Show CHICAGO LETTER Jcnlu TALe Up The Question of the Idaho Test Oath I V CHICAGO February 17f 1S90 Special correspondence of the DE tKEr JSjnvsJ U last the tIOt mon question begins to grow interestIng In-teresting The treatment of I in the newsnarcrs Is asjumlcg the character of discussion But the unique featiro of the discussion I the immense Ignorance of the nIna tloITHirit J1kh prevailal t I cannot do better than submit in full a fur articles or editorials frortl various journal First we have from Michigan this viewt TiE 3IORMO tSb t S CJTJZEXS1IU A Vermont member of Coaineea baa lat duced a toll into Ibo Olonse at flcoraepsO tire 13 eiclatla Slormon from oar A any election and iron ciuzeol > tu Such A till can be pu ed Into tax only on 101s pU preiampUoa shot all 31onnont are j > oljC = mbu Hat ft appcai tUal come member of the Mormon usa arc not IOTK AfflUU Would it rnz belief to stanton zoerabeisof tue opcrauon thecectasanlrxj of the propo Ml taw am to uch i bronl a fom r pnnru ocestsoeanhspaalyscb UTO oo it lena ju ysosauss or ISO Tam regurdinc nprnJ m1Tmee Tb hO polymo Otonnons or migSi be tl vcorrrrt for the purpose at the act clihcr by conrtcUon on sooth the Or rOI dlo ur forms of lnrtr liBlrnoKaltinrs en application lo role onion natnnlizaUon TbetnttedOlosroottoold becnrefotnOttO AJJa 10 cern cre the hIanusOaa for I fleeS npol oJUn I Evidently this Mlelilgan man LV I tiunks noli gamisia are Mill lotln V and oIl f ofhces r Utali Oh second is an editorial ron the I I CatholicJTbineof Febraar V CUllclIomeo Chicago Fhnr > 15 ItS Hero it Jet noses Or KEUCIOCS unease The crime of pon i > 7 which the lIon mom Kxiiht to mclltr oiilcr the err ol > religious tenet it I dcjcntwl in the hue ee elton of the inprcmo t oatnn Ce crime pernicious to the beet inlere or bounty tenainK to destroy tli purity ot the inarrUa reltlon to I statueS the vcace of lanoitro lo drrride i iroiaan and to detune man drglde DO call IUd a crime ° a tenet ot reigns ute sntreme Ourt i > to oOeid the V eommoa cease or ni oUnd loU cu fi a cnme ajralofrt ne ciTillzatioD a mine per I loons to Ibe best interest of nll pr bsl 0 wletrbe I oatesetc r rtliponr T reieas b prlU or source Uantnircnt and en nIJrnl the ethel nine or tho Ff0 Court ilecslo l n i curt 0le101 cuntUU in tri 1 pmK this crime of in dtg sod Cipsotne its true elurari To declare that this crime ct dtar tba thl wrm dc > erve punUhmcnt and that nncJoit of > u < alnl S81 I mpt J1 rm the tmanr Qf V iiiJ i 00 lncrfnce with relijio u libfrtr To tee In thli decision relg hljbctt court a limit of rellcloaVlibertr asananu lathoUeJjar a of tm ciiVdori Ih I do into ocuahul bonn nolaec H bn rettnnstta5diseuttrdtheresi I i rosin Sc no 55ntt er ssnneolos V ligsono lutorty 1 is g stat the Supreme Cenet dersdo thnt steno ii at lolr relltlus itlrty al all T6 i cots thc WVOCICT of tort a crime I bt a tenet of eliKion tay the eoensn t M ffend Iro t ooMKOnMnieof manWai 5ot cottcnt with ditortins this dec 101 into rOleat nr < latorll1 lh < ehlo alinit telsgtsss Jbrr be soIl Cnihstl T rjl at what It ii pleased 10 roard u a bios I I lel rhl < of ccnOestc eat rrtVpisn ltbeny It reWc because Is aegt to thin tsglleos deettoa of the ia prme Cet Codmnllol of 1 scntmt a SID atticS In sIte bald or 1110w I I and noteea5nlosnposonajie5be5f mar b II tnme smplor enDd L u pn rchl Uaoe nblo or the Lutheran i LUler ned indeed or alt those who tad then ndji parochial or ScSimo ochest Cbldn t bolTed lr nelgssoo 1 etaIttyaod in the is citsa bltod I I nr lrDI1 Ilte their CLIdr a retlg Ion tlg ioaedseotton ttwootd bali aggiasiao 5001St hunt bil Irlw mte 011 and synootnico tat < ynlw llt won d deetore inch de psrqusi nblo S mitt agusnat the State iitpptly bu the deli sod lpJy fr retifioto Jrl rllo totflo r toe cost mnsll thu 7150 eiihta t itsutt r usits toogtiotebeforete Amerscos public wilt ceetnthedocitionf shesopmnseoofla limIt of rlitsosn lbentg aprme rty rloal or admit that tbcrizbt sf Chrta Amll their children Jnot t Iio a Chtwtian ee ea education iVa cntmepcocIosu is the boot islereitiof za aodIT z Tho TrttinietranM to tnowirhi Tle bt enpln naUn the editor ct the t5Sl ifoote 1 nuke iraen he appears before gotr Irore to amver for bis lies udfuwmeea JIOBS Neilhcr the editor of S Jiou < bee her Tribune nor 01 other hole on Ctthatitss St lesrr toWhhS TnljSUS1iuu Lt r who old leblo juice etsilaa 5alllh ncIee5 boots are CthOC1 apoorgntde In ncford to tte Inrl oC The third clipping is an