Show legislation ir is a fact Us it ho ap pp ss of lie country ot ahn conti cation of the mormon church property not from a standpoint of law and logic out simply something necessary to crush the religious practices of this peculiar creed abo denver ivea a fair example of this it says the mormon church so called is meeting it fate in the supreme court of the united states that eminent body of jurists ibave never missed an opportunity to administer it a blow whenever the chance was fairly presented twice within a few months ile court haa rendered opinions which demonstrated demont rAted very clearly the views oi the regard to alie alleged religion and its rights or want of rights under the law for want 0 better argument it seems this strain is adopted and ir appears they think it reason enough for almost any decision of abu courts or enactments by congress that the same ire intended to stamp out mormonism persecution has never yet accomplished a victory in wiping out a religious conviction men have faced the roaring lion beaten with thorns and burnt at the t tako rather than deny the of of their conscience the same nature still abides in mortal man today never chu success bo faed when a movement foi reform partakes of the baturo of persecution restraining influences could be exercised in many ways but in dealing with tho mormon people it must be conceded that the federal government have been immensely radical ever since congress began special legislation for utah in one session after another more stringent laws have been introduced until a position is now reach edas the denver news remarks that if the bill is passed leave the cormons mormons in the position of martyrs and oscile a measure of sympathy wo do not know fco much about the sympathy but an unjust would leave the cormons mormons Mor mons in a certain sense martyrs to the cause of their religion |