Show RATHER BATHER DOUBTFUL THE louisville jost pos has the follow ing to say on the present subject of popular comment the measure which has just passed the house only defers the mormon ques quer question tion for awhile it is one of these political puzzles which arise once in a while in all countr countries and which demand e action but be wilder the judgment of the legislators we wonder at the excitement caused by the refusal of bradlaugh to tako take the oath in parliament and the cessation of important bu business amess to discuss a point which appears to be trivial there is a certain resemblance between the embarrassment in handling the mormon difficulty and the trouble in disposing of the atheist bradlaugh the resemblance is Js one ol 01 cifre difre difference rence the constitution of the united states does not formally recognize god in its text but there la Is the broadest possible statement of the principle dedicating america as an asylum for people of all creeds in great britain on the other hand the entire social fabric and legisla legis ts tive structure aarein aro in great measure founded on an established religion Brad laughs fight ia Js forcing the government step by step to relinquish political inequalities founded on re lillous faith the mormon question involves the same principle aa as that of chinese immigration only it Is more difficult tho the bill for the indirect suppression of polygamy may annech affect its purpose but it is much to L be e doubted |