Show HOOPER AND CLAGETT OLAGE Tr the speech of delegate hooper in re ply to mr clagett of montana is deserving deserting of a review for while he be maie made some very sensible and timely time y rc remarks marLs I 1 he distorted the facts fact of utah history particularly in regard to the advance of people to a condition of independence and the freedom of speech and the press in III opening the delegate re bukea mr clagett for an ungenerous attack upon the people of utah of find and in this he did right fight if clagett thus offended for wo we have had bad enough senseless abuse of the mormons cormons both in and out of congress and our cc condemnation of such brings us at once i io an issue with nth both ath of these delegates hooper hays bays of clagett clag c tt I 1 ile he tells ilo homo that lit freedom of speech of ilia drew mil of public worship are a unknown n la in utah led that tat lot t government of tho the people b 1 tho the POO 10 for tho the popple does not exist there llis F in fint charge is id utterly basilica ilia second ia unfortunately too loo true trao not through tho the petition but la in con cu cis of 0 f the misfortunes of my coast tu onto thom are sit tx duly daily lapors published la in atall of this number ahm tro are hostile to the cormons mormons Mor mOTU mons and their columns see mon con filled with misrepresentations abaco and of that and of all ali who attempt their defense TheSsi abo balt lit lake tribune a mining journal Joani il anil and corinne ro ilc earv ter am evidences of tile un I 1 uel liberty eberly of 0 the press mr clagett has certainly mado made a huge mistake here lim having limping ving as so many mady do confounded the arese prese present tit condition of things with that or of ten years ag ago 0 utah has today to day ZE free press and the she has been blessed with both sinco binco 1869 that blessed li ii a proper expression to apply to utah in a congratulatory sense in ia possessing freedom of speech and of the will doubtless be clear to our delegate seeing that it gives h him im on an opportunity to one of clagette Cla getta strongest points po in tl the las has won for this country both the honor and tho the advantage of a free prem which has emancipated itself from party bondage and boldly stepped forward to maintain the rights and interests of utah the afi ichele pro poo pk JAC of utah but bat while wo we are arc forced by the facts to affirm that utah does docs today possess both a free platform and a 2 free press and the therefore zefore to dissent from mr Claget twe desire to remind mr hooper that which a republican people lIC are arc proud and of which ho be boasts b 0 I 1 sq were woo won ii or it revolutionary inore we ANIC would remind mr hooper moreover in the fecondo place that they were nil won cither hy himself or the party parly walli adt lie ho represents probably however the gentleman and hun drel morn more of the most influential and wealthy mormons cormons of the emi older rejoice ia abe freedom 0 of the elress orcas and the popular platform or 0 r utah cia justly boast for hero they practically the abe triumph of civil end airl ioui liberty anil and that victory though won primarily in a conflict billiau AliE ball abbo luto n is IL equally Cui tUy to the mormons cormons as af to the gentiles and protestant class who came out from the ou old church 11 I 1 ot oi nhat las laa been realized for a part lie he bedfor the ilia ich uJ ti 0 le they atho ho live lava boldly fur for alid ii own 0 we civil and religious rights will nol dot bo backward in contending cont cudini for the civil adrela ad reli giong rights of others not ex lap U h Delci ate or the tha leest or of I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 mr hooper lna lisis said mid that there hero are arc six daily papers in utah three of which are bo itile to the mormon and their columan constantly filled with misrepresentations misrepresentation abuse and denunciation of that people and of fill all who attempt their defence this is not true or of the tribune us As delegate hooper well knowe know for it stands by the rights or of the mor mons as n clarnot much to the disgust of the radicals of utah indeed if mr hooper has read aflato of late that hat same mining journal Journ 1 I by a huge effort of good nature it has hai classed as aa one of tile members or of tho the utah free press ho he wal w ll 11 perceive that the tri tribune dibuno has ha itself been ilia subject of misrepresent alion abase alt ge and for 1 ur aej at j empting the delince or of right on all sides and for the tendency chih it lie hat shown to rebuke perversions of conr republican institutions nial mal adminis or mi misconduct in our public officers or among men whether of federal or or of local rank rani As A fur for tile tho delegate Rele eite lion him elf though esteemed as a quasi qua si agent of lis hla chur chord clo we have dever reflected upon min him for his h n defense of the mor mons much loss less lor jor roy any effort which w aich ho be might have made iu lii somewhat anomalous character to secure aak alvan laces to tile territory or t to 0 represent the interests of the whole people we have said aid however that filet under the new a pact of utah affairs affair with a mixed population mr hooper was not a proper delegate to tand to congress thougla boin loins m a and demo crapio rather inn in prin principle he be is ia a iauch more ble man than apostle G earge Q cannon but surely to c awit I 1 for a lenuial republican publicAn He rull rul i and for the right men to fill official rl il ca not only thoice in in the gift cirt of tha but also aho I 1 those b oc in alim th si of the people is u the duty of elf the ilia independent pres tho the tribune will fulfill that duty but it will defend the peoples pc rights not VIO violate late them and ana as we have affirmed before its ita maxim is mcalum nica not men fell WE hive have repeatedly called on our cid tens to use the utmost precaution about fire as wo we have constantly feared a se raoui conflagration here through our de fenceless condition it ii n true wo we are fr far better off t than jan formerly being pro tided with a steam lire fire engine and other appliances yet wa tri conceive it to le be still advisable to advocate plans for the prevention as ex peri ence teaches that a large proportion of all fires firca are directly traceable to carelessness or want of forethought in properly attending to stoves stove and sana stove pipas negligence 10 in thil abi matter mailer is criminal on th the 0 part of any person as it endangers a neighbors property as well as his own we think the city authorities sti phoud onial tallo take the matter in hand at once and appoint a board or of lire life commissioners whose duty daty it shall le be to periodically inspect buildings examine sto stove ve pipe alre connections with floors and roo fi regulate the storage of combustible materials and oth crnic make such buch regulations as will afford protection to all citizens by this means a sense of general ea security t will be promoted find and the property t of prudent persons saved savo d from the accidents of the negligent and imprudent convy of indiana y yesterday esterday affirmed in the of representatives that the american boy was born who would issue a proclamation from moro more castle clavana how is that lor for prophecy ecy THE answer of judge spicer to a question on ass assessment i work propounded by one of our subscribe sub scrib and which op appears cars in our columns M this morning will bo be read with interest by nil fill miners throughout the territory W |