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Show j contributed toward his expenses, ho has not douo the honorable tiling. But we don't believe he litis anything of the kind. To show that he and Ex-Governor West are doing what they are commissioned to do will be seen in the following dispatch in this morning's Tribune. . An the result of Governor Thomas' and West's efforts, Representative Hrerkonridge of Kentucky lut rod need tho following resolution In t he house : That the secretary of war be re -quested to furnish the housO with a statement showing the number of acres embraced in the military reservation of Fort Douglas1, tho number of acres unimproved lying between the sita of the present fort and Salt Lake City, which can he Improved, planted and parked, and the probable cost of such Improvement , with such suggestions he may deem it advisable ad-visable to make for the Improvement of such reservation. It is not at all necessary for any outside out-side lobbying against the Mormons. Congress will take care of the Mormon question in the futnro as it has in the I last. Any sensible man ought to know that the chamber of commerce cannot afford to' meddle with any affairs outside out-side of tho business objects for which it was organized. To accomplish material mate-rial results tho members, both Mormons Mor-mons and Gentiles, must be united, and therefore politics and religion must not outer into any of the workings work-ings of tho chamber. It does not stand to reason that the Mormons will' furnish fur-nish to tho Gentiles ammunition to be used against themselves, or that tho Gentiles- will permit themselves lo be imposed upon in any such manner. ' THK MISSION Or UOVKBSOR THOMAS. The Herald is right in its attitude regarding re-garding the chamber of commerce. The body is organized for business purposes pur-poses and is made up of tientilcs and Mormons. Neither politics uor religion relig-ion should bo allowed to interfere with the workings of tho chamber. Governor Gov-ernor Thomas the representative of the chamber of commerce, is now iu Washington, Wash-ington, together with ex-Governor West, iu the interest of certain measures meas-ures for tho beuelit of Salt Lake. The expenses Of Governor Thomas aro paid by the chamber of commerce It was charged by the Herald that ho had goue out of his way to lobby against the Mormons. Tho chargo has been emphatically denied by tho chamber, and the Herald makes a proper re-traotion, re-traotion, and incidentally says that it doesn't know that either Thomas or West, on this occasion,, has gone outside out-side the duties which they were em-j ' ployed to perform. The Times adds that if Governor Thomas has lobbied against the Mormons while they have |