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Show UTAH AND NKVAlJA, We thiufc Nevada had better i-'ive up her idea of swallowing the Mor-: mons. The chances are that it" she, should accomplish hor ambition in that respect, the Mormons would swal-. low her. The Mormons are evidently pretty sharp politicians. For a long, timo they have been contemplating the phenomenon of a Gentile irruption irrup-tion into their territory. Gentiles pouring in, in the eager pursuit of the precious metals; discovering mines in ail directions; digging and exploring in their feverish thirst for gold. They i will overwhelm us, thin!; the Mormons, Mor-mons, in a short time; will have a majority ma-jority of tho population; will vote us out of tha church and tabernacle; will carry oil' our wives, und play the deuce generally. In this dilemma they bethink be-think themselves of a novel method of eaving the pieces. There is talk of Woman' Wo-man' a Rights all around us; we will enfranchise en-franchise our women, and double our voting vo-ting strength at a single stroke ! There is something inexpressibly odd in a Mormon concession of the electoral tranehise to women. But it has worked well for them. At the late election there, not only the women voted, but it is also believed the children, if this should fail, they will probably pass a law to permit each Mornion to I multiply himself inde finitely. Forty horse voting power at least till constitute con-stitute the privilege of each Mormon j patriarch. We think that Nevada, j under these oircaiustances, had better Suit. In the event of amalgamation, le Mormons will use her up in no I time. 6'. F. Mta. The Alta is laboring under a mis- apprehension. Tha act of conferring ! the suffrage on women was paascd and ; became law by gubernatorial signature i before there was any particular talk of ("Gentiles pouring in, in the eager 1 pursuit oi' the precious metals." Nor : did one in five ol tha women legally entitled to vote east their billots at ; the late election. Neither did ehil-Idrenvote; ehil-Idrenvote; and the only direct charge 1 of iliegal voting, so far as we can : learn, that is susceptible of proof, t was in favor of tha io cajled '"Liberal i ticket," oue precinct with lew tha , two hundred legal voters retnrniug 1 nearly seven hundred vote?. |