| Show diabolical it will be remembered that the liberal convention that met in salt lake for the nomination of a candidate for delegate to congress arrived at an understanding that judge GOODWIN should go to washington whether or not ho was elected and there work for the cause what that cause was became quite plain during campaign and since was nothing short of fact is now being developed that ir owr alone will not go to the capital to rei resent liberal interests others will also take a hand in the deep dyed vil the unwelcome news that a strong delegation will go to washington and arge the next session of congress to disfranchise the cormons mormons and admit utah as a Ee publican state what is done iu tin s direction must be dono right ariy because when the democrats take control of the house the hopes of friends regarding disfranchisement will be kneeled into a cocked hat Tho situation is anito fully explain eil by the new york herald a corres washington says n the aery face of abo rec tnt public renunciation of polygamy by the mor mon in edgemont ed gement of allegiance to the laws af the united stales chih would seem to place the mormon of utah beyond the legal reach or bitter kepul lican partisans in their blind hatred if alie cormons mormons Mor mons an attempt is to be made this winter by the republicans to so far hedge partisan laws the se of the electoral franchise in utah as to make that exercise almost impossible and thereby change the whole political color of utah A strong lobby of utah republican politicians will arrive in washington before the assembling of congress headed it is eaid by an ex governor of utah for the purpose of rushing through at the short sess sion a bill dis ranchi siny the mormon voter the die of the cormons mormons will but be a step toward the achievement of a political end of far more importance import arce which the will attempt the next step being the administration of utah as a state whereby the republicans hope to gain two more senators there is no doubt that this infamous scheme will be attempted the rupio laicans feel the need of themselves in the new and they think they can carry the scheme through at tho short session there are now pending in congress two bills providing disfranchisement for cormons mormons the one introduced in the house by representative struble of iowa chairman of the committee on territories which committee has the bill under consideration and one of a similar nature in the senate introduced by senator cullom these bills take away all the privileges of the franchise from any person who aids abets or countenances poleg amy or who is attached to any institution that does and who does not acknowledge the law of alie land as supreme A rigid test catli is prescribed to every man mush subscribe before voting the same ex governor who is to engineer the lobby this session was here last session working in the interests of tho scheme which howy yer failed to materialize it will bo by the lobby that the recent action of alie mormon church was merely a bluel that a church hierarchy exists in utah and bleeding utah jaust be re this burde 1 am informed that the lobby will be a powerful one and that every possible influence will bo brought to bear to lecure the end da sired |
