Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-03-22
A HAPPY DAY FOR UTAH.
How the News of the Passage of the
Edmunds Bill was Received at
Salt Lake.
The GentiIcs DeIfShfed-Weeping and
Gmsshiug Of Teeth ON the Part
of the POIygs.

| Yesterday afternoon at 3 80 the news came
over the wires from Washington that the
| Edmunds anti-polygamy bill had passed the
| House Of Representatives by a decisive vote
| of 1919 to AZ. Immediately upon the receipt
| OF the news at the L Tibuae Office the dispatch
| was displayed on the bulletin board and the
old United States lag was run up over the
building. A crowd cole cted about the bal
letin board, and when they read the news
and saw the old tldg ripping in the breeze
and flaming In the sunlight, they sent up i
good, hearty cheer. A few moments later the
presses were at work on an extra, which was
scattered about Main street. But the extra
was a long way behind the busy tongues
which sent the glad tidIngs from mouth TO
mouth. The news travelled like the wind all
over the city, and men stopped on the street
to shake hands and inquire if the news was
indeed true. There were many who had
worked and waited Tor Ctah's deliyerance
for years, and yet were so astouished at the
news that they wanted TO get something else
besides a mans word before they could be-
lieve it true. Main street never looked so
jolly and animated since old Brigham Young
was marched down it under epcort of the
United States marshal. 1t looked like a
mining village where a big bonanza had been
discovered in the mines.
VIEWS OF BUSINESS MEN.
Among the business men the feeling was
universal that the passage of the bill would
make a great country OF Utah. Such COM
ments as these were heard on every side:
81 shall value my lot at one-third more
when the President signs the bill"
81 shall open NJ a bigger business than
ever this summer"
STimes will be good from this on
"The boom is coming and no mistake"
Some of these weak-kneed Mormons will
be hOckiuO to the Winning sidep
"This is a bad time for the id jacks"
And then came good round of curses for
the despisable jacks and good word for
the apostates.
The pocket is good pulse by which a
mans views can be felt, and all business men,
in fact, many Mormon business men, agreed
that there would be an influx of capital and
population here such az was never seen since
Utah was settled.
SOME SOUR SAINTS.
In the midst of all this hilarity and good
feeling 1t was amusing to see the scOwling
old polygs grinding their teeth in impotent
rage and talking with bated breath.
"We'll not give up our houses without a
good fight" said one.
"We've been thirty years making this
country blossom and we don't propose to be
driven out"
'The man that takes my property will go
over my dead body"
"Ihey can't make the bill work; earth and
hell can't enforce no bill that the Lord don't
approve Of"
Whose agoin' to take your property"
asked mild voice near the group. "No-
body's going to drive you out. YoUr title
deeds to land Is good as anybody's. There
won't be any prosecutions OF Mormous. II
you obey the aw you will have an equal
chance with aoy of u. Poygamists must
stand from Hinder, and good citizens can be-
lieSe in any creed they please Tor all u.s.
YOUNG UTAH.
While the Gentiies were delighted with
the signs OF the times the young Mormons
on all sides evinced half-suppiessed
hilariiy, feeling that the day OF their deliv
erance was at hand. Many young men who
talked with the Gentiles spoke quite freelv
of the situation, and said: 1--WE have all
been waiting for this and are well pleased
with II. The church is a shell and we all
know 1t. We get no chance whatever TO
obtain office, or have any say. The old fos-
sils run the machine, and / guess they have
about got to the end of their tether. There
are lots Of us ready to make a break when
we are sure of making a successful one. By
Jove, it will be big one, like lot OF prison
ers breaking away from Jail, and some Of the
men high up in the church will get away
from the falling ruins as lively as nybody."
THE COUNCIL CALLED TOGETHER.
Last night there was a meeting OF the
high council Of the church, and ii was ru-
mored that there had been stormy session,
and there were accusations from the lips OF
John Taylor and Erastus Snow Of treason in
the camp. Some of the twelve apostles have
long been suspected OF lukewarmness, and
now they are getting ready to cast off their
old endowment robes and desert the sinking
ship. The morning has come after the long
night, and Utah j. in the United Stats.
What a fine p stofii,e or United States court
building tina; new temple would make. Where
are those memorials now