Show THE PROCLAMATION AND THE CHURCH A proclamation signed by the president presi-dent of the church of Jesus Christ oC LnUcrdny Saints was published in the News last evening The balance of It was that since the manifesto of President Pres-ident Woodruff no permits for plural I marriages had been or would in future be given and that If any were nt present J pres-ent disobeying the laws they must I I meet the consequences that the church i would not assist them A unique feature of the News last evening was that It undcrthc proclamation procla-mation editorially assured the public that the proclamation was what the News had all the time advocated The unique feature Is l that the president should deem it necessary to afllrm what I the News has all the time been ado I t eating But there was more of It Jn the edition the News denounces same editon < clounCC I the clergymen who have been opposing Roberts Why that denunciation Vliy have simply insisted that tho laws must be vindicated but This the News and the president of the church declare in right or s nearly right that the church cannot Interfere to oppose Again ns Mr McDanlcl ohows the Democratic chiefs canvassed Robertao case and knew that he was living in polygamy I we mistake not the editor edi-tor of the News knowing that he was a lawbreaker I still on the stump advocated ad-vocated his election Now the News under the same gentlemans charge says If any one Is doing as does Mr Roberts he must take his chances for the church will not interfere in his behalf be-half Neither will the News But in the same breath It says if any Gentile opposes Roberts or men like him then he Is insincere or ignorant I us to the nature of his own motives or to speak more correctly the motives of the power pow-er operating through him Wo give it up it is too much of n conundrum for us The News agrees with President I Presi-dent Snow says It has been advocating the same thing but if any Gentile I preacher takes that view ho is cither Insincere or innorart Hence things irnrfrl which are not equal to the same thinS I arc equal to each other In the old days when members disobeyed a mandate I man-date of the church they were disciplined disci-plined Now they are informed that the church vili not stand by i them In j their wickedness but they must lookout look-out for the operation of the civil law without assistance from the church |