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Show She gtlcn gmutum. PublUh4 every WKDNE8IMI iw1 SATUhDAT, PUBMaHISti CoMPANt. tilK.t by tlia Charles W, Penrose, Editor. anI BiHiiien MauHxr. o;m ;A'1T taa-i'- unpar-douabl- lt.iit. OCTOBER DAY, 11 . 10, 1874 so-call- yix mjffii .ujk. a The Chicago Trtlmitv. remarking npn the aip;irctit im posHibili ly of preventing the prostitution of municipal governmeut in our large cities, ninken rather sturt-- l l suggestion, namely, ttnu the present Hieia of administering our municipal nil iirt has proved a general fail ure "in honesty, sKiciency and security," of an inherent rice in ihe tyst em, and that tluit Tine is universal suffrage The iutiniat:ori teems o be that, if none but were j; n i e to vote at municipal elcciion, the udministra-tior- i of .ifl.iir" would be wi.syr, purer find ' more etsonoinic vl. So far us San a fact tlmt we concerned, it h ivy never enjoyed such an immunity from thieving rin :ft us when theia.vpay-er- i Tirtuttlly controlled our locnl 11 i e r tax-paye- 1 1 Frau-oii0- i lion. We ilu- - ab'ivn from the .San Cffiiiir'. I'ratici.sco According to the statute of I'tah, no person who i. dcemod a is not a resident, a;ij no poison but :i resident has a this system of riht to vote. cu finite Utah has been exempt from the official corruption which shows itself almost everywhere throughout ths I'niun. And it is this system which the Federal officials and their are endeavoring to break hangers-od wn. Owners of property have an interest in the election of honest and capable official. The "tag rag and bobtail," who contribute nothing to the support of the S'tato or Territory, tlif county or city, care nothing about those qualities in public officers. They s who seek join in with place for the spoils it promisis, and are ready to sell their votes to tht highest bidder. It i to sustain the principle of tax paying suffrage, in part, that the struggle in Tooelo w maintained. I'pwards of nine huudred vates were c:ut in the county at our August election, by persous whose namcaare not upon the tax lists, and some of the candidates for whom they voted, a:il who are sustained by the whole Federal ring in their position had themselves declared to the assessor that they possessed no taxable property in the Territory. (Jovemor "Wftoda went personally to the mining camps and harangued them; so did I". t Jlarshal Maxwell. Judge McKean sustained the candidates tax-paye- r I'l-idc- r n office-hunter- thus illegally elected, iu proceedings without a precedent; and the whole Federal influence in the Territory was thrown around the President Smith tbm presented the the anhjecta to be presented duribg refornutiou Conference, via : a general and embracing the principle of union we of which nieain cooperation, by could become a self Busiaining commuHud the necesnity; home manufactures the building ot of them; patronizing sity the Temples in Salt Lake City and Si. ceuts Geoige, and the donfttiou of fifty effect this object, to cash in moutn per huudred workaud a call for some "Liberals" may work by every means men to go to Hi. George to hurry up tue would in their power, legal or illegal, to .s- work there. Several missionaries to be called during Conference pre.ict ecure the election of a straight tho gospel iu the I'mted States and Cantbe tken myier-teticket and that is all right, ada The desires and Saints to uune their prayers strictly iu accordance with the ge- to (Sod that His servant Urigham might in fir li V.' and tliat . . - nf J. nius of American institutions and hp" W.X.J those who addressed the Conference highly commendable. might be filled with light and wisdom exNow would it not be belter for the for their instruction, mid closed by and horting uil to righteousness 'o the end, that they might obtain very "independent" minority of Oneieteriiul life. da Comity to try and enlist the symc. c. men pathies of home ot tho weaker ''Mormt-iisSpoke upon (he privilege of living in in their favor, by making a day of iunpiraUou from the Almighty, a lair fight, ceasing front misrepresenwhen a work was introduced for the bentation and abue, and advocating in efit of boih the living and the deal. He touched upon the uecessity of union in a manly way the merits of thoir nomthings temporal and spiritual; the ruinous inees. this means they might policy of supplying our wants from a foreign market, and tho necessity of catch a few votes from the opposition He showed that by to strengthen their weak and dying uuion in carrying out the counsels of the Saints would Hut while they throw Out tbe servants of God, was cause. necessary that overcome, auJ that it slurs and base insinuations, black-- ; they bhould avoid every evil pruciice. and be continually on the the boat men in tho gturding : ... l .. i. overcome tho woild.tho .1 I. uioii