The New York herald., 1869-08-10
WHO BOSS THfNasr IN urAu...- !.

WHO BOSS THINGS IN Utah.
Salt Lake City contains ab0aS 20, 600 Inhabitants
when tns Mormons were driven out OF Illinois in
| faith in Utah and the adjoinng Territories - :
The Mormon Church Is organIzed with First
Patrisrch quorum Of High Priests Of infefinite
SsT's @ Quorum; q Prssldsncy q sSres and n1gh
Hishop Tor each Ward; a Priests Quorum !; {;
The present authorities OF the Church ars--Brig.
ham Young, President; George A. Smith his first
and Daniel ii. Wells hts second counsellor
Orson Hyde, President or the Quorum OF the
Twelve Apostles and Orson Pratt, Sr., John Taylor
Wiford Woodruff, Ezra r. Benson, Charles c. Kicn.
Lorenzo Snow, Franklin d. Richards, George @
Cannon, Joseph F. smith, and Brigham Young, Jr.
John Smith, Patriarch.
John Young President Of the High Priests Quo
rum rum; Edwin D. wooley and Samuel w. Richards
Joseph Young President Of the frss seven Psesi-
dents OF the Seventies, and Levi W. Hancock Henry
Hartman Albert p. lockwood, Horace ). Eldrldge,
first seven Presidents Of the Seventies.
r, EDWARD Hunter, presiding bishop. and Leonard
George A. Smith, historian and general church re-
corder, and Wiford Woodruff, assistant.
TINS alsTAkES TAXED! IDEAS ooNcERNINa MosMoNIsM
than the idea that Mofmonism Will collapse when
Brigham Young dies. In the list of officials above
mentioned there are at least half dozen who can
lead the Mormons with as much energy and vastly
more tact than Brigham Young The paternal or
amost aatnorS % now fSss DSs sae
same authority would be exercised by his
successor. Sis and almost certainly IN way to
diminish The hostility now felt towards the MorHlons
It Is conceded by intelligent Mormons here that
Youngs Intense egotism and dogmatisn causes him
sderate threats to Senator Trumbun that he.would
turn United States officials out OF the Territory. HIS
and illogical and there are many OF the Mormon
speakers who are greatly his superior In advocating
Mormonisn with force and piaasibinty.. George !.
gray-headed man OF great dignity Of appearance,
though sluggish In repose is said TO show enormous
Mcharas aud I'D Daniel H. Wells % now Mayor Of tine ne
city and second counsellor to Brigham Young are
,s,ass rspassd se b. men .. Of ability Geo g Gannon
and fine presence, a clear, logical speaker ana IS
shape and answer oDseons With more
and skill than any other that have met. Brigham
Young, Jr Is spoken OF as man or excellent judg-
ment. Joseph A. Young Is the most brilliant Of any
OF Brigham Young's numerous progeny, but he h o
last yoSt m ana scanaaizes Sd the Mormon fathers
Young younger SON Of Brighams, is said also to
have good abilities.
wIPING OUT MoRMoN1sM.
Another mistaken Idea to my mind b that
the sway and institutions Of Mormonism must
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very fine things have been written by gushing
tourists and book makers upon this theme, to
the effect that the click of the telegraph Is the
deathrattle OF Mormonism; that the first whistle OF
the locomotive VIII sound It's requiem, and squatter
sovereignty Will dig its grave. The use OF ones
eyes and ears here for few days serves to show the
observer that SO far from the anti-M0rmon element
making any headway here 1t Is steadily and inexor-
ably being crowded out ASK any Gentle trader
here what he thinks of the prospect OF crushing out
Mormonism by the aid OF the telegraph, the loco
motive and squatter sovereignty In the first place
the Mormons, per Brigham Young, own all the
arabic land in the Territory. ana with the land titles
so vested In Mr.. Young that he can prevent any
Gentle from purchasing q foot. In Salt Lake City
Brigham Young Is. step by STEP getting possession
OF all real estate owned by Genties, even where he
has to pay twice its value. Thus he paid $4,000 re-
Gently to secure house and lot nearly opposite our
hotel, and which would be high at $l2, 600.
TIE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT.
But the effective process by which the MoYmons
treezlng outn the Geniles they term it, is by
system OF cooperative trading, by which they deal
only with another and leave the Gentle traders
without customers. Everywhere in the city aud
Territory you see slQn-boards over the Mormon
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