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Show A GIVE-AWAY PROTEST. ' In tho year 100G a man named Cecil G. Plant was tried and found guilty of having bigamously niarried a Mormon girl at Farniington, Utah. That item has its usual value simply us a recorded fact, of course; but connected con-nected with the occurrence there was an incident that contains another and rather rath-er more interesting elemont for students o'f the situation in Utah. At the time tljc caso was tried, and when it naturally natural-ly occupied considerable of tho public pub-lic attention, the Dcseret News carefully care-fully and industriously sought to impress im-press the public miud with the fact that Plant was not, and never had been, a Mormon. This was patent on the face of it; for if ho had been his crimo would havo been concealed; it would havo .been impossible to convict him. Why was it that no other church" or religious denomination sought to disavow disa-vow any partnership or other connection or association with the polygamous Plunt? And why, on tho contrary did the Mormon church, through its news-papor news-papor spokesman, doom it to bo proper to come out and assure the world that Plant was not of its body? It was simply that other churches and denominations had not taught or practiced tho sin of which Plant was guilty. It was that the Mormon church had inculcui'ed tho polygamous doctrine and had practiced tho same throughout tho greater part of its history. But it would bo interesting now to have the Dcsoret News come out and say whether or not tho men included in-cluded among tho one hundred and thir- i ty-soven now polygnmists exposod by The Tribuno do or do not belong to the' Mormon church. If the church organ is desirous of making distinctions, licit' is an admirable opportunity for exorcise exor-cise of its discrimination. |