Show THE FOLLOWING editorial paragraph from the columns of the Philadelphia Amdriin is respectfully referred to Chief Justice Zane for his judicial coir r bider4atiou R a i There is just one thing needed s in administration ad-ministration 01 the Edmunds law in Utah to convince the people that it is I not the Church of the LatterDay Saints but the practice of sexual relations I rela-tions forbidden by the laws 01 the land that the countryis trying to putdown I That one thing is tha prosecution of half a dozen Gentiles whose conduct has brought them within the reach ot the law That there arqsuch people in the Territory and that the law as administered adminis-tered does not reach them seems to be beyond dispute The fact is used by the Mormon leaders t6 keep tbeir people from acquiescing in the law and furnishes fur-nishes them with Jiaiidle for declaring j that it is a measure of persecution directed against Jthe Saints The law proscribes certain practices but says nothing about the religious convictions of those who indulge in them It is aimed as distinctly at Gentile offenders I as at Saints And surely theauthori ties are aware how ranch harm may be done by directing its penalties against the latter alone |