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Show SELECTED. A MORMON B SHOP'S VIEAVS. Yesierdiiy a Hun reporter uict a Mormon bishop freh from the City of Sait Lake. The distinguished vL-itor is the Liisliop oi' the Twemieth Ward. ,4Joiouei of the Third Iniaotry. and 1 SupenoteDcJeot of the Utah Central ! Railroad. lie is verj popular io Nw i'ork and Botioo, nhcro he is weii ; knowo to railroad directors and the magnates of Wall siredt. '1 he "Bishop, "Bish-op, '" as this is his moat familiar appellation, appel-lation, is of Scotch extraction, has done much hari work in his day, wears the air of ease and a l ull banker s account, and is about us guod a specimen speci-men of a hitxd senae religionist: a-; any man the reporter ever rutt. lie, is aouud on cause and effect, and nevir expects water to runup a hiil. Of the reported troubles in Utah he is very explicit, and says that the Mormons meau no trouble with the United States, nor with the representatives represen-tatives of the Government our. there, but that if Federal officers ohooso to make asses of themselves and cover themselves with ridicule, the Mormons cannot help it, and should not be blamed for it. THE MORMONS NOT POL1T1CLA.NS. Reporter What is the present sentiment sen-timent of the people in Utah towards the Governmental the nation? Bishop Tho people there have always their hands full of labor, and have very little time to think of the Government. They wish to live at peace with each other and to let the rest of mankind do the same. They have no time to waste in politics. Keporter Does Brigham Young control as absolutely as is reported? Bishop President Young is like every other man who has iniluence with the multitude; he uses that influence influ-ence as he judges best. Mormons believe be-lieve that ho uses that influence lor tho best Rood of the community. Reporter Would he under any circumstances cir-cumstances have tho people rise in arms against the United States representatives repre-sentatives in Utah ? THE MORMONS TAUGHT TO SUFFER WRONG. Bishop He baa shown in many cases wonderful forbearance in moments of annoyance aud wroDg. Had he not believed in his own mission and in the final triumph of right, ho possibly would have opposed encroachments, us other men have done; but ho is ex tremely cautious lest anything done by individual Mormons should be charged nguinxt tho community; hence he has laught the people to suffer wrong laitiur than do wrong. But it is best for bad men never to go too far, because be-cause they might find tnemselvcB without with-out anything to justiiy their wrong-loing, wrong-loing, and in thai cae manhood and purs -uui right might resort to defence, liiighutu Young will never be eg gre.-Mve. Keporter How do you regard the action of the Utah Judges in betting a-ide yo'ir Territorial March:il and At-turuey, At-turuey, and their summoning of jurors (ruin among the Gentiles? Bishop We are unanimous in regarding re-garding it as tbo grossest outrage ever o tiered to a 1'ree people. Reporter Would you explain, Bishop, the operation that is offensive offen-sive 7 THE PACKLKQ nr THK.Jun.iti. . . I BishopAccording to the statutes of the Territory, it devolved upon the Territorial Marshal to summon the jurors from the taxpayers, taking names alphabetically from the records preserved by and in the hands of the c!erk of the couuty court. By this method there was no distinction be tween Mormons and other citizens as jurors. Now the United States Marshal Mar-shal goes into the streets and picks up jurors and calls upon such as aro best suited to the purpose, throwing in with them a number of Mormons; but the , latter aro almost invariably objected to, i "challenged for cause" or by "peremptory "per-emptory challenge," and by tbo time the panel is complete tho Mormon d havo been weeded out and the busiocje ia begun. TAKING OARE OP HIS FRIENDS. Reporter How does Brigham Young use his political influence? Bishop The 8a me as every one does who has iniluence to advance his own interest and that of his friends. There is no other way of using it. The same story all over the world. Reporter How can he be controlled? Bishop Just as other men are controlled. con-trolled. When some one comes along with a longer pole he will knock down the fruit; until