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Show AN OPES LETTER TO W. S. COOBEi i W. S. Oodbe, Es,j. Sir. Your name appears as propri- ! ctor, at the head of the editorial col- : umns of the Salt Lahe Tribune, You 1 arc recognized as the founder and leader of tho liberal party of Utah. Your paper denounces in the severest language all Gentiles who are not will- i ing to unite with its managers tor the purpose of breaking the power of the 1 Mormons in Utah. Iam a Gentile recently arrived in Utah. By instinct and education 1 am opposed to polygamy. In common , with thousands of men and women of the United States, I regard its practice prac-tice in this Kepublic as a blot upon 1 our civilization. I am willing to cooperate co-operate with any political organization organi-zation whose purpose is to dis- courage its practice. Before identify ing myself with the party you lead, and giving my humble aid to the news-' paper organ you coutrol I ask that you i : will, through the columns of your paper, answer me this question : JJo you or do you not believe polygamy polyga-my to be nn eiU; and are you or are you not icil'ingto -nor the election of legislators pledged ?o enact laics fur its suppn-nsion .' -Nevadan. |