Show RD E edito PITO dito I 1 ta R I 1 A LS 1 ENTIRELY entirely reasonable ACTION tiie tire home houe of representatives in the matter of tile tho utah acted in ili the only way that ither they could do in Iw redson reason there was avy T 46 absolutely no justifiable ground for refusing 68 ln a seat geat to ini mr f cannon he WAS regularly arly ariy elected cleed by an overwhelming wh elming majority of liml 1100 helegar he legal agal constituency of that thal there thero is not the tho shadow of a doubt mul anil lie had a regular certificate to that effect from the governor of utah the opposing candidate boasts of only about alouf a tenth of the votes r lyn ayn to mr cannon annon annun many of ehat chat tan tenth I 1 in all nil probability clity fraudulent M mr i C is isan an intelligent high mind etl eil d gentleman while we consider the opposing candidate to be a person hoh soh af f depraved tastes dissolute habits low associations drowsy frowsy unkempt uncouth and otherwise repulsive appears ap peara nce nee vulgar coarse coarse blid hwd brutal manners ill lil spoken rude vile and profane in language an and intemperate in everything more fit nt to be a boon companion dafflon of brawling pothouse pot house sots than a member of a decent deliberative assembly we have havo heard hini represented wt a with all his the best of liis his set which is is an exceedingly poor argument for tile the set jil JIG it CANADIAN PACIFIC R E R IT seems that before many more xea vears years I 1 i shaft ow amye pas passed suad siad there thero will be e awk trans transcontinental trans continental railroads north of the U P and C P roads there can belittle doubt that the northern pacific railroad rali Vall road will be a fact face fact yet the north westerners in f u dieg the tho I 1 the wash ington ians laus and the oregonians will not rest until they have it an accomplished 0 fact nor do we biame blame them the canadian pacific railroad cido niso there Is reason to believe will be persistently pushed an on to completion piel iou ion ab nr mr tames W tayl taylor ory ors united states consul at winnipeg Winne peg havin bavin having g recently vh visited cited ottawa informs tiie the st paul minn press prem that the present canadian government and the opposition are committed project of building a railway ilay ra rallay liay from pembina pem pom bina to fort caury carry and thence westward to the pacific and that it is to be commenced inthe in the tho spring the laying layn 9 of i thet ther iron of sixty miles of ti the 1 graded craded line in of tile the st paul and of st SL vincent is all that i is necessary y to coffi complete piete rail load connection between st paul and pembina if tile the canadians build the road above mentioned nth with uth fort garry carry and the british settlements in manitoba we mav say success to tile the canadian pacific the tile northern pacific the union pacific the central pacific and the southern pacific allader all ail are needed and each will have bave a powerful influence in developing the tile district of country ti through ough which it respectively runs but to the promoters of all these roads now in cou course arse of construction st wo we may say remember 1 the tbt crisis and dont build faster than thau you are able T HS SALARY BUSINESS IN aj CONGRESS oy Opil this lifs subject the new york ser her dad ads washington correspondent ili dec 4 says an avalanche of bills poured in upon the speaker this i morning a rnino 0 for the re repeal p eal eai of the increase crease of salaries of f senators and members about hait half the hou rou house rouse se had bills to offer and butler created i a laugh by suggesting that the house take a recess of fifteen minutes in order that the remaining members have time to draft similar bills bilk this seems seema t indicate that many of the members had been sent to washington washinton ton with fleas in their eans ears rs inserted by their constituents because of or the increase inci ease of salary act of last session and that said members were anxious to have said act j repealed or amended as is early earny as possible it does look a little unpleasant that the financial crisis with a 1 general beneral reduction of salaries and wages and the closing 0 or running ningon on short shorb time of mills and manufactories manu factories followed so w luick quickly upon the heels of the by congress of its own salaries and the salaries of other high public functionaries function aries judging by the above quotation and by more recent advices advises from washington it does appear that some s ort sort 0 of rever sory action eon con don derning the salary act net will bee libe 1 ted the present session bo so far faris farls as the president is concerned congress can do nothing allec ting his present term of office if tile the salary act was constitutional in ili regard to him as the constitution expressly forbids forbids any change in fix his ills salary or emoluments during his period of or office congressional action respecting his interest in this regard depends upon whether the tiie word period in the constitution shall be construed to mean a single singie term or to include his aa entire tire period of office DECREASE OF MARRIAGE WE may be excused for referring our readers to an a article