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Show EXPOSURES MOCKED AT. "No 'exposure of polygamous crimes' injures the church," says the Dcseret News in an editorial of last Tuesday's issue. Nor does it, at. present, seem to injure in-jure the polygamous criminals. There is a reason for that state of affairs. The Mormon church controls the politics poli-tics of the State of Utah at large. By means of this control it dominates tho action of courts and officials who have the initiative in bringing criminal actions ac-tions in the courts, as well as tho sworn officers of the law, whoso duty it is lo execute the mandates of the courts. On account of this political power the Mormon church has t he selfish .backing of tho dominant party in the Nation, because that party caters to those who hold sway in all States where electoral votes are to bo bargained for. Therefore, There-fore, and as the News truthtfully says, (al least as to one phase of the proposition) prop-osition) "no exposure of polygamous crimes injures the church"; and as The Tribune Avill say with equal truth, no exposure of polygamous crimes injures tho polygamous criminals just now. The Mormon church officially protects new polygamy; it honors tho new po-lygamists; po-lygamists; it even assists them to evade the law or to escape to foreign refuges offically established for that purpose. No wonder "no cxposuro of polygamous polyga-mous crimes injures the church," that is in so far as proper and full dis-countcnanco dis-countcnanco of the official organization can now be had. But the Nows must not feel too comfortable in the matter, nor attempt to keep up its courage by whistling among the gravestones. The exposure is bringing 'the upright members mem-bers of the church to a realization of Iho situation: Ihe3' arc moving against it; and the coming conference of the church will show decided effects of that movement. f |