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Show -- WOMAN'S EXPONENT. 156 Woman's Exponent lite Salt Published T2ityrCtah. -- Terms ; one one one six monUis, $1.00. Ten copy copy year,f2.O05 copies for the price of mm. Advertising rates: Each square, ten lines of nonpareH space, one time, $2.50; per inonth, $3.00.-;- ; A liberal discount to regular advertisers. Exponent office, No. 25 E., South Temple Street.Jsecond fron 10 am gats east oriJesererNeWOffice. - Business "hours 7 '. to 5 p.m. every day, except Sunday. seml-mbnthlyf- ; ln . . - . "The existence of polygamy," Second, "The power and teachings of the' "Mormon" Church on that subject." Discussing these and summing the; matter up it resolves itself in this form, occasions. It was thought with Daniel Webster as Secretary of- - State, and an able Cabinet of Jsome of the wisest men of the age, the people had a right to expect aT7ilIiant term; but in this ai in many other instances, 'jenan proposes and God disposes." The father of the ; "whetheiTerntory-win-be-e- x Union for opinions entertained by a majority of the. people;" and also "the question whether,. Ipoiygamy is by the Mormon ffi tory or permissive." The statements on both sides are fairly presented in brief, and it is made clear that the Utah Legislature never established and that the large majority of the people polygamy, ..... have never practiced it." "The committee leave the; dispute; to"thccon: sideration of the House, with the plain reference that on a simple question of belief, Congress will not attempt to decide, and that the members of a - , was the third son of the one in whose honor so many camp fires were" built and stump speeches made in 1840, strange to say, however, John Scott Harrison Was a Democrat in politicsand not at all ambitious for Offi ceal though he was twice elected to Congress from his district and in 1861 nominated by the new-Preside- nt - : rDemocjaficTl5laIeConventionforIJeu PUBLISHER WOMAN'S EXPONENT, I ernor of Ohio, but he declined the honor, a fact .. Salt Lake City. Utah. which might seem questionable to the tiffice seekers of to day, were it not too well authenti .Entered at theTott Offlcein.JSalLJjike-(XlirjUlahta- s cated. His second son was the newly-electeSecond Qas Matter. President, Benjamin Harrison, who was born in North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833. ffbuness communications to " societyorsectought-to-kno- w d- v Lake City, March 15, 1889. The Mrs. Harrison, the present mistress of the White House isa minister's daughter, the Rev. John W. Scott, D. D., of Oxford, Ohio. Mr. and Mrs;-- Harrison were married October 20, 1853, when the young man was only twenty years, of age, and his bride seventeen. The had already been engaged two years. Soon after their marriage they, moved to Indiana polis, where they have ever since resided. Mrs. accom Harrison is said to be "bright, well-reaplished, an artist, and in character dignified, heartvand sympathetic." She has not allowed herself to be outgrown by her husband intellec him in those pursuits tually, but has kept that entitle her to rank by his side even at the nation's capitol. - She has had some practical ex perience in Washington society, having lived there while her husband was in the Senate. There can be no doubtin the minds of those who have seen her portrait, of her strength of charac ter, and she will in all probability act her part with grace and genuine attractiveness, doing thehonors of the Presidential Mansion as well at least as any of her predecessors. It is "devoutly her life there with that of her to be hoped"-th-at distinguished husband may be as happy as in their own quiet home, and that the womanly sentiment so strong in her home life, may not be without its correspondingly beneficial effects upon, the affairs of the. nation. : ; : . AnnualConference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints," will commence at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, April 6th, 1889, in the Tabernaclein Salt Lake Fifty-nint- h y City. V . The officers and members of the Church are invfted to altepd.. cordially " Wilford Woodruff, In behalf of the Twelve Apostles. disputed." -- Benjamin Harrison, the new President who has just been inaugurated, is a native of Indiana, and - grandson of the former - president - of the same name and his was con- spicious during the Revolutionary war. This illustrious progenitor of the President was Speaker of s iKe House f B u rgesses, of Virginia, in the early period of the history of the United States, and afterwards Delegate to the Continental Congress, and elected Governor of Virginia three times. He voted for the Declaration of Independence, and it also bears .his signature. His grandfather William Henry Harrison was a distinguished military man, his - successes in that time were quite notable in history, he was engaged in several historical conflicts. In the war of 1812 "he had command of one of the three ' divisions of the American army, the Army of the North West." Harrison run for president against Van Buren in 1836, and his popularity as a suit able leader of the people during that campaign became so apparent that he was renominated in great-grandfath- er m d, 1840. The writer well remembers the great ' enthus-ias- n that spread through the country