raiih-s- , unu accusing me people that they might tlesh and the devil, and obtain u lull of submitting to coercion in Political and complete salvation. '"Mormake with the exception of officers for the Ttrritory. and their predictions seem to be Btrougly in favor of Mr. Fenn, the Democratic candidate for Delee It is an gate in Congress. crime for the "Mormons" to attempt to put men in their way of thinking into office. Tho g claimant for office and their nontax paying supporters. ; f I'tah has enjoyed immunity from thieving rings" hitherto, and while the control of our local elections remains in the hands of tho taxpayers, as the statutes provide, her finances will still be handled honestly and carefully and her cities and counties be free from debt. Hut let tho crowd of adventurers ' who p.ty no taxes, but want all the offices, obtain control cf her inuuicipal or turrit orial affairs, and then will dtibt, theft and tho official cor ruption which dUfigurei the face of , car-pet-b- ag fol-o- vr every important city in the Union, and shows itself ia hiu.uui blemishes at the vtfy head of the nation. t3 un 111 taith-lulne- Ei-ot- ly watch-towe- "LIII KK A The Oneida County, I. T., "Liberals" heaven save the mark are in a terrible ferment. Tho 'Mormon" people who form tho majority of the citizens of that county, hare nominate! a MaigU "Moraioa? : ticket, r, . I the matters, they only mons" more hostile and more determined not to help i&to office any man who so reviles them, whether it be through ignorance of the principles that guide the "Mormon" people, or a willful dispoMtion to misrepresent them. Now the Liberals need not get mad over it , but as sure as the waters of Malad run into Hear Kiver and as certain as Hear Lake is the lovlicst body of water in the North eouutry, so sure, if the "Liberals" take thiir present course, tho Mormons will fill every uCaco in the gift of the county at the approaching election. ELDER B. YOOO, JR., Bore testimony that God had spoken in this day of the world to men whom He ff life declared before the law of revealed. If the people had front rank of Ogden merchants been prepared to receive it the kingdom Iu of God would have been established 'tore may be fonJ n,ost ock of dry goods, among them. But tbey were not willing con8i8ting inpg'ti to receive it, so the prediction of Daniel an excellent Moses was J Jert-mial- y gouh ,n 'a 1 The Utah Northern LUMBER al al -- . - - ti ..,!,..:. 1 - .iTJVf jf V," nl T u '! .iTw r - tier er -- pro-gre- Ij la U H. OKDEfitS BY ra a . tatcttle M. mm f 1ITTE1S 1 ", -- Co. fr SEMI-ANNU- .Semi-anau- ; assortment of , was fulfilled; a power arooe which made dtes dress and war against the Saints and overcame funding them, and dominion was given into caps, a complete stock o4 boo.sund.ho,. the hands of the wicked until a lime, besides one of the bW .eUced , t.mes and tho dividing of lime. most complete slocks ef W.ly ajJ( fllI) Elder Taylor then touched upon the cy groceries in Northern Utah. Bu, history of the dispensation giren to Ihe i k in lienors that. Tribe lead, people on this continent iu olden limes the ,sn as gi en in the Book of Mormon and He has a large and well atoned then came to our own day when the tity of the very best of wm.ks. brandies of tbe times"' fuluess of dispensation whiskies and bitters. At his pltt0e was ushered in. All the former y8 ean had tiieir peculiarities and our rely on getting a bottle of g8nililie work was a special character relating 10 Old Tom Kentucky whi,XJt or Frfnfh the salvation of Ihe living and the dead He always keeps brandy. P.nuilie m. mid having a bearing upon all the disicles of English and Scoteh nles anil pensations of the pat. This work was por. not originated by Joseph Smith, but was ers; in fact, you may try Tribe in t revealed of God and all the doctrines grocery line, the dry goods line, the and ordinances which were revealed to boo, and shoe or the line, lienor ij,, us by degrees did not come from ws nor from our leaders, but God in His owa and you'll bave to g. t up early , morning togei ahad of him s way and in His own time bad manifested them and called Joseph Smith and large and altraciive adveriieuicni h others 10 perform His work as He paper. Joseph Smith and a his coworkers were only able lo comprehend these things because the Lord revealed them, not because of any peculiar wisdom or iutel.igence of our own. We with God; we were only emanated from Him the principles we have unbraced, the Priesthood we hold, o the power we have experieneed, emana-uate- d Oflice - Lofiui, Cm-hCounty from God. By the power and and .spirit and revelation sustaining hand of God we had been upheld, and if Havinir tlire ."