Show utah A sovereign state As was to be expected president woodruffs little political address at the close of tile general conference has aroused the press of the country the speech went out on the wires as at first reported and was made to appear as advice to the latter day saints to entirely abandon political division and to unite to elect your city council and all the state organizations that was the way the report was sent out by the associated press As later explained pla ined and even as officially reported president woodruff never meant any such thino thing 0 he did mean as many of the foremost political economists of the day advise that partisanship ought not nob to hold sway away in purely local elections that principle is right betit but it would neither be proper nor expedient for the people of utah to abandon national patty lines however lio wever the press of the country is discussing the address as another mormon perfidy and as though fresi president d nt woodruff were the whole people of the state there is but one way to this question says the kansas city star and that is the most direct way the action of president eident Pr Pc woodruff is not only a violation of the constitution of the state but an infringement of the constitution of the united states and the laws ot ol congress probably there is no provision in of either of the state or nation to 6 punish the head bead of the mormon church for his seditious speech 4 but it is possible under the federal law to prevent the consummation of the conspiracy which chic h he has advised there is no room in any part of this country for parties organized on the basis and for the suggested by fresi president 1 dent woodruff ff and a purpose so BO dangerous ought to be defeated at once the washington post always most consistent of constitutional questions and a friend of the people of utah proceeds to puncture the policy outlined in regard to utah as follows utah is a sovereign state not a territorial depend dependency oncy and if any of her people violate her laws it is ia her business to attend to their acts what ever congress may have put into the organic act of utah Is of no luo consequence whatever in defining her rights under the constitution under that charter all the states stater are equal and there is nothing io in that charter which forbids the head ofa of a church to urge the member to vote solidly to go into politics ici as a church it would be no GO bu business sineas of toe central government if for example the presbyterians rians in sew new jersey the methodists in indiana the catholics in illinois and the baptists baptista in georgia should ech each anil and all follow the bd bad examples of the mormons cormons in utah and cutting loose from parties band to usher and control municipal and state elections tho tha idea that there will ever be an attempt to re establish polygamy in utah is a too absurd to trouble anybody but if that were done in the re regular way b by y amending the state constitution the united states government would have no right to meddle with it that bhatia is going a little farther than we here in utah have thought the state could go in view of the poly garay provia provi oin the enabling act 8 but the post may mav be right A sove sovereign r state under the constitution certainly means that congress cannot come in and meddle with our purely local affairs and it will be a sad day for oui conr republic whenever that is ia attempted the mormon will never be a unit in politics unless forced to unite by assaults from antichurch anti church politicians this fall in ogden especially we have been sorry to note such malicious conduct on the part of politicians pohtio ans cans they ought riot not to thus mankey with the buzz saw for an antichurch anti church fight siale again in utah on political lines would certainly irta not prove profitable to the antichurch anti auti church poUli cans they have not got congress now to assist them with antichurch legisla tion dod |