| Show editorials EDITORIAL ELECTION INSTEAD OF AP SENATOR PENDLETON who by the way manfully appo ed the edmunds bill as unconstitutional and oppressive is an arde t advocate of making elective many officers now filled bj by federal appointment he says rays he can bee no ri aon won why the people not elect pool poel postmasters masters district attorney marshals clerks of courts collectors of custom collectors of I 1 lu a terna revenue and many others the people elect cones cories bonding officers in the ibe state g vein ments and the service is quite aa as effective as in the tha federal government lie he argues rightly that euch ruch a system would harmonize with our notions af republican government it would lecure to the people peole th choice of the men ii mho who ho are to exercise authority over theol thein it would decentralize power it would break up the t h e traine trained d bands of office hulders holders s whom the present bast m fuses into a disciplined organized army of one political opinion fighting for the success 0 of f one po mom WOO party it would check antl anti democrate tendencies in our go eram ern in nt n t bj by res restoring tor for to the people their legitimate control over officers and offices the telegraph has informed us of the introduction by the senator of a measure looking to this end it ap pears that it was in the form ol 01 a joint resolution for a constitution constitutional amendment following is the text of the ie resolution solution which we woula would be pleased to hee ece adopted I 1 y congress and ratified by the people article I 1 section 1 postman Post maa terp marshals district attorneys of the united states clerks of courts inferior to the supreme court and all sill such other civil officers of the united states exercising executive or ministerial loders within the m several 8 tates states or territories and districts compo composed ted zed of the lapart of aap state or territory ryas as cot coi greab gresh may designate hall thail be elected by the people of the several districts and the electors of each di district shail shall have the qualifications of the electors of the mist mast numerous branch of the Legle legislature lature of the state and territory in which buch euch district is established eee sec 2 congress C agress shall have power te provide for the establishment of districts in the several states or territories in which such elections shall be held for the suspension ion or removal of buch euch officers for filling tempora temporally ily fly all vacancies which may happen for filling the offices until an election can bd ba held and to enforce this articie by appropriate legislation sec 3 the time places and manner of holding such euch t tec tlona tiona under tl hhall be prescribed in each tach sate by the le leiasure LeIa lela ture thereof but congress may at any time by law alter sueh such regulation ai A DANGEROUS PLAYTHING IT li is slated elated that the company which is manipulating the edison scheme for house electra elect rc lighting have laid thewl the wires res and fixed the lamps for over a thousand houses boutes in new now york whether this is true or not there is good reason to doub anything said about Edi sons inventions vent ions loas the public having looked for a long loog time for some practical outcome inventor proA pron balon salon will wiil be glad r to hear of the actual lighting up of the lamps by the distributing process whatever may be the result of that system it Is that electric lighting is still within the domin domian of experiment it has not so 0 far been successful in street illumination mi nation notwithstanding the flaming notices it has receive din the newspapers of europe and america many of which there ia Is good reason to believe belleve were written by the agents of the companies interested the ciu Clu cinna i timea times star has lately opened its eyes to the truth on this thia subject and now candidly admits that the predictions uttered a short time ago concerning el e ettric lighting jig and the revolution it was to effect have failed of fulfillment we take the following extracts from a long lea ier on the subject in that paper after afier describing the enthusiasm thusia sm of the british association and outer scientific institutes over the new light and its sudden sub bub si dence the temes times star says bays some dome pro progress gres has been made in meling u ing electricity for illuminating pur purpose wea but it cannot be regarded as a satisfactory y advance parts of beveral several cities in europe and america are low now lighted by electric lam law lamps ps and in some places the experiment Is deemed a success but there seems to be no indication of the general adoption af the system it remains in the experimental et st ge and develops very slowly even under the most favorable conditions dit fols ions in the absence of favoring circumstances and when left to stand aland on its own merit electricity has utterly failed to drive gas from froni the streets or has only been urn pora rily or partially in to notably in europe where the best beat success has been obtained with the electric I 1 there has been the least disposition to make the experiment peri ment anything more than an experiment paris is an exception perhaps but it is