Show THE LITE CONTESt JuVia Oftmon for February nd contains a large number selections selec-tions from comments made by newspapers and writer upon the late municipal election in this city In nearly all of them I displayed a feeling of satiadctlon at the result anl a disposition to ignore the crimes by which it was reached The authors of these comments eI dently labor under the impression that Mormonim has been struck a staggering blow and they rejoice aceordingly Many of them indistinct In-distinct language describe the de Jet of the Peoples Party as the doom of the Mormon Church and express congratulations accord ingly When at length It shall dawn upon theses scribes that the Ionnon Chnrrh a I I body was u in no way injured bU by tho result of the contest how disappointed dis-appointed they will b Yet this Is precisely the farts that awaits their present exuberant anticipations The Mormon Church can no more be affected by the vicissitudes ot local politics than can the Catholic Cath-olic Methodist or any other denomination de-nomination probably not as much The worst feature because the most ominous to the welfare of the countrywhich Isobservablaln these press comments upon the election here is the disposition t condone or overlook the crimes against the franchise by which was attained the result which gives to much satisfaction satisfac-tion The Macon Georgia Tck yraph is one of the papers which cannot unJentaud how the City of tho Saints was t suddenly trans formed into a community a majority of which were Gentiles and rnakia the following remarfE What tafh bet WMiTMA Bvnl ton of tho Mormon defeatr The Mormons Mor-mons themselves say they were beaten by rand that they were cheated oat of their righto and will for years b in the power of their ro lenUesj enemies because the judges will refuse them justice in the courts just as the election officers refused them fahrdrdhnstthyofln ruse lalrdelngattb1 lL They assume that the our will b unjust or cun but they decreed to unJt prtln bar tac In denting with the trudp anti rly kn t make cut a pretty good d e Now c ow nobody g nob ymp thizes with the Mormon Church In this part of the country u Everybody outside of Utah rejolcjii that the Mormon power baa sustained whab i looks like a crushing lat lok blow But why is I that we hear no ngry outcries out-cries from the republican cre pubUcq press over the exclusion of the majority from nJlns power in Ule Salt nnl Lake City nor I fujustice involved Iu the wu AUU supremacy su-premacy of a small minority of tie population over the majority T There never occurred In the Southern Stales an election the result al eleon of which was no difficult to explain satUfaeurily The Mormon are not negroes nor ex ave They are not peculiar becauss of their timidUvand lark of omnMnr ability On the contrary they are as while as their opponents have elr opponent tbe energy and ability that were needed to create an empire In the wilderness and knew they were fighting for ex istence We do no call on Congre t investigate election for we are perfectly satisfied with tb result and are not In the habIt I of calling for Con gresstonal l investigations any way bat It seems to us that the Republican press Is bound to do 8 If it ba any sense of the bciuy of consistency A I majority of white Mormons lajorly hlt lormoD has as mu h ht I nnlln nL h L 0 u u D majority black Republicans In Mississippi Mis-sissippi In fact I they have Intelligence Intelli-gence and a Jivcly Interest in public affairs they have more The remark that There never occurred oc-curred in the Southern States an election the result of which was EO difficult to explain satisfactorily expresses a volume Inthat region so often described by Republican press at the home of bulldozing and intimidation of ballotbox stuffing and election frauds the counterpart or the Liberal tactics which carritgl the day here was never known neTc The monotony with which the prediction is reiterated that the election elec-tion Willsurely prove a death blow to Mormonlsn I slightly varied Head by the following from the Btn Tat Monnonlsm k received TO many death blow Inl KirvlrSil tben tat the effert oi this election cannot certainly cer-tainly be said to b Immediately fatal hot It will b din Eegnlnsof tee te-e d endIt t I I I amazing that the editors of be dull in com America should s dul limdlnr that it I Impossible for the fate of a church to b decided by a municipal election under the laws and Institutions of this coun An April ehower Upon a t ebowe Upb duckUack has quite a much to do with the longevity of the fowl no the result the late election In tills city can poUbly Jiave upon thej > er manency perpetuity and growth of the Church of Jesus Christ of Lat terday SaInts |