Omaha daily bee., 1881-06-20
A LUCKY SHOT.
The Mormon Cannon was Loaded
and Went Off Without
Warning
Minority hurry Shot Off Fis
Mouth Too Much for
Campbell.
a Double-Headed Fourth OF July
Jamboree Mining Matters.

are two things that are agitating the
Salt Lakers just at present: The
Cannon CAMPBELL controversy, and the
coming Fourth of July.
AT the last election for delegate to
congress, Mr.. Cannon the Mormon
candidate received 1865 votes, and
VIM. CAMPBELL the non-M Mormon candi-
date, 1857. Gov. Murry, however
gave the certificate of election to VIM.
CAMPBELL, for the alleged reason that
MI. Cannon was not a citizen of
the United States, and being a
polygamist could not be naturalized.
This action of the governor was almost
universally condemned throughout the
country, at the time, as unconstitu-
tional, and many of Mr.. Cannon's
friends thought that he would have
been promptly removed by President
Hayes, but no action was taken, and
he still remains the chief executive of
this territory. The certificate of
election, however, that he gave to MI.
CAMPBELL, was not a simple statement
of the fact of his election, but was ar
gumentative and apologize, and
in it he admitted that Mr.
Cannon had received the greatest
number of votes. 1t is understood that
MIR. Adams, chief clerk of the house
of representatives, submitted this pc
cullar document to high legal author
ity, and whatever their opinion, the
result has been that he has placed Mr..
Cannon's name On the list of members
of the next house of representatives.
1t is claimed by Mr.. Cannon's friends
that under the circumstances MI
Adams could not do different to what
he has done, as the law Is positive,
and states that the person receiving
the highest number of votes is the one
elected, and the eligibility of that per-
son is a question to be decided by
the house itself, and by no other
person, governor, clerk, or court.
They further claim that MIR. Cannon
was duly naturalized many years ago,
and that that fact has been fully
proven and acknowledged in commit
tees of previous congresses where the
matter was investigated. On the other
hand, Mr.. Campell's friends are very
indignant and assert that Mr.. Adams
action is an usurpation of power and
entirely unwarranted. MI. Cam
pell's attorneys have commenced an
action against Mr.. Cannon to restrain
him from receiving his salary as the
sitting member, and also to have his
naturalization declared null and void.
1t seems somewhat out of the ordinary
run of judicial matters to attempt to
enjoin a man from receiving what he
claims to be his salary, but as Mr..
Adams could not be enjoined from
paying him, this was probably con-
sidered the next best course.
Salt Lake City is to have two
Fourths of July; or rather two sepa-
rate and distinct celebrations; of
course, Mormon and non-M Mormon.
For some ten years past the Mormon
citizens have refrained from publicly
celebrating Independence day, be-
cause the acting governor at that time
issued a proclamation forbidding them
to include any militia companies in
their procession. They argued that a
Fourth of July procession without
and they would not celebrate.
So from that time to the present they
have refrained. Last year the non
Mormons went ahead and celebrated
alone, and propose to do so this year,
and have organized their committees
for that purpose; but the other party
now think hat militia or no militia
they can afford to honor the nation s
birthday, and they have also arranged
for a demonstration, but without a
procession. Their festivities will take
place in the new park on the south
east Of the city, lately purchased by
mayor and council for the benefit Of
the citizens, and will take the form of
a huge picnic or barbecue, with ora-
lions and so forth intersperced. I
ought not to forget to mention that
although Salt Lake City has had so
few demonstrations on this day of late
years, other Mormon towns have not
neglected the good old custom
Property is undergoing a "boom"
in this city just now. Valuable lots
in the center of the town are rapidly
changing wners at greatly advanced
prices. The expectation of the incom-
ing of so many lines of railroad lies at
the bottom of the movement, but per-
sonally your correspondent cannot see
sufficient justitiable reasons fori the
present high price of real estate. A
crash, o II or later, is bound to fol-
low the present imitation. Yet, taken
as a whole, there never was a year
when the prospects were so tiattering
as the present one.
A great change for the better in the
appearance of Salt Lake valley will
soon be brought about. At least four
long canals, which will water tens of
thousands of acres of farming land
are nearing completion, and beautiful
as the valley 10Y is, it will be exceed
ingly more lovely when its wide
stretches of sage brush prairie are
covered with fields Of waving grain,
dotted with farm houses, and diversi-
fed with plantations and groves. The
western half of the valley is to-day
largely uncultivated for want of water,
but the land is owned by
men who are only awaiting the com
pletion of these canals to commence
agricultural operations. These canals
all take the water out of the upper
portion of the river Jordan, not far
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