Show LEi IL Cone his annual r report port for tor forthe the he year jear ear ending in Jn September 1890 1390 Governor Arthur Aithur L L. Thomas added adde as to the report an editorial from the Juvenile In Instructor Instructor Instructor In- In of of which George Q Canion Cann Can- Can n ion nn n w was s editor which the the governor cited cited to sustain his position re regardIng regarding retarding re- re gardIng conditions as he believed they hey were In hi ix Utah Extracts ts ts' from the he editorial have appeared In this column olumn an and the same were inserted in in- In Inset inserted set ted in the report The rhe concluding Ing ng portion of Ot the editorial quoted read as follows But to return to the subject of penalty inflicted upon people who are convicted of ot plural marriage or un awful cohabitation Has las any man in this community been een degraded by being sentenced Jo o the tie penitentiary our Jur enemies themselves can answer th the que ques- lon They knOw w that instead tead of such confinement being a a mark of dishonor it is a mark of honor and that hat the men who have gone through this ordeal are re ennobled by heir theil s submission tl sion and have become heroes Today on th the streets of Salt Lake City among among the tle most rabid of pf our oui enemies there there are re those thoe who vho would trust th the men men who have h been een en In prison for their religion sooner than they would any others others- The reason teason is before us These men menh h have lave ve shown their devotion to prin principle ciple they could neither be bought nor frightened nor bullied into a denial denial of their religious convictions Such men possess the highest type of ot manhood as ps mankind everywhere on earth recognizes The day will wiil come when the children of ot these heroes will menion mention mention men- men tion ion with gratification and pride that hat their fathers were Imprisoned in n the penitentiary for their re- re ligIon No parent of nobility in the I oid old world could bring more distinction distinction distinction tion upon the families of those who obtain It than will wilt the statement of ot this fact upon the descendents of ot those who 1 have ve been Incarcerated behind prison bars because they would not deny their theil religion Concluding the editorial Elder Cannon said Confining men in the peni en- en lary as is Ls now being done with the Latter-day Latter Saints leaves leavea no stain upon them either In theIr own estimation or in the estimation of the men of the world They rhey are not criminals They are not degraded de de'- degraded de- de graded They rhey are men of honor men of of high conceptions of right who are wI willing lUng to suffer and if necessary die for the principles they hey have nave espoused This is the true light In which to view their conduct and this Is the light in which it is being viewed by many at the present time and in which It will be viewed by future generations genera geneta- As has been said I the periodical from which the the editorial editorial was taken was intended to give the youth youth youth-of of Utah literary religious and po political political political po- po instruction At the time It was saW said to have created a sensation sensation sensation sensa sensa- tion not only in Utah but In the national Disbanding of the Peoples People's party in August 1891 brought brought about about a anew anew new condition of ot affairs In politics in the territory As the time approached approached approached ap ap- ap- ap for holding a general territorial territorial territorial ter ter- election the Peoples People's party was officially declared disbanded by the territorial committee and announcement was made that for forthe for forthe forthe the future an alliance would be besought sought t with the two great national parties This departure from the m methods w was s' s hailed by sonie some as as the end that had long been looked for while others looked ed d up upon n it as a ruse through which the lead leaders rs of the Mormon church were seeking statehood d they well knowIng knowing know know- Ing that their lar lai large e majority would control the state state Upon this question question ques ques- tion the Utah commission declined to pronounce judgment according to a statement made at the time It It- preferred to g give glye ye the experiment a trial and then be he judged by byre byre- re- re suits J JV A. |