| Show expressions brom FROM THE PEOPLE TH THE tue EEDMUNDS EDMUNDS ELEPHANT editor deseret Deseree News the edmunds law jaw designed to catch mormon only is proving mite quite an elephant on the hands bands of the government to say one thing in theory and do another thins thing in practice is not quite so easy an affair as may be imagined and we find the courts the prosecuting off meers officers and even the commissioners harassed to their wits end to cinch the mor mons if for or all the laws worth and at the same time supply a decent loophole for the escape of every other being who might perchance get a foot or a tail tall an fn in the edmunds trap itis it is not so long ago I 1 have understood der stood that the executive intellect was taxed to its utmost limit in this direction and the noted words inthe in the marriage relation were gubernator I 1 ally inserted in the official oaths of certain candidates for tor offices so as to effect this desirable protection to per peri 1 sons who did not come within the radius of religious polygamy then thlen we found the same useful sentence in the oath prescribed by the utah commis commission slon sion whose action on the oath question has been so completely sat down on by th the e supreme court this bulwark 0 ol 01 non mormon liberties having been shattered by ty public ridicule and judicial cial clai utterances somewhat covertly expressed it is true the hon commissioners in in their new instructions published last evening after at the commencement defining denning in the strict lau lan language guage of the supreme court the classes who are de barred from voting as every man who is a polygamist or bigamist bigami stand and every person cohabiting eith with more than one woman 19 in the last clause lause flippantly suggest tha that teach each caputy deputy registrar before entering upon the discharge of his duties should take an oath that he will support the constitution ution of the united states and will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his 0 mee office as herein defined and that he is not a bigamist or polygamist 1 11 the reader will perceive that notwithstanding the decision of the Sli sil supreme preme court and citing of its 0 opinion on so technically as above mentioned t ed and also the insertion in the oath for voters of the clause and that I 1 do 0 not cohabit avith more than onet one too tco coman marn mare this most important paragraph is omitted from the oath of the registrars why is it that these olli cers whose duties are arc the most important perhaps in the whole field of election and who are required to take oaths of impartiality and fidelity should be exempt from this very vital requirement which is deemed such an important qualification for the voters they are arc appointed to register why is the oath to be taken by them divested of this essential feature in leaving out the protective sentence in the marriage relation was it not necess necessary arv 1 to omit the rest of the requirement of course it was the commissioners may have omitted it by in mistake but it wa was a most opportune blunder the fact is th s edmunds law seems to be giving alving its promoters a good deal of trouble and may do still more lle lie ile he that flees from tile the fear falls falfa into the pit and he that sets gets out of the pit is taken in the snare it certainly looks strange when those who are appointed to execute the law which is to make us all moral are exempt from its provisions Is it because the they y are perfect perfected d in purity or are t the hey afraid adral t to 0 take the medicine they themselves them selve seive ves have provided INQUIRER i A PLEA FOR THE FARMERS BlUGH ton TOy WARD april 15 1885 I 1 editor deseret mews mems s permit me through your paper to raise a voice in defense of the RIGHTS I 1 know with what an eye of jealousy ea lousy or contempt the would be nobility of the land may view any effort to give equal standing and equal rights to him who lives by the sweat of eis ris his brow it is natural that the little ones of the lear learned hied fied professions which have held the supremacy of rank and distinct distinction i on ever since the dark al bres BROS es should make powerful opposition to any attempt to place them on their true levei jevel and to bring up the great majority to an equal standing the pages of history are red with ithe bloody deeds of tyrants perpetrated pet rated in defense of their usurped power powen and distinction and why might it not be expected that in this happy land where no political despot dare show his face there would be smaller despots depots over tha the distinctions of rank in I 1 sot soi society lety despots over common opinion always ruling popular sentiment lu ent so as io fo place themselves highest inthe in the scale of importance the magnanimous of all professions halt bait with high agh gratification the efforts now ilow making to elevate to the proper level fl THE LA LABORING BORING CI CIS CLASS S I 1 of mankind but the demagogues and those of small souls soul among the learned professions 0 the hollow hearted the selfish th the sycophantic and those jealous of thir the jr brief importance a clog abil abbl drawback draw back upon all efforts in favor of equal prosperity aud and equal ri hab among mankind but happily for tor the cause of humanity in anit he minds of the people are rapidly ivak kenin ening to a ense sense fc ol 01 their rights and ind their interest and therefore the