, 1873-04-14
Brigham Young Abdioates George
A. Smith His Successor
Whore the Money
Goes,
What tho Movement NECans--Ts p0lyg-
amy to Be Relinquisl,cdl
An Inside View Of Mormon Tactics, and
the Future Of That People.
Brig1larn's Dispatch to tho New
York Herald.

Dispatch to tho New
York Herald.
10 tht Editor af The Chicago 1ri6une:
S1n Tie resignation of Brigham Young ns
Truatoo III trust for tho Mormon Church, and |
Proallont Of tho banking and cooperative instl-
tutions, which no l,nB go long hold, in his firm
grasp evidently means moro than the late Dc
tator Is willing to acknowledge, na his dispatch
10 Now York pnpnr indicator. In Which ho
caims to DO Btlll President Of the Church, With
supervisory powers oyor its spiritual md secular |
business hayiug merely shifted tho burden Of
Its dotaily upon younger shoulders.
It is true that Brigham Young is an old man.
Whom tho, writor last saw linn, in Judge Nc
Konn's court, O litt1o moro than yoar ago, his
appearance betokeued a remarkable vigor OF
constitution md mn oxcollont stAtn of phyaica'
preservation, although he was then undor indict-
mont and arrest for murder and blgamy, and OK |
porieuced trouble enough, one- would think, to
hnvo undermined tho loatth OF O much younger
and stronger mau. Dut tho telegraph reported
him, only last weo|s, aa addressing crowded
audience In the big Tabernacle, ut tho General
Church Conference, parading tho stage with q
lively air, to describe tho movements OF tho
Grecian- bend " ladies, which attraction eoems
to have reached tho City Of the Saints.
It ia evidently not Drighams health that is the
solo or principal cauao Of his resignation. ThoBo
who know him best describe him as ono Of tho
most ambitious Of men, who, notwithHtand-
Ing his 1mmouso wcalth Is still as groeay of gain
anl az ayayicious as over and ho haa not fo-
lInouished his hold upon the vast treasuroa OF
the Church for any slight cause, or unlosa undcr
O. powerful outside pressure. Thia control OF
tho finances Of 100000 Morlnons has been tho
:eecret Of his ilnuonao power; md, In rehnquish"
ling this, tho old man will now pop into compara"
;tiye ob6curity.
There is little doubt, while Brigham hns
handled tho Mormon funds in a manncr calcu-
lated to promote tho growth OF tho Church, that
ho has used Ills great opportunities .Hagacioualy
to build up his own fortunes, always managing
to turn his spiritual ad7antagoe into hard dolara
yhilo tho monopoly ho has exercised In common
cial mattera is said to havc kept many of
tho. ambitious brethren poor. Hcnce, tho
OBJECTIONS from tho Church, in Salt Lako
City especially, havo boon frequent, and
some LOT them important. Whom ho
broke up all individual commercial traffic by
oostablslling tho Zion's Cooperative Mercantile
Institution, he turned many business men into
the street. though ho succeeded in lankinG tho
Gontile tradors, and kept'the bulk OF tho busi-
Eosa Of tho Terrltory in tho hands of tho Church.
which meant, simply, in tho control Of Brigham
Young, Tho diyidouds Of tho Zion's Corpora
two Mercantile Institution have boen enormous,
aa1 eoycral Chicago Wholesale merchants will nt-
t2st that thoro is no sounder institution in tho
t,ot,ntry. But this summary md despoto ac-
t:ioa, which not oycn tho Emperor Of Russia
,.ould tako without danger to his 1ifo, disgustcl
r:oyara1 prominent NlormonR with their olIiof.
Although those tliugH aro not openly alluded to
il Utah, it iB not difficult for IN observer to
catch tho drift Of public sentiment. and, among
leading 3forlnone, this seems to be, that Brig
hnul Yuuug'a Characteristic aelfshness has not
t'rsorlcd lin rs ago croepa upon him. I have
l..ArI various hints concerning his real ostate
operations, and how poor mon have beon Iod
into operations to their disadvantage, for his
benefit.
But thero is probably more potent cause for
tbs resignation OF brigham Young IS Trs,stoo in
trust for tho Church at tho present time: and
or rather, to the raid made upon the aystem Of
polygn.ny by tho Administration OF President
Graut, at the instigntion Of Parson Cudrnoro
While tho oileial attacks upon this tonot Of their
Church has tended to cement its unity in o firm
resistance to tho porsecutions, as tho MormonB
boliove ll,em to DO, it las given rise conyic-
ton, on tho part Of q majority Of tho practical
business mon aamong, tho brotherhood, especially
in Salt Lako City, TINT 1t Ia neither wise nor
uaro for tho Church to attempt contest with
tho authori!ios of the United States, which
must finally end in tho discontinue OF the
former, with a great loss Of prestige in their
ranks, and a vast depreciation it not total do
struction Of eLoir largo property fnterosts. Salt
Lake City ia evidently destined to bo a large mo-
;tronolis Of lie Rocky Mountain region. It is
already rich city,-tho land value for which
ago, being 2u immense fortune. which
ig moatly held by the Nior1nons. Tho small poli.
ticianB Who woro cont thore by Grant to nut
down polyga1ny haye desired, above all things
frjphtan tlt0 fhnu
seek Jew fiode. leaving their rich poascssious d
fali into tho lands Of the Utah carpet-baggers
u Ia South Carolina. This littlo scheme tue
loading business mon, Mormon aud Gontile