, 1870-05-28
V1 An.

New Converts to the Reform
Movement.
Divorce Made Easy.
(FRox orR srEC1AL CORRESPONDENT
I SALT LAKE CIT, Utah, May 10.
GOVERNOR sHAFFER IN UTAH.
Sam BoWles asks, "Cou1dn't Governor
shafrer employ himself to better advantage
for faw months in strictly and impartial1y en-
\ forcing tho LAWS already enacted than in urging
| the passage OF new ones? It is hobby Of
ours, that no Governor Of Utah has yat done
what waa possible With the laws at his COM
mand. and We were hoping Governor sha1er
would prove an exception to the general rulo. "
Governor 6haIer has proved an exception to
the general rule. Under his Inspiration three
Of the more monstrous usurpations OF the
Mormon power may be aaid to hayo been swept
AWAY already. I a1luie to their creation, With
out warrant, Of law, OF Territorial Marshal,
aud Attorney General, the comforting of COM
mon law Jurisdiction on the Probate Courts,
and the election, by the Legislature, in joint
convention, Of all Territorial officers not pro-
vided for in the organic act whereas, that
Instrument eays, "Ihe Governor shall
nominate, and by and with the ad-
vice and consent Of the Legislative Coun-
eli, appoint Ill officers not herein otherwise
provided for" These abuses, Of 81 long
standing as tile Territory itself, and havo boen
at least tacitly acquieeced in by Congress, the
| President, and the Executive and Judiciary
Departments Of tie Territorial Government.
| Governor Bhatrer came hero d fow woeks
sEce, and, after examining the ground caro-
fully. determined not to commission any Pro-
bato Judges to exercise concurrent urisdic-
ton il al Territorial matters3Hith the District
| Courts established by Congreas not to COM
miasson any Territorial officers croated without
warrant OF law not to commission any Terri
torial officers moi nominated by tho Governor
BY him; but, on TUG contrary, in the
ticularly Is Comn'issioners of the Pon-
itcntia1J, who should. By The usual process.
to appeaE in court ana show cause why they
| did "a. His mind fully made mp to this course,
! he was waiting the arrival of the now United
States Marshal II. T. Patrick, to commence
! operations, when he was suddenly called home
by the alarming llness Of his wifo.
| THE UNITED STATES FB. THE TERRITORIAL
AARsHAL.
Meanwhile United States Afarsha, J. Il. Orr
h.ought quit on his oWn account, ut tho March
term OF the Third District Court, Chief JUS
called Territorial Marshal, j. D. T. McAllister,
for full possession of his own Office AZ Mar
! sEal Of Utah, under the appointment and COM
| mission OF the President, as per the organic
! act. A few days since, at m adjourned session
81 said ,, tenn ntall holding il, IL ths Ely,
! in The case, which Was, in brief, tlat
| the Territorial Legislature had no powcr under
the organic set to create such III Office as Ter
ritoria1 Marshal. OF course, the Territorial
Attorney General falls with tho Territorial
MareAal. This is the decision that Judge
mobbing Of his court, which, in it's time, WAS
| tue prime cause Of Duclanans Mormon war.
| During the Intervening time tho question has
either been evaded or ruled the other way by
| the supreme and District Courts Of tho Tori
| tory, more on grounds Of policy than law.
Tie way the Mormona take it shows quito All
improvement in their spirit and manners einco
| 1855. Then they were violent and ready oven
| for var; now, says the ketrs:
The right to act as Marshal In tho Cnttet1 States
possessed ny the Territorial Marshal, has been a
Much-disputcd point, ana has before hecn raised
and decided in favor or the Territory By the high
est Epltetl States judicial authority here This
tlmc contrary decision has been rendaret! ny
Judge Wilson, and nc hare no doubt that 1t Is
H. y saf stnaaSh We hage aR epaon of 81
his legal attalnmenta, a1d CREST respect for him
gentleman, ue must dissent from hs ruling In
this casc believing thAs bis construction Of the
law III relation to Il Is nut the CORRECT one"
4 little temper was shown by the Sheriff Of
the county, Mr. Burton, as thua During the
noon recesa Of the court, llo locked up the
house, where it WAS sitting, which belongs to
the county. and tile use Of which By the court.
ia n1& irrrI $hf HGf1 Mar E1n7 lad H11
been responsible for. Wilson, returning from
dinner, found everybody connected with tho
court in tho street. He aignined to atr. Bur-
ton that he must open the house, and 3lr. Dur
ton made virtue Of necessity with his accuH-
toned grace and d.opeucd it.
