Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-02-28
TELEGRAPHIC.
MASS MEETING OF WOMEN's
ANTI-POLYGAMY SOCIETY.
THE LARGEST MEETING EVER HELD
N UTAH TERRITORY.
CONGRESS BEsEEcHED TO
MAKE NO DELAY.
The Government Defed to Enforce
the Edmund's Bill.
The Young Men Called Upon to Shed
their Last Blood for Polygamy.
The President Grieved at senator
H0ar's Speech.
The President Grieved at senator
H0ar's Speech.


SEES. The following resolutions were passed:
Whereas, The petitions of the Mormons,
memorializing Congress not to disturb the
quiet Of Utah. directly commit every morn
ing the Endorsement Of ~polygamy in def
ance OF the laws, and
Whereas, These same petitions, by their
signatures, reveal the absolute slavery OF
the Mormons to their chief, and
Whereas, The frantic exertions Of the
Mormon leaders to put off the possibility
Of enforcing laws in Utah, show their ter
ror at the prospect Of losing their political
power,
Now, therefore, the Anti olygamy
Society Of Utah being composed Of old resi-
dents Of the Territory. who are familiar
with the situation here, do hereby
Resolve, That for more than thirty years
Utah has been under control Of this unlaw-
full element, and that under that control
this Territory has been made q mere de-
tendency Of the hostile creed. The rights
Of real citizens have been stolidly denied,
the ballot has been prostituted, women dis
honored and every sacred element of home
destroyed.
Resolved, That every mercy of the Gov
eminent extended to the Mormons has
been scoffed at by them; that the failure Of
| the Government to enact effective laws has
been treated as an interposition of God to
protect this people, and that every weak
ness Of the Government in failing to make
its laws sovereign here has been used to
| strengthen this Kingdom.
Resolved. That the Government of the
United States can no longer afford to leave
the control Of the great Territory in the
hands of people who hold higher allegiance
| to the heads Of creed than to the Republic.
Resolved, That it is unbecoming the
dignity of the Government Of the United
States, and q steady menace to its power,
to leave the management of q great Terri
tory in the hands Of men who are in no
sense real citizens, and who, even in their
memorials to Congress, give notice of their
intention to resist the laws.
Resolved, That nowhere under any civ
ilized nation, except in Utah, are men and
women, who are felons under the law,
given the ballot at the jury box and the
control Of the Government.
Resolved, That this society, speaking in
the name Of the outraged womanhood of
Utah. and for 10000 real citizens Of this
Territory, beseech Congress to make NO
more delay, to rely no longer on halfway
measures, but at once to take from the
Mormons all political privileges, until they
conclude to accept as sovereign the laws
Of the United States.
Resolved. That Congress owes 1t as q
duty to the Government, and to the loyal
people Of this country, to amalgamate the
Edmunds, the Shallenberger and the Will
let's bills, aud to make OF them a law for
| fba OnvarnfaarA ~ TyknL .xNAu A1n.~ nrL
mission to the laws Of o majority here
shall prove that they are entitled to be
trusted as citizens.
Resolved, That the Edmunds bill Ia
alone fatally defective, as, while 1t forbids
the holding Of Office and exercise of the
franchise by polygamists, II provides no
effective redress against the perjury OF
men who are not bound by an oath, and
II passed in its present form there is dan
ger that it will, like the anti-monopoly
law Of 1862, become q dead letter on the
statute books.
Resolved, That we believe that a com.
mission Of sterling citizens OF this Terri.
tory, given full legislative powers, and
working under the supervision Of Con-
gress. is the only real and prompt and
merciful remedy for Utah's wrongs.
Resolved, That the croak OF the Nor
mons that the enforcement Of the laws
OF the United States will cause q business
depression, 10 q matter which Congress
should not consider. until q retail trade Is
deemed OF more Importance than the
great principles on which the Republic
rests.
Erastus Snow. in the Tabernacle yester-
day, defed the Government or the forces
OF earth or hell to enforce the Edmunds
bill. Yesterday. a Bishop preaching Q
general sermon over the girl who COM
mitted suicide recently. called upon the
young men OF the Church 10 shed the
last drop Of their blood for ~polygamy.
Blaine's Grafton Upon the Late
President.
NEW York, Feb. 27.-The Sun says that
James G. Blaine will deliver in the Cap
itol at Washington an Grafton upon the
late President Garfield to-day. He will
have a distinguished audience, and we
hope he will give them q good speech, but
we fear that Blaine is not the man to do
full justice to such o subject. OF late we
have had to say some very hard things
about Blaine. but to-day we will not dwell
upon these things. Blaine will not wish
TO dwell on them, and 80 let all others give
their minds, instead, to thoughts and con-
side-ations which are more german to the
occasion. 1t 10 two years since the most
potent elements in the Republican party
were arrayed In support Of Q conspiracy TO
make Grant President Of the United
States for . third term-a purpose which
involved making him 0 permanent ruler OF
the country. Many Of the most eminent
chiefs Of that great and powerful party
were devoted to this conspiracy. Many
honest, upright and patriotic men had
been led to give it their c~ountenance and
support, but in this great and critical
emergency j. G.. Blaine stood like q rock
against such Q scheme. This Is q fact
that should ever be recorded to his honor,
and we recall ii with gratitude and admira-
ton to-day.
Hoar's Alta. Upon Conkling.
WASHINGTON. Fen. 27.-The President Ia
very much aggrieved at Senator Hoar's
speech o. Saturday. He was especially
hurt. for the reason that he had gone out
OF his way to pay attention to the rec
concentrations OF TsIator Hoar and his
friends. The stAl arts wanted Boutwell,
put upon the Supreme Bench before Gray
was nominated, and had the President
listened to his immediate friends, Mr..
Boutwell, would have been nominated.
He. however. took counsel with Mr.. Hoar.
and selected Judge Gray. After giving
this consideration TO Mr.. Hoar he thinks
II comes with poor grace from the Senator
from Massachusetts, TO so bitterly oppose
the personal selection OF his (ths Presi-
dent's) W Senator. Hoar's speech has
created a marked sensation, as II evinces
the intensely ~antagonistic feeling that ex-
lists in the Republican party. There Is no