, 1870-02-12
UTAH..
Accident on the Union Pacific
Railroad.
The Mormon Echismatics---Harri-
son, 9odbe, and others'
Tho Situation.

Tho 61tuntion.
tFHoH pcR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT
sA1r LAKE CIT. Feb. $.
The xestH aru-bou train. lev days ago,
" spread tho track" near A'peo, Oh VIC un'on
p,c,rc Railroad, and "ditehea" nve Of Ppl1mao's
bin ateepess, There bad oeeu two accidents on
The road further east within forty eight hours
tina gauntlet Of the snow having been run without
accident or deteattoo. aud the PASSENGERS vete
consr1tulatinV themselves In tar bright, wNm
supshiue, that lhe cnatces Were IN fAvot Of thetf
getting over the uountairs safely. and on ,ms,
when. IN rounding 4 cuiFe, On down grade, the
weight Of the great top-aeary sleep,nRcarss
which u from twenty 10 thirty .ase tons. roll.
ed the outer rail- orer on its side, dKa Slng the
sp.kes from the eott, WEI dp:uce lies as though
they hid been dr. finally cro1d!cg It c'eaf on The
ties and ,hrowitg tna traIu. save tue eneice. mail.
express, aud baggage cars, which had rounded the
curve and stIuck the tangent before the track |
spread, dov IN enbanknent twelve to fifteen |
feet high II rwas 3 doaole train, having taken !
aboard the train Of the preceding. day. at Btyan
detained thtre by wreck, bat WIS luckily
moving slowly, peEnaps Al tho
rate Of nf,een miles an hour,
Else the cAkun.tles must have been fe1lll'
The stoves are 30 perfect and 50 a1misab'y aE.
rarged, th8t Eot one Of them EAs loosened from
1t. place OF spilled III tire. T&e Eea jumped from
the train al soon as theJ saw 1t Wal p toe lEacS;
the CIR. fell on and Killed them. or shose WAC
remained ID their seats, uoce were killed. thEse
were considerably, though pot dangerously,
injured. AEd = few more a!tgntly scratched and
bruised.
The company, under the present management.
are doing al theJ can to make travel over the
mountains safe and pleasant There are no b:t-
ter raiIrca0 mep, Buppose, thsn N1nmoud,
Meao, Weed, aud The resi- THIS conductor OF this
train an speaking Of, Mr. LtIls}oas. Is careful
conscientious man, OF considerable experience.
have nothtoK but EordA Of comuendaaon LOT
them. The read aud the rolling sock have been
pct Into thelr hauds to use and they arc expected
10 ukc Them Bat think that he public onghtio
know that traze1 On tbs mountain portion OF the
Pacific Railroad u not safe. No one on earth
would hare suspected Danger At the potEt Of rtid
catAgtrophe. which might have resulted fatally to
hunored. Tne track sppeared II safe a. It could
be. II is perhaps questionable whether INC
lops, heavy Pul1mAu cars can be safely run on tho
| gradients and cures Of the Ioad. But suspect
come Of the Dl7ector1 orc interested with MI.
Pullman In the profits and 20 that there Is no use
| in thinking of tne:r being d!lcalded. One Thing
might and should be done. ho oEeVer, II they are to
| be pged. The curves should ali be laid on hard
| wood ses placed close together, ohlt-sp1eds
| nld the outer ratl ratsed coa1tdersb'y. 10 as to
| throw tho weight Of the train On tue tnGde rail-
These 1u9geauons may seen common enough, but
conUon II they are. they arc necessary. The
| company have bu,lt zrow fences aud eheds In bat
places and provided 1000 sud fael on The t,Aln for
emergencies, until they bare oovtated - nearly AZ
| may be pestonal danger from that so1tce.
] But the tublsc nave Right to de-
| msnd that the top-heayy Pullman caE1 ba dls-
eatded On the mountain dtFllton OF the foad, or
the road made Suitable to run them over, as
above Indicated. It makes oueA hair stsnd up to
.aa q HrArf tkt kHrf13fH1 nf ths
rails, something that never ought to happen. aud
which, while 1t msJ happen, zsnders al railroad
travelling as dangerous AZ the pcsiloos edge OF
battle. ..
You have heard OF the ncnisu in the Aormo7
Church. William Il Godoe IL the master spirit
off, Joined with him, almost A. Sin nese twio,
In the bold work, IL E. l. r. Harrison, 10 TINT
Gcdbe and lNrison siknifJ but single soul, and
somewhat less Intimately. Eli B. kelsey, Wu.
| q. Sheafman, Henry ". Lawrence, aud E. ".
/ rullidge, MI but the latter warm and lonR-ttm
| t,,erdB Of GodoeH- TulIdse aud Harrison arc
old colleagues In the missionary business, having
spent the best years Of theE AVea
rsayellug and preaching Moruontsu- Tai
| ldpe ID volcanic KIND Of NAE. shoemaker
by occupation, m 4uthor OF sone repute, and ol
tnat dlspos1ton which cannot submit to dIctat.ou.
