The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-12-29

making AZ much Of the day In the way OF
personal enjoyment as possible.
The only busy men during the recess are
the candidates for the speakership OF the
next house, five In number, Those from
the west have, II Is said, pooled their Issues
10 first kill of Reed Of Maine, who Is now
In the lead The fight is certainly getting
Interesting. and II seem To be settled that
an extra session will be called If only 10
put an end to'the anxiety and keep peace
On Christmas day, In the relaxation fol-
lowing good dinner perhaps, Solicitor
General jerks, II the department of JUS
tice, INDUCED the W9uid man with short
retrospect of the administration, viewed
from his standpoint. As n general remark,
he said During President Cleveland's
administration the laws have been enforced
with prJmptness and impartialty that the
records of previous administrations will be
searched for In vsin." He cited the laws
Ms 10 pensions, frauds on the revenue, the
civil service law, &c but dwelt particular
" on the administration of the law as TO
polygamy In Utah. The law of 1862,
which, If enforced, would have wiped out
polygamy by this time; but II never WAS
enforced, Then the Edmunds law Of 1882
WAS tfhCttu, Dut tlihl ut'ti was
until the present administration got 10
work From the time the law went Into
effect up TO 1885 only six suits had been
begun under It, and only three OF these
amounted TO anything. Since March, 1885,
the present administration has sent 6i9
Mormons 10 the penitentiary and collected
over $40, 900 In zines. In 1887 the law was
passed forfeiting the property and fran
chlses of the Mormon church. In less than
three months thereafter suit WAS begun to
that end, and decree Of forfeiture has
already been obtained. The activity of
the department Of justice In prosecuting
Mormon polygamists Is the secret of the
movement Of some months ago 10 organize
a state government with constitution
prohibiting polygamy Whether they
were sincere In their intention TO abolish
polygamy does not matter; the fact that
they even said that they would shows that
the government is making the devotees of
their peculiar institution" very uncom-
Portable.
Two highwaymen entered the express
car OF &. u. overland train In the snow
sheds, and, covering the messengers with
revolvers, went through the safe, securing
booty estimated At from few hundred 10
$4,000. They then jumped from the side
door Of the car and escaped.
The condition Of the farmers In Western
Kansas Is 80 bad, on account Of the failure
OF crops, that systematic efforts are now
making 10 send relief TO the destitute.
This does not necessarily mean that that
part Of the State must be abandoned
rather, II means that the residents are not
yet In a pecuniary condition to tide over a
year or two OF crop failure. The real ss-
tate men have tried to hide the actual facts,
but the suffering has got TO be such that
immediate aid Is needed.
The preparations for the first pill.
grimage of American Catholics to the
Holy Land are being rapidly perfected.
The pilgrims will sail from New York
on Feb. 81, to Cherbourg; thence 10 Paris,
and Marseillss by rail; thence TO Genoa,
Nice, Pisa, &c Three days will be given
to Florence, nine days to Rome and three
days 20 Naples. On March 20 they leave
Naples for Egypt and the Nile, and on
April 9th reach the Holy Land, and the 9th |
Jerusalem, spending Easter at the scene of
the resurrection The programme for 9TH
pr sections Includes trips through Pales |
tine Samaria, Asia Minor Turkey and |
Greece.