editorial from the Chicago TnSuneot Feb 17 1S91 In reply partly t the above nstd to slmilarolher dlori3Is which aipjaredin Use Catholic Home in recent issue 1 The house and the Jfiount an mortal foe and the TnOunc has Trulc come out openly a tn antinoman organ len I the edi tonal referred to A DAtrEKOC CONCESSION The C1l iloae ot lb clly a ultlcth clr Piper iS stain to be a exponent at of wnnt Stoma uD Jms cuholic coctrinesapyrores of the oIDp rrl fcecLf of the Surreme oarS snuicin SSh lfnstos let < alb ln tote I ullcln Iber i s noihjnetnrpnuE Tor no rclisiom J > nrail ould even elloli Jlmo IndirecUr ile f on tie array Oi I aido r Ilit 1 opolTnmr it goes further IhaS might to expected arr 5mthitpo thOu Urtliritual teacher pasjjw and olute tony JEnrore0Vjfui1 1 heartily en loreet me sentiment of the eoort thai ro cslt lbs adrocieyof suca a melee Oo pslygsny 1 5oSJi0freBl ° n w ollellj I K common sense of mankind Not that this ti soIree bat it mates the the mOD eneeof manklad the arblt r of sooednrni or a rhon dOfittL 0 5t lsthooghit I IUjO 10 ba 1omAn lutbOtlCormo ooys500 iolygomy Li a lllal pariof theicrooo teuscloo lolllmy la unon rhoo cnimpolstre iIIoopflof thonettytonof rm prophesor Impr ifokLntmeL Vet tine fpe < CUr 111 UDol 1 tokrotcdbecasot abe common sense or 101m too coo dmne It That nime 10dm boo tlsrced tltatOmcof thelroctoof the 1bJlrrfn Cooflon el Folib most cs Thewoe moatenSaf nnnUa hier I than e logic t dI I Uballonllarol es are iu unendiaj It tbaJ rears so anndlnl en dents shot Jln athiici anTidoLiTers r ldble ortha the lope whoe nrues far oat number hU f amis I antichr Were there erer to come bore thohn presto Coors a ease which Involved the Inoolor qaroltta of pspat lnfmbimrli I toootd eel that the Iolkr doctrine offended the comraoi seated sooktsL Ito Iopeeo5na UtnIsrSSl11 PO nlo In bl l Ctrsth005 If the lavs of the Slate are In I open can traalctlon of the Ilmne law of wl ich he is thejnd ejif they contain aiijuncsprtta dnucs tofSS1 or a tosttle 1 the by ou ImDr religIon or Violae an tic ro lor t te nprmo roallc tie 1 aishontlyof Jesus loaUI te bory < ea Culhcn sodcej a D5ditlytoneslatthem and acntmtoolnj I tbm Cm 1 01J J an Amfntn elIte nuece to resisl Ibe jortPenl oboe or toe laws 6f Ibroao try an Iho crcond lhal ibe 1 one has 1 men not be okerrd Jb ih PTtf t court fallible would the male Supreme n Court ononyotbrr no short wort of List and bl reolns roes Ibongh It defoodoni u deLadnl 11ht tMI1 tin rellfion iIeetr wan rlgon hllr beugaoiattnd itn ponl under thc1ak Or < asyreltetso rsion tries to hire hi tcoa 1 rlgon f1 Iel child prow cp in ireoconce or to neon 11 > that it will to 1 atnoerer 10 J the latsuart laws onI trodOens of his C unTma nl the boy a bad citizen ai tbl J SrSlri tp < nM the COD > U silt I TocallUiBadrocacTof ral adre or inchacilicc a Inet or neltoros I 1 old the coma CcItt oC DIUd mlln It appears to me that the main point lu this Idaho case has been ntirel > lost J Mght of loth by thefcu nreaie Court and bj the newspapers I have an Idea that this Idaho man wasnuex memberoftlieMortnou Church but tint Ilt sincerity was Questioned by the Idibojudis The Ll > ESEaFTXws liould give cler 1 hsynoptlsef this case as it flrttni pared in tae Idaho courts and Mjudtlaarked of the copy paper to these newspapers herdmentioiied I polygamy Is the odious crime tbat the supreme Court specifies it spLcfl I is I surely that august body ought not to dignify it Into a religious tenet by disfranchising a man who entertains only 5 hazy religious opinion about Polygamy as it did esfct In Utah was no more B the poo gamy tnt I interpreted by the courts end the newspapers than is newspprthan i the transubstantlatlon pf the Catho lie cannibalism tle I As to common sexton being mode arbiterit Is ratberumafe IrTEOice h1Olbe etecs Prohibition i not a bad rd thlngyct the Tribune maintains thttt the common sense of mankind Us i against iL There has 1 not Lacuna improvement In meehanks or in art or In science that the common seiiK of the penod did not lriO pronounce absurd and criminal Prorrli speaking polygamy should have no placelnthe ilormonquestion of to day There lire hawsenactedagalnat practical pobgamists and these laws arts rigorously enorccd If H Is n crmeappl n the legitimate J crlm nse but to w hunt meaud brand uwmon mel me-l criminal Itcause I entertain be nterln b 1 lIsts or opinions not Jn harmony I I with my neishjoripr I part of them Is common diabolism JUMCS I |