articie aroln from the san francisco chronicle and republished in the NEWS of wednesday last under tho heading of br TS marriage a becoming obsolete the I 1 article r cle clo referred to was a brief essay upon the growing distaste for and decrease of mari marl marriages lages inges a condition declai declared d to be ae existing on both the atlantic and pacific slopes of the united statis states of america and also in england marriage is one ono of bf the highest est and most moat sacred duties enjoined upon men and women one of the most serious and important cespon ties they are placed under as well as one of the most exquisite and pure delights that they are arc capable of enjoying it Is the state of legitimate chaste hallowed desire unrivalled incomparable it is the condition of human development satisfaction happiness par excellence fraught with all the blessed charities all the delicious exta ext asies sies of the closest sweetest most grateful mot most endearing most entrancing relation ship shili the peculiar condition of su perla tive arnn Arra harmony orly and union there is riot nor can be any justifiable excuse only in special exceptional instances for neglect of or ot opposition to marriage the decrease of marriage means meang the increase of licentiousness marriage is honorable in au all but licentiousness is dishonorable and disgraceful in au all therefore he who is a friend to marriage marni marri ase aso is a friend to mankind a friend especially to womankind a friend to dear little children of whom the savior said suffer them to come and forbid them not for of such is the thi e kingdom of heaven A wondrously wondrous Jy contracted kingdom of heaven ome some people would make so far as their own contributions and influence go therefore it is the duty and the interest of every friend to jesus every one who prays thy kingdom come every lover oven over of humanity every patriot every eveny good and loyal citizen every man marx who wishes to be worthy of that name n a me and to honor the glorious gift of manhood and the equally 9 fallt glorious gift of womanhood womanhood to be e a friend to ilar liar marriage casting to the winds all objections most of which are bre of or a narrowly noly selfish and miserably paltry kind marriage means gratification satisfaction health peace loy life endless chains of lives the orderly and honorable continuation of the race the godlike perfection of human nature it is glory alle lulah iulah now and forever but ciceu licentiousness means filthiness sorrow shame the cultivation of or the worst worst passions and the abuse debasement and debauch ment of the best it means sickness disease moral and physical leprosy death the demoralization degeneration and degradation of the race and its ultimate extinguishment in a seeth see thing mass of loathsome rottenness and horrible corruption therefore it becomes the special duty of our citizens to do all that they reasonably can to counteract the guilty defect defection lon ion of others and maintain the balance of conjugal ity at a healthy standard it is infinitely better to be much married maried led as the phrase goes than to be not married at ali nil provided that the marrying be well and wisely done that isa is that it be ot of the nature of a perfect union such is the verdict of every comprehensively intelligent mind and such will bo be the final verdict of an unprejudiced prejudiced and impartial posterity NOT SMALL POTATOES california CA and nevada have been discussing 9 the matter matti of big potatoes even pou bou pounds ads ivas was the maxi maximum weight t for a while but subsequently nevada ran up to twelve pounds for a single r urphy now til the colorado pueblo chief jain lain comes along with a shit abit statement ement not only as to individual monsters but as to cross gross yields which is very remarkable cemarka ble ule these colorado potatoes were raised by mr E elisha P Hor home horneff neof of the garden of E eden den wet mountain valley on his ranch the the following is a portion of the statement of mr home horne ill III 1 I cultivated three acres acres of potatoes this thip season beason sea bea soi sol one of brese one of early 11 irose rose ose and aud one of theerese the brese yielded full nine hundred bushels to the acre the E early 4 arly ariy rose itose eight bundred hundred and thirty bus bushels hols hals and the full six hundred bushels to the acre mr home says bays ibis his statements can be fully substantiated by others and the editor of th the eChie chief tain says there appears to be nothing novel in I 1 mr nir hornets hornes manner of cultivation and therefore the soil of the valley must be peculiarly adapted adapt rd to liot potatoe atoe raising the tho figures given make mike 2330 bushels for tb the ethree three acres atthe at the rato of the one nero aero of the brese variety the three i acres would woula have produced 2700 bushels nine hundred bushels an acre is at the rate rato of a little more than five bush alsand a half per square rod five rods of that sort would potatoe a moderate family all the year and not on a small potatoe scale either MEDDLING WITH THE MORMONS tim THE new graphical Graphic ol or dec 93 9 has somo sensible sens ibID I 1 ideas respecting eting the neav crusade against the bior mormon