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Show WORSE THAN EVER. The Tribune had a very bad spell this oe , morning over the Democrat. The editor ' r of that paper needs a rest. It is said j there is sweet rest in heaven ; a rest of 'ir?' about the same duration as a rest in o F heaven is what we would recommend to ' v ' him. This is useless, for on reflection we . remember that there is no peace for the . lfi wicked. If the editor of the Tribune f 8 1 could only keep to an issue, but he can't. I B He rambles here and he rambles there.and ft'sp his rambling and shambling, his shuffling j i and his sliding, convince us that the Bible PjJ tells the truth when it declares that the ton feet of the wicked stand iti slippery rs places. ' I e The Tribune wants to know what are ljjjfc the crimes of the Commission. We don't fas j know, but if they have any we presume 1 . the Tribune knows what they are, for the Ibis ' Tribune "seems to be their shrine and Jt their confessional. In speaking of the Commission, we remember that they made a report to the.Secretary of the In- sod terior some time in the latter part of October or early in November, and that hth in tWs report they spoke of polygamous ieP - marriages thus : . n 1 j In our report for 1884 we stated that there .ya J. had been an increase in the number of plu- y 1 1 rai marriages during that year, placing the BistM . i aggregate number of males and females who lc 1 r had entered that relation, as nearly as could 8PK I be ascertained, at 459. According to the f'.mF ( best information we have been able to ob- . i tain, there have been very few polygamous 1 18 m I marriages during the present year. EXA, ; y The Tribune, according to its assertion . v of yesterday morning, seems to have far of better means of knowing the number of . polygamous marriages that take place in and Utah than the Commission. It is wrong sj that the Tribune should withhold such m valuable information from the Commis- jce j sion, especially when it is believed that J(ecia the Commission get much if not most of rseG their information from the Tribune. f Wi , The Tribune wants to know wherein il ittll : e Secretary has failed in his duty. We 1 q l ; -' chould say he has rather exceeded Ji his. duty when he gives the Tri- bune a job of printing at $839, ; dseiTS; when the same job can be better done for j ire. s;j about one-half that price by the job ! j 1 printing-offices, and these same job J ie lion'' - offices would be willing to give any guar- j alsand' anty that might be required. . erythiij It is a pleasure to see that the Tribune j j ' i . , . . f is conscious of the fact that there is a very att Br ' ' Berious problem here. The problem in J the fun! Utah is a great problem, and of so intri- ,v store cateakmdthatfew governments have ever irday. K ben Confronted with its like. Theele-1 menti going to compoBe this problem are so various that their .very variety" makes it , most ? difficult of. solution. It is complicated by a revival of ideas" which held . sway in ; Judea centuries before Christ ' was vborn ; the motive which actuated Feter the Hermit is a living motive in Mormonisin to-day; the theories, and pretensions of the Roman church in the Middle Ages have been born again in Utah; the longings which impelled the Pilgrim Fathers to seek in America a home an4 a refuge led the Mormons to seek in the desert of the Great Basin homes and asylums. Have we a problem in Utah? One might as well ask whether the heavens liave their stars. We have indicated but a few of the elements which complicate the Utah problem, but there are others and just as important. Now, if the Tribune wishes to do us a favor, and we believe it does on account of its cordial support of the Democrat, we should be glad to know what it considers con-siders the true elements of the problem in Utah. The Tribune, we believe, will agree with us when we say that the people of Utah, whether Mormon or Gentile, do not discuss the'Utah problem in a truly critical and liberal spirit, and the consequence conse-quence is that they don't see it in half its bearings. t A thorough discussion of this Utah question, and a just consideration of the pros and cons of either side, wouli do much to clear away Jhe haze which hangs around it. Such discussion as we suggest would do much to enlighten the people of the Territory and of the country. Whether things in Utah will be so discussed in Utah we know not, although we are convinced con-vinced that such discussion would do much good. |