| Show TUB OF UNITY A linse 0 fear yet exists in congress fiat ilic cormons mormons Mor mons by ii 01 superior discipline disciplina ad tho cohesion which arises from Jc vion to na idea ibalio if that ferritr Terri tr i admitted as a state in the ordinary course of politics the gentiles will divide into republicans and den philp the cormons mormons may bo either for the time being but always cormons mormons Mor mons despite this tear the delegation favoring admi ion aill capture a KOOI report from the house committee on territories and with this in their favor admission may squeeze through in the closing days of the present congress denver bews yews the mormon problem has always been a confounding subject to tle world but the most perplexing feature is tho unity of this sect or in the words of the the peoples devotion to ono idea this puzzles the brains of the american politician lie can handle almost every sort of political combination because a laxity is connected with most organizations that ho avails himself of but when aruo unity exists he is baffled how pointedly this is illustrated by the words or the neus A bilgo of tear yet exists in congress that the cormons mormons Mor mons by reason of their superior discipline and the cohesion from their devotion to ono idea will control idaho if that territory ia admitted us a state after having rubbed the cormons mormons of idaho of that great and we may say the only power of american citizenship the elective franchise still a fear exists that they will control that territory if it is admitted as a state and this fear is simply owing to the fact that they have not succeeded in breaking up the unity of the sect by the stringent measures passed in this aies tha strength of the mormon people they have always been united and a more mixed class BO far as nationality is concerned cannot bo found on american soil from their unity they may be looked boon as numerically very weak for many cities of the united states can boast a larger population than the total membership of the mormon church and yet had this people been in the arena during a number of hoac political contests of the union it is u bold fact that they could have turned the tables to their own liking |