(nam ?nw MiH .fidM ,Tt-Water luwer luillj, we nr prepared tbfurainh it had not been for these we should have been overcome by our enemies long ago. bills orHe led us here, he sustained its here, and those who thought to overtnrn us IEs were fighting against Him aud His purbe with could the not thwarted poses In any quantity at rates wlmh follies and vanities and wickedness of men. A dispensation of gospel, ibe las DEFY COMPETITION. dispensation had been committed unto us. The Elders had gone forth among MAIL the nations and gathered many people Now was our duty to build it together. will ircoire immediate attention. up temples and attend to ordinance LUMBER Shipped to any point on tue Ruilri1 the living and the dead, to practice every holy principle and to act in coD. HAMMOND, operation with those who had labored in SUIT. past dispensations, who were equally interested with us in the work, for they wilhout us and we without them could not be made perfect. We wanted friends behind the veil as well as friends in the tlesL, and we needed to have more love aud sympathy and kindness one for tbe other, and not to try to grind one another to the dust of death. Let the potsherds of the earth strive with Ihe pot- S.T-1860-X sherds of the earth, but let us act so that every man in Zion shall be a brother and a fnend, aud ho would prophesy in the name of Israel's God ih&t Zion would grow and flourish, and its course should be onward and upward for ever and ever. had chosen to bo His servants, in the same manner that he revealed Himself i and other ancient to Isaiah, of Latter-daThousands prophets Saints had received the same testimony as he bad received it, from the heavens, and in consequence of that testimony had gathered to these valleys of the mountains. They had labored to build up and beautify happy homes, to send the gospel to the eations, to gather the temples of poor, and build houses worship; why then should they be hated and persecuted? 'fhnae who opposed them ought to kuow and did know bet ter. But it made no difference what opposition might be brought to bear against this work, while he know it waa his duty to prench the gospel he would CONFERENCE. by the help of the Lord tioutinue his labors regardless of every consequeuce. October 61 h, IV71. The choir sang the aMhem, "Who is like unto Thee?" The Porty-fourtConferby President 1). II. Wells. Prayer ence of the Church of Jesus Christ of p.m. Latter day Saints, commenced yesterday Choir s in?: Come all ye Saints who dwell on earth mornng at 10 o'clock, iu the New TabYour cheerful voices raise." ernacle, aiSalt Lake City. ELDER WILrOBD WOODRUFF Prayer by Elder Albert Currington. There were present on the staud, Choir sang: j the- Lord was always Of the First Presidency: Drigham "Happy the man who finds Ihe grace, Said tho word of in ne of the world every unpopular Young, President; Geo. A. Srni(hrDanil The blessings of God's chosen race." This was because the people f the world II. Wells, Lorenzo Snow, iSrighum loved darkness rather than light. Gud ILDKR JOHN TAILOR had set His band to the work spoken of Yoiiug, Jr., Albert Carrington uud Geo. Expressed his pleasure at having the by all the holy prophets, and 1 e would Q. Cannon, Counsellors privilege of addressing the people in accomplish it, for the destinies of all men a..;... . . Of tho Twelve Apostles ; Orson Pratt, Conference assembled. .iucuua 11. 1... 1. Sen , John Taylor. Wilford Woodruif, auiTwuuucu nun cirtHuiinuoes which raised up Joseph Smith to usher in the were peculiar iu their nature and for C. C. llich, Lorenzo Snow, Franklin I. work, and that roan was just as unpop Difwhich they were not responsible. as the servants of God iu lortuer ular Ilicburds, George Q. Canaou, Hnhaiu ferent dispensations had existed as the Did tLis unpopularity make the ages. purposes of God rolled forth in relation word of God a lie? Young, Jr and Albert Carriugiou. By no means. He to this earth. So far as the gospel was Patriarch : John Smith. bore testimony that Ihe Bible wtu true concerned th; same which and that every word nf God would be ful Of the i iret Seven Presidents of the bad been revealed to usprinciples wer abo given filled. The Zion of God must te estab Seventies : Albert P. Uock wood, Horace to them. But in other respects they ah Ihe temple of God erected, and lished, differed from each other. The speaker S. ELlridge and John Van Cott. the to a 1 the world as described the circumstaaces peculiar to a gospel preached Of the Presidency of the High Priests' and of none the Saints of God witness, each dispensation and the command be would ever Edward disappointed in auy of Quorum Snelgrove- and Elias ments given in Referring the promises cf the Lord. But they must ' .Morrii. , to the dispensation iu the days of Noah , (1 uve Dy iaiin, ana call upon His name, Of the Presidsscy of this Stake of ! Ziaa: I5e. 1J. Walluce, W. II. Folsoin the people from the. earth because of J. dP" their iniquity, that the spirits who were ;Sre'1; and