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Show tit 0flfoH gjuuftton. Charles IV.' Peiirose. Editor Mid BoiiBM full pewer to decide who shall have the right to vote 'within its orders, the statute would have been vaiid If it had extended the right to wemen. Jiolds good in reAnd the same-ruland the TerritoStates other to gard ries, and the carping critics wh delight, in picking fiiws in the statutes s of Utah have two points less, to souls with. their restless e OGDEX. UTAH. Wedircday Evening, April 7, 18f5. har-ras- THE RIGHT OP RIFFKAGE. 4 FORTY-FIFT- H giving decision in the ease "of Miner s. Iloppersatt, the .Supreme ANNUAL CONFERENCE. Court of the United States has cleari of Th Annual Cenference of the Church ly laid down a principle which 8ai'nte eom. Jesus Christ of Latter-daef in eom importance to this Territory in the New neneed morning, yesterday mon with other sections of the Union. Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, at 10 o'clock. We hare briefly referred to this mat- Inr . ter before, bat deem it of sufficient importance to refer to it agate. This case was brought up to the court of last appeal for the purpose of testing the force' and Boopo of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution. This Amendment says: Skc.1; "AIL persons born or naturalized in the' United, States; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State in which they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities or citizens of tho United - State;' li It is argued from this, by many, and women are persons, and con therefore are citizens, sequently have the right to vote aid therefore any State that passes laws that to prevent them from voting, abridges their privileges and immunities as citizcus of the United States. The in question was brought up fram tlia Sftifa nf Mitjcruir! ease w.h gives the suffrage to men only, in order to decide the. point whether the statute debarring women from the right to vote was void. The Chief Justice delivered the unanimous opinion of the Court, to the effect that the Constitution of the United States does not confer the right of suffrage upon any one, but that tbis power fit lelt to the several States, t Citizenship, therefore, does not imply the right to vote. The in auu ui uuiiau oibicb iiu uv No one ean itself as a Government. ' Ton ior a reuerai ouiuer who cauuut Voteibr Stato. officers. , Women are citizens, just the same as men, if b?rn or naturalized in the United States, but this position gives neither men nor wemen the right to vote. The right' of suffrigb ii bestowed by the several States, and they have the power to" say Vhat'the'qualifications ef voters shall be. - The tatute of Missouri, therefore, is not void be- -, it. confers the franchise upon men only, If of the inclement In eoisequence the weather congregation was not very Ike at epeniiig services. large There were present on the stand: Of the First PresidencyPresidents B. Young, Geo. A. Smith and D. H. ' Wells. , .;. , Counsellor! Lorenzo Snow, Geo. Q. Cannon, B. Young, jr., Albert Carrington. Of the Twelve Apostles Orion Hjde, Orson Pratt, John Taylor, Wilferd Wood ruff, Eraetos Snow, Lorenio Snow, C. C. Rich, F. D. Richards, Get. Q. Cannon, B. Young, jr., and Albert Carrington. ; Patriarch John Smith. Of the First Seven Presidents of Seventies Joseph Young, Albert P. Rockwood, Horace S. Eldridge. Of the Presidency of the High Priests Quorum Elias Smith and Elias Mrris Of the Presidency of this Stake o' Zion Geo. B. Wallace, W. H. Folsomf and J. T. Caine. Of the Presidency of the Bishopric-Edw- ard Hunter, and Leonard W. Hard.y In addition to the shore, there was a good representation of Bishops and other leading men from all parts of the Torri-ter- y of Utah and the southern portion of Idaho. Conference was called le order by Prest. Brigham Young., "' ' ' The choir sang: Joy to the world, the Lord will come, Let earth reoeire her King. Prayed by Preet. George A. Smith. . The eheir sang: The lowers ef Zioa soon shall rise, Above the clounds and reach the skies. f i PRE ST., D. H. WILLS, . ' Addressed the congregation.' He spoke of the undeviating and constant progress of the Church of God from the day of its erganiiatien