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Show THE TREND OF THINGS. The charge made by young Russell against Judge Tanner, that he has recently become Involved In-volved in polygamy may or may not be true. On its face it looks true for it seems to be frankly ' made and the denial of Tanner sounds like those i answers made by accused people who have been ll instructed by their attorneys to be careful and 11 not say anything to criminate themselves. I It is in the air that the word has gone out that B. there must be no more polygamous marriages, but S that being sealed for eternity is permissible, and 1 the names of many high officials in the church, I one an apostle, are bruited about as men who S have recently undertaken to save the souls of n certain females in that way. Of course that is K polygamy under the law and the reason is direct B enough. If a woman believes that a certain old B ruff-scuff is going to be a fraction of a husband B for her beyond the pearly gates, she will ncces- w sarily be subject to his desires in this world. That 'IB men accused of this are not altogether disinter- fl ested in the business of saving female souls is W reasonably apparent from tho fact that they nev- er select old girls whose souls are liable to need B a certificate of character up above at almost any time, but they invariably select young, and, if pos-S pos-S sible, beautiful girls, to secure an immortality of B glory for. When accomplished and danger is B threatened we see a similar performance to that iB witnessed by the hunters on Antelope Island last IB Sunday when the prettiest buffalo plural tried to B shield the old bull of the herd from harm. It is al-1 al-1 togetlier a lovely system, is it not? ft Matters appear to be drifting back substantial. B ly to the position of the old days, except under a B different pretense. Places have been selected in B Oregon and Colorado where children to polyga- H mous wives are born; the records of marriage.?, of B course, are only known to a few of the faithful; B all interested are ready to commit any kind of B perjury to "further the cause of the Lord," and B Mormon jurors never could receive evidence B enough to convict a man who had done nothing B worse than to obey a command of God, on which B obedience, the full exaltation of his soul depended. B And this is in the twentieth century and of the B independence of the colonies the one hundred and K twenty-fifth year. KB The worst give-away for Tanner appears in an B editorial in the News of Thursday last. It is a full column in length, but reduced to plain English Its substance is: First -We have not before spoken because the matter was not sooner hushed up. Second Young Russell has been squelched, so there is no more danger from that sour.ee. Third It is wicked for Gentile newspapers to publish statements, charging crime, made by a Mormon against a Mormon. Fourth Every man is innocent until proven guilty. We have got things fixed; now let any Gentile prove the charges or keep still. Fifth The President of the church has not given his consent for any man or woman to enter a polygamous marriage state, hence there could have been no such marriage. (Mere apostles do not count.) Sixth If Mormon people know anything to criminate a brother Mormon, let such keep still, especially if they do know something. Selah. |