Show GOV MUSK AYS MESSAGE what our governor has to say to the legislature of fhe council ami and house of since the adjournment nt of the last legislature general prosperity has pre prevailed throughout tho the country during this period tile business of utah which is now so ci closely I allied with that of the country ar batir ta catlie the west and cast of us lias bai been unparalleled alle led indications indic a continuance of this fortunate condition at least for the immediate future I thankful that we are met under such circumstances to you gentlemen assembled under the provision of law I beg to express my cordial greeting as individual representative representatives and as a body and anti to express the hope that the he completed labors of this shall result in material benefit to the territory and redound in lasting lionor to you and that the future may review our association with pleasurable recollections SALE OF difficulties arising under the nets acts of the thoin incorporate corporations ions of several towns and es especially that of the city of salt lake rare have been experienced by the authorities in the exercise of their power to license and restrain the bale sale of intoxicating liquors to tile municipal government rightfully belongs power to license to tax and control under tinder pro proper er ae legislative restriction the sale of f liquors ibor disturb As it is a q fruitful sour source of disturbance and of crime ita salo be so guarded as to protect society from tho the avils resulting from it also constitute a I fruitful source of revenue for the cities in which it may be licensed ARMST OF C MN LS the prompt arrest of criminals is second in importance only to their I certain punishment ih in exceptional cases ewes means should be pro provided e for securing arrests the governor should be authorized in cases of felony to offer rewards reward when chenin in his judgment the usual methods do not prove equal to tho the enormity of the offense and arid the tle emergencies of thu tho case cased AND WITNESSES it is hoped that full provisions may b be e made whereby jurors and ess es called antho in abo trials of civil aa kes under tinder territorial statutes shall bo be paid for their services eer vices at th alic e time of such service service otherwise it I is s severe lv ly trying upon tile poorer class of our citizens for them lo 10 be failed from their homes for service in the courts which they to the extent of all other good citizens hithe in the enforcement of rights under the law and to no greater degree are the territorial treasury should not be required to pay the co costs con N in civil cases in litigation between individuals butcho but alio courts must bo be open to and the channels of justice as free to the poor as to cherich th the erich rich A jury fee of say should bo be required in iii every civil case filed Provi Provit bion lon empowering the court to require a money deposit to cover a probable cost in ordinary cases should bejado be made efin if in the opinion of tho tile judge or in his absence the clerk justice I is denied by requiring deposits from either or both bides sides then a bond with proper surety should be substituted when it is show n on oath path that such is tile case edge tho tin of c alo or execution u upon pon vi mo motion N to of cither ar sad side or by tl alie to district attorney in behalf behal f of the territory and all amounts so collected paid i d into the treasury to the credit of df xa the jury fund idozer in order that justice its may in no instance bo be dep denied aed where a person is without Nit hout money or friends willing to serve him as surety tile court shall be authorized to allow such party part to proceed in forma pau F peris af and tho tha costs in such cases L should T on 81 be paid out of I lie t treasury rea sury witnesses in the class of cases last referred to should bo be compelled to obey the subpoena and paid for their attendance by the territory provision should also be made mado for hie the payment of all fees justly chargeable against the territory bry which are or ma may i become due title to officers of tho the d different ff een t courts of the Torri territory tory ilone OF REFUGE the reform of convicts as well as their punishment should always enter into legislation for the criminal class this should govern with reference youthful to offenders boys and girls of tender years should never be confined in the penitentiary with hardened criminals such incarceration tends to their debasement if it not to their destruction and oftentimes disgrace which years of upright life does not eradicate the establishment of a house of correction and which may be joined with h a house of refuge faige to which courts in their discretion may send minors con of crimes which as the law now provides must bo be confined in alio penitentiary is recommended in I AN 13 the population pu lation of utah as shown by the M united states census of 1880 is an ail increase during tho the last decade of 57 our population may reasonably be estimated to be I from the census mcp report art in part and from statistical information for which I lam am indebted to too J am enabled to give tile leading tea fea tures of the agricultural mini mining u manufacturing and herding interests in which the