Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes Co., O. [Ohio]) 1870-1895, 1872-02-01
SALT LAKE.
The Convention Act Vetoed--Excitmen
in the legislature Defend
ed--Mormon Members on the RAM
page.
SALT LAKE ]

cOnCeInpiateS Only lne uOneSllc con
Germs of the Territory, and no pow
er is therein given to abolish one
form of government and adopt an
other: that the Legislature has no
right to act upon the subject of adj
mission; and further, Utah having
less than the required number OF
people under the apportionment bill
to entitle her to one representative
in Congress he thinks it would be
well to await the pleasure of the
General Government. The Governor
in conclusion SAYS: To become i
Stale in the Union is not right but
a privilege. Good judgement would
therefore require that before any
convention should be called, Utah
should place herself In harmonious
relations with the Gen'l Govern
ment. The first and highest duty
of the citizen is obedience to law
All violation of the law of Congress
should cease, and laws should be
enacted by you in accordance with
the laws of Congress upon that sub.
ject. Until it is done the people oI
Utah cannot,nor should they ask ad
mission as State. Religious toler.
alton in the United States is as
broad as the wants of humanity, but
the Government cannot tolerate
church dogmas which set at naugh,
its statues. 1t is to be regretted
that differences of opinion should
arise in matters of legislation be
tween the Legislative and Execu.
tive departments, but it is my duty
to interpret the law as | understand
it, and such shall be my course o.
action,
The Governors veto message tc
the House created much excitment
and members expressed themselve:
with bitter invective. Are we non
entities? Are we serfs? Have We
rendered ourselves criminal by put
ting power into the hands of the peo
pie to ask for admission into the
Union? The polygamy clause OF
this message, said he, l consider al
open insult to us. 1t is worn thread
bare, and has become stink in the
nostrils of all respectable people
What laws have we violated, and il
we haye violated any why are We
not punished for it? Even murder.
ers are brought to testify againstus
and every means used to prove us
guilty of polygamy. If contrary to
the constitution OF laws of the Uni.
ted states, why don't the Federal
Judges prosecute us under the Uni
ted States laws? Is this House to
be insulted by such charges as are
contained in the document from the
Governor? | say, no! 1 throw it
back in his face, and tell him it is q
faisehoodi -------.------
Foices-'Hearr 'Hearr
We are American citizens and de-
mand the rights of such.
Jas. W. Carney didn't care a
snap for the veto, and asked no odds
of the Governor or any other man.
lockwood said they had been
abused long enough. He would
gladly die a martyr to the Mormon
cause. If there was any blood of
forefathers of rs in the Assembly
they would at once resent the in
suits.
On motion of j. W. Young, a
committee of three to confer with a
similar committee from the Council
was appointed to draft JOINT reso-
luton for purposes named in the
vetoed act. The same committee
was instructed to draft resolutions
expressive of the offensive charac
ter of the Governors veto message.
A little seven years old daughter
OF Mrs. A. Grissam, Shawneetown
ILL.,, was burned to death on Sunday
by her clothes taking fire.
Mayor MedilI has vetoed the reso-
luton by the council to permit the
completion OF half finished frame
buildings within the fire limits of
Chicago.
At Little Rock, Ark, on Monday.
Jerry Vaughan shot and killed Chas.
Francis in a personal encounter.
Vaughan was arrested. Both were
colored men.
The woman sufragists of Penn.
sylvania are asking the State Legis-
lature to pass law authorizing wo.
men to serve as delegates to the com
ing Constitutional Convention.
A new invention is an earring
made to fit over a diamond earring
and completely conceal it, so a lady
when travelling may wear her dia-
monds in her ear and yet have them
completely hidden from sight.
The Republican State Executive
Committee have called the State
Central Committee to meet at Co.
lumbus, on the 14th inst, at half
past two o'clock, to decide on the
time for calling the State Conven-
tion.
In the case of Blackburn, charged
with numbering Mistress Mary Jane
Lowell, at Chillicothe, O., the Judge
overruled the motion for a new
trial, and sentenced Blackburn to
the Penltentiary for life.
Just as might have been expected
after the panic following the resig-
nation of Theirs, the emissaries of
Louis Napoleon are hard at work
fopenting a new revolution in the
Of the Empire. There is
NO Knowing how far the folly Of the
French people may carry them.
The Senate has passed a resolu
tion for final adjournment of Con-
gress on the 29th of May. 1t bv
no means follows that adjournment
will take place on that day, but is
merely an expression of the Senate's
opinion on the subject
The Mt. Vernon Banner SAYS
that the Trustees of Kenyon Col
ioge at Gambler, in order TO cut