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Show ox cr.tu Arr.viK.s. llow Ex-Henntor nneler lew the roljr;anijr eitirMlon. Chicago, Jov. 20. "Polygamy Is being slowly but surely stamped out In Utah; of this the couutry may rest as-ured," said ex-l7nlted Btates Senator Saunders, of Nebraska, at tho Auditorium Hotel Ho-tel today. The senator Is a member of the Utah Commission, Com-mission, and his official duties enable him to speak knowingly know-ingly on tho tulject. "Harsh measures are not being used," he continued. "It is not thought best to do so, but the law Is being enforced en-forced in a way Uiat demonstrates Uie futility of resistance to IL Ifwhen a Mormou Is convicted cf polygnmy he promises the court to sin no more, he Is released on paying n smail fine; and he keeps his word. But the Mormons aro in the largo majority there, and moreover, they can depend upon at least 93 per cent of their votco being polled. The discarded wives? They are generally, and in fact always, save In rare cxcepUon, taken rare of by their former husbands. The Government has a housoof refuge for lu6m; but the Mormons so fear that they will he charged with refusing re-fusing their former wives' support. If the Government has to take caro of them, that they support them themselves and in better fashion than before." |