| Show I GOVERNORS REPORT I l The Educational Charitable and Benevolent I Be-nevolent Institutions of the Territory Agricultural Mechanical and Manufacturing Manu-facturing IndustriesThe Stock Interests Remarks Upon Polygamy and Legislation Legis-lation The Defiant Attitude of the Saints Following ia a synopsis of the annual report of Governor West to His Excellency Excel-lency the President of the United States TERRITORY OF UTAH SALT LAKE CITY Oct 181886 Sin In compliance with your request the following report of the operations of this Territory together with such suggestions I sugges-tions as I deem of importance requiring the attention of Congress I have the honor to submit Following this introduction comes a statement from the report of the Territorial Terri-torial Superintendent of District Schools showing the comparitive condition of the I public schools in the years 1884 and ISSo Next are given figures relative to the I cost of the University of Descret building I build-ing which show the total expenditures up to the present date to have been 5170557 the liabilities 4167343 and the amount required to complete the building 2332657 MISSION SCHOOLS In connection with the great work of education of the youth of the Territorj is fIle system of mission schools estab lished by the different Christian denominations I denomi-nations represented in Utah When it is considered that the work is being carried forward among a people whose leaders are hostile to every movement which they do not control the success which has attended their efforts is remarkable and the great and good work they are doing in the interests of law and order cannot be too highly commended I submit herewith from information furnished by their authorities a table showing the number of schools pupils and teachers and the value of the school propertv Teach Pu Val of Schools ers pils Prop Baptist Church 1 3 140 2000 Episcopal 5 29 769 42000 Catholic 7 40 800 86000 Congregal 25 45 1900 80000 Methodist If 27 837 80000 Presbytern 31 62 1890 60500 Total 83 205 6336 350500 It is an interesting fact that of the 837 enrolled pupils in the Methodist schools 247 are from Mormon families and 279 from apostate Mormon families TIlE INSANE ASYLUM AtProvo is next mentioned The report states that over 100000 has been wisely and economically expended upon the grounds and building The indebtedness of the asylum on August 1st 1886 was 912787 HOSPITALS Nobly supplementing the work of caring for the insane are the hospitals of this city in alleviating and ministering to human suffering These hospitals have been created and are supported by Chris tain charity I submit the following statement of their condition and work for the last year St Marks Attending physicians 2 patients treated 996 annual expense 14411 value of property 18600 Holy CrossAttending physicians 2 j patients treated 60 annual expense 15000 value of property 40000 Deseret Attending physicians 6 j pa tients treated 334 annual 3900 value of property 3000 expense Total number physicians 10 patients treated 1390 annual expense 63311 value of property 61600 xr j TV7iUUU The Penitentiary Industrial Home are then mentioned briefly AGRICULTURE It is i a matter of regret that no provis ion has been made by the Territorial w for the gathering and preserving of sta tistical information of the agricultural and mechanical manufacturing indus tries and of mines and mining In the absence of such data my report will not necessarily be as full complete and accurate as it is desirable it should be During the past season the orchard and garden products have been abund ant fimlif nin W L h m v wi clement quality The of crop cereals has been at least one less than that of the previous quarter year The crop of alfalfa and lucerne which is our I principal one has also been onefourth less The decrease lr resulting from a very dry and hot spring and summer Of the principal productions wheat oats and barley the estimated product and the area under cultivation lows is as fol Wheat No Acres No Bus Oats lf 3Co 3000030 Barley 50003 1C3O I 30030 523003 I Total 230000 i500nnn r MANUFACTURES From reports made to me I am able to say that the quality of the manufac tured goods produced year indicates a very during the past verygratifying I submit such prosperity facts I as have been to able obtain from a few of the principal ufactories hereabouts man Value of Value of ZCMIBoots product plant and Shoes H Tannery 139000 24500 > 367C3 48500 Clothing Deseret Woolen Mills 44993 > 40CO > 103030 > Provo Mf G5C03 Mfg Co 200033 > 276003 Total 511793 358250 MINING juie principal mining districts uated are sit at Park City Stockton Tintic Bingham Little Cottonwood Silver Frisco and