forty fire years ago to the present time, and expressed his joy at the fact that the great majority ef the people who had embraced the gospel and become members of this church ia various nations were devoted to that gospel which was the power of God unto salvation. - He said the Lord had given some words of counsel to His people, marking ut the line of their eonduot, and it was their duty t walk in it. The people .of . God bad come here not' to walk in their own ways, but ia the way of the Lord. Ho waa willing to guide them if they would be guided. But if they tbaugbt they knew better than the God of heaven, Ihey woald be left to themselves till they learned that He was wiser than they. Seeing that every goad thing on earth same from Him, why could we not implicitly trust Hira? The kingdoms of this world were to become the kingdom of God and His Christ, but this work would not be accomplished until He had a people on the earth who would obey Him. In building tip His kingdom on. the earth material things of all kinds were required: The plan of salvation embraced temporal as well as spiritual things, and it was of no use for man to attempt to alter His plan, although mankind had been tinkering at it from the eginiiing...The Lord wished his people to become This was wise ss a matter of political economy to say nothing about it being the will of the Lord. By counselling together and wsrking, together under the direction of the Lord, the Latter-daSaints might produce everything necesHe coutd sary to their own support. promise the blessing of the Lord to rest upon tnose who labored in this direction, aid mat suocess would attend their ef fo.-tin wisdom. States possess the power to de- fine the qualifications of voters within their respective jurisdictions, so have tho Territories. The Legislature of Utah is endowed by the Organic Act with power t j enact laws on all rightful subjects of legislation, consistent with the Constitution of the United States. No one will dispute that the elective franchise is a right ful subject of legislation. tX Now Utah has, by statute, provid- ed that the right to voto shall only be ELDER C. C. RICH held by tax payers. This has been Said the of God on the earth, if kingdom to, 'on the ground that estabuebed at all, must be built ud ac property qualification waseqtta) to an cording to His directions. The prophets oi uou ib me various dispensations bad ' abridgement, of the privileges and acted under the instructions of the Alimmunities 'of citizens.' J. But the mighty in' performing the particular Supremo .Court! has, in the above work required of them. So it must be with the Saints in this dispensation. ease, decided that the right to ''vote They bad no lime to idle, but their very -- is not included ia those privileges best efforts were required to perform I their duties iu spreading the gospel mnu , .uim .l."m. . inaJ cunaunuouuv among alL nations, gathering the people the . objection fatts to the ground together, and working to build up. the The provision requiring voters to be Kingdom or Uod on toe earth. They must aot preoiseiy according to His di - ... s, ed - , :.-- 1 1 , isM,as4w eoniderfwiseJ andltliat it is valid and beneficial: - . . . ... j.'Is' clear from. the decision referred to. s. (. v . Each State' and Territory having ' the' power to regulate the franchise for itself, . subject .only to constitu tional restrictions, and women hav ing been declared citizens, it follows I tha Utaftjiad the right to ass the Act conferring upon women the elective franchise, and thus two impor-- 5 tant qiestions W Utah are decided by this opinion of the Supreme Court. statute of Missouri was not void t, Te because it withheld the right to voje i'roui women. auJ that Siats baviu 2 p. m. ' ) Choir sang,' "Come We that love the Lord, And let our joys be known." Prayer by Elder Brigham Young, jan. - ' BLDE& OBSOM BID! Said he did not know that he ever saw a more pleasing sight than that ha beheld such' a vast - congregation of children, most of whom bad been born in the Territory of Utah, singrng a song of praise to the Almighty. The speaker then . referred to the establishment ia our midst of drinking saloons, 'gambling dens, elo , etc., and cautioned