| Show THE CHRISTIAN UNION W AND THE UTAH ELECTION THE christian unions und una binaei th head of othe outlook J bublis publishes al es weekly comments on the chief topics of the times designed to give if its 1 many readers a general idea of cur rent events and help them to form conclusions in relation to them and their bering bearing upon public affairs the articles are usually well written and their reasoning reason leason ing is generally general ay logical and fair the first of the these s a paragraphs paragraph sIn bin jn the union of an august gus t is ia as follows utah held her first general election under the new edmunds Edmund slaw blaw law baw on monday of last week by the provisions of that act net polygamists of both bezer sexes are barred debarred de irom from voting or holding hol hoi diner office but mormons cormons who do not I 1 practice polygamy bre bro permitted both to vote and to hold hoid hola office the provisions of the law were carried out by a registration of voters under the direction ot of duly authorized commissioners but the succeeded in carrying the fight a step back of the baijot box and have won the day by nominating their candidates many of the nominees for the leg were so io absurdly In compe tent that the gentiles Gentil rea eia beam seam to have regarded the election as a i farce and to have stayed away from the polls in great numbers the mormons cormons cast a solid vote for their candid candidates atess and have won a complete victory none of the candidates were allowed to stand unless they had bad been approved by the mormon church and some of the per pen persona persons sofia bofia elected are believed to be dummies who will refuse to quality qualify and thus enable the present officeholders office cc holders to hold over by this skillful manipulation the territory remains under the political control of the commission having the power only to pass upon the regularity of the certificates of the members of odthe the legislature the edmunds act was wat a edep 11 t c P in advance but only a step and a very short one at that the name of the paper from which the above paragraph is clip ped pod ought to be a guaranty of I 1 its ta truth yet there are several statements in it that ate nye very erroneous if they had been made as aa copied from other sources the union would not perhaps have been bean blamable but they arc given editorially without reserve or r reference efe ronce rance tp 0 other ther authority tho rity and yet yit that editor odthe of the union who prepared the article dould could not have any kuy knowledge of some things that he positively as borts barts for two reasons first they are not true second if they were true there Is no way by which he could haye have b A ve obtained idney information info 0 them except by hearsay hom HOW he learn that the polygamists dd the day by 91 nominating their va dictates dates di what does he know imo iao C 11 the coin competence or incompetence q S the nominees by what means meang dit sit he find out that linone none of the 0 cut cud ideates were allowed to stand cl they had been approved by 11 Q mormon church and would not be fair and wise to wait am hta while before making any bezub about dummies at least wi ug some of those who are elected u fuse to qualify the election in utah hu by N won by the peoples peopled party is a political apolitical organization lag tag ildia ildea itself like ilke any other party sli similar objects it is not the mon church it Is as aa much 14 and separate organ iud inh islik di building society an pany ora nannean maerean mercantile tile tiie matters not that it is chlell even if it is wholly compol compel i persons who are members 1 15 mormon iP church ith asli I 1 identity and is not governed church dignitaries or by bcd acda eoga a cal regulations elj the candidates for election IQ nominated by the regularly cl 0 conventions of the peoples pl there were no 80 fui ful we 0 are sra aware among the delegel to those convent conven tiona tlona longs who lecter at the primaries there n not a dummy name that weh wem ot tot puh gut put wih upon the acke ticket i of any ma aa ty the uhe een men ineasie atre belec selected ted foru supposed fitness to lor tor once office it be remembered a ground to it a very great a tent tents had to bo be explored la fv selections very of experience in these eions were ren rendered derel by the edmunds law IW pa that in every case caso the beaugus individuals were not picked but it is sure that the re tives of the party used thiu theu glut est eat wisdom and judgment inari in hah bah fag ing the nominations md and the peik endorsed endowed their choice at the ballot bah box nie uhe ube ChIria christian tian union aye MH sing of the nominees for the leewai were so absurdly abr ordly incompetent fig fid the gentiles Gen tilea stafa amay asay from vw tit polls now what does doea do that edita know of the qualification chuy of gaj nominee nomine eor for our oun ioa low all ali the candidates an truro brugo to him he supply rep ahU ahw waw he hb hashe has haa heard beard bid sid why did and will he just look at tham city of lib his remark about tiles staying away from the bodi i because the It mormon cand lats were absurdly incompetent why they would not have tow ton for those candidates if they hi been singularly competent cempe tent n had their own ticket which they 91 cu ed I 1 liberal if their candidates wo we so much more competent than thol thoi of the peoples peopled party why they stay away from tha tie polli polk oa ca that account does the editor mm rawa to say bay that the get gentilee Gen tilea wm have made a atron st ger gei to moi mor the own ticket if the cormons mormons Mor monh mons put nut up weak candidates the folly tolly of the remark isaf b 0 equalled equal led by the of flu fiu rash assertions about matters aters ft he can have no knowledge of cf all the ekil ful fui there theto was about the elect election hin bin cs a aletea of complying comply ing with the kil hii every respect ct and nd hatchl watching 6 enemy at every vulnerable see bee that they played lopoo no yass tricks to advantage the ledr remains in its present cals icila troi simply because the fa peo party outnumbers the gom sow 0 I 1 TA liberal berni beral party overwhelm over wheW what would the CA cristia crisli wa have Is it not satisfied polygamist can vote or holi hola nolia di does it want to int tnt 11 mons mona for sor their belief it happens to be dla different erent irom is of pathe the christian union it lill A ww what la Is the movement it would 9 vise of which the severe and 0 tra ordInary measure known as 0 edmunds act was but a avery very aw step stop in advancer we think that a paper me 0 christian christi union should be ff 00 careful in its assertions and a vw closer in its logic on qu questions estlow abl 1 may affect the liberties of anie can citizens and that in its dem dea R with the mormon question it T w havo have tp tg be a litt little aa more or the first farst halfon halt harf of ls lp we titio irm lym hati havi to be dro dropped aped from the be head d of til tbt paper |
