| Show THE newspapers of the country have long been protesting against a bad census now the members of congress find an opportunity to kick some people are born to become the victims of hallucinations mr actually believes that he will bo nominated again in 1892 THC republican newspapers seem to havu taken a rest from their self appointed and laborious task of electing a of the house f or the democrat ane salt lake democrat makes the unkind suggestion that the editorial rooms of the nev Trib building should be papered with over due I 1 0 the would make a crazy quilt look faick ir is now rumored that the azteca aztecs in mexico are also afflicted with a messiah craze I 1 hey believe ho will shortly cause an eruption of the volcano which will destroy tho wicked from off the face of the land sucu suan gentle zephyrs such av u inspiring mountains and such silvery streams as you have here said a tourist yesterday must have its effect on the minds of tho children roared in utah and a few generations amid such scones ought to bring forth some truly en obling characters IT is a question whether asphaltum is the coming payment for the cites of utah though our mountains abound in this rich mineral asphaltum paving this year has been tried in salt lake augden and provo with poor success the last experiment has been on commercial street Salt lake and from all reports it is as bad as the paving in provo AN old woman in syracuse new york predicts that in february 1891 the mormon will rise up against the gentiles and a plague will cut off the wicked except such as may flee to the house of refuge which is building for those who will floe to he hills in the dreadful time she ays that nearly all ministers and baders of labor organizations are cormons mormons secretly TUB logan journal cheerfully re marks let salt lake and ogden and other places boast of their great wealth population business enter prise and prosperity far better the lot where there is work for all peaceful ways happy homes and contented and cheerful people there is some consolation in that thought poverty and misery always lurka in the large cities THE matter oi collecting statistics for utah for the year 1890 should not be neglected the territory has long need a bureau of statistics and now that the law provides for one each farmer should interest himself in furnishing reliable and complete data to the best of his knowledge as the compiling of the same will be of inestimable value a few years to come THE ogden commercial has a tendency to be more fair in its editorials on the mormon question of late it says very truthfully the broader view is that reason will accomplish more than abuse that the ballot directed by intelligence is more effective than arbitrary legislation the legislation leai which some radical liberals propose viz tho disfranchisement chi of the adherents of he mormon church donld stop the wheels of progress in this territory prospects utah has beffie her if tho cormons mormons are wrong in their sincero convictions force will never effectually remedy the evil tho history of christianity is evidence of this THE tight money market which the country M now experiencing is a puzzle prom UNCLE treasury more money has been placed in cir cu lation than for many years an exchange suggests that it has been brought about by people who ordinarily dina rily keep their money in the banks where it la perfectly safe but now have been taking it out and putting it in their old stockings teapots parlor stoves bureau drawers or mayhap they have preferred to tuck it away under the bolts of ahr waistcoats or sewed up in their petticoats or put it in a jug sunk in the well in either case it is shrewdly opened opined that the immediate outlook for sneak thieves and burglars is good it is easier to rifle the average household than to crack a bank any day THE st louis globe democrat a staunch republican paper has no good word for the federal election bill it says the familiar argument that the republicans public ans should show tue courage of their convictions by passing the federal election bill is addressed to prejudice and not to reason there is no doubt that elections in the south are more or less dishonest and certainly it is desirable that this grave wrong shall be cor erected but there aro certain reasons aby arbitrary legislation can not bo relied upon to adjust the matter in an ef and satisfactory way congress has the authority unquestionably to pass lucli a measure aa the ono now pending in the senate but congress has authority to do many thinas which are better undone it is not always expedient to use a certain power the most successful statesmanship is that anich takes cretul account of all surrounding circumstances and assumes no risk of causing barm were good is intended are never friends of the cormons mormons Mor mons and ano celebrated COOK who recently visited salt lake is no to the general rule in chicago ho is reported as saying 1 I agree with general murray that polygamy flourishes just as much as ever and is of as much strength law is being violated right along it will take more radical measures to stamp out abe curse and general murray suggests that remedy his legislature a good one and to remove the mormon delegate from the floor of congress giuld bo a stroke that would bring canelous ma nelous results 0 o man of the mormon belief should b permitted nermit ted to hold an office under iho government such talk may be believed in ahe east but every one here knows that tu pastor tolls some woeful lies |
