Show EDITOR editorials illg ILLS educational AND INVENTIVE STATUS tre THE charge made against utah that her leading men are opposed to education ti la Is entirely refuted by the figures of the united states census which show that her ratio of illiteracy Is below that of twenty six sis of the states and territories the annexed list gives the percenta percentage 9 e of persona persons ten years of age and upwards who are unable to read it Is taken from the census report and allowance being mado made for some parts of the th union where as good a showing as possible has been attempted tem ted the position of utah cannot tut iut but be gratifying to her people new ma idaho 55 15 south carolina massachusetts Massa chusett sa s 5 3 louisiana utah 50 50 alabama vermont 49 49 Georgia indiana 48 46 48 48 46 montana 49 48 49 north carolina pennsylvania 46 46 florida new jersey 45 Virginia Virgin la illinois 43 43 4 3 arkansas au new york 43 42 43 tennesee Ten newee connecticut 43 42 43 texas teras 2 tl new hampshire 43 42 43 kentucky oregon 41 41 arizona lav inLO inko lo 10 maryland michigan Michl flan 38 38 dist ot of minnesota 37 at 37 delaware ohio 36 ag 36 west virginia isi izi kansas aa a 6 missouri 89 maino maine 86 tvs washinton irton at dakota 35 35 rhode island 79 79 wyoming nevada 73 7 3 11 za california 71 zi 71 iowa al colorado 59 ag 59 equally incorrect with the charge of lack of education is a pre pret i f valent idea that utah has no invent tive genius the report of the commissioners of patents for year 1881 shows that in this respect she is in advance of eighteen beates states and territories the total number numbers of patents in the united states in the year 1881 was of these utan utah obtained 17 the following follow ingi shows the names of the states andl anal anu and territories having a lower numbers of patents in ja proportion to their them population than utah Ut ahone abone one patent to texas cc t 0 o kentucky 99 arizona cc idaho 99 dakota 99 2268 2288 P florida I 1 cc 12 AZZ virg virginia virglnia inia lnla 14 west virginia 1405 georgia 0 21 arkansas 9 tennessee north carolina 99 south carolina ts 99 alabama ca 2686 mississippi if 9 new mexico washington tl As facilities for education increase utah will rise higher in the scale of literacy and as she grows in othen other respects fihe will gain a higher place on the list of inventions amu anu ann and wel wei we have every reason to believe belleve chati the productions of the genius of her sons bons and daughter will be of a na nal ture to benefit not destroy mankind mankin d I 1 and to aid in the subjugation kofl of natures forces for the progress a and nd ultimate perfection of the race in im stead of to provide methods for human elaugh slaughter tere tero peace union i concord and universal enlighten i ment and brotherhood are the ow 0 V ejects she desires to achieve f P THE FIGHT FOR temp TERP temperance IN LOGAN CITY IT is pretty well weil known all over the territory that loga logan city has made a vigorous stand tand B for years against the traffic in intoxicating drinks drinka its charter permits prohibition and an the city council have passed pr finances din ances strictly prohibiting the manufacture sale or giving away of intoxicants once the council made a trial of ot once the council made a trial of ot the license system but it was found that saloons multiply enness increased police cases be came numerous and the general effect of making the traffic legal thus taking away the ban imposed by law upon drinking and causing it to be comparatively respectable was decidedly di disastrous bastrom and ancl against the peace and welfare of the lri Iri inhabit babl babi tanta tants of thai that beautiful thrifty and peaceable city bo so prohibition was revived and has worked very well indeed being only hindered in its benign operations by the JaW lawlessness lawles leaness ness pf af a 9 few individuals who ims ined that they could sell seli liquor on the sly or being discovered would nind find protection in the higher courts of the territory if convicted in the local courts of violation of the city ordinances last july two persons 0 H smith and W C nuck Buck were caught boiling selling liquor by a spotter em cloyed by the city authorities and were found guilty and fined by alderman cummings who is also ex cz officio justice of the peace they appealed to the third DI district court and on wednesday december ath 6 th their caso case came up for trial before judge emerson at ogden J L I 1 rawlins raw Baw lins esq appeared for logan city higbee and smith of ogden anci and willard crawford esq of oxford forthe for the defendants the jurors were examined by defendants counsel en cu the question of polygamy ys and one ones declining to answer was challenged for cause judge emerson promptly overruled the objection when the juror was peremptorily challenged and continuing thia this kind of challenging the panel was exhausted and the case cue went over till the next term of court that judge emerson was right in his ruling is 13 evident from a perusal of the fifth section of the edmanda law although counsel based their objection on uhe the eighth section it provides that it ehnle bo be a sufficient caubo cause of challenge to any person drawn a as s a J juryman aryman in any