The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-12-30

A late report by the grand jury Of Salt
Lake City revealed gigantic, coldly I'M
scrupalous. thoroughly organized system
Of fraud aud peealation IN the management
Of municipal and county Affairs. from
which even that prince OF political
nlunderers, Boss Tweed. Of New York,
might have learned many useful lessons.
From heavy appropriations for the pur-
ehsse OF canals and tbs exploitation OF
Irrigation schemes. fer which the money.
amounting 70 teas Of thousands Of dollars,
was duly paid and applied to private uses,
down through a gradually descending
scale until petty populations on New
quarts 81 milk were reached. the whole
local governmental system reeked with
corruption.
One Of the local papers presented fuli-size
fac siuliIe receipts of the sheriff Of the
county, these receipts reciting the fact that
the money paid was for services in going TO
certain precincts TO vote the Peoples
lMorInonl ticket. And II was shown m a
similar manner that the sheriff was REIN.
bursed for these expenses ont o. the county
treasury
These revelations, coming on the heels of
the Endowment House disclosures brought
out by Judge Anderson short time ago
have inspired the Gentle residents OF Utah
with hopes OF overcoming the Mormon
dominance IN that territory.
But whether these hopes shall or shall
not be realised. the Mormons seem not at
ell shaken In their fanaticai beliefs or pur-
poses. As landowners and holders OF
riparian rights they possess advantages
which give them q sway and inflnance
which Il win be hard 10 overcome. And
so they meet these damning disclosures
with inperturbabls and sullen silence
which implies anything but despair.
but with their accustomed shrewedness
and pertlnacity they are preparing against
the svil day that, at any time, may come.
TO this end. with remarkable access OF
activity and zeal. they are prosecuting sim
ultaneously an aggressive missionary work
in the Atlantic states, Europe and through
oas the world. and with quiet Industry
grand colonization schemes IN the new ter
ritoFies. which, some bright morning when
nobody Is dreaming OF such thing. they
viii have them captured.
II is said that nearly or quite one-third
of the present population of Idaho Is Nor
mon. with constant and large daily Access
s.ons Arizona and Nevada also have been
receiving their attention and favors. and
those two sections are 40 sparSeiy settled
that concerted colonization, such rs the
MormonS are sdepts in manag ing. is likely
60 place them in the grasp OF the polyga-
nous oligasehy within = very short
time.
II thus appears that, instead OF the sub
iagation OF the Mormems ia Utah. which
has been so long and confidently predicted.
and concerning which such lively hopes are
new entertained, the signs ot the times
make il appear quite az probable that the
Mormo0s viii add Idaho, Nevada. Ari2ona
aad. perhaps. the Indian Territory 70 tAeir
con4gests. They are treacherous aud de.
eeltfal: their advances are made whh
stealshy secrecy, ore viii xwaying great
masses 10 a common parpose. and no
sporadic immigration ct other elements
can easei them az meet then en- equal
terms
The Mormon rgoblen Is 3 serious matter.
ard can only he solved by well-mstuEed
ant thoroughly essanised measures