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Show si wiiii i. m.us l'oLI)ld Is from the Sun, of Cheyenne, Wyoming! "Hie protest made by the Mormons sr.sln.ulio report of the UUh Commla. slon hs some merit In It. II has so lung been the tllstoul of the TJulleit hutes olQelals to dsiiounro llio Mormons thst It Is liutosslble fir tbem to disisl, although tlisre remains siry llttlo ruuson for censure. cen-sure. A rssldenl of Chiyenne, whoso businesses a (aula grower has eallM Is less iUltefrr(iiciitly to Utah In lha jiast Iv. cntyyisrs, staled to lis the oilier dsy I list at no lime hd there lieu loomed 0 lr cent, ol the Mormons In polygamy. If this tw lorreet then tho profisslonot the Halnta has been Isrgely In excess of Ibelr praellce. At all eienls tbo odious doctrluo hssbecn publicly rotiouuced and lha Mormons diKlsrollist there hss not been any dovlstlou from the stsud thsy look a ) ear ago. Unless the Commission can disprove this It should cue to to exclle prejudice against tba otherwlso north cltlions of Hub Asa nutter of feet H Is the Mitriiions who are Wing perse culeil an I not the tlsnlllss. The Mormons am anxious l ilrop lha lljlit and dltlde upon polllUal lines, 'ihor aro naarly epislly divide.) upon ustlonal Issues an I It Is a mlstako lo suppose sup-pose Unit they aro controlled by the churLb, whsrcln the thur )h Is not vitally concerned. liulte sne, wbonasa o T' '"' to the M irmoos ao long as lh V , -Isle la tbiJr (sslygainous prsitlce n,n gltlng the Paints lha pn-.'- unn ol bis wort and has Incurred lbs displeasure of the rsbli Oenllles by his fslr and tin partial .IHslons, ellliont.li noos venture lo Impeach Ida Integrity or usstlnn his ability. "A visitor to Salt Uka daring any pnb-Ho pnb-Ho demonstrstlotis or gsthsrlngs Issor-prlsexl Issor-prlsexl to soa Hi harmony lbs' prsvslls be ween tho previously hostile elements, ele-ments, and the barrlera thst form-srly form-srly existed are iuleily dropping aay. This change Is going on In all parts of the Torrltory, but more con-spleonus con-spleonus at Ogden than elsewhere. In Ibslelly 1m ling (lenities aod Mormons pull shoulder to shoulder In sny publlo enterprise and the most progressive, wide awake newspaper, ths W-rs-Mnf, Is eonducled by a son of thst leading Mormon, Mor-mon, (leorge Q Cannon H The Iteno, Nevada, Stall Journal, hss this lo say In the lame line! "Thera are Urnillee living In Utah who altrlbuto much of the 111 fesllng existing between tbe Morraonisnd (lenities lolhe tub Commission. This Commission con-lsU of lire persons who draw a BstaryotflUWe yesr from llio Tederal (loiernment for supervising elections and making annual reiorU on the condlllon of the Territory. Tbe majority ma-jority of Ihe members aro opposed to having the Mormons dlvbU on na'lon al i-arty llnss, boeause auch a dlntslon would, nsturslly deprive litem of offlce. They must. If possible, keep alive the feeling which existed beteeen the Mormons Mor-mons and Oenllles years ago, for If that dies out Ulah will be admitted asarllale and there will bo no use for tbo Commission. Commis-sion. "Al the election held In Uuh last August Au-gust the Mormons divided on national Issues, their HI Isrslsklng ihea'iimp In opposition to each ether, an 1 th ere la no ovldencethal they were not as sincere as (lentlle Hepubllcans and INnuocral. To admit that Ibey were on Ihe pait of the Commission would Imply that the Territory Terri-tory ought lo ho niaile a Piste, as It has a larger population than Idsho au I Wyoming Wyo-ming comblnod, an 1 that Is what a majority ma-jority of the Coiiimtslloll do not want, as II would deprive themnf lucratheposl lions at the public crib." |
