Show THE tho salt calp times of last tonging commetta in tho following language on tho amnesty extended by tho president the united states to JOSEPH P SMITH the news appeared exalus in these columns yesterday oon that had been extended to JOSEPH F SMITH a member obe of the church of esus christ aorist of latter day although nok unexpected a decided sensation it signifies n great deal more than could be crowded into the ordinary column of n daily newspaper lie lias sheathed ais sword ly interpreted it has the same refer enco to war between the church and choso who differed with its ritual as did the of general LEES staff on the field at ap io mattox the vicissitudes through which JOSEPH F SMITH ais been whirled are many he is a nephew of the apostle JOSEPH and eon of arnum yuth and ia the closest kin to the illustrious seer aud prophet from the first his life afis been devoted to the religion thai was bred in him with a zeal and spirit that brooked DO restraint aggressive to a degree that was almost he differed arid one of the hc ada of the church this after noa fram almost every one of his colleagues his policy was heroic resistance if logic and equity bailou it would be to secure a acro lucid analysis of the spirit that animated him this rallied about him a warm and enthusiastic follow bog he was caud to the legislative li ills of tho territory aad at once one of the most striking fea ares of thit assembly in 1881 lie was again legislature aud it 13 said wib pie aident atthe council fur that session in the meantime the united states ar critics th were following him up with ir relenting j vo measures passed by uon rape but faila d to entrap hi 1 bally the E amunda tucker act me in 1882 and with it counselor itu disappeared onico of february ruder the t ration of judge DICKSON as united states attorney the grand jury filed into court and un indictment was lodged charging him with unlawful c habitation tho correspondents be EDSAL MESON and this ws dragged from ita in clerk mo domce today the order of president had quashed it and it waa now exposed fur the first time to tau world it never reached the destination ti for which it had been started counselor SMITH had departed on u mission upon abo eve of his in and was never reached not withstanding the vigilant efforts of the united states authorities he exiled himself in the sandwich islands through which he began to disseminate the teachings of his religion in thid capacity he was beard fr im daveral times by tho authorities with whom he was in sympathy ho then sought anew field and went to mexico where he continued his labors as a missionary in the meantime efforts were being made to secure his amnesty but he wa wai i unable to reconcile himself to the condition which meant the signing of tha oath the effort fell through und then came tho manifesto above the signature of president woodruff A copy of this document by which the clause expunge od from tho ritual of the church reach oj him and ib soon became cnown ehlt F in his exile felt it binding theu the effort to die chargo him from all liability to tha indictment tant was slumbering in the pigeonholes pigeon holes of tha clarka officio WAS revive th fact that he recognized the and that he had bigi i ioa his readiness to subscribe to the oath rallied a largy number of gentiles in his behalf and tho papers necessary to secure tho loog coveted amnesty transmuted to president HARRISO choso whoso order appeared in the tunes yesterday sent word to mr eaid a member of president cabinet th s and now that ibo freedom of the american government has been opan ed to hlaiko that ho will make his appearance ia a tery short time in the mean cimfl the press bopre edg abo precincts of taj gardo house each casting his hook for a scoop that lies in the ex per ienco of a man who has beoh nine years tinder cover statistics for 1890 show a steady improvement inthe condition of tho working people of that state in 91 por cent of the men women and children employed in manufacturing industries received wages andor five dollars in 1890 the per of employed emp loyes receiving such wages had sunk to 1522 15 22 per cent of the much larger number of workers anat meada that there has been a ive advance in w there are mor p amic than live yeara ago and all this in spite of the tremendous immigration of european labor |