Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-09
4 DEBT TO UTAH.
The Great Achievements Of the Nor
mon Pioneers.
BRIGHAM ASp THE TELEGRAPH.
Ills Help in Building The Pacific Line
How lie Encouraged the Railroad.
Modern Mormundom, Its Indus-
tries and Probable Future.


tries aud Probable Future.
,rsYor.di Correspondence or The Omaht Nee |
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SALT LAKE CRY, July 3l.--rhe
Grand organ In the Tabernacle was
i,.tamlly dn,ped with national ligs |
and broad bands Of red, white and blue |
hunting enoircled the stage and
proscenium. The vast auditorium was
filled with well Creased, intelligent
Looking people assembled to witness
the ceremonies concentrating the
nlyent OF civilized man In Utah.
There was no perceptlble differ
once In dress or demeAnor ~
between Mormon and Gentle.
The chasm that divides the
cfc,ds was, for the time being at
least, ohlitoraled by tho sediment Of
local pride aud patriotism that glories
in the achievements Of this pioneers
aud celebrates each recurring "PiO'
i,ctsi day" aunivrrsafy as holiday
iuHt fauEB with Christmas and the
Fourth Of July A. the years roll on
t1s achievements ~ the Mormon
tiDueers assume greater mngniludV.
When the little band Of smlgrautp, ur
rather refugees, under the iUadership
az .iaghnm Young, entered Salt Lake
W icy on the 2ith OF July, lsi7, they
luud themselves in the heart "
mos. desoiate desert, unit for uRbiia.
Soon uy man or beast. In less than
q Isuicr Of n century the wilderness
81 converted into n fertile valley
60. ulug with an industrious pOpuln.
nuH, iuppliud with all the comforts
nUI many Of the luxuries Of modern
civilization.
SOME INTERESTING msroRY.
without entering into details o. the
most unsurm0untahle obstacles over
cue aud hardships endured by the
NET settlers Of Utah hnd the colossal
amount Of labor they hnd % perform
lu tubiurnting the wilderness aud lay
noe ne foundations for this beautiful
Cis; % may trulhml!y be asserted that
:lv Am,tlcan pooplo owe these Utah
iIuUvrts au everlasting debt 81 graft
ilu ot tho active AMI invaluable hvlU
uUIyrri by them toward establishing
uuI maintaining tclugraI hic cIm-
uuuicaiiun between the Atlantic nud
ptc Re at the mort critical period Of
thn nnliUn'H history when the He ci
the republic was hanging IN the na'
aucr, aud later IN TOT the material aid
extended toward the construction OF
the nft trautc1uuuuutM rai.rund,
which linked tho Pacific coast 10 the
union by bands % iron aud gave a
mighty impetus tu the development
OF the greater und and better halt u the
American continent. f. may not no
generally known, hut u ~ nevertheless
nn historic iautth the protectors OF the
pacihc telegraph bad q most astlvc
ally Ia brigham Young, without
whose friendly aid gnd cooperation
the first wire across the continent
could not possibly have been built and
kept ~. Aud without this Pacific
Telegraph n 10 doubtful whether Cali
fofnil, Arizona, Oregon and Nuvala
could have teen kcpt IN touch with
the Union. Brigham Young and Eli.
ward Creighton were the mAsier spirits
in the construction u the Pacific tule-
graph between OmEha anu SAT- l. Ike
City, anu they remained warm iriends
10 the end Of their lives. II Is also a
mater Of history that Thomas &. Du.
raui, the mater MIND ia the cOnstrur.
tllH OF the Union Pacific railroad,
iuuud very elauuuh and active ally
iu Brigham Young boz extending that
road west OF Laramie. In TACT, the
MYrmOna, under tho supervision OF
brigham Young and Bishop Sharp,
built great part OF the road wett oi
CID Fort Bridger.
la talking Of Utah ploneera and
FrI.Hsar sNnFH d fstuW Its tuFHFsf.fIuHF Z
note that OF the brave band Of over 800
that crossed tho plains with haud.cari,
and OK teams nu1 located Ia the val
leys VI the great Salt Lake tOrly.suveu
years ago last Monday, only twenty
seven male members survive, One
Of these survivors ~ a colored man, IL
may not be- out OF place 70 mention
another fact, that Of the ilty.f0ul j
wives Of Brigham Young only zine Hte
now living. one OF these, Brigham
foung's favOri,e, Amelia Folsom
Young, Is remotely rellIot TO Mrs.
Grover Cleveland.
roLIrIcs ~ THE TERRITORY.
Tho Mormons are aud will for year,
continue 10 be the dominant element
Of Ulah's population. Inc latest tsli
mate credits them with l72, 5ss oui Of D
total population OF about - 900, but
with p)lyglmy practically wilei out
this fact need DO no obstacle 10 hul
early admission as state. Whether
nsa matter Of policy or from a fgdica
difference OF opinion on nation
rl Issues, the M0rm0ua have
recently shown disposition Il
u"ilc In their politi al aiillis
tons, This Ia foTcibly shown 10y the
VU, cgst nt the last election Tor dele
rH.v &" Congress. At that election "a
aIy,mbcr, 1899, Riwlins, Democrat
l,Nyru l5,2ll votes; Ca non, Ruuub
If.,u, l2,4O5, and Allen, Libural
uHsJ cut Of total OF $4,000 votes
just at present there T. very decided
uHrlI,cl1n hmOug Democratic Nor
m1uH with the way things are man
n.gd vt Washington. Several leader
with whom l conversod were pro
bounced against Clevcland's ifce ttnd'
policy Brigham Young was "a protrc
tuuist Democrat, anu that fact may
,&ett some influence upon the mindi
~ men who venerHte his IN W0ry
There Ia probably another aud m Il
lp,uut influences responsible for oppusl
ton 10 free trade tmlng Influential
AUrmOus. Many Of tho most eNten
iiva Industrial enterprises In thi
% other Utah cities are car
tHi on by MOfmOns. ont
Tart from the widely know
nln'i cooperative Mercantile lnsIi
Uuuu, which, IA connection with IL