Morning journal and courier., 1882-01-06

l The Salt Lake Tribune has done much to show to the outside world the real spirit and workings of Mormonism. It now declares that the latter day saints have no political preferences, and simply take sides with either party according to the circumstances of the case. AS an illustration it cites Can- nons case: "When George Q. Cannon went to Congress eight years ago, he registered himself as Republican. There was heavy Republican majority in the House at the time. When the next session met, the Re publican majority was greatly reduced, and then MT. Cannon put himself on record as an Independent. At the next session the Demo- crats had obtained control, and, accordingly, MT. Cannon had himself registered as a Democrat. Had Tilden been elected in 1876, had he sent Democratic governor here, and had that governor given the certificate Gas Governor Murray did) to Mir. Campbell, there is no doubt that long before this time Mir. Cannon and all other Mormons would have been Republicans. All there is about the business is that the Mormons do not feel that they owe any allegiance to the United States they are in minority; their creed, which exacts their first fealty, and which makes polygamy tenet of their faith, for ever antagopizes them to the civilization of the country, and 50 they merely use the poll tics of the Gentiles as means to the end, and would change parties twice day If 1t would do them any good"
 Prof. John ". Draper, whose death was announced yesterday, was the first to adapt the daguerreotype to the purposes of DOT traiture though Daguerre and Talbot pre- ceded him in fixing the images of the came ra-obscura. His own account of his work with the daguerreotype is as follows:
 Putting an ordinary spectacle lens in a cigar box began to experiment and suc- ceeded easily in obtaining views from the east windows of the University Chapel From those windows with my cigar box camera took many and many view, until one day determined to try the experiment of taking a human face, which it was said Daguerre had not yet succeeded in doing, being able to take inanimate objects only. I think it was in October or November 1839 that, having covered my assistants face with white powder and taught him to sit very still for long time, I man. aged to get likeness That I believe, was
  guerre process. During the winter made larger camera and in April, 1S4o, Professor Morse and opened primitive gallery on the top of this building. He supplied the aesthetic part, posed the sitters and all that, while I took the pictures Our gallery wasn't anything very elegant. We used to use the turret.room for workshop, and had a hastily reconstructed shed. with glass roof, for the operating room. But nevertheless it was grand success. It was during the summer vacation, and we had all the business we could possibly attend to at $5 picture I remember we took a picture, and very good one, for MT. Frelinghuysen, who was the candidate for Vice President on the Hen ry Clay ticket. On dark days we used to teach the art to would be daguerreotypers, as they were then called. From April until the ! fall, when I was obliged to resume my duties of teaching, we kept our gallery open, and then Professor Morse, quite devoted to it, opened gallery on his own account on top of the O5se7.Der building in Nassau street Here he worked very successfully until the following spring, when, seeing that the tele- graph was destined to become 8 more impor- tant invention, he quit picture taking and gave all his time to that.