Show tv UNJUST REFLECTIONS ON OM WEDNESDAY Dec 3rd the NEWS a special from 4 i Beaver which conveyed a general idea of a portion of Judge Ander- Ander Anderson's Anderson's sons son's sons son's charge to the grand jury de do- det delivered t livered on the afternoon of the day previous We now ha have VE the fun full r f fT T r text of the particular passage re- re referred re referred 1 to and as a matter of historical cal interest if it for no other purpose present it here wr I 1 desire to especially enjoin upon you the d duty ty of investigating all vio vio- violations violations 1 lations of the laws of the United States against bigamy polygamy unlawful t cohabitation adultery and fornication t These are the prevailing crimes in this ri Territory and are committed by a ait it large number of its inhabitants In- In Incredible In Incredible 1 credible as it may seem the commis commis- commission sion slon of these crimes is justi justi- justified justified fied upheld and taught by large numbers of the people under the pretense of religious sanction r andr and religious duty The open and notorious commission of this class of crimes by the pe pie of this Territory has long been n a public scandal and f disgrace aneT aind and the most important of tt r your duties as furors jurors will be the in- in int indicting in indicting t dieting of any and all persons within this district who may be guilty of a ai i t violation of the laws la we referred to to the end that these degrading crimes against the law the sanctity of the thea iP- iP a home and its marriage relations may maybe maybe be promptly punished and sup sup- suppressed sup suppressed pressed The statement in relation to crime crimeA t f-t- A being upheld and taught as are are- a re k duty by the people to whom he refers is without warrant warrant As w ave heretofore shown in our J opinion his honor came as near jus jus- justifying justifying It the two last named of the yr o n es d d by him as Z need be His position In that re- re respect respect re respect is notorious The public were perhaps satiated it if not nauseated by the proceedings before Judge Anderson Andersen An erson which grew out of the application of certain k aliens liens for tor naturalization Bosses of the Liberal party were permitted to put all aU kinds of questions to Mor their be- be bex be mon arson applicants applicant regarding x lief ju In polygamy and unlawful co- co cohabitation cohabitation co cohabitation habitation To counter this cate- cate catechi catechization cate chi tion representatives tives of the Peoples People's party questioned Liberal applicants regarding their morality whether they had committed forni forni- fornication fornication fornication cation or adultery The reply from the Liberal si side e was that out of every 1000 men had engaged in such practices but this was no bar barto barto barto to admission to citizenship The Judge ruled on the point his position being substantially that a perso person may have committed these acts a number of times and ye yet not be a man of bad moral character Unless he was in the habit of con con- conducting conducting ducting himself in that m manner his occasional lapses would not stand in inthe inthe inthe the way of his admission to citizen citizen- citizenship citizenship citizenship ship on the ground of immorality The court seemed to t overlook the I fact that the offenses under consider consider- consideration consideration consideration are rendered criminal under the Tucker Edmunds-Tucker act conse conse- j couse-j consequently consequently the individual who commits them can scarcely be 00 consistently classed among those who are well weB disposed to the Constitution and laws even even if he shouldn't happen to be a Mormon While His Hip Honor exhibits his anti anti- anti Mormon bias unjustly charging a given class of the com com- community community with the justification and commis commission ion of a special class clas of offenses against the law it may be bewell bewell bewell well for him to ask himself whether in his blind zeal in a specific direction direction direction tion ne has not condoned the crimes of a and fornication w when hen committed by another section of cf the community Even if the commission of these crimes should in the discretion of the court be made no bat for ad admission ad- ad admission admission mission to citizenship it cannot conformably with law J hold that the out of every 1000 non Mor non Mor according mons-according according to the admission and calculation of Mr Liberal have Lippman-have have not been guilty of breaking the statute which provides pains and penalties for sexual of of- offenses offenses offenses Yet toward the one thou thou- thousand thousand thousand I sand less one It is evident that the learned Judge in his charge rge at Beaver never once pointed his Judicial finger II Of 0 course we do not desire to be understood as accepting Mr Lipp- Lipp Lippman's Lippman's mans man's mans man's calculation as mathematically I correct Justice demands that due allowance be made maJe for the liability of men to Judge of morality from an individual standpoint But t be as it may his hie proportionate estimate serves well enough as an illustration illustration tion tiou |