Show ANOTHER RUB WILL CONGRESS investigate THE AFFAIR IS wv NOW iiii 1111 aing IM i so so far As file IIo rinous are ve I 1 acl the lie new vot voth link h sun still says ts ns no 0 o under massod at tho the end of last bession session of congress the united government la is proceedings to wind up the affairs of tile the cnown aown ni the tha church ot or jesus jesua christ of latter day saints b lints the anti polygamist measure pro pre pared by senator edmunds senator benator ingalls ingalla und and osheie provided among other things for or the tha dissolution of two great corporations which have boon been the basis ol of the moi mon system namely the church of jesus jesua C christ brist of 0 latter day saints nud and the perpetual emigrating fund 1 und company n ahe act yc d declared eel area the existence esis of these corporations at an end and di lecter the attorney general to ansti lute proceedings in in the tha supreme court of the tha territory to wind up their affairs conformably coa to law that is is to say to pay the debts and lawful claims and to dipoto of the proper lyof the concerns the proceeds eda after t the he settlement of all e equitable blo claims to be forfeited to the tha 10 united ined states to be applied to the berte benefit fit of the common schools of the territory ryThe the law excepts from forfeiture oil all build 11 ings s an and d grounds used need exclusively fo for c church b pur purposes pose I 1 also tho the parson ngoa agog and cemeteries when this bill was wag under discus sion bion in in the senate senator vest denounced the act as a measure of 11 in naked aked simple bold confiscation and nothing elso else he demanded to know by what ii light the united states de dared t the funds of tho mormon church and of the immigration society es cheated and to be applied to educational purposes sir mr edmunds then explained the tha intent of the laws as that after the last debt had been paid after the tha last stockholder stock bolder lec hat had been found atter tile last donor or contributor had been hunted up who could show that on tho the principles of equity and law aw he was ea ezi titled to recall his fund the residue only should be turned over to the uso use of the public schools that residue said mr edmunds ilia is derelict property propel ty for which flinch no lawful or equitable claimant con can be found and the statement of it is is enough to answer tile the objection b ec tu i pe pew in the east aro are aware of the scope of the anti mormon legislation 8 adopted in in tho the last days of the tha forty ninth congress or that this tremendous process of dissolution and settlement battlement is is now under way in in the utah courts As far as aa tho the principal church corporation po ration is is concerned thero there will be as mr installs ingalls explained littlest litt leit leif any forfeiture of surplus property the assets of that corporation belong to the class exempted by the act in administering the estate of the corporation po ration the court merely transfers the title of the church edifices and lands personages parsonages nages and burial grounds to duly appointed trustees of the in individual divid nal congregations which actual ly hold and use them As AA there is is no limit to the tha holding of re real a I 1 estate for religious religions purposes tho the wiping wi r out oat ortho of tho central chur church c 4 i bation does doea not nob affect the rights Is 0 of f property tito the cafa cane 0 is very different with the property of the perpetual emigrating fund company in tho the process of settling the affairs affail 8 of that secular concern the intention is is to return to individual investors or contributors contri butora their share of the funds so far as claims can be established the vast accumulations of small contributions and the tha inclement iri distin aguish able in the mass will make the residue which is to be forfeited and applied to school purposes whatever are ara the mori merits t 8 of tho the law under which the united unite a states of Arn america erics plaintiff las has now brought suit euit in thu supreme CIl court lit of utah against the church of je jesus a us christ of latter day clay saints ot et al defendants defendant it will be ba been that this law must be executed with the utmost care and caution and with the most lous ions regard for all the safeguards of justice and equity otherwise it is capable of becoming the engine of ontra outrageous gIOM oppression of 01 abominable and un american persecution Is the law now being fairly and justly executed ted t we learn from utah that in the tha luo as course of the proceed proceedings lugs to wind up the corporations the tha supreme court has appointed a receiver of the property of the mormon church this thia receiver is ia no other person pernon than jhc thc th united states marshal for the tha territory Tern lory of utah in other words the plaintiff is ia de receiver in a private suit such an appointment would be scandalous incredible for this appointment as receiver of 0 a representative of thy plaint plaintiff iII two 0 of f tho the associate ju the supreme court of utah are are responsible we understand that C chief justice zano zana dissented from this extraordinary appointment pon t men t ali although kough concurring in tho the order d directing direct inc a receiver furthermore it is ia reports reported upon trustworthy authority that although the receiver ia 13 ordered li by the court to give it bond in the sum of for the faithful administration of lia trust tins this boul is is given divna to the cheik of the court itself or 01 by any judge of the court thus the marshal is la with within I 1 IM cited power over the property of the mormon pending the litisha tiou ion anil and is is in effect responsible solely sole 1 t to 0 the clerk of the cent cobit t S the clerk should accept in men en of straw no na the receivers receive rg an bure rei 1 ties a suppose the marshal and the clerk together laako ducks an anil drakes of the mormon funds while the aioo isA ragging its way up to tho the supreme court of the bo united states baates to lo whom would the trustees or of the mormon church look tor for their property it if they should finally got get a decision that tho the law of 0 forfeiture forfeit ura is is unconstitutional arid ami that the confiscated fisca ted funds must bo ba returned I 1 those aro strange proceed I 1 not flo BO much 11 I 1 justice 0 of f the mormons cormons as in in justice to the uni united tod states government and tho the common rights of its citizens of whatever religious faith we should say that the judiciary ar y committee of the elonso ought to investigate this matter na as soon its as congress meets new york sun bun |