Show Oi 01 TU MORMON That Is Ie the tI a paper In the tte t Arena for April It commence w th these thue Utah Ulah Is 18 a The Mormon Is II a 11 CItizen It t not flOt 7 The reading pub fl base that Utah Is 1 a State for Cor more than tour years eaf and people Who tho 1 are not aware ot the ell ad tact are not very likely to learn It fl from Crom the pages of the Ibe Arena And io 0 the tha Mormon I Is a 11 citizen Ia 18 hot Well the great body ot of the Mor Inane bave been citizen tot for many matlY dl than the tho tIme Utah has baa lieen a State Stille Tho rho first MormonS a great many ot of moro more recent con were nil native born and all who como to Utah Otah from Crom abroad are ad to naturalized The coun lIel ael has bEen followed by the bulk of V them an so 0 the Iho Mormon may mai be clanged as a cl citizen IrrespectIve of the tho status of Utah Q as Q a State Slate The fhe next sentence Is III also IL a remark utterance hero It Is II As 11 such euch I hu he the Mormon certain rights that a of his men are to deny him It 11 Is II a little difficult to dl discover coer from Crom the rest of ct the article what these are that the Mormon clU clUan Un an and amI that are Irs In lini wise wile different from tho common anti conceded d rights ot of enry citizen ot of the States But we wa ather from Crom einars that the tho writer tIt exclusIveness and tM th ot of polygamy He aue atte to ho that thIs alleged exclusIveness s sor or separateness Is II radically opposed to the genius of the ew World and Is the ono one fen feature lure or of Mormonism that today keeps them a peculiar ullar people All MI thu shows that the Arena writer Is very Vert much behind thu tho times Umes and Is viewIng Utah am anti her through I the mIsts ot of tho tha dim and distant pas past I Ian an anSI th the smoked spectacles usually worn by non lormon Inspectors of Utah affairs nut But what It hll ha to dl d with the passing of the Mormon Monnon is b V not made to 3 It Is to iwo the attempts that I are frequently made to I and speculate on the Mormon problem I lem and ana the tho fate ot of the peculIa I people who Ime founded n a new and flourishing Western State Slate While disposed to ridIcule the tho Idea that Joseph Smith or any other modern reformer could be a seer Beer or a prophet they IndulGe In flights of tan cr Cl and uller predictions about the tho Mormons which show that the they imagine themselves to be gifted with qualifications of both bolh The Saints seek no other than that advised ed by Je Jesus sus of that It Is to be not ot of the he world ThIs does not Imply tb the supposed to b 1 a tea feature turo ot of of ct Its lis front from the tho rest ot of mankind They are to be a pe peculiar peculiar culiar J people Coplo In that their religion Is Ie practical not nol n a mere mater ot of belief bellet but making them zealous ot of good works and led by the spirit which comes from Crom above The Mormons are citizens In till the fullest sense Benso ot of the tho term They take part In the affairs ot of the State Stale and ot of the Nation sot Not all as memo mem bera of lIf I a Church but as 11 members of the commonwealth And they make no claims other titan to the tho nary rights that belong to fo cItizens who are hot ot of theIr religious faith It Is a mistake to thInk they clim tho rIght to practice plural marriage The de decisions of the Supreme Court of te Ile tei United States Stat settled that controversy i and the Mormons are complyIng therewith The Arena premises are In incorrect correct and so 10 the whole argument col colla collapses la lapses There Is Ia no passing ot of the Mor mon men unless It be to larger and moro more f actS of usefulness and life lICe and power its III n a citizen ot of this great country endowed with the full Cull rights or of an American sovereign These he her r and cIll maintain They lire are perfectly compatible with his religion and Its alma and spirit And It If he te lip op t t pears peara peculiar It vIIi be because he heis is II Influenced by that religion In his bill hone hoine his his polities politics anti and In till 1111 positions In life lite to the extent of serving OM God and doln doing his duty dUly to till his I i n lg bor and aiding In the diffusion of It I light lIbl and truth nil as he the 1 right making worldly things I ate to o the Interest ot of the Ibe heavenly The passing c at t the Mormon ormon or I is a 4 corresponding phrase phrae to The death knell ot of which has be been ri riI I J t n Intervals for tor more half a century It I III II no 1 Yay but moving ri arid and It 11 Is n a lIving JIving thin thing and animates Its hs followers Without cesA lion The Tue ot of the Monnon Is II not his dIsappearance but buthi buthis hi his Immanence and recognition among the 80 le ot of the nations II as Ih the ot of n a vItal oi at th the some same time as al a p and nd and lId affairs or of and the Ibe promotion of all that tends lend to 0 unIfy and elevate the tho race |