Show editorials EDITORIAL S HEROIC SPIRIT IH IN TH MINISTRY THE new vow york herald eulogizes the heroic spirit in the ministry of tho the methodist church which it saye says has grno no parallel in religious tradition except among the jesuits and bome other order in the roman catholic church in what does this extraordinary heroism consist just this within tho the past few weeks a score or more conferences of the methodist Meth dist episcopal church have held their annual session and more than eix elz thousand methodist ministers have changed stations yet throughout the denomination there wera were not six men who failed or refused to go were they were sent wonderful is it not what admirable heroism to perform labors for which they are paid laid and which in many In instances form their thein only chances to make a living men who have taken up the profession of the methodist ministry in the same way that other men follow tile the bus business inces of carpentering or brick 1 laying or for fon which they chev consider themselves theyne theme elves adapted depending for their food and clothing and other necessaries and comforts upon their trade or profession and who in entering upon it understand their liability to shifted be froin from place to place as circumstances may require are lauded to the skies for heroism and the tho great new york journal considers their heroic spirit without a parallel except among the Je jesuits suits and betin yet in the church ofie us christ of latter day saints there are thoua thousands ands of men who work for their own living who atthe at the drop of tho the hat start out to any part of the world whither they may be sent without salary without any noy pro provision vision for their thein support subject to change of location not merely once a year but at any time and not mere merely merely ly in the tha country of their home but to any part of me globa where their services may be required and whose ready obedience is so it is thought by many that they dare not refuse and yet their heroism and unselfish zeal counts for nothing in the mind of the herald writer compared to the discipline of the methodist church under which men comply with orders disobedience to which wo would u id deprive them of their regular mea means us of livelihood but those real heroes berces are mor mons and the others are motho dests that marks the dine diffie rence what is 14 called heroism in the iatter latter Is not recognized r aa 9 such in the former although shining forth in a thousand fold degree of glory well no matter the hired itinerant methodist has his rny fay fay ray in thia this world and his praise among men the seif self sacrificing and heroic A mormon lormon elder lays jays up for himsel himself treasures in heaven and hib hia works wall crown himwich him with honor in the grand gathering of the worlds jesus jebus the chief number numbers ip up his jewels to chine me like the stars for ever THE normon H ormon MORMON propaganda tre THE correspondent respondent or of the chicago timea times writes a long letter letton in relation to ta the preaching and by PY MOn mormon monnon non nOu missionaries aries annes in england and clocea with the following i it qt would wouldga bs ba a great grest reat reaf matter for the united states if the mormon propaganda could be stopped at its fountain head here in england but jut of this there thero seems very little chance at present tho tha world worlds edited by edmund yates has lately publia published hed hod one of its cynical and sneering articles on this subject tho the writer thinks that all legislation against polygamy r is bourd absurdly and nd says there bre are r just it as many any polygamous married mn men I 1 on the in mn men I 1 on the in quim quid london as elsewhere he abuses the mor mons roundly but feel feels s little sympathy with women who are satisfied with the moiety of a husband these views however are not tepsa tb osa ose of the vast majority of the leading journals in this thia country all of which recognize as it were with gratitude the importance of the measure which la Is now being enacted by the united states against the he mormon doctrine of marriage there is isy I 1 however in Iu england perhaps scarcely a sufficient clent appreciation of the im ju mense difficulties le galand saland political which hedge round legislation ou on thib this sub bub subject jecE fow faw englishmen gl ishmen can real realize ize the immense bize size of the united states and unconsciously compare your vast baates antl anil territories with their own small counties they wonder therefore why a polygamous mormon cannot be as easily snuffed out as a man could here who has married two wives wiggs hay tsy in h yorkshire or scotland the mormon propaganda cannot be stopped in england because it violates no lawf lawor the land or rule of morality in the united kingdom it simply pre presents eute cuts the go gospel as revealed through joseph Joeeph smith the prophet and believed by the latter day saint for the consideration sidera of those who to listen in embracing it 16 no law is JS broken or local regulation infringed upon and in emigrating to america the baptized believer in mormonism has the fialo rights of ex esi patria tion and hind freedom of travel as an infidel or the