Show AWO ako 11 or r wivis wivi S h A occurred d this thia morning it in the third district court to which we desire to direce direct x attman tion tiou A resident of this city who has two wives went w int ent to tho the court room ac accompanied compani ed by Y both ladies ladles for the durpos eaf second wife in procuring naturalize tien paper the jady lady cameto came to this his bis country when A flar an has resided sided herga berba much longer time e than is ape specified clEed by law as a requisite to naturalization Aft erthe usual preliminaries the I 1 stant district Ati attorney orney asked 1 tiie tile e fa ady layah who D 9 gave avo her maiden name iv hether whether ahe she she abe was marled married to which she replied plied in the affirmative 1 vc the name t of herdius band was demanded and given and she slid also answered yes to the question are you liv 1 I inifi alf in n polygamy oly boly amy gamy thereupon tho attorney objected tober to her being received asa citizen on the ground that til at she was not of good moral character and aud the julge juige after atter some remarks reflecting upon polygamy sustain the objection we have in these columns advised ladies ladles of foreign birth unless the first wives of citizens to ta obtain their naturalization papers in the manner prescribed by law jaw the present ebi ott eniet let lef ju justice atice of this thia territory has ruled thau that a man mart cannot legally have more khamone than one wife at a time this is the law as be he lays it down and aud here is the position taken by the mormon people plural wives are wives in every arem ot the word so far agthe as the ch church urah ol 01 ach they ayo myo ato meN ais wis makes them uch fuch f and this thia power is vested ves vet vested ted led in the church by revelation and commandment command men mon t and author rity most 11 agh god in the eight of heaves heaven and of the church and of the contracting parties plural marriage is sacred divine and far more morer binding than any ladof law of man cau cad make it il but the law pf af the land does not recognize it as sueh such on the contrary it declares it null nuil ul I 1 and vold void plural wives s therelo ther eiore etore re in tany lany matter in which li the law orthe land ia is concerned have the right tb to call themselves by their maiden name named and in any court to taka the tho if a yem femme ri 0 edle sole and we dispute the right of any attorney or aby judge to ask an u applicant for citizenship whether he or she slie la Is madried or single mar not one of the qualifications specified by the naturalization jaws A man may be admitted t to citizenship whether married or single if he takes the necessary oath has resided in the country five years and evidence is given that he be is of good moral character attached to the principles of the constitution of the united states and well disposed towards the good order and lippi happiness ness of the same the same rule applies to a woman what the court or its attorney may not lawfully ask an applicant is not legally or morally bound to answer andi and according to the judges own ruling juling a plural wife if she eho chooses to reply at all can legally answer a question ort concerning her marriage in the negative anti ana hiir inree r renco to the 11 moral morall part of the court catechism who whomever ever even heard of an attorney asking a in male maie ale aie applicant if he keeps one or more moro m 0 re mistresses mi stresses or if he over ever stole an any y or if he is 18 tn in the tho habit df of getting or committing any other act who ever beard heard an hin at orcey in any court question a cant as to her private lav I 1 i life the paternity dofher of her taldon children rn 4 11 she bhe has anye any I 1 or whet whether ber her 4 li es sk a the mistress mia iress of any ady ifill a v zar zan yar ideyl dence is given giver by witnesses abat the applicant applied ut is 19 of character in the abs absence ence of df proof to the contrary the C court urt cs cannot annot pr properly 0 penly penny reluse the application a whether to male or female and how aw inconsistent and farci cal cai ita it wow would it appear we d are re only supposing 1 a caselt case if it an attorney noted for his hla s 4 and his ilia open confes slop lia sons own debauchee anu and a consort with pros proa titUe s should stand ua in open court nd object to the naturalization of a it lauy lady of bf irreproachable character against whom not a bre breath ath of bf blander slander has ever been because bhe ahe is is I 1 a wife living accor according ding to her us convictions keep heep engh 61 arse r nor for or her husband in we law of the eLord th lard id all purity and b bringing ri dg 1 l ng up her children in the wa way of i integrity and truth would ho riot t this ben be bea a burle burie burlesque dueon on la and an ins insult u to a judge who has any regard for consistency si bis sis tency teney and true mom morall lity tj and yet this is quite possible under th ruling of this thia mor morning vve ave wn still advise the ladles of utah who who cannot claim citizenship by birth br or marriage under tinder secular law with a citizen to tapply apply for their papers after proper residence in tine cou cod country and add the beconi recommend a tion that when making application they respectfully decline all impertinent eions by whomsoever propounded |