Show telegraphic A washington WASHING TOX jan 6 A representative of 0 f the cormons mormons mo i amons in in idaho appeared app oared before the senate committee deeon on territories today to day dagand and asked that consideration cori ortho of the bill for the adrin sio n 0 of that t territory to to tile the union as it a state bo be postponed to for r on week to allow the attorneys for the mormons cormons time 0 to o appear and present their objection to tile admission of idaho under the constitution recently adopted which virtu illy excle los fro fl i biti oiti ai ti zenshin by reason of an oath provision in view of the fac t that a case is pending i n the t supreme s court an early decision of which chichis i is expected involve involving i n g the constitutionality t tiona iona lity of ii this iq brov provision insixi cittee decided to grant the request fo for r a postponement the president ident today to maysent day sent to the senate the following foll wing IV H seamans registe of the lanh land office offida at los lo s angeles aurele Califor california nhi hiram knowles united states district for the Ois hrict e of montana robert H hall united state i marshal for forthe the Orri territory tory of of arizona united states attorneys s frinklin P ma MAB 11 y district d is brict of oregon albert weed dist district riot Montono of win S ha r t ii alid postmaster at Tomb tombstone stene AIR arizona there is but little duat of the genuineness enuine ness of tho the lettjr byj by J wilkes booth which bais rec recently enly been discovered rf it was written on the day dayon on which lie he assassin assassinated 1 lincoln and opens in this manner right or wrong god judge me not man fori for be my 1 moti motive vego god d or b bad nd of ane ne thing I 1 I am sure asure the lasting demotion con of the north I 1 love peace more than life chavelo have ha velo loved ved the union beyond expression ul r deais I 1 have waited hoped and prayed far the ba dark cloud to break and for the restoration of our former sunshine to wait longer would be a crime all hope fitl fot peace is dead my prayers havi proved as idle as my hopf hop arx goods od 8 w will ill be done I 1 go to see and share the bitter bieter end eaid I 1 have oever ever h ald ld that the south was as right the ifil e verv momi nomination nation abraham lincoln four years ago spoke plainly p la f t war war upon southern rights and institutions st tut ions his election proved it await an overt adt act yes till you are bound and plundered what folly 1 the south was wise who thinks of patience when the fingers of tn an seemy press the trigger in a foreign war 1 I too coald say cuu cou right or wrong but in a struggle agle such as ours where a arc brother tries to pierce a brothers heart for gods sake choose the right when a country like this spurns justice from her side she forfeits tho allegiance afan of an honest free man and should leave min him un fealty whatsoever as his conscience may approve and justify I 1 know bow foolish 1 I shall be deemed for undertaking such as this where on one side I 1 have many friends and everything to malce make me happy where my profession fes gion alone aone has gained me an in ne e moro inore than a year and whereby remy great personal ambition in ion has suoi a great field for labor on the othir hand haild the south has never bestowed one kiria word a place where I 1 have no friends except ganeath the sod a place whore I 1 must become a v tc soldiers or a beggar to fidye up al all I 1 the forin ir for the latter besides a in other mother and sisters whom I 1 love s dearly though they jo BO widely differ from mo ino in opinion it insane but god is is my judge clove c love justice more than I 1 do a loundry that thai disowns it more than fame or wealth more heaven pardon me if wrong than a happy home |