Reef In these districts amount of a vast capital is invested with ing results I gratify regret not able to furnish a very detailed much that I am operations in these districts account of tude of the enterprises or the magni forward now being carried I have this much to be desired in formation from City the most only one district Park important in the Terri tory torvi forward herewith a table showing the amounts of ore taken from and improvements the mines made upon the leading Value of Im Value of ore sold OntarioSM provemts in 12 SM Co2403030 months Daly If 2212295 anfv > Crescent 5OCOo > J 1850C3 40000 Sampson 9003 350ODO > Anchor u > 180C > Morgan 125C03 Not yet produog 25000 U H Total 3180000 4592295 CTrLE SHEEP AND WOOL The total of horned tory is estimated at stock in the Terri 1100000 The 450000 and of sheep vuu me wool nM1 t j past season is estimated SSSSS produced for the pounds worth about 20 at 7000000 as compared with the cents per pound worth 16 cents a 6250000 pounds pound the price in 1884 product and I The magnitude of the interests of the West growing stock receive require and should attention public lands is while the subject of gress being considered by Con If it is is possible to devise a system by which the public lands suitable at this time only for grazing purposes can hIS leased to stockmen without interfering with the settlement of the country by homesteaders it would tend to encourage encour-age and develop these valuable and growing grow-ing interests It may be possible to make a classification of public lands so as to enable stockmen to acquire the use of land which can never be used for other than grazing purposes PUBLIC LANDS A comparative statement of the business L busi-ness transacted in the United States Land Office for the two years commencing commenc-ing July 1st 1884 and ending June 30th 1886 v r r r r The silk industry is then mentioned at some length PUBLIC BUILDING A public building for the accommodation accommoda-tion of the District and Supreme Courts Postoffice and Land Office and the other Government offices is much needed here for the speedy and convenient dispatch of public business An appropriation for this purpose would be justifiable by reason rea-son of economy if no other existed The I Government is now paying rents and allowances al-lowances to officers for rents in this city the sum of 6720 S I A situation could be procured and suitable i suit-able buildings could be erected for probably proba-bly 100000 I would recommend the appropriation of that sum for the purpose TEKIHTOKI L APPROPRIATIONS A statement is here made of the Terri torial finances showing a total of 154 44282 lying idle in the treasury The statement is followed by this Unless some provision is made this large sum will remain idle in the treasury while the obligations of the Territory will remain unpaid impairing its credit and leaving its citizens who have attended its courts as jurors and witnesses without compensation very many of whom are poor and illy able to bear it to become the prey of crafty speculators who will take advantage of their needs j its educa tional and humane institutions to main tain their existence by borrowing money at the high rate of 10 percent per annum interest thus imposing an additional bur I den upon the Territory and allowing the other various interests this money is raised to serve to languish THE ALLABSORBING QUESTION The allabsorbing question in this Ter ritory dominating all others hurtfully affecting its prosperity and impeding its advancement and disturbing the quiet and hopefulness of its people and the one question of the utmost concern and solicitude to the whole country is the attitude of defiance assumed and main tained by the Mormon people who probably are fivesixths of the whole population by the law of Congress for the suppression of polygamy known as the Edmunds law In all questions affecting the Mormon Church and people the polygamist and monogamist Mormons make common cause stand together and are united They maintain publicly through their leaders 51 4 rs and teachers in their Imnaoo nl r worship through the press and OJ 4 pri vately in social and business circles that the law is infamous j an interference with and a denial to them of their re ligious freedom guaranteed them by the Constitution of their right and religious duty to continue in violation of the law their polygamous relations They deny the authority of Congress to regulate and interpose any restrictions as to the marital relations That the obligations which will they owe and than cheerfully render to a power higher any earthly power compels them to exercise their religious rights and privi leges in the face law of