Show imir SAYS the stories modes abdal iaun UK the itlo mornion church re rated ex senator mcdanald of indiana In iliana has baa boun beun by a denver bews nian man after stating his bia connection with the church cases he aua in in reply to t the tha question I 1 on what are your impressions impressio n c concerning 0 berning the law a and D dt tha he 7 vell the law ill is early clearly a violation of 0 the tha constitutions constitution rights and I 1 be lieve will not hold bold the ibe corporation af pf of the church of wier day saints is la in no way that I 1 pan can conjecture a violation of the laws lawi of the courtr country Y and has as much right to stand a as any ADY oil other her corporation i in n the ilia country wo we are aie basing our defense of the finite auita upon the construction placed by the iho supreme con court on analogous questions lav aba li a 0 constitution 0 i he mormons cormons regard the abo passage of the law lair and its enforcement ns as a per for seca Becu hoc tiou and it seams to me that it is such the exaggerated stories stones of the monstrous nets of the mormon POOP people a have no foundation in IQ fact as far aa I 1 have observed they rhey are a progressive go ahead people and as a rule are aia of superior intelligence their practice of bigamy is is reco 9 i IZ ed cd by thim them to be dotrice detrimental tit al to a republican rora form of government ind and while they cannot bo be said to be con vinced they manifest a dio disposition position to conform with the spirit of the law and to 0 o desist from violating it it la is of course a part of their creed anti and as such rich holds a sacred place in in their religious views but bat at the same barns time they appreciate the fact that the poll heal system of america is is based upon a 4 ac social foundation which must be universal I 1 am under tho ill impression I 1 I 1 that the stories stones about tha mormon church aro are gr and are the cause of the great prejudice that exists in in the cout country itry I 1 am inclined to regard the opposition tion to the mormons cormons as due dae to a position Fosi lot ot of adventurers who have gone out there to make money and who are at the tha bottom of the agitation and dis die ot of prejudice in in norderto order to drive the mormons cormons out and reap the benefit of their labor find and property the line between the tha mormons and gentiles is is not so broad and bitterly maintained as has haa been supposed in fact very little feeling appears an on the surface and even from casual in vol vesti ti gation people will it tell you stories of the most at w 0 u 1 practices but bat they make no ellort 6 r t to substantiate their assertions and could not noldo do it if they tried the leading mou men of the mornion mormon corporation are ara striking examples of their intelligence and as the practice tica of my has haa been abolished in in deference to the laws of the country I 1 fail to appreciate the necessity laws jaws BI as the one we have been cont contesting 11 ha had bad says the S I 1 tribune a to lot t of other views 0 on cities in in general on colorado an and various other subjects but the above aboa is is all he be said about utah it was pie plenty |