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Show 1,001) IHIIMI IMltl.lSIMl. Tnr feeling towr.t Utah It gradually gradu-ally tecomlng mote rational and friendly throughout most purls of the United Htatet. Thlsls Indicated by the Utterance of the res. Wo have pub llsnod quite a number of these In relation rela-tion to the tills before Congress and to the application forammsty. Weglte today a few more which are strnttathat show how the popular wind Is blow, log. The Hprlngneld, Mass., .'epuo'i-can .'epuo'i-can says: "Probably not rttneh gooil ean be ao rotnpllslied by eoiitlnultig toptitil-h tlie Mormons who have belli convtitedor violating the antl-jiulygaiiiy laws, an 1 they might as well bs pard ,ne.l at they ask to tie. There aro a fa-r still In prison, but more who are dlsfraorhtvHl, nud thsy alt Join la aialog amnesty on the ground that the ! which they violated has fiilnlted ila purpose, and the prsrttre of polygamy In Ulsh Is at an end Tl.no Is little lite in continuing continu-ing a penalty after the leasoil fur that pen alty lia cease.1 to eil.l. lir niiil-a me law would remsln, to I enforced In ea-e the orten-e should be rt pealed. Ihcae livll-(lottert livll-(lottert afUriii most suleinnly that they will olieytb law and bold Its authority superior to Hint or their Church In the malltr if plural utarrlige. Wipe out the old eoorc, thin, and take a freb start" The Bcranton; Penn., free 1'rttt lias this editorial paragraph! 'There is un valid reason for not admitting ad-mitting Utah to stn'elinod, It is more laijiiiliisllisiisomeofthe htatea In the Union. It has Hutting towns of com. inercUl Importance) the 'ample are law al Idlnir, much more to tb in might be expected In iew ofibert tint It I. rule.1 by what have been termed the worst kind of csrpet-laggertt jMilygamy Is no lunger pruitleeil. Thero l no rcu ton for keor. lug her out, The o jioaltlon assails deiiiocratto governinenl when It antagonttee I lah'a Just 0181111." Tbl Is from the Atchison, ICau., fatrinl: "The ilcmsml of Umh for tbtadmlflon to the Union as u Hta'e Is muejt loo earnest and pressing 16 la. Ignored. It must ho consldsrisl and decided by tl e t rcsotit Congress. "Ily tho cinsus of ! UUh bad a population nf ."j;,l This Is nearly half as much again as the population of Dclaaarc, more llian half as mueh again as that of Montana, tine-third nnro than that of North Ilikota, loo and a half time tint of Idaho, nearly four times that of Wyoming and nearly fivo time thai of Nevada. "Utah'e taipulatlon It a rapidly Increasing In-creasing one, test, and Is fouuded uiaitt enduring Industry, ililclly agricultural. It Is a laqiulallon ot stlnng men an I woman who bavo conquered unusual tlinirultlea In converting n desert wIMor-noas wIMor-noas into a tMpulout and productive oniiinonviMlth." The Denver, Col., Jlepulltoan hat a ong article on Hornet Hulc,from which we make these extracts: "Utah will hat to wall for statehood for several year longer, This will not hurt It much, but It Is queati'HIehla If It Is right. Admitting for Ilia argument' sake, that the Mormons have really abandoned polygomy. It Is unjust to deny theiti the rights of local self givtrnin, nt. A man should not iHtileprlv e.1 of any of the right nf an American citlxto because ho Is a Mormon. Tho denial nf cltlieu rights to members of ttie Mnrinoii Church Is Justified only on the ground that they are guilty of polygamy, Polygamy bo-lltgoulof bo-lltgoulof the way, the rights of a Mormon Mor-mon should las as sacredly gtuided at tho rlghtt of a member of any nther rhurih. "At for statehood In Utah, It will come eiaiuer or later. The best way fur ila alvocates tu bring It about Is to submit to tho las lu all things, oven though smite of thorn may seem oppressive. If tit Mormons Mor-mons roatly havo absttdonel polygamy, tho obligation or obiylug the anti.poly. gamy ait will bo moro burdiusoitto umui them than It Is upon the (Icntllos. Tlmo will dslnonstrsto their sincerity, If they arestnoere. Intlio tnounvvhlto they can do a great deal uudor their present government gov-ernment todtvehqt tho resounet of the Territory tud prepare ttto way for the future Malo. Tho name paper hm an editorial en tlioa:unoty question, ofulilch Iheaii-nexid Iheaii-nexid It a small put: "T bo polygamous Mormon wore ills-frattihlsed ills-frattihlsed ta-iauao of tbelr polvgamy. tftbey haso abandoned plural uiarrUga the fKVSsion for dlsfratiohlsetiteut Is then removed. They stand now UmuiiIio level of other Aniurhan ettlroits nnd ought to bo given Ihessmo prlvllrgus vvhlvh r-talu r-talu to sitoh iltlxeushlp. It sbuuld not be said that liec-tuso of tltclr pnutlcoof Kvy uatnylii thoat Iheyahoittd be forever dlsfrsm hlse.1. This ntlglit bo done, but It vt ould not la) good polio) . ' Apart from the question of itoljg.uiy, the MoiinonCliurihlsui much tutuled to tho protec Ion of the law as any utLrr rt llglout bcaly. Mormons sto ua u rule lavvabtdlug nieli, except. It may lat In couttcllou with the suhjoU of lolygatiiv, Th y are In tuslrbfua, mil, although not us enterprising aa moat westoru Aitierl-tana, Aitierl-tana, they are goo l ittlxrna. Nothing la to la) gained by continuing their illsfrau-cttlaeltieut illsfrau-cttlaeltieut after they have abandoned pol) gamy, and, theriroro, they ought to be restored to tin, full rlghlt of litr rkuu nltlMitf Is tltt Ir n form Is genuine," |