Show MORI MORMON A ON exclusiveness notwithstanding the brevity of th tb dla patches from washington which relate to the arguments made before the ooma committee littee on territories the of 0 the admission of utah go a state a wr fair idea can be formed forand of their character by those familiar with the true condition of of affairs fatra the statements of hon F 8 FAc richards hards must have carried considerable sid erable weight because truth possesses inherent forced force whether or not it he be palatable to those who liston listen to it there is also an earnestness about the manner manlier and atmosphere of its ito exponent that la in effect uve ave whether the object of its exposition be attained or not the latter is necessarily in the hands of those them who have the final disposal of the question at issue results are not by any means as a rulo rule determined by the merits of questions out of which they evolve occasionally a man can be found who has q a wonderful faculty for pro pre beuting inexactitudes with a cold blooded apparent earnestness and artfully assumed sincerity tw that are an apt to deege deceive those who are uninformed upon the subi pets he pro fess bessea to treat we know of no greater adopt adept in that direction than J B R mcbride he has a faculty for presenting statements made for a purpose for which he knows know there is not the most moat slender foundation in a way that is so childlike and bland that the uninformed listener te is apt to believe he is telling the truth in our opinion the gentle man has got this manner so near perfection in its operations that he is enabled to reduce misrepresentation to the status of a fine art arl when occasion requires require mr mo beitle can with astonishing facility become I 1 all things to all dpn that he might gala gain some ulterior abject object of which he is in pursuit As an illustration in point we have some tunes times related the circumstance of his participating on sunday may ath 1882 in a methodist anti imor mon moh meeting in the methodist church in this city when although understood to be an infidel he ex claimed iveel on this occasion as if I 1 were a devout methodist Method Jet 11 it was on this same occasion carion oo when the politicians and Med ministers int aisters were mixed up in min an anu anti mor imor moa love fealt that the bev mr mir rudisill Kudis ill ventured the amermon that principally through the his church congress had bew been compelled to pass the edmunds law As mr mcbride warmed to his theme he in ia the innate Is modesty tad and toleration of his religious soul said 1 t I believe I 1 would make an enciel lent nt prosecutor of the mormon nl church V it takes takee no ho stretch of inference to assume that such a position is still an object objector of his desire it is generally believed that his hie soul will never be satisfied until he reaches the post ofu afu s attorney for utah IRIS idea of that office flinch that if it were r named amod from agg hi estimate of its nature it would be consistent to call it prosecutor of the mormon church 11 whether he win will ever attain the object of his ambition the end to which he appears to be working forking is a question involving a pod good deal of doubt Col perry Ferry also doubtless imagined helas he was swinging some ome heavy blows blow a am he dilated before the committee upon pon mormon exclusiveness exclusive nees new the dispatch giving a concise statement of what he was driving daving at stated he contended that the morn mon motto in ai all affairs over which they had jurisdiction was that no gentile need apply it would be easy to establish the fact that col ferry made a glaring misstatement when he uttered this assertion artion proofs to the contrary coni of his hh position furnished by existing circumstances are understood and accessible hai ha i 1 been correct what an ap paling situation it would have manifested the base ingratitude that thai could have thus been exhibited by the mormons cormons after the transcend transcendent ant magnanimity shown by the other side in all affairs over which they had jurisdiction would have been highly reprehensible the evidence odthe of the superior liberality of the non holding jurisdiction toward Mormon Mor mons sJ ff can be besho shown wu by a mere cursory glance it is exhibited wherever such jurisdiction in the most limited degree exists As instances the facts may be cited that every federal officer of every stripe and grade is a gentile in eary locally where when one can be found qualified to act the utah commission have appointed all registration officers from the non the custom of toe the same body has been to appoint of the three judges of election at each polling place two from the seane same minority class clam the polo pola lair lawi relating to the paneling em of juries provide that the selection of clu sens tot for service be made numerically equal from the two dis distinct classes of the community notwithstanding that the non mormonism we re but a small mall minority in salt ewt lake jake county as soon as a gentile probate j judge was appointed and qualified practically the entire selection was made from the ron non Mormon minority in a school district in this county at the test last election of trustees a non mormon majority was waa chosen to compose the board A teacher was soon wanted an application was made by a gentleman gent lemn of that profession fe fes islon sion the first question asked of him was are you a mormon if so we dont want you in other words it might as well have been said As we have jurisdiction in this analar no mormon need apply and so on instances might be enumerated indefinitely showing that that kind of magnanimity and liberal example is pretty nearly if not quite universal how the colonel could ferry over this stream of truth in order to attempt to milie mie a showing of var mon exclusiveness Is ia a little remarkable one would have thought tahe he would have struck a snag in the shape of a squirm of conscience |