| Show i CITY december k 29 1879 1 editors deseret neww dear sirs sire all legislation proper is designed for the and calculated to benefit mankad mankind in general proscriptive prescriptive and harsh laws when passed by constitution al authority have always been detrimental ri to the best interests of society modern legislator legislators as a rule are inclined to reject divine inspiration and to rule out oat of order the presence of the supreme Lw lawgiver gIver in their legislative co councils un thia this fatal position hofei however will surely bring the hand handwriting writ on the wall against themselves for this grave this presumptuous errors error erron their works will wilt i be destroyed and themselves humiliated milia milli ted tod in the dust of gods thresh threshing ID g floor it ia is written for mans salvation that we shall acknowledge the hand hard of the lord in all things his will his law ia Is the superior rule of action for the human family through all ages aes nes and for all created intelligent creatures the cattle upon a tilou saud sand hills are his man uan la Is made a little lower lowel than th the angela aling milne in a recent issue of your valuable you very w isely wisely suggest th wisdom of making our delegates to our forthcoming legislature acquainted I 1 quain quoIn quainter ted with our home wants and necessities individually wo advocate the doctrine that water ought to be a as feo free as at light and air to the last as well as via to the first settler in our oui mountain home horne its ita distribution law every child born into the world a a ward ot of the state verily bol sol t must be protected by law and be benevolence nce nee as the oft off spring of deity delty and man a being having laving a spirit from heaven a body rom earth it must be fed and clothed and educated in order for t to become a good and useful citizen chizen a profitable member of cosmo politan society Bo clety and a happy personal a individual ought we not to have hospital ought we not to to have a terri insane asylum ought not attention to be drawn to building publics reservoirs and sinking artesian att esian nellt i i ought very poor to ba be exempted from paying taxes idl idiotic and infirm persons persona may be rich but the fInd indigent igent are poor ought not the civi civil 1 l magistrate to be lawfully empowered to solemnize marria marrin marriage gesto eto sto properly be regia teres terel by him for all persons making application to bo be married and deB desirous irous to have it so recorded ought not there to be some remedy provided against the increasing vice of can city charters be amended so as to aid city fathers in their lati iati laudable dable efforts to suppress ita esa this great evil yours very truly I 1 I 1 INDEX N D EX washington D Us C dem dec edth 1879 editors deseret lews news 1 f As an offset to the claim of the democrats that they wili will make a gain of one in the sante by un seating kellogg of louisiana comes a story that the tho english mission ia Is to be offered to senator david davis davia thus giving place for a republican from illinois what the authority for the story estory ia is I 1 dont know but it beems seems to have gained credence quite generally rone HOD hone E bo B washburn is ja named as judge dayis davia successor there is one curious fact in connection with the senatorial situation which perhaps people have not noticed A fow few years ago the democrats bad control of so many northern legislatures that no change could be mado made by death or resignation without profiting them and they gained some three now it is exactly the reverse the republicans control ever every v legislature in the northern states except indiana indians unless the counting out scheme prevails aln ain in maine and therefore would F gan gain fan an wherever there should be a change in a state now represented 8 by democrate democrats thel ther rivals 0 of f general G garfield or the senators bip of ohio are get ting 1119 mixed they say eay he ia is too valuables alua alun biga blea a member to send fiend up from the house aud and at the bame same time lime that he not togo to go to the senate because beci tuso tuse be lie is a free trader but hut the fact Is aeto f to express an I 1 impartial in Pl Artial one general garfield ia is not p a free trader having done more to maintain the present revenue system than almost any other man in mis pis party if G general eri eti erat garfield la Is BO so valuable in the house why would should not he be la in the senate this thit 3 is a question for men of all parties if it not for the rivals of any particular senatorial candidate it Is bald eaid that thai prominent members of congress aro aio a movement to still further reduce the rate late of interest to be bd paid on the elat Eist national ional debbe debb to be refunded in future many think it itcan can be refunded at the rate of three per bercut cm t the secretary of the treasury does not think so but many of the dem suspect him of holding that opinion because BO so low jow lowa iowa a percentage will not allow margin enough for the syndicates who are expected to help sell the new issue T the tho h friends of senator CAin cameron eron cron i say aay he will makke maker a vigorous leader I 1 of the republican forces next year and igind I 1 nind find his hib selection as chair of the national Commit committee tZe is received with great favor he is a vary ry popular man gand and the democrats will have to look sharp for a leader to marshal their forces with equal spirit and success rhe the rho families of senators allison AI lison of iowa lowa blaine cameron and representatives presenta tives morton morion chittenden and Rob bob