Show MORMONISM 1 1 MUST lUST GO f 0 o 0 0 o j From the tho Minneapolis lInnca Times o In another column a appears an Interview with a gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- 0 o man who rho Is Is evidently e very w well U advised as to the situation in 0 o Utah He lie takes high ground against the proposed election of ot a Mormon 0 to the United States Senate and Is 15 undoubtedly Justified in his contention 0 0 that hat the question is not a personal one It Is a far deeper far more important im- im 0 matter 0 o For nearly a 3 generation the United States State has been engaged aged in an 0 o effort to stamp out out polygamy Apparently it hn has succeeded n Really ly 0 o It has done nothing of the kind The Thc real question estion as put elsewhere I Is 0 o v bother color olor of legality should be he given gl to polygamy b by admission to 0 0 o 0 the United States Senate or to the United States House of or 0 o lives tives of or an any Mormon who by 11 his position In the church is of or necessity 0 o 1 Ilos possessed e of r evidence c c that should convict him before u a jury in his own 0 0 State Slate Think of the absurdity of oC a lot of men standing up before a n Judge 0 o and acknowledging ing ea each h has more than one wife but pleading not nol 0 0 guilty to a b. IL char charge e of or polygamy because they knew that evidence c 0 o against them them beyond their own admission was Impossible of ot procure procure- o ment The United States may moy as well wen make up Its Us mind that polygamy 0 o 0 in Utah must be he stamped out absolutely or recognized co constructively 0 o 0 Having Slaving made the choice choice and and unless we are to be a laughing stock tock of oC the 0 G 0 nations and a reproach h. h to our own citizens It must be bo to stamp it out out out-a a 0 o 0 regular cru crusade against as this pestilential vice must be l pursued and with 0 G 0 full rull fully as much vigor Igor as in fR the thc campaign against moonlight distilleries 0 o 0 for example There must be bo sentences 9 Imposed and punishments Inflicted 0 o 0 that shall shaH make polygamy exceedingly unpopular In Utah or anywhere 0 0 else The States throughout the Union will be Justified In pas passing ln laws 0 o 0 to the effect that anyone preaching polygamous doctrines either cither in connection con- con 0 0 with the Mormon church or 01 an any other or seeking to make cono converts con- con 0 o 0 verts disciples and pilgrims for Mormonism or an any sect that sanctions 0 o 0 practices opposed to the law of or the land should be upon proof of guilt 0 o 0 deemed a felon and sent to the penitentiary We c cannot treat this mato matter mat- mat 0 o 0 ter tel with sweet oil and a camels camel's hair brush Certain Certainly io yo State can 0 o 0 affo afford to be In contempt before the Nation b by sending to the Senate of the 0 o 0 United States an owed avowed Mormon whether he confesses polygamy or 0 o not 0 1 r l f f f rr eI eI eI eI l f f f f f f f f r. r |