member of any other othir rell relf religious glUs body plural marriage la is not permitted by this church to its converts abroad and they bre are required to obey the laws of every country in which they may redde reside the mormon propaganda troubles sectarian preachers and bigots of all kinds very much but it will go on all the bame same under the guidance nce nee and inspiration of the supreme rne rde ruler buler of the universe SCENES IN THE HOUSE OF S TU THE n EDMUNDS nili BILI THE UTAH I 1 ELECTION cal CASE non HON GEO OEO Q CANNONS SPEECH THE VOTE THE FRAUD consummated washington D C april abill 21 issa after several unsuccessful at tempts temp timp on the part of the chairman of the committee on elections mr calkins of indiana to reach the cann cannon on campbell campbeli or utah contested election case the house of be re vee vae on last by a majority vote decided that the case should bo be brought up and disposed of without further delay it had generally been expected from the peculiarity of the case and the many constitutional points it involved that whenever the case did come up there would be considerable discussion cu aslon on both bides sides of the tho house houe HO u it was therefore agreed as soon as the case was reached that eight hours bo allowed for debate four h hours ours on konrach each bide side and that at the expiration of that time timo tho the tho previous question would L e ca ried lied ruda nuda vote taken As is always the th e esaa essa 0 SA with tile the members of the tho house the mormon question whenever it ia Is sprung no mattor matter in what shape generally general ily creates a tur fur aurora 0 re of excite ment that Is very observable and a in abo gallery of the house noticing tile excitement and seeing perhaps a dozen of men tuil all trying to catch the eyel eydi of the beeaker Bp eaker oaker instinctively receive th the 0 imbres impress elon that something of importance i is about to transpire especially has this been the case this s session e during which the affairs of utah of have received conald brable attention on every occasion when the amor mormon question has been under consideration side alde radon nadon this session it had only to bo be given out a day or two beforehand that something to in connection with utah and polygamy would be discussed by the house to ensure a large attendance byboth ladies and gentle gentie gentlemen in the galleries allotted to strangers in this respect tuesday and wednesday last were no exceptions to the rule strangers were present in full lorce force to hear hean the discussion on the utah seand caseano ca though at times some of the speeches may have been beem considered drs dry dryll l couri coull confined ned as they were to tho the legal bearings of tho the questions question si still at no time did the interest on tho the part of the public seem to slacken in the slightest degree bu bat t bedore before proceeding to in this article the bist list act performed on an the floor of the howe houge in connection with the utah election ca namely the refusal of the housely Hou seby a majority of 44 4 to allow br cannon because of his being a polygamist to take tahe his hig est eat I 1 may llroy briefly state stafa that I 1 had the th opportunity pf af being present in the honse ronse during the or rather tho the absence of tf it on qu the edmunds 1111 bil bli and am therefore folly con conversant verban verEan t with with tha spirit on dil that occasion prevailed on the can cau side bide in which spirit the bill was wag passed and has hag hince cince lecome leeome a law of the land the acene in the house bouse on that day will not ejelly easily be fco effaced from my m y memory I 1 never had been led to belie belice that the of be representatives presenta tives was the tho meat sedate legislative body on earth nor that the most moat noisy but somehow or other I 1 had come to the conclusion that the members of the be house of representatives were men possessed of bome some exceptional abilities and above all that they were men who would at least u up p hold the constitution of the united stated but from the manner in which the anti polygamy edmunds bill was reached the absolute refusal of the majority to have it discus discussed ed except under the operation of the previous 1 question guestion I ue stion and by which agag gag law only fifteen minutes were obtained for those opposed to the bill to discuss cuss it the determination mi nation on tho the part of a section of politicians to strike the leopla of utah a blow without regard to const constitution Rution law precedent or anything else the tile confusion corfu conf ution lon ion nolee aud clamor that pre prevailed in la what should be the most orderly body in the laud land 1 I say all thib thia caused me to reflect as I 1 sat bat in my seat in the gallery as to wh whether etherl etheri 1 had not been mis mistaken in the estimation I 1 had formed in regard to thia this branch of the congress of the united blates slates I 1 dp do not wish it however to be understood unde matood and far be it from me to assert that au all the members of this great legislative body are fools or even that this is the fool congress tor for I 1 know full well that there are men of eminent ability both in the senate and in the house