| Show editorials THE GENEVA AWARD W THOSE schemers who are advocating the distribution of the geneva award fund by the coming congress are now actively engaged in preparing the merits of the different classes of claimants in which they are interested for presentation though there are different plans for the final distribution of this fund the different classes of claimants will combine in resisting the third proposition for its disposal namely to make inake it ift a part of the sinking fund for the reduction and payment of the public debt so we leam learn from our washington correspondent this th is geneva C matter has claimed claim the attention of congress at almost every session since the award was made by great britian much discussion has been had upon it but not one good and valid reason has yet been lieen advanced why the money should not be distributed to claim ua antu ante its their biffi different erent merits to be declared of course by congress the p plan pian of fund for the reduction 9 of the public debt is s simply J i m P an easy way of getting out of a troublesome question the money was paid to this country for damages sustained by citizens I 1 the understanding plainly was that the money should be used for the purpose awarded and it would clearly be a breach of faith falth a bIot blotT lupon upon the national honor to use it for any other purpose the award says saya the money is paid for the satisfaction if is faction of all idl claims referred the 91 claims were for damages hence it follows that the money was awarded to pay those claims for da damages marres matres and to use it for another purpose would be other than contemplated tem plated when it was paid the united states did not claim the money to reduce its public debt but to remunerate those who suffered by the acab alabama am a and her sister cruisers every honest man in this country should feel an interest in this subject it is one not only concerning ourselves but another nation our congressmen and senators will not show themselves men of lionor honor tin unless less they award this mone money to those for whom it was demanded debande and paid THE AIM AIN OF radicalism OUR washington correspondent informs us that the most emphatic portion of secretary shermans Sher mans speech at the serenade to him on monday nonday evening and that which re received cece cec ived elved the most applause was his attack upon the doctrine of state rights tights and his demand for a central government based upon the he changed condition of our affairs his declaration cl that as the states became more numerous the relative importance of each one became less was tumultuously applauded this shows the tendency of re publican thought and indicates the tho he policy of prominent men in the party party which has ruled the country for or twenty wen ty years the design is to destroy a fundamental principle of american u liberty the doctrine of tS tates states rights as held by the leading and influential minds of the democratic mo cratic party is fully expressed by article X of the amendments ro the constitution the powers not delegated to the united states by the constitution nor mor prohibited by it to the states are reserved to the states respectively or to the people 1 the powers of the united states are distinctly defined in the supreme law of the land but the radical portion of the republican party aim at extending the national or federal powers far beyond the limits there defined and the excuse is that which is offered by secretary asherman ls bherman sherman kerman herman and a very poor excuse it is push the doctrine of that class to its lo logical leal leai and the whole elai clax clacker character ker of our form of government would be changed we could no longer loner call our country the united states for there would remain but one state stat the republic it would not be any longer the union a federation of several commonwealths but one single nation with all f bitsi po powers wens centred and vested in a supreme government between which and a monarchy the distance or dlf dif difference flarence would be almost imperceptible it is chiefly because the democracy hold to the constitutional principle of a union of several states each holding rights and powers tha not be invaded by Federal authority that we in common with a great many of the mormon people feel interested in the present political campaign not that we expect any favors from a democratic administration tra tion not that we anticipate great changes in the conduct of public affairs by the advent of hancock to the presidency but we are strongly and intensely in favor of the constitution as it is and view with forebodings of the national downfall every attempt to in merge e rge the powers of th the 0 states and of the t h people into a centralized government ern ment the very opposite of that which was founded by the fathers of our country and intended to continue as the guard guardian an and not the usurper of and popular rights we do not join with those who predict the count coun rys nys ruin as a consequence of either garfielda Gar fields election or hancocks triumph so far as the men go as we expressed at their nominations we believe either of them would make a good president we take no stock in the sensational stories a bout