The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1885-04-24
PACIFIC COAST.
AN INVASION FEARED.

i HELENA April 2O.-The Independent
contains a circu lar from the board of stock
commissioners of Montana, addressed to
Acting Governor 'rooker, calling attention
to the great danger threatening settlers of
northern Montana, from the probable inva-
sion hy armed bands of British half breeds
and Indians. The danger is imminent be-
cause Reil is intimately acquainted in Mon
tana The independent requested that the
same he forwarded to the president, Tooker
sent the circular tonight, wssh a strong en-
dorsement accompanying.
| COMMISSIONER SPARKS DECEIVED.
WALLA WALLA, April 20.-The arrival OF
the New York Herald containing the letter
of w. H. Reed op the readjustment of rail
road lands under the late order shows Com
missioner Sparks to have been grossly and
| ;mprulently deceived. Reed liz his letter
have been sold by the railroad company,
whereas 1900 have been bought by set
tiers in good faith, and 81, 600 more settled
upon by railroad land settlers. There was
uuoccupied land, in place of l49, 900 as rep
resented by Reed. Reed is the land law
yer here at the land office.
OPINIONS OF LEADING MoRMoNs.
SALT LAKE, April 2l.-The decision Of
the U. S. supreme court sustaining Judge
Lane's venire ruling in the Clawson c'se
has greatly pleased -Mormans, while
the Mormons are correspordingly depressed.
Angus NJ. Cannon, brother of Georye o.
Cannon, and the only leading Mormon
now visible to the public, says: st was a
great surprise to me. l had no doubt the
supreme court would reverse the decision in
regard to open venire. l am sorry on
account of the country. I know the Ed
munds law is non-constitutional, but when
it passed told my children 1 weuld live
within the law. and had my rooms fitted
up rurpose!y to do so. The reason was my
chi,lrsn's bread and butter depended on it.
knew there was Il number OF hungry office
.eeksrs whr wonld like my office. did
not propose taatthey should have it. With
Inc it was no slcr.ltice to stop cohahiting
with my wives, as they were al! past child
hearing; and we believe i'll marrying only
for the purpose OF procreltiug making
earthly t9bernacies for my"ia'ls Of spirits
awaiting to ill them; hut you'd be torn
to pieces before would give up one jot of
my religion. Ii I was cal!el upon to marry
il young woGlan tomorrow. would do SO.
1 would not pledge myself to live within
the ELmunls law for any power in this
world. know polygamy is from God. 1t
is our religion, and we will never give it up.
Some of our people think We would be all
ri sht if we had democratic supreme. court;
but don't know. l have great respect
for Judge Zane; 1 think be is an honest
man. have no feeling against him; but
the nation should never have passed such
laws as they have, for any officer to execute.
The Mormon people will never give up po-
lygamy; they cannot. They will abide the
consequences, even Imprisonment anddeath,
and believe some of it will end in death. "
III. T. Eldridge does not consider the law
binding on his conscience. To do crime
man must iniure some one. Polygamists'
wives and children are not complaining.
He did not see why Others should.
Secretary Swan of the Utah Central rail
road said it was absurd to ask the saints to
obey the laws of man instead of the laws of
God.
APOSTLE Grant would not be interviewed.
D. c. Dunbar. proprietor of the Mormon
Herald, did not expect any other result.
Francis Cohen an innocent man, who had
been convicted of polygamy, did not think
anyone under the Edmunds law would be.
FROM THE TRIBUNE.
| SALT LAKE, April 2l.-Speaking of the
decision of the United St'te, supreme court
in the Clawson case, the Tribune of to-mor-
row will say: ''rhe synopsis nf the decis-
! ion in the Clawson case, furnished by the
telegraph, indicates that it is as square and
sound document as has ever been issued
| from the court of last resort in this country.
1t vindicates the absolute correctness of
the ruling here that a grand jury IS part
of a prosecution, that therefore, anything
which would disqualify a man from sittlu..
on petit jury would necessarily make it
impo~ sible for him to sit on grand jury,
and it brushes aside completely the theory
that the law which gives general directions
for the impanelins of a jury can be so ma
nipulated as to Gle Sc the courts, and practi-
caliy defeat the ends OF justice. The de-
cision iii its effects upon Utah is about the
most important. one ever rendered. It
leaves to the men who are determined to
/ oppose the laws nothing whatever to stand
upon.