of representatives nevertheless it appeared to me to say the least I 1 had expected too much that thal is thab thai afi all the members of that house no matter what shade of politics they represented would at least conduct themselves ilko liko gentle meu won and that they would not adow ali ow party feeling to override every well established rule every well defined law and e very every 9 principle brincil dle of J justice asti ce to gain an e end Ich right or wron wrong gy they had mane up their minds to accomplish thili this however seemed to be ane spirit which prevailed on the part of in regard legard to we the passing of the edmunds bill I 1 could not help but draw a contrast I 1 remembered having been in the house housa of lords fjords and house of commons in england I 1 remembered also having been in fa the french chambers at versailles ver Vei sailles Baules yet I 1 am compelled to confess that notwithstanding the many spi bpi spirited debates that take place in 4 bath bo th houses of parliament in irl england and party teelin feeling there sometimes runs very high notwithstanding the many boisterous scenes in the chief ehler legislative assemblies in franco francs where party feeling also occasionally gets to fever heat the house of representatives the lower house of the congress of 0 the united states during the rushing through tigh of the edmunds ds bill bih beat anything in 9 I 1 had ever witnessed the republican party on that occasion descended ed I 1 in my jay opinion to the lev lov levei level elor elof of a mob or of a bear garden gardon where order is simply conspicuous by jt its absence i the friends of constitutional lay law precedent and Ju justi justies stica cs being in the mind minority rity were powerless and todil to all ati intents and purposes had to bow their heads and submit in the pass age of the bill to the perpetration of one of the most infamous ino amous amoas wrongs that could bs be inflicted upon any people those oppose opposed d to the measure were not necessarily hi in favor of poleg amy They that the bili bin should ba properly discus discussed zed that an opportunity should be given ito tto to amend the bill in certin certain par pan particulars tica that in fact in s so 0 important a measure nothing should be the done in haste but that due regard should bo be paid to the ille rights of the people of utah as well as all other citizens under the jurisdiction of the united staffs s but no the enemies of the people of utah would not listen to reason rightfully or wrongfully they were determined the tue nae mae measure Asure should at once several amend amends men ments ts were yere offered but when the ja speaker would call the seas ye yeas asand and nays upon these amen amendments some of the republicans would jell yell absolutely yell sell no with such vehemence aa as almost to shake the glass in the roof of the building and forcibly remind one of the voting of a murderous mob in this manner theny then and in this spirit the edmunds bill passed the house of he be and very shortly af by the signature of prest arthur became a law cf of the land jand after atter the passage of tho the edmunds Hd edd munds aundo bills bill a lull took tools place in regard to io ulah and heram hezam heraT her hey affairs airs Peti petitions tiong which had been pouring iu in from ail all all hii i parts of the country urging coh coha tj gress to take some steps to suppress lehe lele polygamy became fewer uni 1114 fower tower the country seemed fled tied A corrupt freml prees and quite as a corrupt a pulpit gloated over the 11 blow which llad had been stricken at polygamy and the people of utah generally bo so they rested from their thear 1 labors congress has to the pressure and it could now proceed pt with the regular business bus incEs of tile the p session q but there was still another act to tl be performed before the curtain could go down upon this disgraceful drama the territory of utan utah with ti its inhabitants was waa still without representation on tho the floor C of the house the duly elected del 6 egale agate the hon george Q cannon 2 by reason of a conspiracy now wel well weli weil n known was not allowed to take the is seat sent to which he was eo so justly anti a tied at tho organization of the 3 house but the tho infamous history 1 of the whole affair is too thoroughly understood to require repetition la in b this letter suffice it to eay say that thai u the tho man who allowed to be t used as the tool of the conspirators q is today to day a poorer if not a wiser man marl I 1 than he was when he started out to a seek peek a seat in the congress of the 1 united states he has spent the t whole of the winter in washington rt and it is actually asserted by those these t who know him that he has really t entertained the idea that when c the utah election contest did v come before the house he I 1 e would be seated poor poon in man an I 1 f dont know where he has been living 19 wa its none of my business but c he bo boarded ardd regularly very veny regu herly horly at the biggs riggs house he real always a breakfasted lunched and 0 dined alone even at the beginning 11 of the bession ees Pes sion slon when his legal adviser it mcbride and other members 8 of f the well uell known clique were in washington |