about either of the two candidates the country and its material commercial prosperity erity brity will perhaps be little lttie effected by the victory or defeat of either of them but the drift towards a strong government as the advocates of central centralization call cali their revolutionary object is as we view it dangerous to constitutional liberty and as the democratic party is the only one now wielding any political power which promises to stand in the way of this departure from the path marked out by the founders of min win we have desired to see th that a t party obtain control of public ilc lic ann af hirs lairs that it might be geen seen seen whether or not in its hands the original principles of our government would be be vindicated and maintained we do not believe in disunion we do not advocate state sovereignty in fax the sense in which the term was used before the war but we do believe in states bichis rights because we b believe 0 in the constitution and desire desir e to see it sustained and kept in violate inviolate when the powers of the individual states are abrogated or swallowed up lip in an oligarchy behold that will be the beginning of the end endl A FOSSIL DONT UTAH omers oters a wide field for the naturalist tur alist the geologist and the antiquarian qu arian specimens which would delight the enthusiastic aude student nt of prehistoric pre historic times and creatures are frequently discovered in various parts of the territory and quite a lumber number of ok them find their then way to the museum here where all the most important natural curiosities should restored be stored for public informal tion brother C R savage the enterprising photographer of this city has taken some splendid views of a fossil recently placed in the deseret museum it was exhumed from the temple tempie quarry San han bete by bros W 11 folsom and joseph soseph J J taylor it is described by professor barfoot as the upper part of the head of a fossil taken from the cretaceous oolitic Oo litle marine strata near manti mantl the of that epoch were carnivorous ra poss possessing eming esing paddle like fins and related to the forms described by prof marsh in the photograph the roof of the mouth is seen the upper part of the head being Imbed imbedded embedded im bedded dedin in the country rock a portion of which has been cut away to reveal the bone A small smail stuffed lizard is placed in front of the fossil for comparison with the pre preexisting existing saurian type it is twenty three inches long is popularly called the mountain alligator and is the derma dezma sus of co cope both are rne finely ly brought out I 1 in n the photograph which will be an object of interest to all who pay any attention to the natural history of this wonderful mountain region VICTORY OR MASSACRE T THE whole country has been rejoicing over the victory achieved in in mexico by the slaughter of the far famed indian chief Vict viet victorio orlo orio and his band of warriors it appears that they were destitute of ammunition and being be 1 i ng surrounded by a large number r of troops were shot down with little danger to their assailants only three of whom bic birthe the dust in the encounter while three score of the apaches were slain on the hill where they took their last stand victorio viet Vict drio orio has been a terror to tb the settlers sett bett lers lors on the mexican border and hag had committed many savage and inhuman depredations since he be was forced by military power to leave his hunting grounds and go upon a reservation that he hated bated and where he would not stay perhaps his death is a good thing for the colonists of arizona and new mexico and the settlers over the mexican line but if the same disaster had overtaken one of the generals who have felt the might of his arm and seen the effects of his stra strategy t e gy the news would be sounded through the land as az a inas massacre sacre and the horrible slaughter would be loudly denounced as another reason why the indians should be exterminated when de fenceless red men are shot down by scores it isa isa victory when white soldiers are overpowered by numbers and slain it is a massacre it all depends upon the color of the skins of the vre vie victims 4 0 SINGULAR inconsistency THE new york herald is oft often enre remarkably mar kably inconsistent one dault day it will be democratic in tone and the next day republican not long ago it was vehemently opposed to grant being quite bitter in its denunciations of general grant as it pointedly referred to that gentleman never alluding to him as the ex president and suddenly it veered round and lauded him to the skies but the most singular of the J heralds 1 aralds peculiar movements is its attack on oil the democratic nominee for mayor of new york city simply because he is a catholic james gordon bennett the founder of that paper was a catholic his son its present proprietor is also iso a catholic so far as his religion goes which is not very extensive and a large number of its chief patrons arel areef of the same creed besides beside s the herald has opposed often and with great force the introduction of reli rell religion glo n and religious animosities into the he domain of politics that paper admits mr air wm win B R graces graced personal fitness for the