Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1857-03-21

Sood conduct And shall further
to impose fine not exceeding hundred dollars such
counsel he deem just and be may commit said
sci prison during the of the then being holden
Sec. D. Any attorney person otherwise assuming
appear before any this Territory
shall present all the the ease-whehe they are cal
eniaed to make against his client noof which he in
possession and shall the best evidence that he
the the that the of the case in ga
ton be presented before the court failure
DO 50 or to comply with all the requirements of this act
shall BE- liable to all the penalty herein before provided for
and the further penalty of not less than dollar the dis
erection Of the court"
This is tight place for lawyers. They must work
without any legal claim for pay. They must not use
amy indecent language" get excited They must
prove
"All doctrines plain and clear
on both sides Of the once being liable for
tempt and for all sorts of shortcomings and
summary punishment. Peter the Great when in Eng
land, said there but lawyer in Russia and he
was going home to hang him." The number in Utah
cannot be much greater than then existed in Russia.
On page 500 of the Territorial Laws is resolution of
rather comprehensive dimensions, but not wholly bad
which authorizes each county elect council of twelve
as referees to decide all of litigation brought be-
fore them by mutual their decision to be na but
not to vest IN said council any judicial power This if
designed to settle all differences peaceaby and without
COSTS is well but for the purpose of concentrating all
power IN the church it would wear different aspect.
The act organizing the Territory of Utah provided
that the right of suffrage and of holding Office shall be
exercised only by citizens Of the United States including
those recognised citizens by the treaty with the Re-
public 81 Mexico, concluded February ?, 184S; yet
aliens allowed to vote and hold Office. Mormonsm is
the higheraw qualifcat In point Of fact all the
voters are machines register the ects of Pres-
dent Young. No dares to throw scattering vote
and hence the result is nearly always unanimous
The President dominates and the News publishes the
nomination, and the Yankee and the Scot the WEIGH
man and the Swede the Sandwich Islander and the Aus
tralian, all echo the note In order be able to
srangle any dscordsnt rebellious votes in their in
fancy while the vote by ballot is established they use
the ballot as irrefragabe witness to ear-mark the
voter The act page 233 Of Territorial Laws will
show the efectual means used to track out and hunt
down any of their number who should have the pre-
sumption to the unanmity of the ballot-box and
thereby the equanmiy of the Lion of the Lord Here
is the law:
/" Sec. s." = ''Each elector shall provide him
self with vote containing the Of the persons he
wishes elected and the Offices would have them FILL and
present neatly folded the Judge of the elections who shall
number and deposit it in the baotbox the clerk shall
write the name of the elecor and opposite the number
his VOTE"
1t also provided ia the organic act that no law
shall be passed by UTAH interfering with the primary
disposal OF the SOIL Yet it is notorious that all the
valuable portions of the land are SQUAT upon and the
Territorial Assembly gives the power to occupy rent
ana transfer these rights of claims Of course there
no necessity for any title to land from the United States
10 buy that would be spending money foolishly The
Mormons know better. They have possession and that
Is good title against the United States But land is
reckoned rather valueless without wood and water and
these latter are monopoized not only by the Mormons
out by few Mormons-the Governor and his apostles
IL is only IN proximity to the mountains in Utah that
wood grows water runs" Whoever controls these
places commands the desnies of the people and sets his
own limits to his wealth The grants for these priyi-
Iees are numerous, wide Territorial Laws, pp 49, GA
- ~ and the Prophet and his apostles have no mo-
raj convictions against such special legislation As
sample OF these actsan adobe from the Mormon temple
VIII give here, page SO, chap. vii:1 q
Be IL ordained BY the General Assembly of the State of
Dessre That Brigham Young have the sole control of City
creek and ksnyon and that he into the public treasury
the sum of $500 therefor
As all the land requires be irrigated to make it fruit
I the sole control of the city creek may be considered
the cream Of these special grants and brother Brigham
doubtless finds the revenue squeezed from the Great Salt
oy very convenient for the maintenance of his Utah
plan spiritual views.
oksr elders are fatty provided for On page "a of the
leads in favor 81 the President of the
Council thus:
Desers That Heber c. Kimba have the exclusive privilege
of conveying the North Mill creek kanyon the
waters of the kanyon next north, wit about half mile
distant point below the mouth the two
kanyons, of appropriang the the of
MILL grist-mil, and other machinery"
By reference to the Territorial statutes it will be seen
to suggest the idea that they generic Here
is law page ", which clearly interferes with the
primary disposal Of the soil in favor of of the twelve
apostles, as follows:
'Sec L. Be ordained By the General Assembly the State
of Dssee That the exclusive control of the timber in the
kanyons the side of the range of mountains
Jordan in Great Salt Lake county hereby granted to
George A. Smith, who hereby authorized to control the tim
Der Ia said kanyons work roads into them and direct
when where, and by whom timber may be taken out there
from"
Sec No person shall be allowed to cut timber in any
place in these kanyons without permission from the propre
tor, who is hereby authorised"
Lest these special grants should all the valu-
able timber lands, | will extract another law which
places all timber under the control of the county
court-Vide Territorial LaVs, p. 127:
Sec 3. The county has the control of all timber
water privileges water creek to grant mill
SITES and exercise such powers in their shall best
preserve the timber and subserve the interest of the settle
ents IN the distribution of water for irrigation other
All grants rights held under legislative authority
shall not be interfered with"
To strip and the timber land to destroy its
value especially in Utah, where timber is not plen-
tfu Even contingent propretors have the right by
mon law to prevent such waste But here propre-
tors set up by Utah against the world when Utah is
much without title Satan when he made some
rather extravagaHt proers Saviour. Besides spo-
Hation of timber is offence against public
laws for which the Government is to be Unidentified and
for which the trespassers liable to prosecution
While prompt enough to suppress these depreda
lions in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota why should
we not hunt the offenders in Utah and report them for
such action as the public interest requires?
BY the adroit course pursued by the Mormon people
of Utah. it does not appear late the Both of june
1885, that any Of the public lands of the United States
located in Utah have been disposed of. There are
120 30 40 acres of lapd in Utah The amount given
to schools and to the university 1851 10Y The
amount Of what is termed vacant public lands is
13589013 acres; that it does appear although
223 have been surveyed, that single has
been sold In Utah. that the United States has derived
one dollar of income therefrom Under this sharp
ce Of the people Of Utah the public lands of that Ter
rtory and will forever remain utterly worthless for
all purposes of to the Government of the United
States
President Young is reputed to be good fnaneer and