Omaha daily bee., 1882-10-05
THE MORMON PROBLEM.
Some Of the Principal Questions
to be Settled by the Courts,
FOR LAWYERS
The Coming Conferenoe-A New
Outlet to the East The Comet.
Correspondence OF TBs BzS.


Correspondence OF THE BES.
SALT LAKE CRY, October 1.-The
expected legal fight On the governors
appointees has begun. The United
States court has issued a mandamua
recurring the present incumbents to
give up possession. The matter will
be argued on October 10, whether the
mandamus shall be made %peremptory.
Nearly all the law firms in Salt Lake
City are engaged on one side or the
other, and the lawyers will reap a
golden harvest out of the present
political complications, If no one elsc
does.
All believers in polygsmy are being
excluded from the grand jury in this
district. This indicates a rigid en-
forcement Of the law, and the finding
of a number OF indictments against
those who have more wives than one.
The constitutionality of preventing a
man serving on o jury because of his
belief will, l imagine, be tested by
carrying the cases up to the supreme
court at Washington. This is pro.
phetic Of a long struggle in the courts,
and another harvest for the attorneys.
October promises to be one Of IN
usual stir and wild excitement. First
we have the Mormon conference,
which on account of the present posi-
ton of affairs will be largely attend
ed, the fact that it is anticipated
that the vacancies in the presiding
church councils will be filed up will
also tend to increase the attendance,
as there is considerable interest mani
tested amongst ''the faithful and
obedient" as TO who the new apostles
will be. Then, as the Mormons choose
the season of their conference for the
Transaction OF much secular business,
there viii be- meetings of boards of
trade, bee associations, agricultural
societies, Sunday school, unions,
Young Mems associations and all sorts
of others. The theatre will be in full
blast, and q concert with about $50
juvenile vocalists, will be given
beneath the dome of the immense
tabernacle. No sooner will this pass
than the legal war will commence, and
as cur delegate election takes plac1
early in November, the preparations
tor that contest under the new regime
will keep things lively and give us
plenty to talk about. So, you per
ceive, the citizens OF Utah are not
likely to die of ennui during the next
thirty days. And it seems altogether
probable that when congress again
meets they will continue to make it
for the denizsns of this o1t-of-
the.way mountain region.
The merchants, shippers and Others
Interested are watching with lively an.
.ticipations the progress Of the Denver
d Rio Grande. Now We have Hob
sons choice-tks U, P 4.
ana aonssquantl' we are made to feel
y pcs..lon by many unjust discrim.
nations. But let the Denver road be
completed and then freights will 60
down, and we may look for q rapid
settlement Of the valley of Eastern
Utah, now almost unknown, except to
wandering sheep herders, COW boys
and Utes. These valleys possess many
advantages and for the last five years
have been slowly settling up, but it
will require the railroad TO make many
OF their facilities available.
A murder was committed in BiEg-
ham, a short distance west of here, a
few days ago. A man named Hew.
lett shot his brother.in-law, named
Connery. Family trouble and griev-
ances are said to be the cause, and the
friends of Hewlett, who is locked up,
awaiting his trial, urge that the deed
was done in self. defense. The muir
dered man made no ante-mortem
statement, as he was dead when
found.
The comet can be seen very brightly
in the clear atmosphere of our early
mornings. 1t is bigger and brighter
than it's predecessor of last year, but
1t rises too early for most people % be
interested in its movements to get out
of bed. Night watchmen, printers
and paper carriers have almost a mon.
opoly in this celestial exhibition. The
cloudy sky and falling temperature be-
speak the near approach of the
eguinoctial storm.
With all the astutenoss of the Nor.
mon church leaders il ia singular to IN
outsider to consider how little they
seem to appreciate printers ink, and
how diff suit it is for those not initia-
ted to obtain copies of their works.
For the benefit of those of your read
ers who may have a desire to study
some of the phases of belief of these
peculiar reli9ionists, / may mention
that Mr.. j. IL. Parry, bookseller Of
Main street, in this city, is making a
speciality of Mormon publications and
from him can be. obtained the book of
Mormon, revelations, epistles, con,ro-
versial works, etc of that church.
Mr.. Parry is also an agent for The
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