and in violation of the if that they are prepared to and will I required of them sacrifice their er per sonal definite comfort their property suffer in1 imprisonment and surrender life itself rather than yield and Ui n jw iiu promise obedience to the law and forego the privilegesthey claim The Government can have and hold but one position towards this which is of easy statement Its authority people must be respected its obeyed laws must be ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAWS The Governor states that the Federal officials have been and continue in their efforts to > vigilant enforce the law The District and Supreme Courts have been open and dispose of business From July 11884 to June 30 promptly 1885 for polygamy and unlawful cohabitation nine convictions 1 wiiuuiuiuon nIne were had eight of the residing in Salt persons Lake and one in Beaver county From July 11885 to June 30 1886 three convictions for p01yagmy and eightyone for unlawful cohabitation had Of the eightyfour were victed persons con fiftyone resided in Salt eleven in Weber eight in Beaver five Lake in Tooele four in Davis three in Box Elder and one each in Utah and Sevier ties coun These convictions have in eight out of twentyfour been had Territory In the counties in the counties the Mormon remaining sixteen in the population is largely ascendancy and believe practice in and counties polygamy as well as in other m Temples have been built at St Manti George and Logan Here celestial plural marriages are celebrated terms of court have been Heretofore Salt Lake Ogden held only at Provo and Beaver As the condition of business will the permit Governor says he will provide for terms of court to be held at St Manti George and Logan He while further says that vigor has been shown in the cution of offenders prose the pend courts will sus judgment and allow the party to go free if he will convicted future to promise in the obey the law He also to his refers visit to the after reaching the Penitentiary shortly hope of clsrnonv Territory when the clemency viq hhl was held rf n w iciu ont 10 fJ convicted of those polygamy and unlawful habitation who would co the law in the future but promise to obey ed the offer not one accept To secure a more ment of the laws in satisfactory Utah enforce he mends that the United recom States paid Marshal be a salary of 5000 and all abolished He fees be at recommends one deputy 2000 one at 1800 other deputies and that all be paid 4 per day employed The Governor while the Justices of Supreme Court and District I ney to be constituted Attor a board wha I designate the number of will deputies employed The Governor to be It must be earnestly says remembered sidering n w vv always in con unusual matters and concerning Utah the I prevailing a population extraordinary of conditions hostile to the law and animatedwith nearly 150000 ligious fervor to resist re and defeat forcement Thus the its en which would in ordinary methods other otherplaces be sufficient utterly fail here The uties should be Marshal and dep men of the best ter Their duties charac men should be well are onerous Such says I know of paid The Governor i no armed for organization do I believe resistance that to the laws nor j n luau any exists ical i my eXJsts nnr1nL cal S andnophjs resistance has phJs been forcement offered to the of the laws en of the but the hostility people and the dered by the situation bitterness engen of f further stringent legislation and the prospect situation presents where violence a i might be easily and outbreak I of a militia provoked In the absence for its organization even with authority of law conditions under the unfavorable existing I that would a strong recommend be kept in and sufficient force of troops garrison in the Territory and J If such laws be passed as will make them as promptly available to the civil authorities author-ities of the Territory for the maintenance of peace the suppression or disorder and the execution of the process of the courts as if they were the militia of the Territory Terri-tory His excellency says that it would be well to lessen the power of the Mormons and gives it as his opinion that the provisions provi-sions of the TuckerEdmunds bill now pending in the House to abolish the perpetual emigration fund will prove beneficial He also speaks of Mormon immigration and finally expresses the opinion that the TuckerEdmunds bill l should be passed Concluding Governor acknowledges the kindness with which he has been treated by all classes and says that he has feelings of kindness for everyone and that the Mormon people will find that the person who will help then out of their present condition will be their greatest benefactor |
