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Show H ' a mi:.m.iiu BBB On Oaturday last tho Bait Laka City BBB olllclalj now visiting the l'oclllo coast BBB were guisti of Adoljm Butro, In Hsu BBfl Trauclsco. In thu course of n speech, BBB the host made allusion to the Mormon BBfl people. Here are eomoof his cxpre. BBH j I BBH Almost Qlty years ago the Mormon sHaVaB ' LaoflaW. sHaBa'alVBSBsa sett!" 1 nl "ill 1 ike, nd during all that lime Mvefctrl full -vy in t tsh Territory. Terri-tory. Many and persistent have been the eDorti In Congress to hire the ' nlle I Slsles fforernment send troops lo Vtsn lo forco tho Mormons Into subjeellou lo ibo law tot ihernlteJ Siatoi. ' " ' Their fanaticism was of rellyloiis chsrao'cr, under which Ibev no iloiilil cornmlllnl many wronas. Hot, nrior all. most religions aro more or Ipsm Uwtl upon sorrrstltlon, anrl polygamousiy inclined in-clined peoplemar be found among nonus nfthe roost elf lilted nations. ' It wa prnbnbly a fortornte clrcnm-tsnee tbat the UnlteclHa'es never used force, for It woold base led In bluodslie I arid mads martyrs out of tbo Mormons." Non-Mormon and Mormon pltlzcnt alike In Bill Like, blush to tblnk tbat there was not ono among the elly's ref resentatlves who had Hie oournje to call down Iho ImiuJcnt and I solent traker who thus nirerrd n gratuitous Insult lo the jeopln of Utah. The olllclilimay havo been pleased and dated by Mr. Butro'a wealth and wine, but by quietly submitting to bis uncalled-for remarks ttry have not gained any respect from tbo people whose lazes pay their tfllclsl salaries and expenses. |