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Show I DAILY 4 FRANK J. CANNON, EDITOR. LET THE ENTIRE REFORM BE COVERED. The telegraphic dispatches state that the Idaho Democratic convention is to consider, and possibly urge upon the national convention, the acceptance of a platform plank an amendment to the constitution of the United States, permitting the federal government to pass laws against plural marriage and unlawful cohabitation. The twires are silent as to whether the Idaho proposal pauses at this point, or wheth- ing v . 9-- r I V k f . er it comprehends an additional amendment I ' : . i 4 ;- V- m- 1 .it' .. bW p. i ' if ,TC. X- v ' 1 i i remitting to congress the power to legislate on marriage and divorce and all the relations of the sexes. On more than one occasion congress, under the implied power granted by the federal compact, passed legislation of this character for the territories and the District of Columbia distinctly avowing an intention to suppress plural marriage practices of the Mormon The administration of these laws church. was attended by many cruelties and much However, a discussion of that suffering. phase of the matter would be painful and useless at this late date. Suffice it to say that the power of the United States was triumphant. The Mormon church definitely, through the medium of revelation presented from the president of the church and through the medium of intepretations placed thereupon by the prophets, seers and revelators, declared an abandonment of the practice of plural marriage, and indicated a determination to abide by the laws of congress and the general sentiment of .the United States. To make the matter still more emphatic a constitution was adopted for the state by a convention, over which presided one of the prominent apostles of the church, which was largely composed of influential, zealous and trustworthy members of that body. And in that constitution the most precise inhibition against plural marriage was fixed irrevocably. But notwithstanding these evidences of favor for antipolygamy laws, Democrats and Republicans alike in Utah should object to the adoption by either national convention of a plank demanding a constitutional amendment to permit congress to legislate against plural marriage and plural marriage cohabitation, unless the same platform shall in the same or in an independent plank recommend a constitutional amendment remitting to congress the power to pass uniform marriage and divorce laws and laws against all forms of unlawful habitation. If congress is to deal with this question at all, let it take charge of the bigamy of New Jersey as well as the plural marriage of Utah; if it is to pass enactments against unlawful cohabitation by the members ofone church .let it pass statutes against unlawful cohabitation by the people who do not belong to any church. If it is to deal with conlet it also deal temporaneous polygamy with the what witty preacher in New equally ork calls the consecutive polygamy of high society. Utah does not aspire to enjoy the special favor of an amendment to the constitution of the United States to regulate her internal affairs alone. There used to be much talk about cleanIf congress is to ing the platter in Utah. in engage again dishwashing let it make a wholesale job of the affair. Let it act upon the suggestion of the preachers that the divorce evil is ruining the fabric of society; and let it attempt to make all the communities of the United States as observant of the code of sexual morality as it sought successfully or unsuccessfully to make the territories under the Edmunds act. If it is a good reform for Utah, it will be a good reform for other communities where reform is needed. Therefore, the national conventions should recommend to congress a remission of the whole matter or none of it. STATE JOURNAL, The Provo Enquirer, mentioning one r,f the Utah Republican delegates who bolted at St. Louis in 18, says that the editor of the Enquirer met this bolting delegate at Provo and traveled with him by train to Salt Lake; that the returning delegate during the trip used eloquence and persuasive power to induce the Enquirer editor to endorse the bolting delegates; and that the Enquirer editor gave the delegate a final answer at the station in Salt Lake City, in effect that the Enquirer could not do otherwise that support the ticket nominated at St. Louis. The distinguished gentleman and Re publican who edits the Enquirer has become hazy in his recollection. Possibly it is not a matter of any public importance, Mr. Graham, as to what you did or didnt say on the occasion to which you refer; but inasmuch as you have offered your remembrance of that very pleasant journey, permit the State Journal to obtrude its version upon popeditor of The the ular attention. train on Enquirer did join a railway which was returning one of the bolting Republicans from St. Louis the Enquirer editor joining the train before it reached Provo. Neither eloquence nor persuasion was neeeded to entice the Enquirer editor into an endorsement of the bolt at St. Louis. His natural inclination seemed to be that way. He and his paper had pledged the Republican party to the cause of bimetallism not only once, but manny times. He and his party had pointed out the cruelty of the Cleveland financial policy, which was adopted in toto by the Republican convention at St. Louis. So it is only a tribute to the Enquirer editors sincerity to say that he extended his unqualified personal approval to the bolt; and this not unnaturally implied the Enquirer's support. Such was his apparent attitude when he left the train at Salt Lake City. Almost immediately afterward he recanted his recanta- When you want Dry Goods A Trade Principle of Ours The values you get are to be benefited as well as we by the sale. You trade with P. & H. This