Show anticipated DECISION AN OBSERVER of human character is often amused as well as interested in noting the streaks of fat and lean which run through certain qualities men are often bright iu in one or two directions and decidedly asinine in others we were wem reminded of this the other day when scanning an article in a virulent anti mormon local contemporary it purported to give a resume of a letter from mr moccasin mcbride in which the writer was suppo supposed sed to give an account of the work done by himself and his fellow anti state lobbyists hobbyists in washington the statement of the account embodied in the letter suddenly broke off in the form of this quotation from it I 1 q listened to the argument in the supreme court on the church chorch appeal case solicitor general jenks in addition to the legal argument touched upon the mormon application for statehood and made his position very clear he made a most lawyerlike lawyer like ar argument ment on the main question and T 1 feel sure that the judgment will be affirmed I 1 never took much stock in this church case but jeness argument was such that I 1 have no doubt of the result ap it is in that paragraph where the asininity crops out with special prominence nce 1 I never took much stock in this church ca sebut jeness argument was such that I 1 have no doubt as to the result in the name of common sense what does that mean according to the ordinary interpretation of english simply this 1 I never took much stock in this church case because it to Is illegal and wrong 19 what else could such an expression signify coming from a lawyer there is nothing in the repudiating statement that would indicate that mr mcbride had changed his views in regard to the merits of the case consequently his anticipation of a dech decision don confirming that of the court below is not based upon the legal status of the suit but upon the intrinsic value of jenks jeness Jenk ss Is argument this is not flattering to the court it is not made clear by MX mr mcbride what portion of jeness Jenk ss argumenti argument his anticipated decision of the supreme court will be founded upon whether it will be upon his elucidation of points on the application for statehood regarding which he was very clear or on his argument on the main question As the argument of the solicitor general covered a great deal of legal acreage as to what was its central or main question might be considered doubtful doubt nil he dwelt upon the sending of an army here by president buchanan was that made the main question and will that influence bence the court in making up the decision he anticipates true the statehood business and buchanann Bucha nans blunder do not seem to be connected with what judge zane has characterized as the taking of a large amount of property from a church but we would like to know just what moccasin Moccas ln mcbrides Mc Brides estimate of the supreme court of the united states is had the writer of the letter to the paper by which he swears given any evidence that jeness Jenk ss argument gui pent had caused hipa him to take a few shares sham of stock in this church sulm suit he might have been credited with being in a somewhat similar position to that of a fellow fallow who was placed upon trial for the commission of a crime at the opening of the proceedings he knew he was a guilty man but after hearing the argument of his counsel he became convinced of his own innocence the logic of facts in his possession melted before the influence of sophistical reasoning but did mr mcbride ever take stock in the church suit the fact of the matter to is that he and his ilk are responsible for it they clamored clan clam gored pred for the legislation that produced it his two associates babkin and west were in washington while that infamous statute the edmunds tucker law which takes a large amount of property from a church was on the tapis tapia and put forth all the power they possessed to have it pushed through rut but stealing even from aa an unpopular church is not popular hence it is common for those who assisted to bring about the consummation of their wishes to say 1 I never took much stock in this church su suit and at the same time secretly rub their hands bands in great glee over the progress of spoliation with the active politicians that have kept up the ceaseless agitation that has rendered it possible to take a large amount of property from a church spoliation political and material has been the solitary objective point toward which they have industriously worked to say at this late date III 1 I never took much stock in this church suit and then express an anticipation which to is parent to the desire of a people being robbed of their hard earnings is altogether too thin |