Show ME DISTRICT ATTORNEY VANZILE bas been giving to the country tome of his idea as to what is wanted in the way of legislation for tbe suppression suppres-sion of poljcsmy and the solution ot the Mormon problem The most prominent feature of these ideas SR published in a Chicago newspaper is the fact that tbey are about as old as the district attorney having been put forth periodically during tbe past twentyfive years Another ol their characteiistics is tbeir impracticability impractica-bility and the impossibility of carrying carry-ing them iuaeflect If polygamy is to be suppressed and the problem solved the schemes for dong tbe business must at leatt have the merit > of being operative wbioh those warmed over by Mr Vm Zle do not I possess Of tbem the New York I Times has this to SHY Mr VanZile United States district attorney at-torney for the Territory of Utah has written a long letter in which he recommends I recom-mends a scheme of congre eioi al legislation legisla-tion for the suppression of polygamy Like many another District Attorey YanZilo has a great deal tj say about i It sentimentalists the sntinyntalisls in this case being those who believe in proceeding pro-ceeding lawfully again polygamy The district attorney recommend that the statute iimitationp as it affects polygamy po-lygamy sboulJ be repealed nro > htt men living With purl wive should be prosecuted without reference to the date of their marmge lIe w < u d also disfranchise dis-franchise polygamists so that no person living in a state of polygamy could vote or held office With these provisions of law and with statutes for thq punishment punish-ment of living in unlawful wedlock and for the restricted issuance of marriage licenses Mr VanZilo thinks that Mormon Mor-mon polygamy may be broken up and destroyed Those who have studied the I i Mormon problem with any degree ot attention J at-tention will see that the weal point m this proposed system is the difficulty of proving the polygamous relation It has J been wellnigh impossible in Utah to convict IL man ot having e ramitud bigamy J t big-amy If that crime can be readily bxed on a Mormon offender all the rest would 1 be comparatively easy I |