well not to be too sure of the performance of the electric light in those parta of paris now illumined by it jt wait a little lo longer liger riger edinburgh has tried the experiment and is not satisfied the authorities have meter Aeter determined mined not to renew their contract with the brush electric light corporation liverpool Bam barnsley sley bley and other towns have also tried electricity for a reet jur purpose poses poser ald aid have postponed it ift adoption indefinitely this system was tried in liverpool for lighting the streets 9 and found to be inconvenient and dangerous whether the wires are overhead or underground exper experience lence has demonstrated rated that the work in all its details must be complete and perfect or accidents will happen this result can only be accomplished by an extravagant t outlay of money capitalists and corporations naturally leei Leel hesitate tate to embark in an enterprise which Is at best full lull of risks and uncertainties the state of the case in england is J just about the ata e of the case cue in this country electricity as an illuminating lumina ting agent Is useful under certain conditions lut en on the whole it ie Is as yet a dangerous plaything tho the new york herald herold dilating on the same bame subject says bays the recent interference of the of an electric light company compan yand sand and chuse of the fire Department which resulted in the destruction of some of the fire alarm boxe boxes forcibly calls attention to the necessity of placing the wires of every description under home some systematic regulation it is very evir certain tain that we are only in the infancy of this whole bu 1 I THAT POLYGAMY BILL UNDER the above caption a letter latter appears in the new york hour for march which we give below the writer looks at the subject from a common sense standpoint andhiv and his bis picture of the probable re xe alts of so III lil alviad a measure would no doubt be realized among any other people than the mormons cormons Mor mons we do not anticipate such a social chaos as many people prognosticate because we understand moe more than they the strength via vla vitality lity and power of adaptation which are inherent to the system known by uhe the of mormonism but we fully agree with the writer on the hypocrisy of the people who have urge urged of this scheme for the in jury of utah and in the proposition that our family relations are our own business and nobody nob odys odya s else s EO long as we do not infringe upon or interfere iner in elfere fere with the rights of others the writer Is a little mistaken in agard to the status of the people who have converted the wilderness of these mountains into fruitful fields and made ios los possible sible the construction st of several rich states out of the barren region which once onci forbade human habitation they are by no means of the poorest or most ignorant of european populations ane bulk of the ibe people who have come here hero irom from abroad are such as can recognize the truth and value of principles and lave made the long journey fur principles eake sake in the face of a jeering frowning and hos hoa ile lie world and who have been abl abla in the midst of their tell and despite their small wages to save up tip at least part of the means to pay the expenses of their passage and they are c impotent competent in most instances to give such reasons for the hope that is within them as to put to the rout professional theologians and hired p eachers who attempt to as ail all their faith falth yet we admit that not many wise not many mighty not many learned not many nich rich after this world hath bath god caled ca led aed in these them latter times but as in former days he hab bab chloeen the weak things of the earth to confound the tha mighty that no flesh might glory in hi hip presence and just as si SL re as llod lives it will le fund that the mighty who glory in their fancied strength and chuckle over their cunning will be c in all their devices and be brought to shame and confusion therein while thA which they have plotted to destroy will be found beyond their power to affect except in the very opposite direction to that which they intended the writer in the hog how bays says to the editor of the hours ou public opinion Is so cruel a tyrant arant in this country hat on some subjects it itis is for a man to spek his mid mild freely or to induce any ally newspaper to give him a he heiring iring tring every lawyer in congress knows that the alti anti polygamy hilf hill is an outrageous one in all its feature sand yet they dare not speak out cut for fear of being howled down by the presa press anyone who has visited the territory of utah knows that the mor mons are in exceptionably com forta folta ble circumstances they are tre an industrious dust rious gud god fearing people and anti I 1 bave lave ave no poor or idle persons among them there is no social evil evi all the women are marri married edg eds all the men have mates and no one can visit vilt salt lake city without being impressed with the superiority of its MUL municipal givern government ment and the thrift t of it people over thoe of any other city in the country the mormons cormons have converted a wilderness into a fruitful garden it is quite true that their