theyoong against contracting bad babits and frequenting such places as he had named. He animadverted upon the ' course of some young people roaming the street at night and disturbing the peace, and urged tbe propriety of their staying at home engaged in sfady and improvement. He portrayed the duty of parents in watching the course of their childrea, that they might know where' they were at night, and eierciie an influence to have them attend the Sabbath meeting. The speaker expressed the pleasure it afforded him to call his family together morning and evening.' and impart a few word's of instruction before- prayers, and urged parento to sow in their children's hearts precious seed which would take root and bring forth precious fruit. He advocated eduoation day schools and Sunday schools, and the necessity of properly sustaining the best class of school. teachers. He bad traveled a great deal through the world, and had never seen a town where a good system of schools ' was ' maintained that was ever the poorer for it, or ever the worse for it la any way. He showed how much better in the sight of heaven thanriehes wer.e those sparkling gems intelligent, cultivated and worthy- children, who would reflect far more honor upon us than millions of dollars. He considered we were not justified in bringing immortal spirits from the realms on bigb to inhabit earthly tabernacles, and then cast, them aside and treat them with neglect. . He then bore testimony to the truth of what is called "Mormonism," and referred to he manifestations now being made epon the Indians, whom we bad tried hard to convert from their bloodthirstiness and idle habits. We had accomplished little until now, whed certain personages were appearing to them and telling them to go to the "Mormons" and be baptised. He asked why they were not told to go to some of the different wots!. It was for the same reason that the angel who did aot send hint to tbeseribes and Pharisees, but to Peter the apostle held the priesthood of Ged, and tbis was also held by the Latter-daSaints. He Concluded by shewing the .virtue of prayer, and by invoking the blessings ef God upon the children and upea all " '- " " Israel. The Sunday school children; led by Prof. Thomas, sang .(a,; .. "Zioa is growing. i ! -- BLAXCETT & CO., y; - : . FIFTH ST.. (south side,) .:: Opposite Coal Yard. Tho Boot, Shoo, Leather, and Finding Department of Z.C.M.I, ' at Salt Lake City, Caih DARKET HIGHEST PRICE GIYIX. a Specialty! Shipping wear, we call attention to the Specialties of Edwin C. Burt, SollerV& Sausser, Dangler k Co., and many other styles of Shoes justly esteemed and sought for. Particular attention is called to immense additions recently madi Orders received for LIME in any in our stock of Foreign and Domestio Leather and Shoe Findings. quantity, and for COAL by tbe ton dl36-3or ear load. FRENCH STOCK (these goods for qnallty and finish are superior . m AND INSURANCE JD. wih . .BaiiinerTille. Saucier, " Levels. Cha. Simon, Cornelius Ileigl. Mfrcier, Morro, Lamker, to Po8tofllce, Ogden. You - Jon dot OFFICE. ALEXANDER. Next door ; .: to anything known.) REAL ESTATE C'orneillan, to Mil a hou., ro.ta hoax, Yvo wiah to Yoa wiah to loaa mon.y, bar. mouey to loan, Y.u wiah any inauranc. onyonr prop.rty, Yoa wiah any inauranc on your life, Yoa wka to niaa any inqurrie wtwtaoevtr, Call and at ma and yoa will always find on Hand. DRAFTS ON ANY PART OF KCROPE CAN BC OBTAINED AT TUB ABOVE OFFICE. Yon n. JAX ALEXAXOEK. dl9S-t- f DOMESTIC STOCK; Wax. Hemlock and Oak Upper; Hemlock and Philadelphia Call and Kip; Bail; UNITED ORDER IlnftHeifi; Pebble: . Tauipicoir 'sZS,. Curacoa; Oak ana Hemlock llarnefi Leather; San i a Crnz Sole Leather And all the' Latent Styles , Splits; Welting; , , , ' Roans in all Colors; d of Last. : Of I ' ,' ' . ' f ? In short our vrenarations for sun Spring trade will be found plying a large ana complete in every uepart tnorougti ment of the Institution. W m W m a ' OLD CONSTITUTION BUILDING, SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH. s CIT8 OR SINGLE OARMVNT8 MACK order in a lew hoar. Th Sneat qualiti and Imported Uoth. Jl6ltf- of Ready-tria- . . fedlW-2- ' - , LOOM. Suit' : . - am mm Clothing, Cloth, Trtmminga,.tc., . , . BuLit. Being