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Show A BRAZEN INSULT. Many of the Gentile? of Utah, and some Independent Mormons, feel that the insult offered to them at Washington Washing-ton must be resented In the most emphatic em-phatic way It Is not true that the practice of polygamy and the maintenance of the plural marriage relation have been encouraged en-couraged and condoned by the Gentiles and the independent Mormons of this community since 1S50. And It Is an act of the most unparalleled perfidy, impudence impu-dence and ingratitude for any one to set up any u h claim. Immediately following the manifesto of 1S90, Interpretations of that mont important document were given in public address an! under oath by the Mormon leader Among others, the present chief of the church swore to God that the manifesto meant a cessation of living with plural wives. Other church leaders so construed and so obeyed the manifesto, This construction con-struction was utilized to refrain church property. It war quoted and Indorse 1, in the most solemn manner, at Washington, Wash-ington, by men who were entrusted with authoritative message from the church leaders. Here and there it was known that a case of continuous living with plural wives was occurring but In view of the general relinquishment of the practice, and the pled if e- that no new plural marriages were to he contracted, contract-ed, no Gentile In this State felt like originating a prosecution. Every citizen citi-zen knew the difficulty of the situation, situa-tion, and felt tender and respectful toward all men who were seeking In good faith to extricate themselves from a trying position. But even this phajM of the matter soon ended; because be-cause a Legislature, composed of a majority ma-jority of Mormons, and acting unquestionably unques-tionably under the advice of the leaders lead-ers of the church, fixed a time beyond which the offspring of plural marriage rould no longer claim equal rights under un-der the law. It was assumed by Gentiles Gen-tiles and Mormons alike that this meant the absolute end of all conjugal relations with plural wives; for it could not be deemed possible that the Mormon Mor-mon church leaders would counsel, and that a Mormon Legislature would enact, en-act, such a law If the husbands were DOt thereafter to keep themselves separate from their plural wives except ex-cept so far as maintaining them In social so-cial honor and equality before the world was concerned. With these facts In view, there Is not conceivable a case of more brazen Impertinence Im-pertinence th;in for Gentile or Mormon witnesses at Washington to say that the Gentile population of Utah (and this might apply to the Mormon population popu-lation as well) continues to condone and encourage the plural marrlace re lation. By every notice whleh could be binding bind-ing upon honorable men, the Mormon leaders indicated that conjugal relation rela-tion with plural wives had ceased. Thejr received a revelation forbidding forbid-ding it. The present leader of the church swore on oath In certain property proceedings pro-ceedings that the revelation forbade continued living with plural wives. This was the representation made by Mormon leaders, and by their instance, at Washington In seeking to regain the escheated property. This was the view advanced by them and authorised by them, In the effort to secure Statehood. This was the view encouraged by their action when they caused the passage of a remedial statute to cover all births by plural marriages up to a given date the statement of their representative rep-resentative at that time being that the time should be fixed far enough off. so that all practicers of plural marriage throughout the world might be able to get notice of the termination of the recognition At least two chiefs of the church have testified during this Smoot investigation inves-tigation at Washington, that continued living with plural wives was against the law of the land and against the 1 law of God. And on top of all (his. certain Gentile Gen-tile witnesses at Washington, procured by the Mormon church hierarchy and acting In fear of its political power. re giving the Impression to the world thi t Gentiles and Mormons alike In Utah condone this polygamous marriage mar-riage Iiing. It Is the most brazen insult th it over appeared Ip any public matter. No wonder the Gentiles are up n anns against It. They are determined to speak, lest their silence should be construed con-strued as indorsement. The insistence upon tariff re islon through an extra session of ConKress appears to have given place altogether to a yet more vehement Insistence that there must be some National legislation legisla-tion to control railroad rates The Interstate Commerce Commission re-UUlres re-UUlres more power to make its work effective, and the railroads oppose the enlargement of the powers of that body. The President has espoused the cause of the Commission, and we shall probably see some legislation of Importance Im-portance In this direction. The great question of the power of Congress over the transaction of Interstate commerce l9llk,,l now t.-, have a thorough test General Stoessel, In his Interviews with his conqueror. General NoKi commiserated com-miserated with him on the Io. of his two sons In the war, receiving this response: "one of my sons gave his life at Nanshan and the other at 203-Metre 203-Metre Hill, Both of these positions were cs. the greatest Importance to the Japanese army. I am glad that the sacrifice of my sons' lives was in the capture of such important positions, as I feel the sacrifices were not made in vain Their lives were nothing "in-pared "in-pared to the otJe ts gained." A heroic reply, worthy of the best traditions of ancient Sparta The man capable of making it Is a man of a fortitude and magnanimity seldom seen in this age of the world |