I people as a rule are engaged I agricultural th abo mcp rt of 1880 aw which h ch give i e complete I alie I c crops r of brie wheat t rye oats ts indian a n born and nd barley af for the year car ilag tire as follows the fore foregoing boing table does not exit exhibit ib an estimated average yield by fully per cent the numerous variety of agricultural and horticultural crops grol brrown must be taken in consideration I with the cereal products product sl bated stated in order to form a correct idea of the husbandry of utah if itis is safe to estimate est imato the product of the manufactories manu matin factories of utah for the year ISSI 1831 at five millions of dollars do llara I this is exclusive of the bullion pro duct lumber lime little flauraud flour flou raud and brick I is is expect expected ted to supplement settlement in addition to these bootland hoote boot aud sand shoes stockings woolen fabrics leather matches furniture and other c commodities modi ties are exten extensively manefa manufactured cour the production ol 01 f our manu mann however do not supply the tile demands this field ig is inviting to capital a I and one which it is holled will 11 roon soon supply our constantly in increasing wants INSANE ASYL Ill the work of erecting one section of the asylum for tho insane under the provision rov ion of an act of the last i t legislature lature is in progress m under the management adem ent of the persons named in the I act all has been accomplished that care ami ani economy permitted provo city was the lie place of location the report of the board of directors ad you oil in in detail of the work will be laid be before fore you territorial the neglected condition of the territorial library is deplorable it is practically useless for the purpose intended by congress or for any other purpose there is in the collection the basis of a creditable library such action by you is recommended as will allow tile library to add to its capacity and volumes lunes vo and make it the repository of all books that from year to year ire arc ruce received ived by different officers of the territory statistics there is it imperative need fur a statistical bureau the lack of authentic information of or the resources and products of the territory is daily feltey the agricultural manufacturing mining and mercantile interest interests the let of february 20 1874 vided aided for such a bureau in connection I with and under inder the direction of the deseret ad agricultural ri cultural an and manufacture 11 ing society for want of appropriations it is inoperative legislation that will constitute this an independent office with greater scope of inquiry and facilities than is now provided ai I adz I and ani an appropriation that will enable tho the officer in charge to group and publish reliable information is war warmly rilly commended for consideration I hining six and a half millions of dollars is i a fair average yearly early output of gold silver and lead lead of utah mail mines from front 1870 to the present time corn puling gohl god and silver at their mint valuation and lead at its value in new york city forthe for the amount of money invested I in n mining operations w athill tills this territory in comparison with other mining states and territories is sma small 11 tins this is ro re sult suit with further development developments and increased experience in the there re of ores it may confidentially be expected that for years to come the yearly output from the mountains of utah all of which arc tire mineral bearing will average largely beyond w what hat has heretofore hereto fore been realized in coal deposits hutaff may well be considered the pennsylvania of tile west in iron de deposit perhaps unc line equaled on the continent with minerals other than gold and silver and coal and arid the mountains with ocr granit and arid marble our sandstone and limestone ame stone we lye have a permanent foundation r for or power ower and wealth in the tile future ahier which should be guarded well by legislation chatwill th that atwill will estop much burthen somo and frequently impoverishing litigations which often follows the development of valuable ablo mineral deposits CATTLE AND SHEEP the occupation of lands for purposes of husbandry has reduced the opportunities for cattle and arid sheep raising there is within the territory say head of cattle and head of sheep thore there has been sold beyond the territory during the past year not less than head of cattle at an average of twenty five d dollars 11 ars per r head and a yield of over t two w millions of pounds of wool for which our I ur raisers have received twenty 20 cents per pound with so s much productive land and with more already exempted and to be utilized by scientific irrigation and with our vi yielding elding mines and b busy s manufactories manu factories in addition it is well ur el to look to it that such legislation is ie enacted as will foster home production furnish tho the people remunerative em employment I I ament and the requirements clife of life cheaper than any other markets can furnish furni sli them POLITICAL SITUATION impressed gentlemen with the necessity of such action by veil you as will assimilate the territory of utah in so far as laws and business are concerned with the