numbers have been recruited from the poorest and most moat ignorant populations populations of europeo and yet the inhabitants I 1 of S salt bit ait alt lake laake valley today need not fear comparison with any part of the country except of cour sein the matter of mere book learning they are fanatical it is true and there is much to be said against pol poi polygamy gamy their one social heresy but this is th ir own concern it is notorious that there are more hares harems in new york london and paris than there are in coustau tl ti nople society tacitly recognizes tle the tl a fact that people do form these irregular re latIoL a in every licali y and no particular ado Is made about it except where it is sought to be made decent by being put under the sanction of religious an practice atice if one or more women consent to live with one man that is their business not ours AR all society has to do ia la the casel case is to see that the pring do not became a public charge there is no exceptional tyran y in these mormon mardanes mar man lages dages all the women of utah vote railroads penetrate into all parts of the territory Terri tury and any woman can leave if ehe she is not satisfied with her social condition under the outrageous law just passed a commission of 0 carpet can arrest anyone as a polygamist on on the merest suspicion for no ae leal leai al proof of the fact is required if president arthur sig signs as the bill an industrious religious community which is harming no one which attends to its own business and which has converted a desert into a fruitful regions region will be br ken up and great social disorders will follow in view of the sc andas scandals of our large cities and the amazing number of our divorces even in conservative serva tive new england the passage of this law is an act of national some time lime or other we must come to the conclusion that the relation of the sexes is is a personal matter with which the law should not interfere except to endorse any contract which has been entered into with the free co consent mt of all par ties concerned I 1 prote proff PROTEST ST gofourth fott rOTT RTH eth persecution OF THE MORMONS tiie THE oma omaha ha herald of march has the following vigorous letter headed as above tb riter I 1 ip evidently acquainted with wih the history of the ili gli ilk ai armons and can see the motive that underlies all the pretended horror of pol poi gamy on the part of the persecutors the mormons cormons Mor mons as a religious body exceed every other religious body in these states in morals peaceful industry and honesty in their religious belief they are aie are a people who are industrious self supporting far beyond anything within the pale of religious organizations they have no haupers paupers pau pers no poor houses no houses of ill III fame oame no drinking fa loons falcons taloo cB no law suits for tho tha collection of debts among themselves but they are more anxious to compel a brother mormon to take that which is s supposed u P to be his due than to coll ct that which might be supposed to be long to him the bill of tob tos tous which haf hat just leen approved by Pi president resident arhur charges the cormons mormons with oe OD ein and only oue to wit polygamy I 1 ask you mr senator benator bayard where you find in your religious code if you have any between the two lids of the bible one word spoken against a plu allty of wives the only question appears appeals to be what excuse could be raised against the mormons cormons Mor mons as a persecution for the fourth time that question can be answered by tl e fact that a hun gry set get of cormorants seek to drive the cormons mormons gut cut froni from the rich valleys of the sait bait lake in order that they may occupy their present property as uhe the bame same class of men have done three times in years gone by the writer is na no mormon nor is be he in sympathy with polygamy but for the reason that it is not fashionable that he charges congress and the president with overlooking the abominable practice of taking to the other horn of the dilemma A OF persecution SANITARY regulations THE approach of warm weather after the long and tedious winter Is likely to be very rapid great care should be exercised in regard to clothing the evenings and mom ings being cools cool while the temperature in the day time is considerably higher tempting folks to wear lighter garments than would have been comfortable a few days ago those who make the change should provide extra clothing for the mom ing ing and evening or ill III health will be the consequence in a art great at many instances As the rays of the spring sun increase in force waste and decaying matter allowed allowed to remain on the surface of the ground cr or to accumulate in various fous lous places will increase in strength of scent and power for evil now is the time to make a general clean up in lots gardens out outhouse housep cellars cellard and every other pace place likely to harbor a nuisance all rubbish that cannot be prop properly erly eily removed and buried should U be burned bummed everybody should know that dry earth is a splendid deodorizer when covered over offensive matter it will take away the disagreeable eabie cable scent and in many instances all its noxious qualities |
