Show OFF THE SCENT I It appears that the Rev M T Lamb I n H < 1 List missionary in this Territory has nude a rather unusual report to ti religions body hat employed him tn > iin out to Utah He says the i great body of the Mormon people are n > t hypocritical and while he thinks it eadirs may be frAuds he says the average Mormon is more religious than the average Christian and ready to 111zle any sacrifice for his creed He sy9 that polygamy is one of the smallest difficulties the missionary meets How to reach the honest Mormons is the question of questions n the mind of Mr Lamb as he holds that not until the Mormon is made infidel to his own faith can he be brought to listen to the teachings of Christianity Commenting on the report made by Mr Lamb the Atlanta Corutitulint says In dealing with the Mormon probcm pit rainy is all tnat our law can take hold of The religions system back of It the KOTcrnmart will have to let alone The Mormon who is Satisfied with one wife and makes n good citizen may believe in the inspiration of the Book of Mormon and regulate his life by its precepts Our government gov-ernment cannot interfere with him To reech the honest Mormons described Iy Mr Lamb we must rely upon the zealous itcrb of honest and discreet missionaries I Impressive laws are out of the question a We cannot make a man criminal on account ac-count of his religion unless he engrafts > upon the rep gion some immoral practice tuh as polygamy This view of the case fr J lli lteniI or r w 11 require the attention of our law makers is the near future The Comtil tion has evidently fallen so far behind the pack that is hounding the Mormon people that it is altogether off the scent The leaders of the pack will give an angry snarl at the dog in the rear who stops to howl In dealing with the Mormon problem polygamy is all that our law can take hold of The religious system back of it the government govern-ment will have to let alone We cannot make a man a criminal on account of his religion unless he engrafts en-grafts upon the religion some immoral practice such as polygamy Longer than several years ago such cries as these were abandoned by the dogs which Sept the scent That the Constitution may again catch the scent and unite in the proper cry against the Mormons whom the religious hounds the political bounds and the mongrel lecturing curs of nearly every variety that thirst for glory have marked for their prey we repeat the baying a bound from Nevada that has just joined the pack to the great delight of the redmouthed and sore footed pack that have followed the trail lo these many years i and to whose sinking courage the newest yelp has given renewed life The hound which bays from Nevada is William M Stewart the Republican candidate for the senatorship of the Sagebrush State and his howl Coats out on the stillness of the desert air for political effect In a communication to the Tribune of this city contained in Sundays issue after saying that the Mormon Chnch is in hostility to the government of the United Uni-ted States ht says I am In favor of stopping short the growth of this UfpIracy Ito person who holds opinions hostile to or inconsistent with the Jaws of the United States should be allowed tovote or bold office I am in favor of excluding ex-cluding every person from the privilege of the elective franchise who Is a polygamist or belongs tj or affiliates with any association asso-ciation denomination or organization which is hostile to the Government of the United States or which sanctions or tolerates polygamy polyg-amy I am opposed to tinpering with treasonable treason-able organizations i have no faith in halfway half-way measures The growing rebellion In nib must be crushed while it cnn be done without bloodshed The first and necessary step is to deprive every Mormon and every sm llthucr with Monnonlsm of all political rower and treat them as they have elected to be treUcd as alien enemies located in our midst only entitled to the protection of he law so long as they refrain from violet ti ns It but 1eefh severest penalties when they place themselves In opposition to the government which tolerates their presence pres-ence We see foreshadowed in these remarks re-marks of Mr Stewart and so may the C nstitt < m a leaning toward what is known as the Idaho plan of dealing with the Mormon problem that is to disfranchise every Mormon regardless as to whether he is a transgressor the l laws of the United States or not making mak-ing faith in Mormonism the polities shibboeth The crusaders against Mormonism have cast aside as c childish child-ish thing the idea that only those mon who Are guilty of allowing their religious reli-gious belief to break out into ads in violation of the laws of the United States That would fail to give to the poi trial adventurers of Utan the con trjl of he Territory and any result fa ling short ot that would be w them I very unsatisfactory Therefore meu who are guilty of no crime who have I broken no law must be stripped of tie y j I franchise as well as those who are I guilty of violating the law In I other words it has come to pass th it Ir I the great republic ol the new world I which has been held up to the gaze of the oppressed of all the earth as an asylum from oppression than are men plot tin on a gigantic scale to make the profession of a religious faun sufficient cause for the pjlitical disfranchtement of v enure Teriory the most popu i m and wealthy within the national ioiuvn Tb y are plotting to bind the ueo Jlf hand and foot that they mat > ma-t en with imunity deem them and tbe shame of it is that thy seek to commit < heir perfidy in the na ne o patriotism |