country of which I it is and must forever be an important part impressed with the fact that the present presents the opportunity and arid in your hands rests the power to pros prosper and gladden ri adden the homes of th alie e ell entire re people eople of utah to throw wide open ell fi her er gates to capital and tit thrift rift antto and to peaceable and enlarged industries to beaure the full blessings of american citizenship under the constitution and its benign I laws aws to accept freedom of political and religious belief under supreme court adjudication and security to his territorial government alpeat appealing g to you as the political representatives of people who eliose best interest I shall ever earnestly endeavor to promote to consider in wisdom and with patriotic pu purpose p se that whick today to day be assure assured I your hands lind find to do addressing you not as representatives of a church t i barley indian dulian cam com ocus rye wheat COUNTIES aero behls acres athi acre acrea bahl acres lere vallis I I Z ra r t i Iro cronl iron nL ajl 01 49 lol 1113 I imm jua SID 32 tua ita nano 74 IK GW 1621 89 hsc 11 arz 11 ard 1097 87 MO S 40 1470 1490 18 10 17 jirld 1416 blute an Z sa fin fi N catz 1111 W ell 41 as i abo r an bait a it lako CM aw aas 1213 aus M an M I WV af I pan juana juan A 30 72 74 is 16 I ay 59 1011 I pan pete S 02 42 wa 17 sevier RA 10 1417 ashi 24 xa I lm St summit JM wa t tj 60 1353 1239 V W W iwo 32 wa 1300 tah 41 W 77 1780 17 betait im na 2033 ae 2215 H 60 te 47 73 36 W te r 70 I 1620 WIN Wh washington ington IRS SIC ma 57 W weber I 1380 swum IW 14 42 30 at aw ml deaver W eia oin 81 I 1610 awl box elder lider ft an W 1707 a S Z i a baello ha 62 a law ii ti ai au I I ai 35 giavis 2391 I 89 1140 11 IL ir WS 74 11 emery anery 26 IM 17 ey VJ at W 24 2490 the fe territory ral 50 I i 71 D I T r I 15 I i I 11 S W but as representatives of the whole people as law la givers submitting that your duty autv is and of necessity should be distinct from ecclesiastical feeling suggestion or influence calling to your mind that as the tile sun I con the solar system so in tho the providence of the supreme being must tho the constitution and laws of the tile united states control your actions and mino mine and upon your honor as men and oaths as representatives I ask consideration and and in your wisdom expression pr assion in laws of active force it in I regard to the following suggestions of living interest to you and of vital interest to your children first that in no sense even in the slightest degree is the sovereignty of church over state in fit unison with the language or spirit of the constitution or your count rya rys laws that political power is wielded bv by church authority throughout utah as i s a fact that officers of church exercise authority in temporal af affairs lairs ie is a fact that the tile sovereignty of the church is supreme and arid ita its practices followed the laws and courts of the united states to the contrary is a fact these being truo true in whole or in part I submit do you believe that the government of the united states with all its humanity will much longer forbear to assert wert its authority in support of its absolute and undoubted bove sovereignty Y e i tile church ia is supreme in arity its t to proper sphere spiritual affairs the government eIll nent is i supreme in its sphere temporal affairs the claim for church sovereignty in temporal affairs in the ali slightest haest degree even is a grievous gri erous mistake a forbidden claim its abandonment I may nay shatter cherished hopes in the breasts of some to whom I speak but it isa is a mistaken claim and the exercise of authority is illegal and destructive tive if by that you in tho the exercise of your dur authority as lawmakers law makers and as ilmy in my opinion i i i it is i your sworn duty adjust this grievous wrong abiding peace so much needed and abundant prosperity with its attendant blessings can never belong to the good people of utah until the flag of the U united states is universally regarded as the symbol of absolute sovereignty second assessments and tithing voluntary contributions in aid of churches urchea cli or charity and in aid of political parties are commendable but the exaction of asse assessments amentis for political or other purposes ses byor by or from persons boldi holding public zile office under the I authority tut hority of rift the fie territory should be forbidden tile exaction of tithing for church or other purposes from any citizen or aid given to any V person erson so exacting by any public c office e or by any corporation or its agents organized under the laws of the tile territory should be forbidden the poor man who earns a dollar bk by the sweat of his brow ia is entitled to t that at dollar it is the reward of honest toil and he should be protected in tho full enjoyment of it any exaction or undue influence to dispossess him of any part of it in any other manner titan than in payment of a alegar legal obligation is oppression pre ion public officers whether precinct county or territorial who make or aid in such exactions arc are unfaithful servants of the people they serve POLYGAMY in the third place be system of plural w wives ives i properly 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