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Show A I'OIMED "AJ1ESUMEXT.' Ix his report to tho Secretary cf the . Interior Governor Thomas siys. 'The non-Mormons of Utah urge that they should fcavs the benefit ofa law similar simi-lar to that passed by Congress for Idaho, Ida-ho, v hich, in the bill pro idlng for the admission of tho S-ate, made what is known as the Idaho te-t oath part of tho election law of the new Staic They ask forfio passaged tboCullom or Sirublo bill, and alsi the bdl reported re-ported front the'Jndleiary Committee of the Senate by Edmonds.' This is not an absolutely irae statement, I' should bs qaallllcd so as to read: 'A few of the ofare-socklns non-Mor-mon, ere With this amendment the Govcf nor's report would bo true." The for-uins: Is from the Ogden Union. It isan anti-Mnrmin paper though recently, we believe, it harassed ha-rassed into hands more conservative than thoseJhat manipulated its affairs af-fairs some time ago. The Union' 1 amendment fo tho Governor's report re-port is correct. Of cour-e this is deuied by the rabid 'Liberal" organ. But it Is a fact that a largo number of re-pec-tablo and intljential non-Mormons in Utah were and are opposed to the disfranchisement scheme, and have used their Influence, nhlch is considerable, to prevent its corf-summatiou. If the disgruntled "Liberal" organ or-gan cannot uuderetanJ this, we have only to point to the verdict of the neiplu at the lite Delegate election, elec-tion, tv hen the mls-rable failure of the "Liberal" candidate was certainly cer-tainly due to bis championship of the di-francbi-ement infamy. We do not say be would have been elected but for that. We do say that it was the cause of his being be-ing so terribly snowed under and and snubbed by hosts of his own party. But some people will never learn nor tear from their eyes the scales of prejudice, nor from their hearts the black clots of the blood of bigotry. |