prosecution for bigamy polygamy or unlawful did fid c cohabitation tation it if he is or has been living in the practice of bigamy polygamy etc or believes that it is right night for a man to have more than one living and wife at the same time it is only in cases named in italics above that such a challenge Is to be allowed the light to vote and hold an office of public trust honor or emolument and the right to serve berve on a jury are gener generally aljy governed by different provis provisions loris and the restrictions of the eighth section of the edmunds act and those in the fifth section are arc to be differently applied each pertaining to a special cial object it is therefore not a moper proper challenge to object to a juror on account of supposed beliet belief in or practice practise of polygamy unless in eases cases of for bigamy polygamy or unlawful cohabitation the same defendants were next charged with the same bame offense in another case and a j ury was emean elied but after clear proof of the offense theary disagreed standing nine and three this caso mae also aiso wen went t over for the term another case of the same kind hind was tried M 0 connor being the defendant with the same result hyrum edwards was then put on trial for sailing bolling beer and aud was found guilty but notice was given of a motion for a new trial which will be argued at a future time incidental to the second case of athe the first named defendants the vapidity of the ordinance was tested but it was found that the charter waa was too plain and definite in giving prohibitory powers to the city council and his honor ruled in its favor this is a very important point and the position taken by judge el emerson mer upon it will strengthen the hands of the supporters of law and order in tile we hope the authorities of logan city will not be discouraged or dis heartened by the temporary obstructions which have been bren placed in the way of strict enforcement of the law by perce fence perseverance verance they are bound to win and uphold the dignity of thein position laws when enacted should be enforced logan Is in our opinion one of the places ahr where rigid antiliquor rules may ba be established an and ani I enforced we do not believe they would be cable in salt lake city but we expect to see seo the no license system work successfully in the glorious and flourishing valley of cache where lii ish mormon lormon industry temperance union and progress are so richly exhibited hibi ted and where the demon of drink ought not to be permitted to reign keep up the fight for temperance aud and good order onder MORE antl ANTI mormon HORMON legislation DEMANDED THE number of votes that the mormons cormons Mor CMor mons can poll even when purged of the polygamy amy ob lection objection lec jec tion seems to bo be the real trouble with the persons who styling themselves the gentiles of utah have chave apall applied ed io to congress for further special repressive legislation legisla tien they have to drop the polygamy cry to jn or ore der to make out anything like a cause of grievance and so they cite the figures of the delegate elections since 1870 to show that the mor mons can still outvote the liberals by majorities that that leave tile the memoria lists without hope of running this territory what num numskulls skulls they must bel th their thein el r object oba act is apparent on the face of t their h eln uin application and the fallacy of th their eize eire claims to it are equally exposed they want to rule utah and their numbers are as one to five of the people whom they wish to enslave the most p 0 ly gamy congressman can aws bed th through r ough their thin pretenses with half an eye the edmunds law does not go far tar enough for them of course not nothing will go far enough for them but full and free opportunity to ride over and plunder the people of utah they fancy that they can revive the flames of passion that burned so fiercely during the last session and have sent district attorney vanzile to puff upon the embers we admit that he Is a great blower le gave plenty of proof of that during the recent liberal campaign but we do not think he can raise another anti antl mormon mormons Mor mons fire this time he is more likely to blow out what little littie caloric is left in the ashes of the burned down agitation particularly with such bellows as the 4 memorial of the gentiles of utah by the way we would like to bee eee t he the names of the signers to that precious instrument of torture for susceptible congressmen we doubt very much if there are sufficient lelent to justify the claim that it is from the gentiles of utah there aro are aren area a few rascally adventurers here who have the presumption to suppose th that atall all ail they bay say andio and do is backed by the non mormon ladies and gentlemen who have made utah their hom eThey act inthe in the same way that a few federal office holdena perform speak of their atles and they declare that tue the government of the united states is assailed expose their official de or shortcomings and ll 11 s rebellion against the government 11 oppose their assumption of excessive authority and it la io nullification the absurdity 01 01 their self importance is only exceeded by the impudence of those liberal fire brands