| Show 1 i 1 amm aam UMON T orarn myra usra I 1 4 IM A N 9 col george I 1 member of we utah com corm returned trona from tho the west ing lag and in an anu interview he tilled what lahla opi lion ilon he ultimate deflect of the a bill in accomplishing the ar which it was intended r re 0 people in utah aid col godfrey of these e Mormon band sand und only aro are th operation of the edmunds bill is ia confined solely to those who practice polygamy a professor processor of the mormon religion with only one wire does not come within the scope of the law the work of the commission has been confined to disfranchising franchising dis polygamists late the law provides that every citizen shall be registered before he be shall have the right to vote and if his hla name dont appear on the register he has no appeal As an female suffrage is one of the institutions there a large number of women more women indeed than men have been omitted from the registry lists along with their lords and master masters F so bo far as possible the commissioners have endeavored to keep beep the name of every polygamist from appearing on the lists the cormons mormons are disposed to interpose every obstacle to th enforcement of the law which to them is extremely odious they have made up ten test teat case cabe send bend will be submitted to the courts as som boon as possible the night before I 1 started for the east writs write were serg perg ed on the commissioners while there is no doubt that the courts will affirm the constitutionality of the law the mormons cormons will leave no stone unturned eo impede its opera tion th the e suppression of polygamy is only a matter of time while the edmunds bill may not accomplish all that is claimed for it I 1 regard it 16 as the entering wedge which Is designed to divide the mormon church the power of naming the has heretofore rested tested with the church as a when the law jaw la in enforced so that no tbt lal can vote the voting class clasa will determine the candidates to the exclusion of those who fall fail to conform to the letter and spirit of the law jaw this of itself will ultimately break up polygamy the railroads also accomplish much in this direction with railroads opening up the country I 1 thousands hou sands of gentiles will pour in who will speedily epe edily outnumber the mormons cormons and get possession of the municipal offices which are now held by the cormons mormons Mor mons when it becomes b apparent that ista lannot cannot rue lue to honor or abridgement abridge ment of the number ot of wives wili will speedily follow As a people the cormons mormons are quiet and orderly and police regulations are lived up to the same bame as elsewhere bait sait lake city will compare favorably in this respect with any eastern city of like population contrary to the general impression licentious practices are ane not more prevalent than in gentile communities there are many wealthy mormons cormons Mor mons especially in bait sait laske laike city these thebe for the most part are content with one wife it la Is due to the more refined classes to state that among them polygamy la is gradually falling failing into disrepute those who till the barren soil of that region com corm pose the poorer classes and among them a plurality of wives Is ia quitu quite common numbers of proselytes prose lytes induced by missionaries to come from europe arrive on every train they hunt out little valleys between tho the mountains ond and scratch the unproductive eoll coil with rude implements clements ts in order to eke out a miserable mlee rable rabie subsistence numbers have entered montana wyoming idaho and arizona where they their tolli folit w the course of the streams |
