The world: historical and actual . ess haspassed several lawsagainst polygamy, thelatest, known as theEdmunds bill, beingnow before the Su-preme Court of theUnited States with aview to testing itsconstitutionality. Anelection has been heldunder it. The enemiesof the Mormons pre-dicted that the people would resist the law, but onthe contrary it is being faithfully observed pendingthe trial of its validity. The Territory derives itsname from the Ute tribe of Indians. Salt LakeCity, the capital, is a thrifty city. It contains thegreat tabernacle of the Mormons, with a seatingcapacity of 7,000 or
The world: historical and actual . ess haspassed several lawsagainst polygamy, thelatest, known as theEdmunds bill, beingnow before the Su-preme Court of theUnited States with aview to testing itsconstitutionality. Anelection has been heldunder it. The enemiesof the Mormons pre-dicted that the people would resist the law, but onthe contrary it is being faithfully observed pendingthe trial of its validity. The Territory derives itsname from the Ute tribe of Indians. Salt LakeCity, the capital, is a thrifty city. It contains thegreat tabernacle of the Mormons, with a seatingcapacity of 7,000 or 8,000. Utah is very rich inprecious minerals, but the Mormons confine their industry to agriculture. The land has to be irri-gated. The Mormons are very anxious to beadmitted as a state, and certainly Utah has amplepopulation. It has applied for admission asDeseret. Women are allowed to vote in thatterritory. The church maintains missionaries inforeign lands, through whose efforts laboring peo-ple are induced to swell their VERMONT. Vermont deserved to be one of the original thir-teen states, but was not admitted to the Union until March, 1791. It be-
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