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Show giving hundreds of the brethren a good start by selling our Uncle Sam's supplies to them for a song. Eight years later we bad squelched a mizbty rebellion, and we not only failed to hang a single rinir leader of it, but speedly restored the ballot to every mother's son of the insurgents, with the exception ex-ception of the president of the defunct confederacy. con-federacy. Why need I go further, though, or dwell upon the deficiencies of local administrationthe ad-ministrationthe fear of hurtfng somebody by dealing out plain, simple justice, for w t all know how it is iuthe states and territories of this nation? It is said that ' history repeats itself." I am not u pessimist, but I sometimes fear that the mormon question will be fettled here as it was in Missouri and Illinois, and it was most effectually settled In those states in the thirties and forties. Said an old ex-mormon ex-mormon to me yesterday: "II 1 is inherent inher-ent in the mormon church, and all the deception de-ception practiced won't entirely conceal it. Nothing will ever get it out of the institution without a thorough whipping, to which powder and ball will be used." A. B, Salt Lake City, Feb. 17, lr. COMMUNICATIONS. As to General Amnesty. Kuitoh The Times yuite naturally the lli rati mal.es capital on the Tritium' posi tion upon the question of amnesty recently petitioned for by the first presidency and the twelve apostles of the mormon church. To some people the Tribunr't position will occasion remarks of surprise, but to those who have perused its columns for live years past at least, it will merely brine; forth the commeut, ''consistent only lu inconsistency." inconsis-tency." 1 have referred to the period of live years past because within that time the Tribnw has made more bad breaks than in all the history of that paper before the Saints tried to work the statehood trick of 1K7. The Constitution framed by the brethren that year contained a prohibitory clause on polygamy, po-lygamy, malting it n misdemeanor, punish-Kble punish-Kble by a tine of $1000, etc., which the THbttM very properly denounced as an old-time old-time mormon scheme, and which it properly showed up as characteristic of mormon duplicity, du-plicity, ramifying all through the hierarchy from the time Joe Smith brought it into existence, more than sixty years ago. The next spring (1888) the time for our biennial city election Came around, and the saints were upon tho repentance stool. They were still vainly hoping for Statehood under that constitution of the previous year, and it was necessary, of course, to w ork gentile suckers by professions of amity and friendship. That was a boom period, and tho brethren wanted to unite with the gentiles gen-tiles in the upbuilding of the city. Public ImprOYOlnentS were badly needed, such as sewerage and increased facilities for water supply, nud the saints thought that the "outsider" ought to have something to say about it, so they proposed to give tho geu-Ulss geu-Ulss representation in the city council to the extent of four out of the fourteen members, and a matting the tasl named element was called on short notice at the chamber of eoinmeree rooms to consider and act upon the matter. Governor West was made chairman, and he. like the editor of the Trihuui, was enthusiastic in favor of acceptance accept-ance of the proposition of the brethren. It was decided to accept it, but there was the best of evidence that the thing was voted down, although West declared it carried. The gn at mass of the gentiles, however, wouldn't bow to the dlctnm Of ths TribtifH and West, and the election returns showed thut nine out of ten of them repudiated it, for they nominated n straight liberal ticket, headed by Henry W. Lawrence, which polled a thousand votes while only about 101) of them were taken In by the mormon conlldenco game. We all Know how the TrjfHUx kicked itself afterward when it found how delusive mormon promises were; tho four gentile eoiineilmen sitting in tho council chamber like bumps on a log; no sewerage system being Inaugurated until narly the close of the summer of 1880, when colonisation of country saints was resorted to for carrying the election of I890j and no method adopted for increased water supply that was worthy of mention. It Is only a few weeks sine 8 the IVflsuM Columns showed conclusively how bitter ai d undying mormon haired Ii toward men who have been prominent In opposing them in their defiance of lav and the authority of the jrovernment of our country. This wan following the decease of (icneral Connor on oeenaion ol a tnejsUng of the Chain oer of Curnroerce called to render appropriate trihutc to tho mcm(iry of a soldier unci patriot mi distinguished as he was. That paper state I the fact that not one mornio-.i member of the chamber was present and dilated upon that beautiful exemplification pf christian charity. To come down a Htte later; it is less than oue week ainco Col. Bollister died, and how much notice did the Venomous Dtmut m contain of that grot,! loss to the city, the territory, his wife, relatives rela-tives and friendaV True, smno of the cliamin " of commerce directors met, anion;; whom w as one or two xainta, and passed appropriate resolutions in memory of its former seen tary, which the ;'.i .Vciiw delirued to pub-lish, pub-lish, but that was siibsciiuent to the Unin$ irlvcn the Latter day frauds for the contempt con-tempt they exhibited for the memory of General Connor. 8o we want "amnesty" and we aro willing to meet the brethren "half way" or "even more" in efforts for pacification. Cannot we take in that dispensation of September, I"!t0. with a hemp attachment ns big as hawser tied to it'! Why, of course. Then t'nele Sam ha been so cruel iu giving saintly law breakers such long terms iu the pen, forcing them to carry bail and ehkln, and to work twelve hours per day iu the stone quarries. Of course not tunny of the Saintly law. (letters (le-tters are going to the pen these days, although al-though the Tribune said the other day that several muehly-married bretheru arc now living with their plurals iu this city, bi t that is immaterial; why uot call back the few that are still on the underground aud permit them to unite with E!d;r Penrose in ibe work of "pacification." Kxeept at brief interval!, the, columns of tho Trili'iur have for years and years shown thut saintly professions don't amount to a row of pins where interest iu the upbuilding of "tbe kingdom of God on earth" was concerned; con-cerned; it has stated, and correctly, too, that iu business relations the brethren arc at least as good as the average among men iu other communities, as we all know, but it has maintained time and again that wlicr.? the matter of the "kingdom" enters In tiny 1 will not only evade and conceal, but will re- ! sort to lying aud perjury without stint, uud We know that to be true also. "Meet them half way," or "even more." j Yes, go as nearly the full length as have ; .liidd. West, Bennett, et al., and even then we will always be regarded with distrust RuTeM we put mi drawers laced about our Becka, If we go to tho latter extreme of i course we can be like the rest of them po- lilically, "wan thing wan day and au ither I the nixt," as the Irishman said of a neighbor, but if wo don't pro- ! ceed thut fur, wc all, republicans and dem. i ocrats, will lie kicking ourselves a few ! years hence for being miserably credulous dupes, provided, of course, we follow In the wake of the worthies named in this para- graph. "Amnesty" Is really a good tiling beciu with to let ourselves down easily. Our Treat government and our inferior goy.:i nnieiital cystenis are ull so thorouirhly Impregnated with the spirit of unurnunimity that it Is d(. llghtful to dwell upon the thought of It. Soon after the paiuts located here we "ot j them back into the United Stutes hy whip, ping Mexico and paid that nation $7,000,000 I for the privilege of threshing her. Ten years later we sent Johnston's army here to subdue an open rebellion and then scut them home nirnin after making a dis-raceful compromise with King Urighaiii, meanwhile |