JCA1sp1CTIcS or TIE pnonATE COURT.
Following closely on the heels of tllis de-
cision came another from the Chief Justice,
denying common law Jurisdiction to tho Pro-
bate Courts on tho ground that tho organic
xct gives the Territorial Legislature no right
to confer Ait. Now, that these decisions are
made, there is disposition il some quarterB
TO complain that they wcru not u1ado before;
but il should be remembered that nothing Is
Eoksible unless tic conditions are right.
With change OF very few degrees in tho
average temperature Of the globe. it would be
uniuhabited By human beings. There is no
use in giving orders ono has no power to en-
force. It ii most encouraging that times have
SO changed in Utah as to permit United
IT,
and Chief Justice OF the Territory to ren-
der euch decisions, without endapgeEing their
lives and ut least insurinG their removal FROM
Office.
cACsEs or CHANGE N UTAH.
Many things have conspired to efoct this
change. Time seems to have convinced the
Mozmons that Brigham Young is neither
destined to be President of the United States,
Ecr to decide who shall be. It has shown the
Mormons the futility Of forcibls resistance to
tiia law. It has eAab1cd civilization to over
take thern in its westward march, and digsipAte
tic gloom in which they had enshrouded tAena-
selree. It has effectively done away with the
twin relic Of Mormon barbar1sm-slaVety. II
has written the impending doom Of tho sursi7-
ing "a twin" in lettets Of Light all over the sky,
at Washington sees it, and all its agents in
Utah are equally keen OF vision. So that it is
becoming possible, from d change Of couili-
tione to ssBert the rights and dignity Of the
government with due tirmness, and it is being
dono.
So much for making tho most of the laws at
our command. With these rulings Of tho
Chief Justice, in wIicl il is known the Aeso-
ciate Justices, Mesers. Haw1ey aud Strickland.
concur, sustained, and THO policy OF Governor
shnt1cr fully carried out, the political power OF
tailed; but even Mr.. Bowles must SEQ that,
without additional legislation, polygamy can
not be reached. It is to get at that that Gov
error Shatfer and all the rest Of uB urge tho
passage OF the Cu11om bill, modified as In the
wiadom Of Congress may be deemed best
THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MORMON BATTALION.
There WAS thorough documentary exposure,
in tho last Mormon Tribune, OF tho manifold
falyehould Of the Mormon leaders in reference
to the government and tho Mormon battalion.
The cago is made mp BY, Nj: E. y. TulIidgo,
from the archives Of the Church and tho
records OF the War Department at Washington.
Eor fwentY-fye years the Mormon elders have
told in every land and tongue that, in 1876, tho
United States Government pressed 500 Nor
mons into it's service for the Mexican war,
upon pain Of the destruction OF their entire
people. It turDa out that, at tho most urgent
and persistent request Of tho Mormons them
selves. the government received into its sezy-
ice, for one year, 900 Mormon rolunteers, pay
ing them of and diHcAA1ging them with their
arms in Callfornia, where they wanted to 90.
In q newsletter to the "Saints" in Grcnt
britain, at the time, Elder John Taylor a.id:
at amounts to the same az paying them for
going to the place where they Wero destined to
20 without"
AccEss1oNs TO THE soH1sM.
Tho reform movement has received two no.
table aecessions recently-Amasa II. Lyman
and T. D. H. stenhouse. Tho reformers arc
Iubilant over catching Lyman, who outranks
brigham in the prieathood, having been Coun-
clor to Joseph Smith when Brigham was only
President OF the Twelve AIostlca; whose
name, other things being equal, wei ghs moro
with the people than Brigham's: who is, in
short, and always bus been, in policy, whatever
Brigham is not. He is about GO years Of age,
rather prepossessipg in: appearance, ready
and often eloquent speaker, which tho reform
ers needed more than anything, and will un-
doubtedly 60 to the headin due time. 49,.
When orson Pratt ras cut of from tho
for objectirg to Joseph Smiths At.
In Fnb8urf Mrs.