Show 13 set about creating a strengthened church organization and at the sane tine rran attempting to disorganize all other political parties within Bill Governor Young immediately the territory including the indulgence in polygamy had greatly increased in the territory of Utah This was due in part to the control of the best land by the church which was then redistributed to their From the power of lSh9-5- 7 Mormonism nil instances the policies of state were controlled directly by the church leaders Through the efforts of the church the barren desert had bloomed Into a veritable garden land It was felt that fellow religionist In most public opinion was tending to favor the church In the early 13508 The dream of Mormon dominance vanished in 1257 when a gentile Cummings was appointed territorial governor This act precipitated a test for supremacy which dragged over a period of years The completion of the Union Pacific Railroad and the development of extensive of Utah gentile migration to enter administration At the induction of the mines in Utah caused a large during Cummings governor a strong military force wan required to The the executive in the territorial mansion new install non-Morm- ons 13 George F Edmunds "Political Aspects Karoers Magazine LIV p 226 Ibid p 226 of Mormonism |