The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-07
VICTORY As PREDICTED.

In Fridays Issue Of 1HE EaHAlD
there appeared g iistof the bills which
had been passed b. Congress during
The session j-st closed and which hay
ing received the approving Signature of
the President have beeonte laws Of the
land. an examination OF the list fails
20 find among the new acts n special
laws for Utah. Before the session be
gan We we're told thHt 4 would not close
without putting into the books certain
auti-Utah iegislahoR. During the first
few months Of tine session it was dinned
INFO our ears that Congress was going
to settle the hsShr for Utah this time,
for certain. TIE Senate, under the
leadersh p and dictation of Mephis-
toPheles Edmy1ds, early in the session
passed a very stringent bill almost with
out reading It. Many members did not
know what the measure contained until
it had passed beyond the control OF that
chamber The violent anti-M 3rmons
cont fibused TO a fraud and sent a del
egats" te Washington TO lobby for the
bill Mr.. Baskin, the delegate referred
to, hiss hbored industriously for e V
eral meaths past. to induce the House
TO do something harsh against this
Territory; he has been assisted IA
cialIy and otherwise from this end OF
the liae, and nothing has been left IN
done which it was BELT red might help
along the scheme planned against the
peace, prosperity and good order OF
this community. II ever an effort were
made by the enemies of Utah to bull
doze or coax Congress into providing
the means for raid1ng the Territory as
it had never been raided that effort was
put forth all during the eight months
Just ended. Duriag all this period,
TEE HERALD. which is recognized as
tie friend Of Utah and the champion of
the peoples rights, has never for q
moment been nervous or anxious. At
the beginning of the session it foretold
the rese4t; when the infamous bill pre-
pared by Edmunds and by
him rushed through the Senate,
left the upper house of Congress,
friends Of the Territory were exercised
ond alarmed, and its enemies rejoiced
and made merry. THE HERALD told
the former to cheer up and not be
alarmed. and advised the latter TO sup
press their jellity, IS the bill would
not be passed by the House, and there
would be 10 legislation against Utah.
If one will take the time to run through
the fies Of this journal for the past
eight months, he viii learn that when
the enemy was most gleetul over pro-
speoive victory, and matters on the
surface appeared most gloomy, The
HERALD was cheerful and confident. It
never for a moment lost hope, and
could never bring itself 20 believe that
the American Congress would be gaitY
Of committing the infamous crime
against this helpless Territory which it
was solicited to perpetTate. It is mat
ter for congratuiation that the outcome
of the fall winter and summer cam
psiq is precisely what TIE HERALD
said it would be. This journal has a
right to congratulate itself. and the peo-
pie will rejoice that We were not mis-
taken in an estimate of Congress
pnt forth many months ago, and chung
to tenacioudy in the face OF a frowning
political aspect.
TIE HERALD is to-day &c satisfied that
this Congress will pass no anti tab
laws, as it was positive last winter that
none Of tie many schemes for destroy.
ing this community would go through
Congress during the session Just closed.
In our opinion there is but one project
which has a ghost of a show for success.
and that is the constitutional amend
ment scheme; and that the ratification
of the proposed amendment will prove
entirely bad for Utah, we are not pre-
pared to believe. Worse disasters might
befall US, especially as the amendment
would necessarily 0e the stepping stone
to the r~elegation of the problem" to
the tribunal which must finally adjust
it, namely, the people.
Utah and her friends have cause 10
feel well pleased with the outcome Of the
winters work. IL is grand triumph
for the people. and the victory is more
to be priced because it has. been won
over the most powerful and desperate
and determined opposition that has
ever been encountered by the people Of
Utah in their struggle for the preserva-
ton Of themselves and their Territory.
THR oLEosAReARfSE bill has received
the approval of the President and In
ninety days viii go into operation.
when the butter limitations must be