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Show IT CUA7.ES THEM. It SEOis as though tho "Mor mon" question turns tlie brain of two-thirds of the editors in thec United States. More nonsense Is published editorially on this subject than on any other topic of public Interest. Xot only is the most astounding as-tounding ignorance exhibited concerning con-cerning OiU people and their doctrines doc-trines and doings, but tlie most ab-nnl ab-nnl rnnclatlons are reached In rea soning on the matttrs lnvohcd therein. Here Is the St. Paul Gtube, a paper of prominence, commenting on the alleged Republican success In Wyoming because "Tho Mormon men and all the Mormon women voted solidly tlie Republican tlckit." And the conclusion it reaches I this: They control tha xm-nber of Congress, Con-gress, and will e hlsotly have a mort-gageon mort-gageon thocomtmrSenatorK. UnJer tneo circumstances, anti-Moraion measures In Congress will not greatly distress tho Sunt. There may txi a good deal of thunder in It, but little rude and destructive lightning." Now the truth 1, nobody knows, as yet, how m my "Mormon." In Wyoming voted at all; nor how many ca-t their ballots for the Ro-lublicius Ro-lublicius and lion many fur the Democrat?; and it Is certain that "atflhe Mormon women" did not ote fur anybody, as there arc quite a number who are not toting citizens, citi-zens, aud others who tako no Interest In-terest In polities. Ami, further, all tho speculations on this raatUr In-jdulged In-jdulged in by the press is founded on rumor and guess-work. ' Rut suppose tlie facts arc as surmised, sur-mised, and that two Republican Senators and one Republican Representative Repre-sentative are sent to the United HtaU-3 Congress through the majority major-ity secured by "Monmn" vote. What then? Djea It follow that nuybady will have a "mortgage" on the gentlemen who may be elected to these po-titinus? Is not this an exceedingly rash and "previous" "pre-vious" Implication agalnt tjiriu, whoever they may It? Ani should tliey prov to bo men who are "mortgaged" to auy person or party, will one man in the Hou'e and two men in the Senate rendtr abortive the efforts of the great roai-ses roai-ses of members in both bod ies? Wi 11 they turn into mere thunder all the darts of lightning from the hun ireds of electric statesmen, anxious to strike the "Mormons" and secure public approval? The USuie must be daft. The common craze which afflicts the editorial fraternity when they toucii the "Mormon" question lias evidently evident-ly seized tlie (rirz writer, and must have inspired lbs nonsense thit dropped from his pencil on tlieSlth of September. |