Show tho the proposed utah commission A from salt lahe lake cily cly ely taking exception to the poel tiomi of the pioneer press upon the advisability of abolishing abon aboU shing the ter rit prial government of utah and veit vesting irig all pow power er in the hands of a legislative commission commie ion lon and advocating these mea mes measures fures eures is the most candid temperate and fair minded statement of the gentile view of tho subject ct yet been presented it is a pleasure 0 to ho with such a jeun jeuB kummery amary of the she mormon problem rather than the be thoughtless extreme ism which leads eada so BO many people to Ining imagine inn ind that thai it la Is well worth while to rido rid roud blod over the constitution and laws if thereby there is ia thi remotest probability that poly polygamy 91 remy aimy can be suppressed the views ot of mr collater nol noi lauer later are ope opeil 4 to precisely the same object objection lono iono that were urged against the corresponding sp opinions of the hon non P T r van zile neither of these gentlemen gentleman has hag riven given any argument tend ing lo jo that a federal commis commie sicil would be bette abie able to eur mount the difficulty of obtaining testimony amounting to proof ef polygamy and of securing the con diction of offenders than are the authorities of the existing united states courts coune on the contrary koth both explicitly state that the evil fc cannot be reached through the courts if not through the tho courts with tho the federal power behind them then how through the atter arter the establishment of a commission commie blon bion this thia is the whole dilemma and no satisfactory answer to the query hw been given all are agreed on the eminent of the slon blon of polygamy all are agreed thau that the disfranchisement of innocent and guilty and the betting up of an anomalous and extra dional mode of government as an extreme measure an act of last resort ole oie cleanly clearly arly ariy then it might be defensible if it were to appear beyond question that government by a commission would deal the death blow to polygamy quito quite as clearly would it be a useless infringement of the tho liberties of the subject an indefensible stretch of national power unless it can le be clearly shown in advance to be a specific not only haa hab that not been shown but the probabilities li ties are etro ngin the opposite direction on this the central point of the whole question mr hollister bays baye acas As to its effect on non the fact that they have demanded it these three years ought to obviate all ali objections on their account we are aware that many non mormons cormons are committed in favor of the COMMIE scheme echeme there Is h however no proof at hand that this entire element throughout the territory Is a unit there is no evidence that they unanimously declare cl are in favor of resigning the rights of citizenship for the sake of a measure of doubtful effect and if the number of protesters were wen 9 but small aill alii the voice ot of a single voter would be warrant for grave consideration before hla hib constitutional privileges are oxe to be taken away As to I 1 its ts eject duct upon the mr hollister Holli ster ater says bays othere there needa needs to be some legislation governing the association of the sexes and if po possible preventing polygamous marriages this maybe may be impossible but it has never hd hid atnia atria a trial triai then why not give it onea one onu if the gentlemen who tavor tavon a commission will get their ideas of 0 the legislation that will effectually deal this evil a litte more mere crystallized and them tham lay hem ahern bem before tha people with rea nea reasons bonts for their felth congress will not bee irate passing proper laws lawso but there ia 18 not a single reason yet made pub lie for believing that a commission can frame better laws or more effee lively execute them than thee theme same duties can be performed by the legislature and the j judicial anu t powers of the nation if the greater is foredoomed fore doomed to failure how can cau the less lets hope to succeed we quote again agatia mt it aw has heen hben the opinion of most if not a ail all the bar of tills this city that it is possible to frame laws jaws betting setting boucias to the spread of polygamy that an be enforced end and that mAter material ial isi straining of the usual modes of pro cedars in free countries why then in the name of both decency and patriotism do not the members of the bar get together and agree upon the of such lawe present thin thia to congress and secure their enactment instead of waiting until thay get the people oi 01 utah chided and a commie commission slon sion creat created ted td for fu it is not t ue that if thih thib th opinion te be erron er LOUS loub nothing will have been foist foal on the trie contrary aa a mr Hollia wr chew elsewhere here bere admits every attempt that has been beun made matio to kettle the mormon question without satisfactory remita has been hailed by the fanatics as a proof oi 01 divine protection and anti a sign from beaven heaven of the justice of their cause carusd abis is no not t a time for any more ex parl pari ments menta utelis their probable ro re ahalt havo been as care carefully tully worked out beforehand more lore hand as a problem in mechanics there is no change in ili ill he fundamental position that a alivo is too loo g great geatan an innovation to bo be propped unless it can bo be demonstrated that thal it ft will do whitt what he the reder feder ll Is lawa ws can no and on this point tho adama advocates 9 the plan to appropriate an apte apt figure are simply remarking time without making any real relli addala advance attention h has hab A been given el chiefly behy to thia tula one aspect ot the suby subject eav eat be cause it so manifestly the tuu pi pivot VO about which argument and prix practical action must turn but thure them are aie many parts of mr HoUi Hoffis stera terla communication muni cation that are aru worthy of die dib cub cus slon blon became because it well represent the feeling reeling of the Inte 1114 gent non mormon peo people of itaho utah and is p permeated L by certain ideiil which sa dnoald ouid not be bo advanced without accompanying censure jhb implied threat of which there are so many glim glimpses pees that if mero mene vigorous action is not aaben taben a bloody conflict to la inevitable is ia un worthy of this people and this age the exper experience lence leuce of more lnore than once referred to teaches nothing if not that just such a state of feeling as this gave to the mor mons the immense advantage of calling themselves a people and is ia probably responsible for roa for the proportions to which they have grown maybe maybo thrown around the most unholy cause by violent aggression and the repeated shadowing foreshadowing fore of it a conflict of force Is ia a weakening of of the whole position arousing impatience by its implied approval of df this method of enlightenment even as a alaan last resort it is not thus the great reforms of the world arb are arc wrought U uday today to day again the aseer tion llon xuat that the people are presented with the alternatives of submission or political death and the argument from the solidity of the opposition are strangely familiar we have heard these things repeated i aga again inand and again with reference to the political condition of the southern states we know that even today there are sections where ghere freedom oi 01 pinion opinion is a myth and where or political death is ia the creed of thu tha majority but we have harned letter than to think thinh ot of dealing wha this thia problem by the bayonet wo we have le learn leaun 1 ed thattie that the idea iaea under tto this strongly worded alime of bub sub mission or death is only a restatement of the principle of majority rule ruie we must make the best of the evila evna attendant upon that or we must abandon and disavow it anu anid wo we have learned that the beat remedy for evils social and political lies within the constitution and the avs appreciating to the full all the strength and all the vileness of the mormon system we fall fail asyet to see anything more promising for its gradual but suro buro suppression than tho the faithful execution of the edmunds law jaw the prohibition of entrance to for the thousands of ignorant converts whom the hundreds of emissaries now out are sending bending to feed the foul fires of polygamy and the passage of such sueh other laws as 03 those these who believe in a commission would aavo cate cats if their wish were granted and as aa they can therefore readily suggest to Con cou congress grebs grebb st paul minn mum pioneer |