| Show J JUMS Und Under the caption ot of Menace e to the Republic the Detroit Free Trees Pr ot of Monday Nov devotes mote ire than two loUd to reverts ot of the ol of ministers of that hilt oU oily on OD ODthe the ln the day a Need lor iDe The for tor t the tI tIrades ot of Abu abuse and aDd ot of doe trifle l In from Christian pail HII pit w was the Roberts Ilu question Dial th almost entirely lost Jolt sight or at I Ith a athe th the lor ta to misrepresent and do negate rho authority for tor ill an the 01 on the Church h of at J Christ Qt af Latta day Satiate Saint was the re which b baa been lIHn scattered through the cu garbled extracts treen froen dill cour courses ud sad remarks remark ot of Met moa men some ot of UI thaw tu by the ot of tl TIM The raised d fI by bythe the l preachers have all r met et and an so 10 have la ii no n nto nd to taU UI an In deWI al 11 Ute he at ar Urne t a adduced from I M M MII is II so absurd that It would that tut 0 iii 11 preacher III see lief It its utter to te tM the t ol of Lormon doctrine aid hIp preaching and It Is this Ihl nut II M U ts to Is Iw be to and AM flu Jis have han tu l therefore II lI should be expel expelled tOM frogs cg ThatIs That Is II the kiad kad of logic Indulged In b by t the Detroit p One of them III as argument an tOI t the or 01 the Congressman trot utah matte mad thue The oi o M m Is in or 0 interest because of th Ih men menace ace nce ot of increasing activity among tb to the Mormon Church churches church Ire cia rom that th there has been n tin 1111 III alarming tie lip crease In their hut thi will b better Wr ale this the reta tion ot of the tho Mormon Church to tIlt of t membership the hi lear 1597 the tho church gained members the church 1100 members tin Church members ant lastly the tho Church gained CI 61 members the ot of the hi Mormon then a are OO church In from the to the D beacons n Th Tb lion bore of at the Church are obliged obligee to giva ot of to the Church authorities anti and Young was living he hc claimed the lie control or ci everything even to the ribbons on n r woman waman bonnet tta Q a pleasing contrast contrat to the roan the pulpit WI we find the tollow hog Ing In the tho Detroit Evening ot ci the same date lIUe It is II A sufficient an wr to alt all th the trades rum lbS different Christian on Sunday Nv That piper er says editorially The Notes dote does not know what It Its thInk about the ease cat but tot tor itself It muse mUle that It his has be become e come com by the no noise arid and clamor net a are being raised about the Ihl cam ot of Roberts ot of Utah we I art are very ery stupid but we cannot understand what It iii alt all about Of oure coune we understand wail enough that is a ral smut on a small email caleno elaborate Ilk hike Iho maintained by our groat and friend fond and our th the Sultan ot of Sub Sulu but rather a 11 modest men Ira In triple It is II not nol disputed we believe lIe that Mr Ir married thee three wt wives bt biters Utah was a admitted as a 11 State and ho he hn has continued to live with them supporting the three ii anti And rt all ail or of the off offspring spring as 81 legitImate In the fall tAli of Mr was nominated anti elected to Congress Immediately the cry was raised that the ot of curIa a 11 rain mn tn in the of wu II men menace act ace to 10 institutions Tue demand waa made that he house should rufuse to seat at him Finally somebody took the HIt trouble to that he house JOliN could l not very r welt ivell reo to to 10 seat HIlt him If he went ts Wail ington bearing from the au n u credentials certifying that hI he hIwa was wa the elected In the if the United States from Utah Then the demand was al ai altered and petItions have han been circulated insisting that II House shall ex expel pel the polygamous gentleman n from upon the ground that he has three and that thai three wIves are area I a menace to the nation nallon To be Congress has the to expel one ot of Its un on all any ground It wishes to select Ih fhe only tOI ci Congress to determine Is whether the crime clime the only Punishment that body bOIly can impose The rho News must admit that while It hRs has a very Ory poor opinion ot of Mormon Mormonism Ism anil its Ita practices it Il sees nothing In the election ot of Mr Ir Roberts to the house ot of to Warrant the turmoil thAt hu has been It If nil all who maintain more than one domestic ore are to be expelled there Ihre will trill be vacancIes Ila lee In the representation several eral States In Inthe inthe the Union As If for lor any II that the Mormon form on Church might J gain ln It he were allowed to hold his s seat t Wt we think that thaI tins has been greatly exaggerated aled too hr lr will b be only one representative among and It ItIs Is III not nol probable that he wilt will enact 1 a great tIed or of legislation favorable to the Mormon Church nut But say the Ihl petitioners th United States govern ment cannot afford to 10 recognize the Monon Church by one 00 or of its III members to hold a teat foat In the body ot of the na an antion lion tion With nil all due re to 10 them the United States government will not lH be an any church ot of any am kind It If Mr Jr retains his seat The guy go eminent mel recognizes the fact that he I is not h by the Constitution lion tion tor or holding the office to which he was elected and that thai lie he was chosen In ina a legal logal manner b by citizens rhoe riGht to ex exercise the franchise In the lie manner thy they June have cannot lie he questioned The whole ot of Is entirely outside this case ill and cannot be affected by fill any oNion action the House may take In respect to his seat Plat It he its III expelled the practices ot of the Mormon Church will not be changed chan Polygamy should lie be destroyed root branch and twIg but bul that ha has nothing to do with the legal Igal right ot of Mr Itoh uris to hold an ottee to 10 which h p has hall h been n II elected ted or the right ot of citizens or of Utah Uth to be represented In Congress b by n a man who WM was not Con Ineligible to the office at n I Ithe the time ot of his I |
