, 1870-08-12
UTAH.
The Election and the Women's
- Vote.
" =e,
The New York Method Of Voting
Adopted by the Mormons.
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Pefils and Incidents Of the
Canvass.
Dr.. Newnan's Proposal Of Debate.
The EpIscopnEinn Mission and
Church.
UTAH


Church.
(FKoH 0CK EPEcIAL coRRRs1respgsT.l
SALT LAKR C17r, Utah, Aug. !.
told you in my last about tbs nomination,
At Corinne, On the 9Th Of July, Of General
Geo. r. Maxwell, II the antl-Drighau candi-
date for Congress. We had less than two
weeks to CANVASS in. Partial returns show
that Te polled in the neighbo1hood OF 1000
soses, in An Aggregate Of Il, 900 to 15.oo0. No
Gentle teont0n voted. Some Of our people
thought that the Legislature had no power to
giEe women the suffrage; md otherr, that
under the Territorial Law, which makes the
payment Of taxes condition precedent. none
OF the women OF the Territory except
such as had paid ta1os corll
legally vote There being no general nnder-
stancing among US, from the want Of an
organ, beforehand, it came about By common
consent everywhere, on the dty Of election,
That The Gentilc ladies' did ndt srote. The Nor
mon women voted pretty generally, in some
towns t1epositins two votes to eac b one cas-,
by the men. A. the Territorial election statute
prohibits any one from voting who ia not =
are illegal '0'''
4 word aa to the way the Mormons vote.
They have always voted, withou. regard to The
citizenship Of the voter; in many INSTANCES,
where they had special end to serve hy
dren, born and expected; for thoir friends,
present and ahsent, and sometimes for their
mules. At one little town, far South, last
Monday. II is sai4 that t4e Bishop, uron re-
ceiying despatch from the Church to vote
early AID often, told his people that they
nh IN Ynf7 ~, ~
got 412, AID The census return shown that there
are but $50 men, women, and bahias in the
settlement. At another place judge Of cleo
ticn cooIly tore up Maxwell ticket and throw
it u1der tho table instead Of depositfng
it in tho ballos.bo1+ Calling to two
Judge proceeded to deposit swo ballots for
item. and, soon after, thoy marched up TO the
roll and voted themselves. Here in town
three men, now apostates, who hAd been nat
'isalizeo by the Probate Courts, and had voted
on the strength OF such naturalization for
yeats without question, vere informed that
their papers were good for nothing, as none
but the Distric. Cousts had power to natural.
ize. How would it do to set aside NJ illegal
the votes Of an polygarai-ts and their wives
II or opposition to po1ygamy means any
thing, ~hy not7 And all those cast by un-
uatul aaized citizens, including those natural.
lied by the Probate Conrtss Ta..raa = I!sle
doubt, II this could be done, that Maxwell
.Sould be elected, even nos.
said We bad TO organ. From IN unfor:u-
nate misunderstanding and difference, arising
fEcm the absence Of any recognized political
authority, the Cotinne EtporteT, the only Ger
tile paper in tho Territory, has been running a
man Of its own, or WAS doing 60 up to within
two or three 1aEs Of the election Here was
the spectacle Of an organ without party md
rarsy without sn organ, and nobody, appa-
TtDflT. CaGAb}1 Nf hf1Cr1nr tha t~1%1f t,o-
tween them.
Tho Salt Lake Tribune, the organ Of the
Godbe schirm. was against rather than for u,
fcE the rcasou that our platform deuourced
polrgamy as crime, and demanded that tho
laws for Its suppression DO enforced,
lie Godbeates think they cannot afford to
take this position openly, even could they con-
csde it's correctnesr. which many of thun, do
not. To take It, they cay, won!d SO shc ok tic
ntejuGices and traditions Of the polysa1nihts
and follower nf Brigham that thes-ii,e God
ho ref zznets-could no longer gst 4 hearing.
There ID come force in this resson,ns. neP-
Laen-the famo that ezrediency always brings
to lts support At all crcnts, th,y did not ID.
TccAte ost platform, nor vote our ticket Il.oy
nbe'alHed from voting At all.
stu, the opposition poll, a returned, in
large aB it should te. The Mozmons canvass
tho returns among themselves. and as the
Jtsuitic maxim, viz ., the end Iustities the
1neaEs, IL their ultimate rulc OF action, no one
expects them to act fairly aud honestly
when suth action would injure them
Inry aro the Church, you SEQ : to iujaro theo
ID ~ il.jule the Church. l do not know what
TIE c!scial returns may give rs. but Informs
ton, Which deem Trustworthy, gives us
alxrit 1,tE0 votes.
