eK exchange change 1 dut but I t 13 BI 1 ring king K is L 1 I loat lost to sight if to memory dear ho he cannot be found for the matter of that thai paradoxical as it may seem it is not strange that the tho bilking bil king subject should be involved in mystery it gener generally ally aily is beats and bummers are the most likely persons to understand the understandable of it A ROMAN CATHOLIC JUBILEE ACCORDING to the london times pope plus pius IX has redeemed his pledge made in tile the spring of or 1853 when he wai lying on a sick bed that he be should not die until he be had proclaimed a jubilee as on christmas eve 1874 he be signed apud S petrum the encyclical announcing the jubilee copies of the letter were immediately dispatched to the roman catholic bishops through throughout out the world and on the second day of january it was published dished in the city of or rome borne the letter would make three or four columns in the NEWS it begins thus CSAN DOMINI piri pil divi divina A IX coall to all ali the patriarchs primates shops ial lal and other ordinaries di din aries arles ot places having grace and communion with the apostolic see and to all faithful christians his holiness says he is moved by the grave calamities of the church and this century and the necessity of imploring the divine aid to open to the faithful the spiritual treasures of the indulgences although the recent ecumenical cal eal vatican council remained suspended through the calamities of the time yet the indulgences then granted to follow rollow in the form of a jubilee jubliee continue in full force firmness and vigor the jubilees jubil ees last a year and occur at intervals of a quarter of a century the last having been in in 1825 that for 1850 being or omitted nittel because of the mournful necessity of the times the first roman catholic jubilee was declared by pope boniface VIII vill in 1300 and the celebration was to occur at in ln of years that is once in a century clement VI limited the interval to fifty vears urban VI to 33 and paul JI to 25 which atter has since been the accepted period in the roman catholic church la in 1823 1825 as was the custom there was an uninterrupted concourse of pilgrims 0 at R rome ome omo throughout gh the year P ppe pe pius plus wishes it could be so this year of 1875 but he be is afraid it cannot because of the unto untoward ward hess ness tess of the times nevertheless he will not put eff off the jubilee longer because of tile the ady m ny evils which afflict the church the antagonistic efforts of her enemies the poison of impiety the many scandals the depravity of manners and the infamous neglect of divine and human duties therefore the universal church militant of christ Is informed of atthe the great and universal jubilee during the whole of the year 1875 the following gives in brief the tile nature of the indulgence extended in this jubilee opening in all its amplitude that celestial treasure in the meantime relying upon the he mercy of god and on the auth arity of his blessed apostles peter and paul by virtue ot of that supreme power of binding and loosing which god willed to be conferred upon us however unworthy to all aud and and aud every one of the faithful in christ whether living in this our alma city or who shall be about to come to it as well as all those existing outside the said city in whatever part of the world and who are in the tho grate of and in obedience to the he apostolic see and who having baving truly repented confessed and communicated once a day for fl fifteen teen days continuous or interrupted natural or ecclesiastic to be computed t that ila iia t is from r om the first vespers of one day until u t i 1 the full evening twilight of tile the day following shall as re gards the first visit tile the ba basilica i the st sta a peter and paul of st john and of santa maria marla maggiore in rome and as regards the tile second their principal or cathedral church and other three churches the same city and pl place ace J or of the suburbs of the same to be designated by the of tile tiie places or by their vicars or by others by order of the same samo after thi 3 our letter shall shail have come to thear notice and a nd shall there offer up humble prayers to the lord according to the catholic church and of or um zhi apostolic see for fur the extirpation of heresies her esies for the conversion of all erring for the peace and u unity ril ill ty of lii all ill chretian people we concede and mercifully bestow in the lord that once onee in the course coune of tile tho the year above mentioned may be obtained the full indulgence of the year of jubilee and full remission tills sion slon and pardon borall for all ali their sins which indulgence indulge nee neo we concede may be applied by means of suffrage and be available for those fouls which united to god by charity shall have left this world tile the encyclical then goes on to make other provisions for travelers with discretional dispensations rom or changes of these regulations for for cert eert certain aln ain nuns and anti other fe femin in I 1 ines also anchorites anch orites hermits prisoners young children and others and they still to receive absolution from all the sins and anti excesses however serious and eno enormous rinous they be and their vows may be commuted except the vows 0 of f chastity and religion and yf vf obi obligation 1 accepted by a third person excommunicated persons and some soine others interdicted interdict ed are not to be eligible to such benefits if any die before completing the works required for the securing of the indulgence dul gence they can be absolved nevertheless provided they have manifested their intention properly the he faithful everywhere are exhorted to t detest blasphemy fulfill fulfil their duties observe festive restive days fast fasting lilg irig and abstinence repent and amend and in a word behave themselves more and more like goo good d and devout catholics then all their sins are to be forgiven this present presen t year of grace ANOTHER STANDING SUB asor JE a T the new york jl herard herald set up and for many months retained the subject of or third term ism iam and labored away at it wi with th unflagging persistence until the november elections which were held to be strongly 0 indicative that the up position opposition to a policy vf that kind had thrown it manifestly beyond probability of adoption adoptions so far as the clear votes of the people were concerned now the herald has started another standing subject which is the resignation of president grant gran t and thus that paper i announces its intentions in this thi s regard the prospect of mr grants resignation g o nation is so pleasing to us ug it is plainly so entirely the one thing needed not only to give him rest and leisure for the improvement of his mind and the long coveted opportunity port unity to travel but also to give the country peace and prop prosperity erity to calm all fears to set the wheels of industry going again to restore civil government and to settle finally the vexatious and arid othor otherwise wise interminable third term controversy that as patriotic citizens I 1 dball never kirkof considering it in all its aspects until his excellency lias has actually reo red resigned ned and gone to E europe europa 11 our new vork york contemporary declares that this proposition is so universally approved in all parts of the country that there is not the least doubt of its being the most popular act mr grant could do in view of the tile very improbable event of the presidents abdication the herald favorably considers the qualifications of vice vlee pre president ident wilson for the I 1 presidential re office for the remainder of the tho term this last named gentleman is depre represented ent as showing abundantly by his recent utterances utterance s I 1 that he is vigorous in mind and body that his judgment is clear and admirably souli souil sound dapon upon the policy demanded by the situation of the country that he be has ion lon lons long experience that he is a lover love r of constitutional government an inflexible opponent bf a third term a per son judicious enough to reunite the now discordant elements of the republican party sells sensible 1 e elou enough h to see that the restoration of or civil government is the first necessity in the southern 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