wa interpret at tht Settlei tht question of here you buy nsxt tint "Golden Rule" of Trade. Every Woman Buys Some Dry Goods The question of values offered, styles shown and treatment given must enti-the mind in deciding where she will buy. Our increasing business leads us tu believe that our customers are finding satisfaction here. This inspires us to greater effort. Our purpose is to furnish reliable goods to the best people n earth. We pledge you, so far as it is in ourpower, to carry out this purpose. r Will you meet us at 2467 Washington on this platform? No Mend Sleeveless! Hosiery Vests tha kind for boya la Fancy 25c Rib 25c Handkfs Beautiful Ribbon Special PURE No. Hiawatha Puff Combs tha lataat 25c It was no crime for the editor to change his convictions; or if he did not change his convictions, it was no crime for him to prefer the Republican promise of a gold standard to the Democratic promise of bimetallism. Like some other Republicans in Utah, who had been observant of the policies of Grover Cleveland, he probably came to the conclusion that he would not take any cha nces on any thing bearing the nhme of Democracy. But all that is apart from the point at immediate issue, which is that Mr. Graham was in entire sympaty with the bolters until after that famous visit to Salt Lake City. If the very affable gentleman who edits the Provo Euquirer desires to remind himself of his political attitude, let him consult the files of his own paper of the spring and early, summer of 18. He will feel delighted with an old friend. He will read the lucrubations of his fertile mind of that time and will be entertained and interested thereby as other people were and are yet. If you do not have the files, in your possession, Mr. Graham, take a day off from the carking cares of politics in Utah county and come to Ogden for a time of literary feasting amongst the newspaper files and scrap books which have been preserved since 18. You will be thrice welcome. In the meantime, dont misquote the conversations of years ago. You of all men oughtnotto get huffy; for you succeeded in casting your lines in pleasant places for you. With a perfectly sincere devotion, but no more sincere devotion than other mengave to a lost cause in 18 you got where the fleshpots were. Enjoy your profitable associations. Continue to indict Senator Kearns and con tinue to commend Senator Smoot. You are thereby adding to the sum of Republican and Democratic joy. But dont forto read the Enquirer of the spring and get of 18. It is a bubbling summer early of spring sympathy for the men who bolted at St. Louis and stayed bolted. people who have been predicting that William J. Bryan would be discredited in his own state will find that he speaks by undisputed authority at St. Louis. What he has to say will be well said; it will be high mindOne of the slight disadvantages under ed as are all Bryans utterances; and, if it does not win entire support from the conven- which Mr: Babcock labors as head of the Retion, it will at least retain universal respect publican congressional committee is the fact for the speaker. Mr. Bryan will not lose his that he does not agree with his party policy. place in history nor his place in the a Sections He fights it during the three off years and of the American people. comes into line during the presidential year. 1 After all, though, is it a disadvantage? He An Eastern paper is recording it as a mat- succeeds in fooling the farmers all the time ter of note that Senator Smoot controls the S. A. Kenner is publishing at Salt Utah delegation to the Republican national convention. Here, Hon. George Sutherland Lake, a paper called the Utah Pioneer. It is and Hon. W. F. Snyder, speak up! successor to the Great Campaign, and it seems to have plenty of reasons for continued and The president will wait until after elec- prosperous existence. There is only one Estion before having the Tyner jury tried for say Caigh and the Utah Pioneer should be lese majeste. his profit. 1 1904. 3, 8ILK TAFETTA 80, 19c; BEST BRIGHT Corsets Deep Hip With aupporta COLORS. 40, 14c; No. 9, 8c yard No. $1.25 Movement in Remnants Silk Gloves Valuaa will ba found hare beyond your expectation. Wo e to them, and they certainly are a GOOD want to oay BUY for you at tha price marked. Look on the tablet for good-by- aelling for Cmbroidery, .Table Linen, Wash Goods, White Goods, etc. 60c tion. ent The JUNE FRIDAY, A VOICE FROM 1896. UTAH STATE JOURNAL OGDEN, UTAH. UTAH Table Loaded with Corset Covers PAINE Sb HURST Dry Goods DEMOCRATIC Fin line now Sun Umbr'las $1.85 STATE I PERSONAL POINTERS Salt Lake City. June 9th, 1904. For the above occasion the Oregon Short line will make an open rate of ONE FARE for the round trip from OgC. F. Relae and wife of Denver are den to Salt Lake and return. Tickets visiting In the city. on sale June 8th, good for return till A. Wallace of Salt Lake City la noon, June 9th. a pending the day in the city. That Tired Feeling. A. Van Patten haa returned from a If you are languid, depressed and vlalt in New Tork and Incapable for work, it Indicates that other eaatern cities. your liver Is out of order. Herblne Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Brats will leave will assist nature to throw off headon Tuesday for an extended visit with aches. rheumatism and ailments akin relatives in Wisconsin. Mr. Brats will to nervousness and restore the eneralso look after hla timber lands In the and gies vitality of sound and perfect northern part of that state. They will health. J. J. Hubbard, Temple, Tex., return by way of St. Louis. I have used writes, March 22, 1902: Herblne for the past two years. It has Bucklens Arnical Salve. done me more good than all the docHaa world wide fame for marvel- tors. When I feel bad and have that ous cures. 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