The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-03-19
wart from New York; for which he

corruptienist. THE HERALD know
very little of Sener, except that b
has apparently made fairly goo'
record as a judge, having neYe
been severely criticised until b.
decided last August in the famous
"fence" cases, that the government
lands which had been fenced by tn,
cattle men must be restored to tht
public domain. The decision very
naturally aroused good deal Of in
dignation from the fact that cattle
kings Of Wyoming had enclosed 8
; good many tboUsand acres Of range
and thus fenced out others who had
as much right to itas they. Cattle
men rule our neighbor dependency,
making up the society" there, and
forming and directing public
oQinion. 1t might be expected that
they, would object to any
action on The part of 3
caEpet.bsgger that would interfere
with the self-aRserted rights to run
things in their own peculiar way.
This. much we do know, how.
ever, in regard to Judge Sener, that
he came from Virginia, and is I'M
derstood to be = ward of the rank
repudiationist and demagogus, SEN
atOr Malone, who was recently
asked by the legislature Of his State
to resign his seat ia the Senate on
the ground that he did not repre-
sent the people or sentiment OF the
commonwealth. The fact that
sener is supporter Of Malone is
sufficient in itself to justify his re-
movsi from Office, and il Arthur's
refusal to reappoint him indicates
that the President has freed
himself from the tolls of
the Virginia blstherskite, the
public, both Democrats and
Republicans. will entertain a
higher regard for Mr.. Arthur. We
are inclined to believe there is an
other reason for the change that has
been made, and it is the reason that
was noted in these columns some
time ago. The President is making
all nominations with the view to
their influence in the Chicago con-
yention. Sener being a Mahoneite,(
his retention could have only q bad
effect In the convention, because
even Virginia Republicans have
turned their backs upon Malone.
Also, ths stalwart New York
probably has influence sufficient to !
get an Arthur delegate or two.
The HERALD condol,s with the |
Wyoming malcontents, but they
will have to endure the infliction. 1t
is one Of the unfortunate features of |
political life in the Territories, that
the adm inistration is sboss, :" aud It
is useless for the peopie to com plain.
The REV. HENRY WARD BEECH
Ea has again aroused little storm
in the newspapers, and made him
self q subject for criticism. lnI
Washington the other evening, he
delivered lecture upon the subject
f"A Circuit OF the Continent" In
the course Of which hs referred to
his visit to Salt Lake, and incidents
ally said something about the people
here. The portion Of his lecture to
which certain Class have takenI
exception ie as follows:
Discussing the Mofmons he gave
them credit for Adegree VI faith In their |
religion and energy Ia maintaining lie
influence that hesaid Wae rarely equaled /
By the religious element in any State in |
the Union. He declared the Edmunds |
bill failure. and said ell effort 10 put |
down Mormonism By force would only |
result In COMPRISING this people more |
firmly together, and adding to their |
present aggressive 18th the enthusissm |
Of martyfdom. It .haa been demon.
strated that legislation had only made |
this blot on the civilization Of the cont. /
nsnt worse. The only way 10 attack 1, |
was to ally the two, great foress that Rad /
moved the wofla-education and The |
church. These agencies combined would |
solve the problem thas had 90 long
haflsd American statesmen and ersdf. |
cate The blight Of poayasuy rem the I
land,
To prove that Mr. Bsecher is cor !
rect in his estimate Of the power of
adverse legislation it IL only neces-
sary 10 remark that for twenty-tvol
years Congress has fought the peo-i
pie of Utah with laws as stringent
as 1t is possible to make them and
still maintain q semblsnce OF respeesi
fox the Constitution, and the Nor
mons are more Numerous to-day
than ever. more united and hrmer
in their belief. i
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