then Brigham will do it. Reporter Everything, then, is dependent de-pendent upou his will aud judgment? Bishop Pretty much that way. Reporter Is ho likely to live long. Bihop Siuce he reaihed TO years of age he seems to be getting younger. Ho looka good enough lor another score of years, at least. He take-great take-great care of his health, is very temperate, tem-perate, lives modestly, and does preity much with himself as he pleases, lie is about the only thoroughly independent indepen-dent man 1 know of Ho allows nothing noth-ing to disturb him. BBIGHAM NOT FRIGHTENED OFF. Reponor Did ho leave Salt Lake City before the Fourth in anticipation of trouble? Bishop No. His programme for a Noriluru vie.it was concluded to my knowledge a month before. Ho spoke to mo about his teams and wagons several weeks before that. He could not pos&ibiy think of any trouble there was none anticipated. Whtn 1 left on tho 29lh I understood that Gen. Wells hud an understanding with Gov. Woods that the companies ol militia arked for would bo called out, and met with h;s approval. Reporter The telegram from Salt Lake haid that the acting Governor's prohibitory proclamation was approved ap-proved at Washington. Bishop Yes, but I do not believe it. Reporter Will this little fuss do any dnniHce in Utah? B.liop Only disgust tbo people with Tin: ItlNG OF POLITICIANS win uro trying to mnke trouble. Repoi ter Why fhould they want to make trouble then) more than in any other place ? Bishop Simply for the ruason that they have been accustomed to having their tinger in the political pie where tin y luve lived, ana when they come to Utah thuir occupation is cone. Bruliaui has cot the p;e on his side of the house. That is the story in a nutshell. nut-shell. Reporter But all jour people are not satisfied, and some wish that Brig ham's rule w is over ? Bishop Very likely; bat if they were anywher else, they would find ' some leadine man with too much iniluence inilu-ence alsc. Your New York papers do j not eeem to bo too much satisfied with j the ovsrtowering ir6enoe of snme of ! your own great men here. Human ' nnture is tho same up in the Rocky Mountains as down here. e are all satisfied when the advantages are on our side, and never coment when they are With the other man. PaorilETS QUITT1N0 THE BUSINESS. Reporter Are tho new prophets doinc much out there ? Bishop I do not think rhey are do-in do-in much, still I don't know. They are very little known. They seem to hava abandoned the profession oi prophets aud gone into a more profitable profit-able business mining principally. Reporter Are the mines very rich? Bishop Some of them are remarkably remark-ably rich. I know personally very little lit-tle of ihem. i Reporter Aro they making much clinnge in the condition of tho peopie , of Utah ? Bishop Mining is not calculated to improve the mass and only the lew. Restless Mormons have given much attention to it. The tanners are more industrious than ever to cultivate their lauds and to raise good crops of grain. They justly, 1 think, expect a veiy rich return lor their labors, and will in the long ruu make uo.c money than if they went to the mines. TIIE NEW RAILROAD. Reporter How far is your railroad going south of Salt Lake city? Bishop Seventy-five miles, now. Reporter Aro you going to the Coloiudo? Bishop President Y'oungsaid when the first spike was drove that we had started for that river; but he never allows al-lows himself to travel too last. Ho will get there some time. Reporter Will this seventy-five miles serve the mines? Bishop Nearly all the principal mines Little Cottonwood, Big Cottonwood Cot-tonwood and American Fork on tliceast side of Jordan; it will shorten tho distance dis-tance by twelve miles to Bingham canon uud Camp Floyd ou tho west, and wiil reach within fitiecn miles of the Tiuiio mines in the south. It runs through the b-ist farming country coun-try and most populated settlements in Utah, and will iurnish to tourists the Utah lake, about thirty miles long and fifteen wide, forty miles from Salt Lake city, tho fiuest 1'rosh wter lake in the Inountaius, abounding with every kind of fish common to that latitude, uud we invite ail New York to comu aud enj-iy it. Bishop Sharp is staying at the St. Nicholas, for a few days. Alio I'ork Sun. |