New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-02-12
THE LAST DAYS OF BRIGHAM
THE TYRANNY AND swIyDLING OF TIE NOR.
MON AUToCRAT-THE NEW sCHIsM AND ITS
LEADERS CONSTITUTION OF THE NEW
CHURCH OF ZION.

SABT LAKE tIT1, fcD. 4.-DllgHln 1OUUps
the Mormon Pope has been very successful man IA h
day. but begins to be question whether HE day Is not
about The Pacific Railroad il doing its workthai
and public opinion. The rebellion is naugurated Mich,
too much success, has made Brigham, 1t made Napo
leon mad. His importnnate self will has driven from
him all men OF independent mind and encompassed him
with toadies Two three years he announced bis
own infalbillty In offensive and absolute terms ia
starte few Of his most able aud conscientious follow.
In many words lie declared 1t his province "a
dictate TO tine membership OF his Church in all things
spiritual and temporal, even to tho ribbons
the women should wear A year thereafter.
at the Autumna Conference. he inaugurated "cO0pers
tive merchandising" scheme enrich his toady ars
tocracy The intention 10 do all the trading OF Utan
through what they call cooperative store and branches
with fourhfths OF its stock owned by eleven hs most
obsequous tools. Al the hunders of the Church were
employed to DRAGON the people into this enterprise No
could hold stock in It who had not paid his thnc
and the cashti thed IN its turn. This, in
ton with the Order OF Enoch, which Is urged upon the
people without ceasng. designed 20 draw the mate
rial wealth Of MOrmOnsm fast as should be cased
into Brighalns bag. lou mag remember another
man who carried the bag. The origna
idea OF the Order Of Enoch was
highly developed partnership, the Order to judge OF
the qualifications for membership and decide who should
be admitted. The members to hold equal share each
matter whether they each contributed 500 $1,000
But IN Brgham's hands thu. has been perverted into
universal conservation TO him Trustee In Trust for the
Church. by the entire membership. of all they possessed
earth, so that would be but a tenant at Brig
hams Will his land aud In hs own house. and in
the arms Of his wife. This was too much for even
Norman human nature ana but little has been done to
ward establishing the oder OF Eloo except. Derhaps
In the matter OF Administering the estates Of those whe
died III the Lord" iuto is hands.
BRIGHAM A. \ RAILROAD MAN.
passions, ayace and love Of power another nice little
scheme has developed 5e.f. as follows: lie took con-
tract Of the VINO stole themselves rich In building
the Pacific Railroad 10 construct 100 miles OF that road
One object OF this to have the fixing Of the junction
somewhere In his domain. lie did NJ want the Union
Pacific to build on to HUMBOLDT WE'LL 200 miles Of
the heart OF Utah al he the Central Pacific "a
build 10 Green RIVER 2JO miles BY taking this
tract he got the matter al ~ his own hands I provoked
~ the gGr VIII. contractors and enabled him TO
his own men By Withholding their pay, and retarded
work on the Union Pacific. When the Central Pacific
approached this valley Re could take for them
but had tools handy to it for him. Three OF h
Northern bishops, Bensou Farr West two OF whom
seems To nave killed. took 40 hls bidding heavy contract
for the Central Pdcihc, and thus King Brigham got con-
troll of the meeting " the roads. lie made them spend
hundreds OF thousands OF dollars IN doing useless para
lei work His contract Amounted s2,5C0Oo0. lie
sub let it to his slaves roper cent of TINS pockenR Dy
the operation S2jOO Not satisfied with this he stopped
a million or 80 Of the pay in groS, as il was running
through his hands, and with IL built the Utah Genital
Railroad. lie proposes to tine men to whom tuis
money belonged 20 take their pay 20yeaT bonds, ny.
pothecaed the road. They could well lift theLr
a-I-. ~ sio- UVDts. But they viii
toko tho bophs a.i,,finss, hs- pun . ''.
