Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-12-15
WIS" WAS PRINTED AT FILLMORE.

| point on or near the Pacific coast as
the wisdom of your honorable body
may dictate.
Your memorlalsts respectfully state
that the immense emigration to and
from the Pacific requires the immedi.
ate attention, guardian care and fos-
tering assistance OF tho greatest and
most liberal government on the face
OF the earth Your memoralists ara
OF the opinion that not less than 5000
American citizens have pershed over
the various routes within the last three
years for the want Of proper means OF
transportation. That an eligible route
can be obtained your memorialists
have no doubt being extensively ac-
quainted with the country The road
herein proposed would be a perpetual
chain OF iron band which would ef-
fectually hold together our glorious
Union with am imperishablo identity OF
mutual INTEREST," thereby consolidating
our relations with foreign powers n
times Of peace, and oar defense from
foreign invasion, by the speedy trans
mission of troops and supplies in times
Of war" This memorial was followed
on Jan. 81, 1854, with a monster demon
stration in favor OF Pacific railroad.
INDIAN WARS.
Fillmore enjoyed only brief period
as state capital for Utah Tho leg
stature met there for its NTH ses-
sion on Dec. TO- 1865, and this was
the first and layt session held there,
Adjournment WAS taken Immediately
az % fcw sessions after that To salt
Lake city the legal form being COM
piled with by calling to order there.
There was "a reason Pauyan valley
was filled with PaUant Indians, and
when Chief Walker went on the war
path in 1853, they wero not slow 20
follow. William Iatton was killed
at Fillmore, Sept 49, 1858, while
here wore frequent sllirmishcs along
the route that led down to the state
capital This led To the abandonment
of the site rs a capital and tho hold
ing Of the sessions i'm Salt Lake city
or the work of the legislature from
1875 ON this paper has no concern az
the beginnings were over and there
was nothing to DO but go ON with the
making of laws until statehood put an
end 20 territorial things In an era so
recent az 20 be within the memory OF
nearly all residents OF salt Lake
EARLY SESSION INCIDENTS.
There Is, however, one item nf still
further interest. The old files Of the
Dcseret Evening News are the au-
thofity for many incidents Of the early
sessions. There is complaint that
only candles are available Tor lights.
and complaint that there are no suit
able seats In The council house Tho
old salt Lake Council house by the
way. stood on the site of the present
Deseret News buIldire II was erect
ed by the church when there was no
other cooperative method OF securing
public buildings. 10 was meant for II
AlulCu ullOlIkt NNN l'hl'N 20 tt4e
legislature. Official acknowledgment
OF church ownership was made In
resolutions passed. by che legislature oe
tho provisional State OF poscret, ann
tho building was ordered turned oyor
Co the Cbrlch, upon the organization
OK the territory
A PICTURE IN CONTRAST.
II Tie young men OF The Church
today feel that en- era ot turmoil ~
theirs, they should look into the COM
troycrses OF early Utah that started
the moment "carpetbaggcrs' came IN
TO seek TO dospoil that which they
found here, ana they will ind these
Urmoils soluk ON necessarily past
tho generation shat founded the laws
IN Utah all of whom but Samuel w.
Richards hayo now gone to their
peaceful rost whcro false charges are
not made 10 siir bitterness ana STRIFE.