John T. Caine. Wl"g'' lo come forth and inhabit mortal taber- rv " T-Of lUu Presidency of the Dishopricr nacles right not be coruoelled o t the Jp0." J"!f 5 5? '1 I the a that but wicked, VY. offspring Ildward Hauler and Leonard I vould be the endi"? "Morinonism." Hardy. So might be raised up who would obey Hesidrs the above there wiia general pie His law and listen to His precept. Those they thought now of Brigham Young. But they were mistaken. If the work representation of leading men from all who were swept away by the. flood were would have come man it depended upon parts of the Territory of I'tah, aud some not everlastingly damned, but after to an end long ago. but It continued be many generations had passed away, Jefrom Idahu. it was the work cf the Almighty. sus being put to death in Ihe flesh, but rause would never stop for the death of a It The Conference was called to order by ' quickened by Ihe.'. apt fir, went and phophetnorof au apostle, but would go Prest. Geo. A.. Smith. preached to their spirits in prison. The on till it had accomplished the purposes Choir kaug: principles taught ia each of these dis- for which it was designed. And we need ' pensations originated with the Gods; not have Alt you that love Itnniacuei'a name, of animosity any feelings of the lo the eternity Whose spirits burn with ardent Jluuie. they pertaiued our eaemies;"Yengeanceis mine, against and forth into I reached past, will repay," aith tbe Lord. All men Prayer by Prent. Geo. A. Smith. the eternity to come. The men who were in the hands of the Lord, and He Choir eang: adatinistered these principle held com. would answer the work of every man, munion with God and had authority Sweet is the work, my flod, my saint from Him to act in the Holy Priesthood The and sinner, upon their own heads. "' King, speaker concluded by bearing testiwhich is everlasting, without beginning To praise thy name, give tlunks to the truth and final triumph ot mony of end of life.f .In- the work. days or and fiug. ' the spired "'ly spirit 'of Choir sang the anthem: rtt(.jill)Kr oxo. A. mitii God guided by the gift of regulaliving "Beautiful are thy towers." Addres-dethe Conference, expressing tion, holding the keys which unlock the Prayer by Elder II. Youag, Jr. hu thankt'ulnes at the privilege of be- mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, holding the eheeriulcouuteoancea of the their mind were not set upon the perLatter-daSiaU. He referred to the ishable things ef earth, but Covenants eutered into by the people of thoughts reached into etemi r and The narrow gauge engines, built God, and tht weaknesses which had led life while which exist and in progress in the United States grasped truths many to apostatize, korue of whom im- and thought and being last, or immoragine (bat when they left the Church tality endures. Io ancient times through during the present year, amount to jbeylooK with them inostofthe talent transgression the power of the priest- 2G per cent, of the whole locomotive in it, and thit the conaequenc would be hood after the order of Melchiaedeo was its dawufalL Subse-jneu- t eventd bafl taken away, and tbe law waa added be- business. The Directors of the Den-yhowu the folly and fallacy of their vain cause of and Ohio Central Railrord Comtransgressioa till ia the fulness imagination, and the ooatinued of time jefua came aa the "lamb Uia of the Kiugdom abowed that their before the fouadationlof the worM," te pany, three feet gange, report that .... anypoataoytaa ecarce'y biea felt oom Ml the prophets and taa eaeriaeea they hato no diffieultY but theauelw. body in their elght-feet-of ta law can. psiatii, tad U rutoiii y OX EI 1)1 ss laws the. CELEBRATED TOMIO AXI APPET IZER, A VEGETABLE rr.Fawr.ATION. R OOTS, composed simply of HERBS and FRUITS, combined with ottVr tiropertiwr,.vrn.fcb in their nature aro Cathartic. 1 Aperieut, XutariMous, Diur Mc, Alterative Anti-Biliu a suffToo whole Is prew-rvicient quantity of spirit from tho StGAlt t'AXE t' keeo them, iu any climate, wUictt Mike tho TS PURELY well-tnow- d u. ' PLANTATION BITTERS onoofthe mmt dowrable Tontri a tut ia the wofil. Tkef iv:aeoJl rtricUy as x Ca-thn- rllr Temper anco Bitters Sy mly to be used as a xnaiiicine, and cording to directions. of the lMen They are tbe shoet-anehand debilitated. They art npoa a diseased liver, aetfoa tinrola to each a degree that a healthy which la at once brought abont. As a remedj- to i il are IVomcm eepecty anbject every other stimulant As a Spring no equal. and Summer Tonic Ux-- have as vrril Purgative a mild aM are gentle They Tonic. They parify the Wood-- They g ' plendldAppettser. Theymaketheweaktwn-Thecure portfy and invigorate. Thoy Headache. pepsla, Con8tirUon and aa a specific ia all epect of aa4 b ndermlne the (fee animal beday fncgQt spirit. Slkyt iiiJ ( W Park PlMti Iod y |