religion and some also in w which ch we cannot concur c one of the tho recommendations of the president igl iii in hla hia message looks to i an interference with normo mormonism oath on the part 0 of f congress Nis his suggestions are designed to run a plough i sharo share through the gre greensward enward of ormon dom and turn polygamy under the sod i forever A A strong piety party in ili congress favor measures of direct di r i act interference for the suppression of polygamy in utah jt it is thought that such measures will hasten the downfall of a disgraceful custom be popular in the country and cover its advocates with honor especially in the eyes of religious people brigham young is neither venerable nor interesting and a war udon boon him and h peculiar ins titu acion might be as popular in the thet country as the crusades were in E europe u a half balf dozen nen Ren centuries ago who knows that the home against the harem might not prove as powerful a rallying cailin callin call cail in the nineteenth century as the cross against crescent was in the twelfth clit it is easy to td excite popular prejudice against polygamy but states statesmen mendo do not noh dabble an sensations the fact that a particular policy falls fall fallain sin in with vulgar prel prejudice u and will be po popular with the ignorant moved d masses may stimulate demagogues to advocate it and there are always men enough of this species specie in iii public life to seize upon such measures in order to gain a cheap notoriety and political elevation eleya tion there is no question that a raid on polygamy would be popular in certain quarters and that political adventurers might make capital from its advocacy but would it be wise la IS such a the mormons cormons called for at t the present juncture of affairs Is it in accordance with the genius of our institutions Is polygamy so successful and powerful in utah and so likely to spread over the whole vhoid country that it is necessary to use the whole enginery of the government for its overthrow IB Is it not one of the customs that can safely be left to the intelligence and moral sentiment of the community in which it exists and the laws of economic and social welfare 1 stich such questions admit of only one answer an unprovoked warfare on mormonism would wear aspect of persecution and excite a sympathy more dangerous than ism it is waged to suppress it was the persecution in ohio and missouri that built nauvoo and it was the destruction of nauvoo that settled altah there is no the fact that brigham young has converted a desert into a garden and built up and populous cities in wil wll at was a barren and inhospitable wilderness he led a fanaticism he organized an illiteracy into a church with political functions but his rist institution list is an anomaly and an anachronism fanaticism cannot coexist co exist with intelligence Antelli intelligence genee gence and constantly tends to burn itself away it seeks isolation in order to protect itself from its foes and perpetuate its name hame but in this the mormons cormons were unsuccessful their ret retreat proved to be in the main highway of the continent the pacific railroad has shattered the their ecclesiastical cupi supremacy the discovery of rich mines within two hours ride of salt lake city is inundating tho the Teril Teni tory with a gentile population which wil will so soon 0 leave the mormons cormons in an unpopular minority in their own stronghold the new colonists car carry ry n new hew ew fashions a and nd the mormon women lre oare ire no ladig longer er content to drudge and dress dress as in the old days they aie are more and more unwilling to be 16 scaled aled only the wealthiest men in the territory can afford to support a an n establishment and dress a dozen wives in the prevailing fashion of or the time and the mormon rmon women rebel against bare floors and linsey wolsey economy tells against the tho institution tho the press paralyzes it the y younger aunger generation of mormons cormons condemn it tha schools are hostile to it Thew the whole hole bole spirit and movement of bf our western t ern civilization arm arc against its continuance ti nuance and it would seem teem that thai it could be safely let alone save as it interferes with the the tho adin administration iniestra In istra of justice to drop to pieces of internal decay debay or to be blotted out by the combined influences operating against it with so much force As ai a social experiment it is a failure and will never bo be tried on this continent again there is no need of legislation to prevent fit our peoples people from investing in bankrupt 1 enterprises and no use in d dragging I a body already I 1 in n the death gasp tip lip to the allows the licentiousness and vic vice and crimes against domestic purity in our great cities hardly justify us in making a national raid against a community which with all its sins and shortcomings owing has abolished tile the social evil borders and provided every woman with at least the semblance of a home we do not think mar mat marriage batridge ridge either singular or plural disgraceful on the contrary we bellevo believe the scriptures that itis honorable we know of no home or of harem antagonism n this country we are quite wll witling lin to |