| Al long Intervals he drinks 10 excess aud has tc
be introduced TO the ktra'ght1scktt PtshApt
thts has been more on account Of The bad val
! into which Brigham has pushed the Church thar
l from any love Of liquor for tts OWE sake. He u
, copoua and pretty strorg writer IN the presen
c1tels, bat his articles are paid for. Godbe Is o
/ EnRuah birth, and about 40 Jesr1 OF age. HI
i | came To Utah 4 boy, poor and fr1endtess, and
woEktrR into tho drug business, built up fortup'
1 and reputation for himself second 10 tnA
of none. Tnlnss hare gone somewhat 2gaus
! him OF late, but he u regaFned a worth moi
/ | thsp S1O1, ,0Oo now. he WAS = Btaupcn 4uppofie
| CT ur4Xram unEl the iutolerao.o ssHunPtou y
! authority BY that worthy, eliminating IN hls st
tempt, through co-opeSauVe mefchandM Ing, N
= ! establishment Of the Order Ct Enoch, ENFORCE
l t.tnlue building railroads with tbs peoples mon
e ey cutting down the lahoIer's g HRS and deoazrsu
c him from any branch OF tEaultry but sgr4c1tute-
e his attempt, ssy, through Sucn Eneasures q
tneac, to absofb al tho rnAtsrlM wealth {
. Utah, and hou4e It IN hi own Aai'
a | dru7e him into opposition. suppose his claim
q i be morn tnfallblo than GOD IN spiritual Mattel
ID | might have been submitted To. But holding Il
l., | puftc OF The CnuEch-the utn1og Amounss TO ri
Iess than half . million yesr-respoDslble to nj
. body and claiming the right TO dictate 10 ever
= tody IN Ill things, temporal a well - eprltu1
- The boys couldn't Esaud Il Two or three yel
=. $50 Brigham nIst seems to have mouthed The
=, 1n,oletab,e pretensions. subsequently he iraog
r. rated cooperative Merchandising. which was n
Is nmpy . tchemc to beuedt himself 81
=, few Of hts dpect8l pets. III
~ care the railroad building for the Union PAc!
ae Company. Ais contract amounted 10 ~ O
~ which he scp-tet at ten per cent dlscuunt, th
I'LL pocket,ug, b. virtue Of being Brigham. quas'
of 1nllliop. Tnil didn't safe bis greed
IN stopped nilticu Of the hArd-earned pay OF
no dunes. ~ 1t Vas paastng through his hands, a
he built The Utah Central RsieoAa. Now he va
Nc h!1 creditors 70 take thek pay In eeyeAr bon
sc hypothtca.ed On the 1oAd and let their w1Se1
su' children starvc. Such course, advancing IT
bad 70 worse with constantly acceiefaung spe
lln wcuid BIZ enough, one would think, 10 d
= wooden men 70 the assesuon Of the1 lodepe
11J ence.
Itvas Harrison who started the Fyah Mdsds
II: Ia 1867, Harrison II an architect By plpfea
Alt- | and deAlxEed Aona Of the best buildings IN
on | city. He u = thinker And writer OF constcest
my force. and feeling that to be hs forte, proea
icy. etsr,ed the Ndaas5ne ~ nesna Of living.
liz dragged along naso for year or so, when 60
me-, toek hold Of It, looking Tor tho crisis which
soc- come, and determined to Eeet It Ike
Rse AIT. the completion 0! the Pacific Railroad,
ie1- tprtr g. the atmosphere Of Salt Lake CITY oeza
charge, and the Xdgdztss grew boldes 10 Il
Hs4 until II iast It dated to claim the right to d!s
lie al matters Of puel!c interest- II devoted cor
ous eraale Ersce to the consideration Of the
bar, policy which the opening OF the country oJ
,ut- xosd recessltated. In WORD, II protested,
, On 1ectly. against Briehams assumption q: ali
lony dom ard right It thought and speech and &c
Que ! Oh al matters wnAtEotver ii the Mormon cnr
ever alias CtAn Territory. For this, Godoc ard Il
. m sou were, about the end Of last Oest
/, re- tr1et by the High Council Of the
.ard ard formally cut on the Eas
the offence being opposing the neasures
...a pol.cy Of Brigham Young. Ell B. Kelsey
,.,+, Henry r.. Lawrence defended Godoe At tnis
r,,nn and voted 1xatnst the e1eoumupicauon.
,1no which ttey Nete subsequently themselves q
- ~ lowsnIpped. Tho Xafc-ias had about ~ ~
rim tcrtberr. It was Suspended eoou after fne
.na han fallen, and on the utst OF the year lne
,x,1t mon 1rtIun<, m eight PACED paper, A.oa
tnat sAe VI 1ho eu1Ssx' ~ssS,,- t,hs
has tne US s.e"e1,' ,.,s. =, .,o u-c
chop a.eo Nv ~ ~. ,,nes
adtug AZ ,S.s :,.,n.+ a,err
O, the Bs4geauites to suppress II; * II snor
npea remembered that Ill power IN Etan u IN the
ae Of Brigham. The machinery Of government,
DEAN posal Nd spiritual, u = vast itqaiasnrsaA nas
o1Ae releu,lcsaly tsed By him TO csuAh apostAses
la1oe well lpowa tna1 1n1tctf Is oIe Of the ret
r. ~ n,es OF the Mor~on Church. he'd TO be NOR
ect o' csc.pus than baptism; indeed tho OILY atort
taA | for ecme c5fmeA Ctdef the iron Tult CT BIZ
I, ma tse1e IL TO c,ine In the ckteud1r half 20
sson n apossacJ, Al these refotneis
:oped With shot eurs by tnets aides, rev
under theis plllo~s: Keep then
loface u.cnrs. a1d wear boWtts between tectr
under ,stya Tasec~Eouytes Of Caa they dare rol
mind u tire irto. They hope - wn tie capital hc'
II c4J and thus take ii once the citadel Of tue foe
3 vita Lake City may be sad 70 b Utah even nor
p1aces. Pa,1a u France .-.... ..........
,, AID Some une In December The rtbe1s began
J vi Ing public neeangs aud preaching. The
again. ratttes we1t cvef them roughly from II
homo, x,Ands and Dismissed them H the Eesl
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