Show THE tinon PE jr THE irne petition of the twenty thousand an and d more of utah women to congress appears to have struck the eastern castern public with surprise to such a degree that few tow know what to say about it the petition was there with tho the signatures and its to the easters casters public novel and strange requests As it could not be got over bodily the tho idea occurred to some of the newspaper people that the only way they could attack attach it would be to give it a bad name depreciate pre preci clate ate it aad nibble it away bit by bit consequently all sorts of depreciatory suggestions are thrown out by one ono paper or an another some of them most ungallant and dis courteous it is suggested that many of the names aro are forged that there are not so many women in the territory that names were obtained under false pretenses pretences that the women are slaves of the men and dare not do other than sign the document and many more disingenuous and silly things are said to all of which wo we have nothing to say says as we do not consider any answer needed here bere we may however insert the following ex tract from the washington star of jan 24 another petition was presented in la the senate and in the house to day from the av women omen of utah there were mccre 2678 names attached to the document the objects asked for lre iro ire are that congress appropriate a suf frelent amount to make the centen nial exhibition a success cess aud and an amount sufficiently large be appropriated that tho the exhibition bo be thrown op open free tree to all this is the most numerously signed petition which has been presented to congress for these objects it has been asserted thab that signers of this petition in utah have complained that their names have been attached without their consent to the petition of the women of utah presented to the tho senate and house 1 a 11 few fow day days 0 ago delegate cannon from utah says bays that there is not a shadow of truth in cheso statements the two petitions are entirely dis that signed by the wonie women n was drawn up and cir clr culat ed eddythe by the ladies ladles relief societies of utah the members of which are mormons cormons Mor mons and asked congress to repeal the anti polygamy law of 1862 1832 and the poland law jaw of 1874 and tda toa dmit admit utah asa as a state the delegate is positive that not one of the sl signers ners of this petition was led to think that she the was signing a petition for any other othe r objects than those set forth iu in the memorial the othar other petition was circulated under the auspices nue ane of the centennial executive committee |