The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-05

extended to public primary educa
ton where adequate pr0vlslen
therefore have not already DeeI
made.
The Mormons
4 The Utah Commission has SUD
mltted to the Secretary of the In
terror it's second annual report Ii
full of it's labor In supervislng Till
recent election in that Territory
pursuant to the act OF March ~
1888. 1t appears that the persons
bv that act disqualified. t.
the number of about 12.O0O
were excluded from the polls Ihl'
fact, however, affords little cause fol
congratulation, and there Is feal
| that it is far from indicating any
real and substantial progress TOWARD
the ex.irpation of polygamy. Al
of the members of the Legislature
are Mormons, and there is grave
reason to believe that they are IL
sympathy with the practices that
this government is seeking to sup
press, and that its efforts In that re-
gard will no more likely encounter
their opposition than receive their
announcement and support. Even
if this view should happily be err
roneous, the law under which the
| Commissioners have been acting
should be made more effective by
| the incorporation of some such
stringent measures as they recon-
mend, as were included in the bill
! No. 223S on the calendar OF the Sen.
ate at its last session. am COM
WINGED, however. that pOlygamy has
become so strongly intrenched In
the Territory of Utah that it is pros
fitless to attack with it any but the
stoutest weapons which COnStltu-
tiunal legislation can make. l favor.
therefore, the repeal of the act upon
which the existing government de~
ponds, the resumption by the ma
tional legislature of the entire poll
tical control of the Territory, and
the establishment of a commission
with such powers and duties as shall
be delegated to it by law.
Agriculture.
The department of agriculture is
accomplishing much in the direction
of the agricultural development of
the country and the report Of the
commissioner giving the results of
his Investigations and experiments
will be found interesting and
valuable. At this instance, con-
vention of those interested in the
cattle industry of the country was
lately held at Chicago. The pre-
valence of pleuro-pneumonia and
other contagious diseases Of animals
was one of the chief topics of dis
cussion. A committee of the con-
vention will invite your co-Opera-
ton in investigating the causes of
these diseases and providing meth
DDS for their prevention and cure.
Alaska.
l trust that Congress will not fail,
at its present session to put Alaska
under the protection of law. Its
people have repeatedly demonstrated
against our neglect to afford them
the maintenance Of protection ex~
pressIy guaranteed by the terms of
the treaty, whereby that territory
was ceded to the United States. For
sixteen years they have pleaded in
vain for that which they
should have received without the
asking. They have no law for
the collection Of debt, the support
OF education, the conveyance OF prop.
erty, the administration of estates, or
the enforcement OF contracts; none,
indeed, tor the punishment of crimi-
nails, except such as are offered
against certain customs, commerce
and navigation acts.
The resources OF Alaska, especially
in fur, mines and Lumbar, are con-
siderable in extent and capable OF
large development, while ia its geo
graphical situation it is one of politi-
cal and commercial importance. The
promptings of interest before, as
we'll as considerations of honor and
good faith, demand the immediate
establishment of civil government
in that Territory.
Interstate Commerce.
Complaints haye lately been
presented and urged that GER
tain corporations controlling. in
whole or in part, the facilities tor the
Interstate carriage of persons and
merchandise upon the great railroads
of the country, have adopted in their
dealings with the public. divers
measures, unjust and oppressive in
their character. In some instances
the State governments have attacked
and suppressed these evils, but in
others they have been unable to at.
ford adequate relief, because of the
jurisdictional limitations which are
imposed on them by the federal COR
poration. The question OF how far
the National government may law
fully interfere in the premises and
what, if any, supervision OF control it
ought to exercise, is one which merits
your careful consideration. While
we cannot fail to recognize the i'm
portance OF the vast railway systems
Of the country and their great
and beneficial influences upon the
developments of our material
wealth, we should on the other
hand remember that no individual