who presume to speak for kho tho llen Lien gentiles tiles or utah it la is another edition of the fc cheek of the three tailors of tooley street in london ondon jL who commenced their grandiloquent manifesto with awe lwe we the people of england we do not believe the majority of the gentiles of utah want any more disturbance in the way of inimical legislation against the mor mons and if they only had the manliness to throw onn the yoke imposed upon them by the few adventurers who are plotting the mischief that our cur local aT affairs alris miris they would say BO so in a man ner nor that would for ever close the mouths of the miserable decamps scamps who are bent berit on mischief and ravenous for rapine RELIGIOUS intoxication to THE votaries vot aries of that kind hind of spiritual inebriety in known as revival name of harrison commonly called the boy preacher has become notorious however ampro the title which attaches to him may have been years ago it is not now suitable because he Is closely approaching the period known as middle age ris his business is s to at tend those religious gathering gath ening ering at which excitement Is the miu min min feature and those impressions are desired which go by the name of conversions he talks in a jerky disconnected prayer oba scripture texts appeals sinners to threats expostulations postulations ex derees of hymns etc in a sort of ejaculatory succotash and succeeds in brou arousing sing violent emotions in the hearts of nervous and susceptible people he has been quite successful Buc cess in many parts of the country in accomplishing the object for which he is hired the term hireling is very appropriate in his case he demands good wages for his work and will not labor without plentiful pay wat not long binca sinca some of hi hla hia s admirers purchased and furnished a cottage for him by donation but as soon ca F 9 he obtained possession he sold it for cash at far below the purchase price and created disgust where he had previously inspired affection in several pisces places his performance has unsettled the tho minds minda ef weak people and lately in michigan three persons became insane through the excitement produced by his ra vinga the michigan methodists hired him for the modest bum sum of one hundred dollars a week to get up a revival and three ladles ladies became raving maniacs in grand rapids through attending the religious orgies that he conducted the shouting del dei delirium irlam and peculiar antles antics which characterize the so called revivals are as foreign to true religion as 03 the drunkenness that comes from Im imbibing imbi bloing ding liquor in them the saying of the prophet isaiah is fulfilled they are drunken but not with wine they stagger but not with strong drink the influence exercised by the magnetic orators who figure in those injurious arlous aff supposed by the deceived to be the spind spine of the lord ana yet it is its as different from that divine and power as truth ia its from error the holy spirit is an intelligent influence it is JS a alight light its office is to make clear and plain divine truth it manifests bests the things of god it bears witness of the father and the son it is a revealer of that which la is heavenly but the excitement that flows from revival efforts brings no light or revelation of principle indeed it produces pro auces carkum dar kuess of mind and abnormal conditions of the body it works upon the feelings and has no intellectual effect that which la Is called conversions conversion under its influence bears no resemblance to that birth of the sahit which is essential to admittance into the heavenly kingdom and which fol lowb lows true repentance and authorized baptism the reaction he action of the holy spirit upon the human soul is eminently peaceful it brings that peace which pass pasa othall all nii understanding it is a comforter om forter as well as a truth revealer it quickens the understand ing and elevates the mind brigati ening and developing the natura faculties facun iea but not in an un natural or unhealthy manner rhe ahe rhe rho reaction after that exhilaration which comes irom the inspire the holy ghost is not a ile cle depression of mind or a despondency of spirit or a weakening of abe the physical powers the spirit which brings light is i also the spirit of life it is natural it does not destroy or impair the body budy or any of its functions it elevates improves 1 cha chasten calms and satisfies it fills the being with pleasurable emotion emotions but dues not unsettle the reabon reason or disturb its equilibrium on the contrary it strengthens and sustains all the powers of mind and ana body and aids them in their natural operations we regard these revivals as es specially pec ally lally harmful to the public and do not believe that the transient good they may effect by deterring peoble people for a time from gross grom wrongdoing in certain direction directions ss is anything to be compared with the evils they produce mentally and physically u upon pon those who are overcome by the pernicious spirit which they carry it emanates from flom beneath with all its pretensions of piety and aud exhortations about divine lings things ti its pictures odthe of the terrors singing mInji ngy shouting glory bellowing and jesus |