Show i l SS OX 1 II I I The St Paul PIoneer not notI I I appear to relish the crIticism of the I Desert t ew on its III endeavors to 10 In InI Inform I form the about a 11 subject which I It does not understand We advised the 1 Irete before indulging In flights ot of I I fancy ns as to a breach ot of compact bt be bet t the people ot of Utah and 1 the United Stat States to road the 3 Act and the State Slate W We also suggested that when trying tt to explain the tenets and of the Mormon Jormon Church It Itt t should Inquire into the facts before toll loll l log such sueh fairy tales as 01 those In which u It if The Ill Press P dos does not take kindly to tb these suggestions suggestion and remarks The Tho t t News would have Its r readers allers believe that there here gas no other compact b be t tween Ih the people ot of the United StAt States and Utah then than that embodied In the Enabling Act and the thc Constitution ot of Certainly Would th the Press have Its readers believe that there an any other compact It If so wilt will It lIt plea produce the It If that paper J I Is really de ot of correct information ra on this subject It readily 11 II be 00 ob tamed but It must mut not seek for tight light lights s from which only tend and In intend tend to 10 create creat darkness L That II fe the trouble with the Pre Press and ti the to a very er large extent The Thet They e t adopt the falsehood and 8 5 ot of persons and papers pur Ii b po I engaged manufacturing them themI I r to malign and defame the people of antI eed the Mormon Church burel We repeat there le II no f 7 In existence between the people ot of Utah Ulah and the United states but that j In the two tO alread already mentioned They fanned n a complete settlement of the dispute between the f government of the United States Blates and the people I or of Utah A As to the Mormon L Church to which t the Pr h allude there ts is not and can I not it on 11 re and the Federal I I I power The formation ot of the State Slate ot of Utah Ulah waR nas n It purelY l proceeding No church sect or religIous body bolly wan waB or could hard 1111 b n for tor that purposE No matter whit what discus dloIS stan or er correspondence or nn other communications may have occurred boo be tween individuals or officials on either olther sid side previous to the notion nellon ot of Congress for Cor the organization t the State Stat the entire matter was comprehended In and b by the agreement required In inthe the and complied with III th the State Stale I If the tho Press adopt our suggestion u tl that It cannot tall fall to tee see the point we have hereIn put forth Now In n regard to the posItiOn ot of the Iho Mormon 1 0 Church WI its doctrines t diS cl Une missionaries and conk oon with the State Ste certainlY do take the tho ground the thue can be property understood In n no other way 0 than 11 by Investigation or of that which the Church and its lis tires UtI II t Is this u 11 singular post lion to take Is Any church to be Judged by the assertions ot of Its fist Is the Roman Catholic church to be i and condemned l by Ute the stories storie of escaped nuns and per perjure jure recreant priests Is n a political party to be viewed through the colored glasses e ot of Its violent opponents Why should an any person party or church not be looked upon In the light of Its own claims and representations Instead or of orthe the misrepresentations of its enemIes The Press SOS says The Constitution or of Utah with Hh It its provisions against polygamy am amy fas plainly accepted by the Mormons with not the slightest In ot of observing those provisions Honestly no now Mr Ir Press Is that sen sentence tence anything more than prejudiced assumption How do 10 you OU kno know what tho ho intention of the Mormons was In those thos provisions Me Are you Ou not jumping at n a conclusion front from im imaginary premIses You speak of the Impunity with whIch the they lIne have been violated Will you please toll tell Us one case ot of the violation orthe of the provisions ot of the Enabling ot and State Constitution In Utah We sa say that has not been and cannot he be done The lrus Iress quoting from another paper says the tho Mormons to make an impression on the President and Con Congress Congress gress are displaying n a great creat deal of oC activity tn in prosecuting the violators of the statutes statute This Is another bIt ot of proof that the Press Iress ts le lein in fn outer d darkness on Utah affairs In Inthe Inthe the Or first t place ns as we hare hac salts there has b been n no vIolation or th the polygamy amy statute ot of the State No such sueh sucha n a case has come before th the courts In Inthe Inthe the second place the Mormons have nOt been prosecuting persons for tor nl dl violation of any other statute The cases to which the I Press ress refers reters were not nol cases ot of polygamy which Is n a felony telony but ot of misdemeanor and were i punIshed with heavier penalties than are common comm n In man many other States and the tho prosecuting and the courts were not Mormons There are other remarks made by the Press h are but echoes ot of old elan tiers that pass for truth among uninformed formed people and papers which ie nce need not Jot notice at present Whet we weI have cited show that pur posItion Is correct that the Press talks glibly and sometimes violently or of things It does not understand anti and that while It draws drawn I Its alleged information from antl Mor lor lormon mon men sources s It win will continue to floun flounder der about In the fogs toS ot of error and In the bogs ot of pitiful misunderstanding and delusion And nd what we siy say ot of the St StPaul StPaul Paul PIoneer Press applies equally to other p public journals while ot of much ability are utterly inconsistent and unfair In their thIr treat treatment front ment ot of Mormon subjects and tho Utah Question |