Show 0 I Ke KNOW By ALBERT BT F F. F UTAH PHILIPS That the tho expedition to 10 Utah and th the tM called so-called Utah S war ar was an ill advised measure has haa long been the belief belld of a great number numbe of people That politics had hada a great deal to do with it Is beyond question The carpetbaggers who were appointed to office ft irr the territory proved recreant and It was due largely to reports and nd letters from the Judiciary of the t l- l tory that thae caused the tho war However In one why ty y the coming of the army of Johnston was a blessing bless bless- ing Ins In disguise for the founding of Camp Floyd gave gave employment to many of the Saints who were practical practical practical mechanics carpenters and brick and stone masons ma na- na sons It likewise furnished a market for fruits vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables and dairy products And of the conduct of of the Mor Mormon on people Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Cummins Cumming In a report to the secretary secretory of state said Persons unbiased unbiased by prejudice who have ed this this this' territory will I think agree In the opinion that a community y is seldom se seen seen n more marked by quiet and peaceful diligence than that of of the Mor Mor- mons What was done by the Mormon people was to push their settlements and make places for th the converts they brought over from the old world by giving them a place to live What they most feared It was vas said sald was that the outsiders who came to Utah would settle territory which would come within po political political po- po boundaries of half haU a dozen states In which they would cast their potent united vote and that Immigration and arid a rapid increase of offspring would within the century give them a million people C S S The advent of the army Into Utah resulted In the theother theother theother other territorial officials appointed by the president moving into Salt Lake City Chief Justice Delano C. C Eccles took up his is headquarters in Camp Floyd Judge Charles Sinclair was assigned to the district Which Included Salt Lake City and Judge John Cradlebaugh to the southern counties In the territory Alexander Wilson of Iowa had been appointed United States district attorney and Jacob Forney of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Penn Penn- sylvania was superintendent of Indian aft affairs congress congress congress con con- gress having taken this away fr from m the governor John Hartnett of Missouri was secretary and Peter K Dotson United States marshal When Judge Sinclair convened court In November November November Novem Novem- ber 1858 in his charge to the grand Jury he ho urged that body to indict Brigham Young Daniel H. H Wells and others of the high on a charge of treason intimidation of the courts courts' and polygamy but the district attorney refused for the reason that the president of 01 the United States had issued a proclamation mation matlon ma- ma tion granting pardon to the Mormons and that it would simply be a farce to ask a Jury composed of members of the Latter day Saints to return such in in- in S S S 'S Judge Sinclair remained d in Utah but buta a short while During has career on oa the bench in Utah he did something something some some- thing thins that no no other Judge has ever done and that was to sentence a man to death the tho execution to take place on Sunday It Was as the first execution of bf f a white man in the territory The convicted man was James Ferguson who vho had been found guilty of mur mur- der Of course the execution was postponed ed and he was executed on Friday Frida O October tobe 28 8 8 1859 |