about to leave for Europe I will sell off my stock of Geods Consisting of : " : ' a - f ; ' J FURNISHING GENTS5 . ' " ,t CLOTHIKG, : ; av - ' w. h. hooper, x Cutters atitl SiiUcd Workmen. First-Clas- s ral.. TO e GOODS ! Hats. Caps, Boot's and Shoes, Iotions, &c, 0 ' ' ' AT PRICES WHICH - ' -- , ' I'll DEFY COMPETITION Twenty-se'ven'yea- Must be Sold Without BeserVe til S. PLONSKYv Malu i Street, d09-3- ! Ogden. CLARK'S! ner e - has been enlarged Io doubleuts former capacity and is so7 disp!ajig4 paid n delivery of all hindi superior class of goods, embracing tbe most staple and popular styles of Country Produce. knwn in Amsrican markets, among which, for Ladies' and Children's - self-respe- ' - : XLDIK 016. Q. fASNOS Said, although the weather was Inclement, yet the warmth of our feelings and this interesting 'spectacle counteracted the cold, and made this a season long to remember. He did net expect to see so many children together; but be'.believed the ehildren were more enthusiastic in eoming together than the:r parents He looked upon, children as the greatest blessing God bad given to us: We had a great many of them, and God had giv en us' the power to make of them mighty instruments in- His hands for good- ' No instrument was capable of so much cultivation and improvement as man. The wise husbandman did all in his power to cultivate his laud and destroy Weeds. How much greater result l aeerued from the cultivation of our children! The difference between tbe aavsge and the oivilised man was in the training they received. It was better to have one child properly instructed nnd trained than, a dozen un cored for and Qninstruct-ed- . The Government very- unwisely withheld from the Territory those school lands which it would have when it. be- -; came a State. we had bees here, struggling against pov. erty, without any aid from Government! and we hnd done considerable toward the education of our children.. The aid we should have from .Governmen when we were admitted as a Stale, would have been of far more benefit Io .us twenty years ago. He felt very thankful that in oil our Indian depredations, sufferings from grasshoppers, etc., we had lieen a self sustaining people, trusting in God and in our own right hands, wuhuut appealing fur aid to the Government or to other Territories or States.. There was an idea, in some quarters, that the greatest boon which could be conferred upon Utah wa4 free schools. He begged to differ from those who clamored for free schools. Their arguments were very taking, but very sophistical.' If you want to pauperize a community, commence by giving thtm something earned, If t ho slate owed to they the child schooling, it also, by purity ef reasoning, owed to it food and clothing expense. If be wanted to destroy in a child's mind that feeling of and energy, which all should have, he would impress upon him that the stale owed him something upon which he could depend. He could not eee why a rich man owed anything towards educating a poor man's children any more than to provide food and clothing fer them.' H hoped we should look upon this matter in its true light, 'We should become fully .There was something in receiving gifts which was ruinous to men. There were persons who imagined that they must be sustained by the community, and, in consequence, they became helpless. It was necessary that the worthy poor should be eared for and sustained, but we should be careful not to establish- In our midst any system which would tend to pauperize as. i He Sunday school children sang "Our-owSunday Sche-oL"-. " The choir sang the anthem "Daughter of 7jon," . Prayer by Elder Wilferd Woedruff. OGDEN. - i . lluni.-ms.d- tbe , iofluenoe. of His rectipna his . spirit was. promised Jo spirit, these who obeyed His word in all ages, ao,4 they , ceuld, knew , for ( themselvrs that they were working acceptably to their Father in heaven. There was a remedy in the gospel for all the evils we hal encountered, previous to receiving it, both of a tempera! and a 'spiritual na ture, we Dad to adpt a difforent policy from that, adopted by the world, acting according to dod's' counsel ia all tkings. 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