Show THE GIST OF THE WHOLE MATTER WE clip dip the following as evidence that all the fhe sophistry and claptrap clap trap by which the friends ofel amur H murray and the supporters of allen alien G campbell Campb olt pIt have been endeavoring to surround th the d only real question in the certificate fraud does not hide bide it from the sight of people with their eyes open this paragraph is ls froni from the columns of the new york tribune a stalwart republican organ and one of the very foremost journals in the country the national society who have been justifying governor murrays Mur rays action in issuing a certificate of election to Campb campbell ampbell ell elJ are not to be blamed perhaps a for knowing as little of the law jaw as ng he e seem eeme to know or to be willing to observe but it is a pity that the opponents of polygamy should give gl ve their adversaries any advantage by taking a clearly untenable Dosi position tion which must be abandoned the unbroken te tenor nur of precedents in this country fk ih ia 14 that the ineligibility of the he candidate having the larger number of bf votes does not elect the person having the smaller number the house will ta tae toe e compelled as a matter of course to refuse Capa Campbe campbeli II his lis seat following the decision of the senate senat e in the tho gase pase of mr abbot of north carolina and the decision of the courts in many states and the opponents ot of polygamy will vili have the mortification orn ora of a defeat which need never have been inflicted |