It shorld lie remembered that this election
wae in stotling like those Of the ssstes. There
Eever Wan an election in Etat before. There
restr wssa f;eutale allowed In Utah, uulcsa le
PRAISED B:ighan,, OF was luml'. II tile finished
arts Ct aAnoysrco could drlve lin nway,
"len first came here, about eighteen moa.iis
sgo, thought would bo ready to
t.!s IN peace could hear American
the people what they thought OF tho un,Amer-
lean ssa'e OF tlings here. a man eouldn's
Go it, safely. then. in tile privacy Of his
rcem, for tho very walls had oars.
SpieB eeemed 10 be cncased within them, to
lie teEind feness srl under hedges, aud, il
man yeEtutcd to dcnouoce what he saw and
lcar1, he bcg4u to receive warnings in vari-
ot1s rays that he Was talking TOO much .!You
Gen:ilts. said leading MORMON to mo- once.
"letser do jnst ~ near right Al y1n can; fof
We krow all xs.t .ay aud do, AID about
10 associate with Mormon Woman.
he vas openly assastinsted, like EzasshslLl.
or secretly. An it is believed many an one has
tten. who was last seen on Garth by any of his
tlitnt:e IL company with Mormon girl, Young
or old. II lie astenp'ed to pre-empt land he
Vas rolled up in sheet and thrown into the
Jotdan, the Danites practising with their D E.
tolls .aranwhils, using him al target. Sec
caRe OF Drown and williamson, and further,
that Of Robinson, openly assassinated for lay
ing claim under the prescription lam to legal
Subdivision OF land near tho city. upon winch
w. Tas ,,a;,n1- warm -x sulphn. spnns. At that
open, culd:hloodel munlers wars com
mitted In this city by the Danites while
the grand jury Was in session, and no prosecu-
ton was attempted. Ono Of the murdered
mcn had obtained Judgment agaiGst Dill uick-
InAn. ihe DaIite CaPtain, cn i note OF hand
"eo sh1uush tisntiies ~leneye. il could be
done with lmpunity. 4 man has for manr
yeasa tee1, pulice Judge Of tho city who was
heard 10 FAY tie oiher day. '.That the South
had his prayers ard esmpa.Aics during the
VET: AID that be naser wxs more sejuiccl than
At tho neNs 9: Northern defeat and slaughter
lie oiscc eail in shat il called here ~ ser
non" that lit the boys woall 80 for the Gen.
tiles that kept ctmrauy with Mormon wome1,
"i.h; do'lhlc- -bsz1ellc1 sho:-Suas, he would
clea. .hcm.''
"slept the miecrcants who infest the cit7,
II! r. ocliee you that no law shall trouble you."
lie sas at that time city magistrate. lie is
two Mi etlngs in this city during lie lata can
vass, st which some plaia things we're said hy
our candidate and other epsakrrs among the
rect. by Maxwell, that BRIGHAM Young. He
ber c. kimbal1. Wm. H. Hooper, and
the Eeet had stolen the public laud aud the
Tnbl:c timber from the United States, and used
II IS Means Of making money of the poor.
Some ono in the crowd replied That's so,"
"hereupop, next day, hc was attacked on the
h'reet by q half dozen bullies and nearly telt-
en- to deash. He and they were taken before
'' this second Dauisl On the ee.s Of juae-
and nattreatiug linn all the WAY to the City
Ii.ll. Judge Clinton fined the ruf:ana Sl1
each, rena1kiug that il was the least
rum he cLull impose under lle I2s,
and that he should have desnlsed them had
they 1cne differently uuder the rzovocation.
Another man was attacked on the strsat the
same day for similar offence. in both cases
the leader Of these bullies being special po-
liceman. dous belirvs We could have held
1la letter class OF Mormons might have
deprecated it and tried to prevent it. but they
would have teen unable Sincethe first meat
ire. on the 18TH, the Mormon hollt1Ay-lhe 24th
July, atuiscrsary Of their arrival heEo-hAd
occurred. Hooper had returned from Wash
ington in uiunrh-the Cuilom bill failed to
pats the Senate: George Frantic Train had
teen here aud out-Brighamed Brigham in talk
iIg trcaeon: and although the celebration Of
the gath Wal. exceedingly tame and spisit,css
compared with former celebrations. the town
~as full Of people. excited by fireworks and
trewater. By each Other and their vaipS1orious
leaders,
On the eyaring Of this dar 70 had or see-
ond meeting, in Independence Square. Thsrs
were several hundred pre.cnt-aaout "a many
Genti!es ~ NoEnons, judging by the cheer