DOOM and then nc will sell the road to the Central Pa
cfc for a million two in cash. pocket the money, ana
most of his people VIII admire him all the more foriE
THE NEW LEADERs-REyoLUuoSARr LITERATURE.
William s. GOdDe perhaps. the Luther of the present
Reformation, the Lucc OF this revolt" the Brigham
ties saw With him has been Intimately associated f.
L. T. Harrison that the twain nearly one desn The
other leaders are Eli b. Kelsey, W. X. Sherman, and
Henry W. Lawrence. an and long time friends Of
Goddess dra to him first, perhaps. by some affinity Of
SPIRIT which may explain their falling into the same
groove at so important crisis. Godbe is OF English
BIRTH years Old % years Mormon small in stat
ure but of sturdy build. with a countenance nowise
striking kindly and rather old for his years Perhaps
that is the effect OF care however He came to Utah
quite lad without money friends, working into tho
drug business built himself up 10 be- worth $4,000 aud
TO az high standing business man and gentleman as
any one IN the Territory He was one Of Brigham's
stanchest supporters. and Brigham used him. Ho has
iyen to the poor pad in tthng not less than $4,000
or late thin have gone somewhat against hun, yet he
is regarded worth $685. 30 now.
The cooperative trade movement would have built him
up fortune which his former gains were Insignificant,
for he had the only Mormon drug store IN the country
ard would have had the entire influence Of the church.
When he was accommodated. the Church bought up
the GENTLE drug aud withdrew its patronage from
HIM AS much il could TIC President OF quorum
OF the Seventies (he fourth quorum in the Church, First
Counselor the Bishop Of bs Ward and member OF tho
Cit Council when cut OF. He has four wives, and is
the father OF II children five Of whom are deceased
His fourth wife was Charlotte Cobb Of WHOM You may
have heard long considered the belle OF Iiah Her
mother was scduced into LOrmonsm years ago from ono
OF the first circles OF Boston society," and became the Oth
or 4Ot wife of Brigham Wncn cut of, Godbo told his
women that they could each have divorce II they
wanted It. aud he would divide his property rata
among HEM They replied that they would lie before
they would leave him. t,o an todd
There Is, or was popular man In the Territory
on hs individual merits he is genial In disposition,
Lisn ndcd and honorable Liberal and tolerant. gen.
eman IN bearing and by nature, COOL bushes man.
fair tlEer honest earnest. fearless. irn, AMI kind
hearted At present he is chiefly engaged in travelling
~ Tho Territory and preaching
Z. Z. l. HARRISON.
ELF Harrison, COdbes tG,n brother in the q mOve-
menI" as they call e. also Engiishman by birth;
small. of bilious temperament black hair aid eyes.
nervous positive, and fan OF electricity. o! literary
turn, and gyen TO vttng, soll-nladc, IA: 'hESer
logical and Guept speaker, Of IN mpres.ble, iupuhlYo
nature An architect by profession, lac destfS tec ~
~ sss ss~An eemen,s and decorations OF tbs tbs.
ulanned several OF the best buildings n the cay -
is not wes3hy. is - years Old and % years honoh 10
OF winch we've spent missionary p q" ''sh l-Ies'
He came 10 Utah five or siN years ago. ara ~ the tine
Of bis cNc0mmunct ,iOl WIS President IL quorum Oh
IN, s.veutes, Ile has becu marri Il twice. oit was
meyer lygamst Ia practice. His last Wife a.ed while
lis t.,al Nas ooniur and he vas cat OF tie ChIfeh
within A. hours of her burial.
IL WAS IN 1907 that nc aid T. r. II Stonaose, rrrre'
to- and odl tor OF Thc telegraph t's oG2ht 81 starting
IN. run lfoIl.,Hr Srcu,l.r taltcsel and hcsateu,
"a no always doss, until Harr son tired OF lam and
started H. alone Godtc assisted hin soae ut the time,