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Show UTAH COMMISSION. X Majority ami illnorlij Iltporl llltil llh Secretary ililr. MirtTATtMCNT or TACTO OY THt majority. I Jolin A. Jlrllcrnsna'a ilrwi of He Utah slInilIcD, ml llli llcroiiitnrmlstlon. Ily Tslssvsi b lo m Haws I nv i ml. lb tabor of lite rannmleelen lleenlle Ii.lte.rl. WAHiliiiiuN.Orb 5. Tim mnn1r nf th Utah ttonimlsslon havu Med ll!i Hrcrelory .Noilo majority and minority repnrtu of the roceedluiie of Hip limnilloii for Iho year ended HertemUr I. 1S!1. Tim majority re-portarlnned re-portarlnned by Messrs. (lodfrey, llob. erlnu, Handera and H llllema, aaye, In legnnl lo the Mormon liuriln "In view of Hi" fict tint Ilia Mormon Church has Invariably In theiinstdlc-tatrd theiinstdlc-tatrd tho lulltlcnl movenieuteof IU nd-liiriutaaud nd-liiriutaaud indented unluil front agalneiany and eiviry rty which came In runltct wttb It, thoio who now doul t Ita tint rlty tny ell lass irueed fur ilouttlnif Tim I nurcli li,t!irou jli tho I rot te'a arty, pin minuelt o wd my (Hurt made, whelht r by llie lawe ul I 'mum a, tho action of thu tuurte.or of the Ulah Comnilselun, to ut dowu lolygani). It has denounced lie Com nilailori through all lli yum tint II lina been administering tho Iowa ill-rtctttl ill-rtctttl against i)ygsmy, ami kei t united force constantly muUlnit and ready to oo ortry if-furt if-furt to coimol IU submission to Iho lawaoflhvlsud. When dl.fraiichlse-merit dl.fraiichlse-merit atarcd Iho church In tho fart; wli.ii tho rlty anil county of Ball Lake, tho city of Ogden ami county of Wr-lrtr an I I'atk City kail lirrn wrested from lli control, ami other lseee were showing signs of 1 coming antl-Mor-iuou, then, anil not till thru, dM Ihli change conto. Tho commission hopes that It la tho Ugliiulbscl it tatter ira. Tlio ommlMlon la glad," 'J "' retain, ' to rcvoitl tho stipe alrcaly taken on the roa I lo a lielter rlvlllta lion, ami will nil with all Ita power In fi rwordtug the guml work, but cannot irrouimend tho withdrawal at thlt Unit of any wrtlon of the safrxuurd thrown arouml thla pro In hy Iho lawmaking law-making owerol the government, ami la most rnihatlo lu rafreealng the l liilmi that It woull not at thla time l safe tu Intrust to lllrlll Iho resioe. bllllltsandtlutyof thu statehood they so much desire." rha minority report, which la signed by John A. McCleruend, slates that polygamous ruarrlagca lu Wall hare ilacrroMll to the joljt of virtual rrHl-tlun; rrHl-tlun; that It woufj not I Ju.t or inlllln to ritrntl by law tho raiiKo ofrxl.tlni; cltll dl.aUllltlra Inalarrlniluatrly to all Mormont. .McClcrnanil rrrommanila that the unrritrTnl, uiui i ro rlatnl lamia of IlirUnitrtl rilAlrn, lylncr In tho naturally arid Htatia ami TerrltorlM, ahoul 1 1 rrdod to them umlir Jirojirr itlruUllona. |