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Show b The Penalty Fit the Crime. i George Q. Carinoriex-Delegate to Congress, Con-gress, and one of the leaders of the Mormon Mor-mon churchis booked for martyrdom' in spite of his heroic efforts to escape" the honor of . suffering ior the faith. About a year ago he was indicted under the Edmunds Ed-munds act for polygamous practices, and went into hiding. He hid so well that the officers have sought , him vainly, in TTLah. whopA lm romainpd until n. reward of $500 was offered for his capture. '.Then he started for Movivi Tlnf u j. . uuv UUiV ITOl as far as Humboldt Hou3e, an iso'lated station in Nevada. A bribe of $2,000 was refused by the Sheriff who caught him and the eminent Saint is now in jail at Winnemucca, whence lie , will be taken to Salt Lake. The Mormons cannot stand this sort of warfare forever. for-ever. When the chief men of the church, for fear of a six months' term of imprisonment, flee from their families and business, it is pretty apparent appar-ent that the most effective weaoon that could be placed in the hands of 'the law would be an increase of the 'penalty k for polygamy. District Attorney Dickson, of Utah,. .in an interview published in the Posl ; some time ago, gave it as his opinion opin-ion that if the punishment of three years in the penitentiary were provided, instead j of half a year, the polygamists would speedily capitulate; and we think with lum. This amendment. n-nni,i un t . ' " V. . lit simpler, and m every way less objectionable, objection-able, than the new scheme proposed by Senator Edmunds of turning the financial attain? of the Mormon Church over to a a board of non-Mormon trustees , appoint-' ed by the Government. F. Post, 15th |