Show That IronClad Oath I SALT LAKE CITY Jan V13 ISgS 1 the Editor of THE HERALD > Is not that ironclad oath adiuinifi I tared to the assembled wisdotul a very I funny thing It requires thelegisla tors after swearing that they wire never in rebellion in any wu again + 1 the Federal government and that they will support ana defend the Conbltu tion and so qn which by thq wiu Congress and the courts and many t 0 Hs dont and to discharge th it duties faithfully also to swear thaI they are not bigamists nor polygamists It Is thh last clause wfiich seem i carious tome They mUb lot 1 e oigum I ists nor polygamists Wonderful 1ro u C1OU3 H Having seen what our honorable leg i a atow niust not be now let us see what they may be what this iron CII oath allows them to be and questions them not upon They can be L Drunkards and street brawlers 2 Blasphemers and very foul of mouth 3 Thieves r 4 Swindlers 5 Liars 6 Burglars 7 Highway robbers or road agents i 8 Garrotters Forgers 10 Wift beaters j erst 11 Seducers v 12 Fornicators 13 Adulterers 14 Pimps 15 Procurers + 1C Rapists J 17 Abortionists 18 Murderers II short a man may be any sort of a rascal the most thorough scoundrel the meanest of the mean the vilest of the vile the basest of the base and yet pass unchallenged as a legislator He may commit all the crimes in the decalogue deca-logue all in the criminal calendar cal-endar and yet be an honorable legislator so far as the oath goes But if he marries two women and supports sup-ports and sustains their children he cannot be alegislator of any grade so says the oath If he marries one woman and seduces and abandons a dozen women and lets their children his children become gutter snipes as many men do he is eligible for the Legislature and this wonderful oath wont say him nay but will graciously implore divine aid for him in his arduous ardu-ous labors as an honorable legislator and a trueblue American gentleman Again I say Prodigious What do you think of this elevated standard of legislative fitness and qualification quali-fication Dont treat it lightly for is it not the outcome ofthe profound wisdom wis-dom of the Congress of the United States within fourteen years of the twentieth century of the Christian era Surely the millenium cannot be far off But once more I must say with Dominie Do-minie Sampson PBODIOIOUS I I P SLet the bird of freedom scream again P |