Show A litle litie THE enst east saginaw michigan evening under the heading of gra A careful governor sips sirs has fips a stinging article on the utah question which wo nye reproduce by the way waybe wayng it BG G borrs one ono of the hitter bitter assailants assal lants lanta of the tho Alor monel and of df our delegate during the debate oyer over the tho utah seat in the house of representatives halls haila from michigan and one who knows him well a gentile resident of that state gives the following description of him the bithe man B R 0 horr who is ily pa poking aing ling his low wit at the mor mons M n S lives ilves within a block of mo me and we know him to bo be wholly unscrupulous und and in the worst possible odor with men in his own party parly who have had business relations with him it would take a ion lon conff chapter to detail a tithe of his hia iniquities but then he is a good man to talk about tho of the thedor amor mons this is the tho article articie from the saginaw news there is nothing like having a careful farseeing far seeing executive at the tile head of a state or territory particularly at a time when some new liew and important measure is to be tried and successor B access or failure is likely to hinge on the acts of local officials cisle ciale the anti polygamy bill was rushed through congress under the pressure of public sentiment and probably without much regard to its constitutional bearings or the rights of the people to be directly affected balt by it A few of the more temperate members opposed it but the great majority proceeded on the assumption that polygamy was a twin relic andas and as such might be proceeded against without tion since the passage of the bill however some or of the ablest papers have been considering it and have come to the conclusion that ilku the chinese bill it is an ill ili considered measure and reflects no credit on the men who passed it but if I 1 if does not work to a charm the fault will not lie with gov gov ell eil eli ell H murray bome somo newly appointed officers in the territory requiring commissions the executive has hag demanded that they subscribe following oath cli 1 I do solemnly solem cly a wear swear or affirm that I 1 am not a bigamist or polygamist that I 1 am not a violator of the tho laws saws laws of tho the united states prohibiting bigamy myor myon or polygamy that I 1 do not live or cohabit with more than oneco one wo mari mati man in fir the marriage relation n nor does docs an any y relation exist between me and any woman which has beenen cn into or continued in violation of the said laws of the united states prohibiting bigamy or poly polygamy gamy low now row it is notoriously tru true 0 that the membership of the Ameri american can cao congress contains a large element whose irregularities must be ie provided for or at least not mado mada the occasion for weakening blaw a law against nw relic relio and governor murray appears mohave had bad this fact clearly in mind when ho he provided the above oath notice that the official is not required to swear taht he has not been guilty or seduction OE or that no re relation lallon exists between him and any woman in violation of law jaw against these crimes crimea but only that he has not broken brokha the laws against bigamy in other word sin the judgment of tian statesmen promiscuity is no barto bar to official position but lawful margi marriage azo age under local law and end among a leopla who believe they are a aing e under the authority of heaven reaven is not to be tolerated thero there is a little j inconsistency tency here somewhere ero ere |