Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-08-15
The mormon. Surprised.
winnemucca Silver state.

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The amendment authorizes the Cover
nor of tbc Territory Of Utah to APP
point officers t., ell the vacancies which
may be caused by failure to elect OF,
the first Monday in August, in conse-
qnence of the provisions Of the anti
polygamy act, approved last March
The officers to be appointed under the
amendment by the Governor are to
hold until their SUCCESSORS are elected
and qualified, provided that the term
of Office of any of said officers shall
not exceed eight months.
Under the Act Of March last, no 20.
lygan'ist can hold Office, and the time
for elecling county officers was chang
ed from the first Monday in August
until later in the year. The present
officers, all of whom are Mormons, ex-
pecled to hold over until election, but
the bill just passed gives the Cover
nor OF Utah power to gill all vacancies
which may exist by failure to elect
their SUCCESSORS on the first Monday
IN August. II this bill passes the
House If Representatives. and becomes
a law, the Governor Of Utah will APP
point men who could not he elected
to fill every county office in the Terri
tory. This savors too strongly Of des
potism Tor a Territory of the United
States. The Edmunds bill prohibits
only polygamists, who have two or
more wives living, from holding office,
and as polygamy is the only feature
Of Mormonism to which legal objec-
tions are raised, it is morally and pc
itcally wrong to deprive the qualified
electors of Utah of the privilege of
choosing their own officers from among
those who are eligible, under the laws
Of Congress and the Territory, to fill
them. 1t is popular just now to favor
any measures, no matter how unjust
they may be, that have tendency to
stamp ont Mormonism, but it should
be remembered that there is only one
feature of that faith to which legal oh.
lection has been raised-that is pulyy-
any--and unless Mormons are polyy-
amlsts they should be allowed to hold
Office, when legally qualified and elect.
ed to do SO. the same as other citizens
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VALUABLE Discovery Jacob BESSIE.
OF Pittsburgh. Pa, puts forth some
remarkable claims in regard to an al
legged new discovery in mctalurgv.
Ho says he is able to melt instantly a
bar ct cast steel ono inch in diameter
which cannot be fused in less than
i've minutes in the highest furnace
heat attalnable-simply by throwing
against it column of air having a
velocity of 25, 900 feet min to. The
instant the air touches the metal, fus
ion takes place. He says further: By
furnace heat it requires many hours.
and sometimes many days, to anneal
metals. By recent discovery which
have made, | can anneal bars of iron
or steel at the rate of one foot per
second, thus increasing the ductilitv
OF the metal 100 per cent. without the
use OF other fuel than that contained
IN the metal itself simply unlock
the occlude ( latent) heat. 1t becomes
sensible and enlargcs the metal and
by the method of doing this the en-.
largement is made permanent, that is,
1t does not contract it's original limit.
Now, annealng and fusing iron. aud
steel in one second of time may be alb
surd, bit it is nevertheless a fact and
reduced To practical utility in the arts.
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Captain Thomas Kirkman, veal
thy planter of Grenada, Miss, went to