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Show J1A1I1 illllOM AMI hTATUIOOD. It will bo tnlereitlng to the ublloto learn IhatO, W l'owert appears In a new role tbst of a martyr. Illsorgau aiterts that three days ago he was tortured by n crowd of email boys, and that Journal points out that the alleged incident It proof potltlve that Utah la not yet ready for statehood. Our readers read-ers will irdon us for quoting from au t-dltorlal attlclo which apf.carcd In t Ilia) morning's Issue of our faat falling coternporaryt "rhreo dsys ago Judge 1'owtrt moved from the Seventh ward to the Twentieth. IliafnuiUyconnltlsof adellcoto wife and a baby bey, lallgusd with tho Ubor of moving, w beu ulglit camo tbe Judge's wire wsa trying to getallttlo rest, wben su I lcul) the house wss surrounded bf llween thirl- an 1 forty Mormon yahooea, and 'je llule lady was enter-talnn.1 enter-talnn.1 by a concert made upof tbe boat-lug boat-lug of tin cans, Ihe blowing of hotua, the rluglng of boll and tho firing of rocks against tbo houac a ginulue charharl. It was tho Judge's welcome to tbe ward "All this transpired within sight of tho Temple, and It Is Interesting lusimuch as It shows huw conditions hate ihaugud.' " "It Is only worth noticing as an answer ta tbe argument of our morning uonteni-irary uonteni-irary that II Is full time we shuubl hate slstthood snd all Its blessings, an I that the ioo te should no longer be put under tb-i deapotlaiu of tbo federal gotcrntnsnr. Anyone csn see how Irutbtut all tL.et t-, 1-ocause, could wo havo had a Ktale giv-rrniuoiit giv-rrniuoiit and full Mormon control of the htata, when tbo boys tired of their serenade sere-nade thoy could bare closoJ It up with a present? they oould havo thrown tbe rocka, tbo tin horns, tho tiu ns and Ik lis Ibrsiigh tho nlndnwsor Iho Judgo'a bouse loadsd It down with treasure,, so Jo sak, t. jrsoii who eaya that Utah la not entirely miallllod fur atate-hotkl atate-hotkl must bo craay, " Hu,iose, for argument's take only, that tucli an Incident occurred. How waa It ascertained that tbo jahu'ora were "Monnou" chlldreu? Hid Mr. Powers take re census enumeration, and lurlude In his rulaute luimlry, the religious o Inlona and church mem-beralilp mem-beralilp of the dUturtaire, or was the conclusion Jumped at In tho usual autl-"Mormon" autl-"Mormon" faihlou. However, It Ji Bcarcvly neoesaary to reason on that ioint, at we are prepared to stale that iioaucli lucldeut ocourred a that described des-cribed ly lliu "Liberal" organ iviotcd atiove. Mr. l.dward Tajlor, (non "Mormon,) "Mor-mon,) ruslJia a few yards distant front the new home of Mr. Powers. The writer of thlt asked him the following cjueetlou, thld morning. "Have you seen, lu this morning's Irtue or thu Halt Lake Tribune, a statement to the ellect that a crowd of "'Mormon' eahooea" disturbed dis-turbed O. W. l'owtr and family un Ihe night lu which Ihoy moved Into their now ml Juice, by the 'Uatlug of tin cans, the blowing ol horns, Iho ringlugofbellsaiid the firing of rocks against thu house?" "It thure uuy truth lu tho statement?" state-ment?" ".None whatever, so far at I know. I waa at home durlug the whole of IheerculugluiiueeUou. I am celt-tin nothing ot thu klud could havu occurred oc-curred without my being nwareoflt. There was uo blowing of hums, heating heat-ing of eaus, rluglng ot l.ll or throning thron-ing of rocks agalntt the house. There were a number of email girls ou tbe strict ranging probably between tbe agia of four aud alx yoais, eugaged lu ngimin of lliclr own. They shouted gleefully as elilhlreti generally do wlille at play. That wat all. I glues Powers' Imarinutlon must havo been lively and created tbe iharlvurl " Thu absurdity 6t lutuulicturlng an Incident of thlt nature und raltlug It ns anarguniont against Iho admission of Utah tostttuhonl la overwhelming. It Is au Indication that the u ponents of the rlghta of tho people are drlten luto thu field of the rldlculcus to find shadows of ronton for their attitude, Aa to the other fcaturo of thlt nrtl.'lc, our readers will agree with in when wo state that theru It no ipe etude luorntT'iinlemitlble than that uf a man who lakes on the rule of martyr on audi grounds as thoie herein detailed. The situation Is not Improved by the fact that the Individual claims to hate ln the tortured victim of small chlldrcv. llab! |
