The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-02

Il creates, the obscene and vulgar qaarrcs II has
raised, tho sorrow u has caused TO women tho de-
iornity, disease and carly death II has brought 10
children, will b. described Ia . future letter.
Despite It's horrors, Notwithstanding tho thousands
OF abandoned graves mounted by lo,tcrng head
stones which ltior the unsnaied cemeteries Salt
Lake and every Mormon settlement, each testify
Ing 10 dish 3nored infant voinan,s broken heart
poIygauy thought here TO be the evil and
therefore, not tho first to be assaicd is Considered
as The least part Of the giant evil hcrc-unrcpubeun,
un Amerlcan--to Wiz 20 ~crtul aud Infamous iheoc-
racy.
An EVIL Tncocaacr.
The head Of this lheoesaey brigham Young, is
thought TO DO the man, rather the thing 10 be done
away with. Wnen he falls all VIII Tall Invested. as
bc Ia with tho powers u very soi 100000 pco
pie powers which reach not merely hearts but
likewise 70 their ncarshs and marriage beds. he
cmboIicd wrong 20 his people aud menace 10 the
Republic Invest good man with hts uutIammcIlcd
might. and abuses would still flourish IN the midst OF
u society thus governed Invest with 1t bad man,
wac during his life has been controlled successfully
nrst W lust oil women, next by lust OF power, ana
last by lust Of gold and see tho result. His SEN
suaty has baen burnt out, mis- poxer Is somewhat
weakened, but his avarlce remains
WHERE loCaG siADs PROTECTION
Blusterer coward and dens ely ignorant though Brig
10 be- no Is gifted with malice aad cunning, which have
enabled HIM 10 overthrow 10 deceive his most DIS
tant nivcrssros. Through his delegates to Congress
and his agents IN the Territorial Legislature hv has OBJ
tanned the passage OF bills which havo hitherto pro-
cctcd hun and his associates. Two systens-the ecc
orai and jury systems-wIll illustrate tho tenor
these laws
CONTROLLING THE FRANCHISE.
Tho Mormons SO prcponisratc There being popu.
| lus.. tnNn
no place except whore there many Geutilos,
together with many open aposlatcs. could
any but tho Church ticket chance under lair to
win But In order TO secure overwhelming advan
age At every poll tho priesthood who conduct every
thing arranged double system Of marked tickets and
registry oil votors. The marked tickets have their
backs inscription Ia the Descre alphabet. THIS
visible when they folded tho Mormon judges of
election, protects the holder challenge by
Gentle. These tickets distributed before voting
day by the ward teachers to all Mormons. No Mormon
who goes to tho polls can deposit secret ballot
While the law dcprves the poll keepers Of the
privilege OF opening and examining ballots, they
evade the law in this way they require each
voter TO give his which is inscribed book
Opposite his name and also the back Of the ballot
he presents, Is written his number, In the order In
which no happens TO appear after tho first voter
numbered In tho morning BY thus device the poll
KEEPERS and their masters, tho bishops. tell who
deposited every ballot They have SIMPLY 10 compare
the numbers on tho book with tho numbers on tho
backs oil the ballots aud each voters preference is
disclosed. II any votor has .sscratchedn Church
ticket tue tact Is thus found OUT and, II the offender
DO Mormon, he Is INSTANTLY bacKballcd and speedily
warned In this way the brethren are held, even in
tho exercise OF their rights as citizens, in complete
subsection TO Brigham Young.
| g1N VOTE OFTEN.
! Voting Is frequently done by proxy cxccp. IN tho
wards OF Salt Lake City, whore there now large
number OF Gentle voters present TO detect fraud.
In tho school OF tho prophets at the Tabernacle the
| faithful have been urged to early, often and
/ cvcrywhcre they could Some Mormons
that they have voted in four or 1vo wards on tho
day. using the OF their horses aud
mules A humorous feature or these .clcotions" ID
the license taken by the Mormon judge or
Inspector II be happens to DO called out or
has crrand or goes TO his dinner no
| takes his bulot box along with him. One day
acquaintance OF mine, eminent Gente ac1ompun cd
u Gentle lady 10 the polls. This beng land OF
female suffrage the lady went to voto and my friend
10 look on. 10 their establishment the polling place
was vacant. Brother Jetcr Clinton who in charge
OF the ballot box. had taken it into tho back room
This performance Of tho Mormon brother, which suld
vi.a,e election New York. is the regular sort OF
thing in Utah.
! FEMALE SUFFRAGE.
There IL universal fomale suffrage here. Even tho
fret awln wife, whose right oil dover The Legsa-
urc abolished some years ago, is privileged 10 vote
So tho polygamous wives. The latter, OF course
so outnumbcr the former that the vote Of the first
wife Is rendered useless II sho Is hoartbroxcn by
poygany shc Will not have the courage to
the Mormon ticket; II sho fanatic and avors poly
i sany she will not want to vote against 1t. ASS rule
Gentle ladies' refrain from voting anyway, thor dis
gust with the whole Mormon system preventing them
from exercising their privilc
10 crown this sketch OF the Utah voting system at
general election It should DO added that Territorial
statute prohibits votes from being coun,cd In tho
precincts where they are dcposIled. They must DO
taken the county and there be counted by the
Probate udgc and his clerk, both OF whon except in
tho county Of Tooee, arc Norm ,ps.
Owing TO the current which has begun to sol under
| Brigham Young's ieet an increasing number OF Nor
mons weak III tho iaiih would differently ON
now II satisfied that their preferences could not DO
| discovered.
the GRAND JURY SYSTEM
The Utah jury system is matter oil great present
| importance. II Is mixed, like everything else here
Lists OF jurors selected the counties where tho
courts held conformity by the PROBATE judges OF tho
counties and the clerks Of tho district courts. Tho
Judges arc Mormons, the clerks are Gcntiics TITO
Judge aud clerk Va each county mutually make out a
list OF 100 jurors every year. Those jurors are chosen
alternately; the Probate Judge writes Mormon nuno
| and the clerk Of the court writes u Gcntilo name
until the lst Is filled. From these lists
OF 200 jurors, onshalf Mormon and oncbalf
Gentle drawn by lot the Of tho grand and
! petit jurors fos oacn term. TO laymen these equal
numbers preparatory TO drawing might scom lair
Lawyers Will smile at the whole proceeding grand
1 II nj Ind.
neEt OF Twelve or lis members and It is a acl in the
history oil Utah that only two grand jurlos wah
I twelve Ccnnlrs have been drawn One Mormon on =
petit urybat Is to soy, tho jury that tries The pris
oner-can prevent conviction all bis associates
determine tho prisoners guilt In fact there has
always been more than Que Mormon pc,lt jury,
| whosc endowment oaths obliged him never TO agree 10