Show delegate caine interviewed A copy of wednesdays D C evening star contains an inter stew between a reporter of that paper and delegate jolin T caine it 13 as I 1 follows I 1 governor west of utah is here endeavoring deavo ring to get an appropriation for a public building iu salt lake city lie and delegate caina observed having a long conference yesterday meeting the latter today to day the star asked what is alie mormon status now mr catine in reference to what polygamy and admission to the union was tho answer the nou polygamists said air caine who are the great maas of the mormon population have accepted in good favor the situation iliev took alie anti polygamy catli prescribed by the ed munds tucker law of 1887 chev adopted a constitution prohibiting polygamy which is irrevocable without the consent of congress the last session of tho territorial rit orial legislature pasted a marriage law which received alie approval of the governor it makes polygamous marriages impossible with alie of heavy penalties bogli by those contracting such marriages and by those solemnizing solemn izing them tho legislature also adopted a resolution declara de clari ig that it was the genge of that body that the united states laws against polygamy and unlawful cohabitation should be enforced as kotlier criminal laws are to the cud eliat offenses of that character may be effectually prohibited it was established by evidence taken in alie church suits that the mormon church does not now civo permission for plural marriages alie apis tle of alie acting hoad of the church last general conference was silent on tho subject of polygamy As to ad to tho union ho continued that rests with congress the people have come into line public sentiment there is no impartial fair minded man in utah vrho wilt say that the mormon people hava not acted in perfect good faith you are having havinga a great boom in salt lake city suggested alie reporter there has beanan enormous advance in values paid mr caine aliis is increase of good feeling between the gentiles and cormons mormons Mor mons |