robeson esons and mentioned as a s to figure most conspicuously in sobral events this season knox KNOX COVINGTON Covi NaTON ind dec 20 ih h 1679 editors Deseret mews hews I 1 A company of souls bouls left the southern states mission on the oth of november for fox omenta in colorado arriving on the at Alam Alamo ea where wo we found bishop Ber awaiting oun our arrival with wagons to convey the company to Na manassa Mana 20 miles diat tant taut the journey from starting point to destination was waa ede made without accident to any one or loss of baggage this thia made the fifth firth company and last ot of the seasons emigration which foots up to about those of the saints who had preceded this company seemed to feel well satisfied with their new homes and are constantly c urging their brethren iett leto lert left t behind to rather gather with the saints the wise and prudent course ol 01 bishop Ber berthelsen thelsen its influence in a naping and directing the of the new now colony mody an and d he has had the undivided confidence of not only the saints but the numerous spanish element by w which they are surrounded surround edi edy and audi the scat se T t bering whites the probabilities are that the recent emigration will be able to sustain themselves by cutting ties during the winter fon for the extension of the D and R G RR ii R the elders who are preaching in the varlo vario various usi uil conferences of the bouth south are meeting me E ting with more or lens leaa success in all their fields of labor 25 baptisms are BO so far reported for the mo P ta ot qt ngy november with one ortho or two favorable districts to hear coraa from a ing number was reported for oat oct october ous reports for Decem december bir bin are arc eq equally oua favorable prospects for emigration the coming season beason are good and an 1 quite j to a number of saints will doubtless be released from the bondage ot of babylon ere another twelve months shall have rolled bround around roun d the first comp company any agy for Colo coio colorado radd rodd wll wil leave chattanooga tenn on the of march next and will be followed by others as fasti fast as made up our arrangements with railroad companies allowing ui kotakes to takes take a email small number num berat at the same rate as a large larger company which enables us to send out even two er or thre three a families whenever they are ready to go since writing you last changes have been made in the mission as follows follo wc elder jonas N I 1 beck epe ilc lic re leased from presiding over the N C conference to return h home ome elder russell rogers bogers release released d from presiding over the IS if 8 pi conference to return home eidor elder jos JOB argyle from presiding over the tennessee ea conference to 0 o return home the vacancies made by the release e of elders R rogers and beck have not been supplied elder franklin spencer takes the place made vacant by elder argyle Arg yea yes release we need the assistance resistance very much of the brethren called at the april and 0 october tober conferences conference a for far this milaton mi aion aioo the elders in the field have all ail they can do and wp wo near nil fill the appia applications to havo bavo us preach and traub if thoi e who were called and who haven have not ot reported fr assignment could do so by the farat nin fin it of march it would light ligh t en the burden on the re reau real of ua ua materially teri ally and be bet the means af pf doing much good thousands and thoua andson people in this mission have never met an E elder eider ider lder and are in absolute ignorance of what we teach I 1 had bad the pleasure of meeting th IQ st louis S lauia 0 tnt int a in don conference ference on my return from colo colorado zado rado a and nd at our evening rue zue meeting eting a full lull bouse listened attentively to ft discourse on the ot principles of tho iho he goa poo rely poll pel pei an andlee be press thel the next morning published a fair and full P sla sia of wh what at was baid eaid through 1111 Ij pois linola 1 I called ailed to eeb eee my parents whom I 1 bd not met with for four yeast a chu church ach house was opened for me an and d I 1 was invited to preach which I 1 did tp to a crowded house who palt pali close attention coming to thia this point I 1 met elder geo Ne rebeker beker beber from salt lake city un a mission miss loti to this and adjoining g states ho elo veas in good health and enjoying himself among friends and relatives us as this was his hia home before he gathered with the saints I 1 I 1 visited this locality three and a half years ago in company with elder joseph standing and I 1 find that in our absence our oun friends have increased instead of diminished three copies of the WEEKLY NEWS and one of the exponent nd nto are taken in this immediate and are doing much good many opportunities have been presented to preach bul but as my attention ia is required in the mission south we have availed ourselves of but one meeting which had only four hours notice and the people filled the school house paying close attention and prospects are good indeed to build up a fair Ne beker beber expects to remain in this vicinity turing during luring the winter and preach as I 1 expect to leave for the south bouth monday morning going to kentucky to attend the conference for that stake to meet on tl tt e ith of january elder F macdonald Preil president dent of the conference reports ther the Elders feeling well and everything moving along bar 0 k asking an interest in th tho faith and prayers of israel that our mis flonary jabors jaborg may be crowned crowded with success I 1 remain your brother brothe r in tho the gospel of 0 christ JOHN MORGAN |