fine afine is not distant when those who yet neer sneer with silly contempt at all efforts for the equal rights ot of our people will deny scoffing and claim laim that they were the earliest advocates the leaders of the great system I 1 am no prophet phet nor the son of a prophet prophet but plo pio I 1 wish the reader to bear tuis THIS prediction in tin mind and look forward to the time when agriculture will rise in strength to assert its rights and the small p pulse uise feelers of pop popular alar opinion will proclaim themselves the champions of equal rights and equal honors the reformer reformers of the soil and the mind why is it that farmers and mechanics are not regarded as equal to lawr lawyers lawlers ers merchants doctors and politicians are arc they less useful less patriotic less brave or less substantial citizens it must be admitted by evel eveir man of truth that they are fully equa equal in these respects what then makes the te difference so common in society it seems to me that there are but two solid reasons first farmers do not read enouf enough gh they do not make their tr trade ade aoe a learned profession they operate too much from custom or example e a and ad too little from efrom their own reading and reflection generally farmers 0 o not watch their interests and do not claim them to you brother farmers I 1 urge urb that if you would have your reputation your rights and your interests maintained you must DO IT yourselves if you depend upon others for protection kotec you will go unprotected unprotected you must take your 0 own wn matters into your own on handstand liand hand sand manace manage them for yourselves you must claim for yourselves an equal share of justice in the courts in the legislature and in congress you must read and understand your interests and assert them at the ballot box stand by your own dear rights or you will not get them unite as brothers in the great trade which upholds our country I 1 and claim from the legislature whatever is due to make your occupation cu both respectable and profitable and you will succeed at least three fourths of our population are farmers far mers mera and therefore we have but to unite and we can carry any point then let jet us to a man be he united and act together for our common commo I 1 1 good let us not suffer political hobb hobbies hobbles 1 es and party feeling to divide us and thus keep us still unprotected and our rights undefended in the name of your dear children whom you wish to be equal to any mans children I 1 entreat you for their sake to claim f from rota roin the legislature and every other power all that is due to the trade by which you live claim that your children shall go forth into the world equally intelligent and und equally protected by the I 1 laws a ws with the sons of those in other professions la raise eaise ise lse the profession ot farming to the high it anding standing it deserves and when you are taken irom the stage of action your sons will wilt be proud ot of having dese descended ended f from roin farmers beware of him who scoffs at BOOK earming 11 for such a m mans ans advice would keep you ignorant and cause you to raise up your was for fops and sycophants to rule over them and your oue oui daught daughters ers to prefer the mere prodigal sons of professional less fess ional lonal men to the more substantial sons of farmers if a candidate for office raise his voice against book farm farming inq ing be assumed assured he is a aerna aeida demagogue gogue who believes that the majority of farmers are f fools and that he can ride into office upon their ignorance such amanis a man is your youri ell cri enemy erny ile he opposes the very means which will raise your trade to its proper standing and give the farmer an equal share of the rights and honors of tile the country I 1 that man who says my trade is to p plough loux loughland hand and therefore I 1 need no books book s no instruction no knowledge of the facilities and improvements 0 of f others in my trade he who talks thus to me either cither thinks I 1 am a f ool fool or he is a demagogue or an ignorant man himself lle lie 11 e either knows nothing about my interest or he tares cares nothing for it while every other branch of business followed by mani manis linar improving oving and increasing the means of I 1 living iving and the profit of those who follow it let us not riot be behind let us call to our aid all the help we can get f from rom books or from any other quarter andlee and iet let us regard ard as our friends all persons in every trade and prof eslon who are illing filling to contribute lu to our intelligence stand standing ing and improvement let le t every farmer STUDY HIS TRADE 4 and improve his mind to the f full fuli uli all cx ex tent of his power and the time is not distant anen the large prairies that are now low barren and lorig neglected wastes will bo be brou brought ht into active and profit able itle cultivation waving with bou bounri at fui ful ul harvest or set with the heavy eared fared carn earn then gladdening smiles of plenty well weil cheer our domestic circle and ind bloated purses fill our pockets 11 11 As a superb hair dressing and reno vator lator ayers hair vigor is universally corn orn mended it eradicates scurf and landruff dandruff lan lau druff cures all eruptions and itch lich in of the saip promotes the renewed growth of the haarand ba irand surely prevents its 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