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Show QHj itvomim; am the "jiouhon" Hw VOTE. BBI Tun political complexion of the flnPf new State of Wyomiug is still a HB ' mailer of doubt. The returns of the BftB: (i -!rtiou com- in very slowly. Thl' BB- f is not to bs wonJen.-l at when the flB .', remote situation rf some of the K ( ) oounties is considered. Bm ' A dlspiteh from Cheyenne to the Bsl!' "Liberal" organ of this city mys: ILJ "Wyoming is tonight a doublfu) State, but will be quite strong one wayortlieo'Jier." This is dubious I enough for an enigmatic puzzle f But the "liberal" organ solves it iu i a trice, and does so In Its usual con- - vineiug and logical style. Here Is . its sV'iftou: "That simply means JKI j that Hie Mormon vole was an uu- H ' known fictor." WS I The object of thus bringing In the Bl "Mormon" question (oaliintura- BK Ing light uponadarkaayiag is seen BV in succeeding comments. First, ii He " 1? surmised that the "Saints do not HS ri u' the Drniacrats to lose BH f-i 'P Beuaiors and a Itepre- 3 i eenfitive." Xext it Is quer- 9 -1 iI . whether "Mr. Carey lias Bi r secured to the itepublican the B2 tl Mormon vote In Wyoming." Then Hfi. ', " is asserted that "the peoileof BjT 1 Wyoming knew tljat the Mormons RS , -, had been instructed to vote for one Bf j . ticket or the other au.l that lliey Hjj "' would obey tbe instruction." Xext BSi.'" a i"t f Lex.letives are thrown iu Ef alwuttI3haiU3 of permitting the Hell franchise to be ued In this way. BJf ;: Kintily disfranchNement of the njlp "Mormons" Is urged in the ususj K ," it.le of that American (?) and Re- ffl ' . rublican (?) journal. f9$ ; tuislsasgoodafounialion asall Etft . Its pretexls for political opjiresaion of H , tlle "Mormius" are built ajwa. The B4,l '-Mormons" ought cot tolpcrmit- B4j ul tj T0'-u- F't, becausj it Is B B3 doubtful what ticket they will sus- BaSj taiu. Scjnd, because they would jHSjg' nMt likely vote the Democratic BJp.'', ticket. Third, Ixc.me it Is sur- B " niliniaglned.Eupposed,thatthey Bi. , jf vote under instructions. There is Hj ft nothing more alleged as an excuse BI . forUie passage or bilk, designed to Hi.'! prevent thousands of citizens from W? exercising oue or the most precious ff-. and almost essenUai rights of clti. B i xenship. H4 The whole pretended argument E;, turnrou a chimerical supposition. SI 4 There is not a scrap of proof, a WS(,i shred of evidence, a particle of 1. testimony showing Oiat the -Mor- . ' mons" ia Wyomin j have been "In- S structed" by any one, either in or f, ( out of the State, to vote for any , ' ' particular person or party. There T, I nothing to demonstrate the a- w. C eumed iwsltlon that they wouM H '" ?' T"te in any other way than ac- f;? cording to their owu convictions of ij-, what was best. 'I f To base an argument on such an pfi Insnbsuntial hypothesis, as though f it was a selfHjvident or indisputable fa-, Is tbe very anUiodos of reasan- j Ing and can only bo described as ' ordinary TVtfune logic We repeat once more that the . , ".Mormon" voters of Wyoming, of ; Colorado, ol Arizona, of Utah and fi elsewhere,an: a3 free to deposit their i ballots for the candidates they wish to sustain as are the freest citizens ' t in any part of the United States. '- I And those who assert to the cou- ' I I tizry have nothing to support their Y I unfounded allegations, while their t ' conclusions, drawn from a vacuum . ( ' of reason, are not only Irrational I 1 and unwarranted but exhibit a rash-1 !! ryafc--,.,, - ness and assumption akin to lunacy and Imbecility. Moreover, If It were true that the "Mormons" In Wyoming or elsewhere else-where acted on advise from any person or body in tho exercise of the elective franchise, thry wculd be doing no more than the Tribune wants other citii'us to do, that is, follow its counsel, which sometimes amounts to dictation and Is frequently frequent-ly backed up by wild and vulgar denunciation de-nunciation of all who take a different differ-ent course. , Finally there is nothing in Wyoming or in Utah to compel any citizen to vote fur cragaln't any candidate; there Is nothing in law or reason or right that forbids bis seeking advice frcm any source he chooses; and there Is no way in Wyoming or In Utah by which it can be discovered whether he sought or followed advice from anybody, any-body, and therefore coercion nr fear of consequences is entirely out of the question. The "Liberal" organ ought to take a new turn, fdr on this question it lias lately ground out nothing but wind. |