at that time,. The noyeltyjhe paraphernalia exhibited during the electioneering has'probably much to do with the impressions made, upon the populace and naturally enough too; log houses in miniature and barrel? marked "hard cider," and pictures of the same were displayed at every available time and place. The songs were all of the same sort of characteristic if'tlre'ijatkwso'dsTaiiiQTT Indian battles. The ringing chorus of "Tippe- style-an- d canoe and Tyler too," has never quite died out Vince elapse dr lalthougn neariy Jialf a century-ha- s . the uncommon eclat that Notwithstanding ushered in the Harrison adminis tratiorrand" the hopes entertained of the succe ss of the Republican party with him as its acknowledged leader the people were doomed to disappointment, for in one month from the day of his innvguration, he jay piostrate and lifeless, in the White House whither he had gone only such a short time before buoyant with hope, arid amid the rejoicings of the multitudes tSatf throng the Capitol on these great j . m UTAH'S ADMISSION. Synopsis that when Congress organizes a Territory and provides a territorial government for the people therein, Jt is.8 withthe imph'cation that they shall have a State L; . Government, and it is wjihthis r promise held out to them that they occupy and develop the public domain, "and their right to a State government, cannot be denied, when the proper conditions are fulfilled, without bad faith On the part of Congress, unless there are circumstances that relieve Congress from a duty that would otherwise be imperative. "The conditions in Utah are then set forth and the statements made by the gentlemen who ap peared be fore the committee in behalf of U lah's admission afeirtuallyad6 as incontrovertible facts. The area, population. products, manufactures," mining interests, schools, churches, moral status of the people, finance of the Territory, etc., are given with details and statistics thatare of great value in a public document of this character, with the deduction that the conditions exist which entitle Utah to admission as a State, and tht it is of national should have a Then follows the objections whieh are, First, on be admitted into the Union of States in the near future. Great credit is due to th rnmmiffpp frnm Utah who have labored so energetically to present the claims of the Territory to the President and to the Congress of the United States, and to the Honorable Delegate whose views and opinions on this subject have beeiLso. ably, setfortb.; The people should not slacken their efforts because the situation of affairs seems more propi tious, but still persist in the endeavor to obtain that to which Utah is justly entitled. Perhaps after a long series of importunities it may be. like the story of the woman in Scripture, importuning the unjust judge, who granted her prayer at last pecause ne was weaned byjber persistency. . import-ancelhat-Ut- nt." ah provisions of the new Constitution for Utah on this question are thus considered, and also "the powers of Congress after admission." After this and much more, than we have space to use at the present the document concludes with the following: "Notwithstanding, and in view of the fact that the present Congress is soon to expire and pro- bably without opportunity on the part of the House to consider this subject, your committee deem it just to all parties concerned to present to the House the condition of Utah as to population, resourced, development, schools, etc., and the iAn.ui. iu huiuh puiygarayexi5is as aoove set forth; together with the respective contentions as to the doctrines of the 'Mormon' Churchand the good faith of the 'Mormon' element in respect of tbe offer to make polygamy a crime by a constitu tional provision, not repealable except with the eons enLof --Congress, "The indications are certainly very strong that in. the distant future, polygamy, in fact, will have ceased to exist, and wlien that time arrives, if not sooner admitted, the question will have to bemet, whether Congress will exclude Utah as a State because a majoritv of the people are members of the 'Mormon! Church. "Having thus presented the situation as dis closed at the fearing, the bill is reported back. with the recommendation that it be placed on the j:alendarJotxonsideration and'action-thereby the House." From the report of this committee one would naturally be led to the conclusion that Utah would , State-governme- . " . f the report by the Committee on Territories, in relation to Utah being admitted as a State' into the Union. "It commences by setting forth the doctrine better-than-th-eir -- JThe up-wit- h THE NEW PRESIDENT. - - opponents whattheir true belief is oh any ' article of their creed, also that this cannot Veil be made a basis of legislation. That Congress would hardly undertake to legislate in regard to a belief that was avowed; certainly would not venture so far as to act against, or because of a belief that is -- GENERAL CONFERENCE. - -- -- Salt V A VALUABLE BOOK. " ;rr "The Life of Joseph Smith the Prophet." by George Q; Cannon; is one of the books that should be in Jhe home ofevery Latter-da- y Saint. Those who were acquainted with Joseph Smith cannof falUm foe impressed with a feeline of ad- - -- miration for the writer, who has more than forty -- , i i |