Show ruthh commission they still claim polygamous marriages AND I 1 THE EDMUNDS LAW BROKEN though utah Is yearly progressing pres aident woodruff emphatically demos denies J 1 the vicious statements x sept 23 secretary noble has bas received the annual report of the utah commission for the year ending september lit last latt during which time three sessions were held one at chicago and two at salt lake city speaking of political matters the commission says a change is apparent il in the political situation in utah which improperly rl y fos fostered and honestly nian mail aged Eed gedwill will be productive of good results space in the report is devoted tate to I 1 the discussion of the subject of polygamy the commission insists that polygamy still exists and that there are many cases 8 constantly coming to the public c 0 6 es C knowledge of association between po poly I 1 y and the plural wives they had professed to have put away is aa a fact that can hardly be con tr trover averted ted the commission reports fifteen male persons who are believed to have entered into polygamous marriages during the last year and of more than persons who are known or believed id ie veil to be now living in poly polygamous relations it is not true the report says that the commission has bag ever belech selected knowingly a corrupt man mail or of a known gambler or a disreputable character foi for registration or election officer and if by chance such person has been appointed I 1 it has not yet been brought to the attention tion of the com commission comro ision in december last the church authorities petitioned the president for a general amnesty for the mormon people in the opinion of the commission it is the most important document in ent the church has ever issued and contains s the most direct and positive statements ina ants of its desires and promises for the future which las has yet come from ill that at source without assenting to all the as sections sect lons of tho the appeal the commission would be glad if the relief prayed for c could be granted that utah is advancing in p progress the commission freely admits SALT LAKE sept 23 president wood rulf ruff of the mormon church referring to the utah commission report emphatically denies that any polygamist marriages have been contracted since his ills manifesto two years ago aud combats the truth 0 of f the assertion about the people now known to be living in polygamist relations |