office his sincerity and the fact that a large portion of the thie population of new york are of the same falth faith also that they are as a rule good citizens yet it assails mrs kelly helly himself the tammany chief a catholic for procuring the nomination of one of his own creed and tries to make it a appear ea that I 1 in doing so ae he has forc fore forced iea lea a religious issue into the political campaign while the truth is that the aleryd herald has done this by its present factious opposition why should not a catholic be nominated for mayor just as freely as a protestant the berald herald does i not inform u us the assault on mr asir grace because of his religion is a big ig blunder and the attack on mr kelly el because of his choice of a catholic jhb is another big blunder th the two wings of the democratic body agreed to unite on the question bf of the on this wise the irving hall leaders made a list of a dozen names of prominent citizens either of whom would be acceptable to the followers of that branch of the party and submitted them to tammany mr grace was selected by the tha latter branch and the whole body of the new york democracy has thus selected him as a s its candidate mr kelly is not individually responsible for the nomination and if he were the fact that the nominee i la s a catholic would not be anything to the discredit elthe either of the candidate or of the person who nominated him amans religion whether he be catholic or protestant gentile or jew mormon formon or methodist should not form any feature in a political ollit ical leal controversy and th the ab new york ronk vork herald has certainly exhibited very bad taste as well as great lack of good judgment in its latest glaring inconsistency the editor in chief cannot surely be keeping a prop proper r watch upon the columns of the great journalistic chameleon of america MORE corruption MONEY As the great political day bf judgment approaches the rival parties increase their exertions and redouble their diligence the republicans have an immense advantage over their opponents they can squeeze money out of a host of office holders fearful of losing their positions and their consequent bread and dinner there is no disputing the fact that an immense amount of money was spent in ohio and indiana at the state elections and this must have somewhat depleted the treasuries of both parties the republicans seem mohave to have s spent p ent the most indiana was doubtless E won by greenback influence fluen ct although the greenback party received no benefit but the republican sponge can be used again and again to suck suek up the needful element to liquidate the expenses the following circular will elearly clearly explain the modus operand operandi by wh which 1 ch the he corruption fund drawn upon so heavily in october can be replenished in november it is addressed to office holders many of whom dare not fall fail to respond for forbear fear of the official guillotine which will not be ready for the heads of the unpatriotic should the party in power be continued at the head of public affairs headquarters OF TAE tre THE republican COMMITTEE 1217 F street northwest washington D 0 washington D C october 1880 sir the splendid ach achievements leve ments of the of october show what republicans can do when their blood is is up u els als this committee has yet much to do to meet the energy of democratic desperation and make our coming victory complete to make assurance doubly sure sune surfeits su reits its hands should be strengthened it therefore appeals to you to promptly contil contribute bute to its funds an additional one per cent of your salary it makes this appeal to your patriotism to the patriotism of f a republican who desires not alone the election of garfield but also that of a working majority in both houses of congress in the full expectation of a hearty and prompt response you have hitherto sustained it nobl nobi nobly rand yand and assurances crowd upon jt it that you are not weary of well doing remit as before to geo son treasurer Treasur ery ert P 0 lock box Washingto washington nl D ca C JAY A HUBBELL chairman L EWD EWID mcpherson secretary this phlebotomy is is a disgrace to any party and a reproach to the nation in which it is tolerated the like of it is not known throughout the civilized world and the heathen would blush at such shameless proceedings ce THE NATIONAL CITIZEN AND WOMAN SUFFRAGE THE national citizen and bokat box for october has a long article on the recent attempt of the utah liberals to deprive our ladyce lady citizens tl of the right to vote particulars are given of the mandamus case and the result in favor 0 of f woman suffrage that paper takes the ground that there will be no security for the women who have the su suffrage fr rag e and no great progress in the cause of womans comans rights until an amendment to the constitution is passed recognizing the right of voting as inherent in the citizen we have always recognized the principle rin ciple which has been sustained P by the supreme court of the united states that while citizenship is defined and regulated by national law the right of suffrage is to be defined and regulated by the 60 laws of the various states but since the government lias has 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