Show editorials WHEN WILL IVILL IT STOP WE have been beon asked the question many times by different individuals Individual sk of late zand wand when hen do you think this high handeland hand cruel crusade against the saints will terminate if our oun inquiring friends will agree to answer an interrogatory ter rogatory that we might put to them we would hold the NEWS in readiness to give an ad approximate estimate as to the terminal period of the anti antl mor imor mon raid can the they tell teil when the objects of the assault upon the ric riz rights ts and liberties of ae me saints will be e att ait lined tined because when that point is reached the inimical attitude t toward ward this community will cease it is not the purposes or alms aims of the enemies of the saints that are arc now re berred to it is the end sought by the almighty whose designs are being g forwarded with striking rapidity by existing conditions let the intelligent latter day saint cast his mental eye over the tile nation and see it if he can come wally waily to any other conclusion than that the prophecies of joseph sinith smith in relation to the collapse of its governmental structure are hastening toward fulfilment fulfillment he will observe also that the only means by which the tide ot of approaching anarchy can be stemmed unqualified repentance is being placed at a distance more and more remote and that to all human appearances it will soon disappear from view so dim has its prospect become the thinking mind has but to take cognizance of the fact that the elements of social dissolution are increasing with alarming rapidity all over the country to enable him to draw the only logical deduction that unless a reaction sets in the collapse is inevitable the reactionary process is not apparent uhe the stream of corruption being evidently cumulative and irresistible and will ultimately rush as an impetuous torrent resulting from a cloudburst cloud burst when the culminating point is reached and the voice of lamentation and wo woe is heard throughout the tile nation because of the tile ruin of anarchical chaos chios tl there revill will be a saving element in whose hearts will still linger a susceptible c cep tible tibie spark of patriotism these weg will mer yearn for the reorganization of the republic loe lle public upon the enduring principles upon which it was erst first dished but which had been trampled in the dust by designing cor when shall s ali all the nia fia nag of freedom and equal rights be floated to the breeze by hitherto despised latter day saints and the noble and patriotic of the land lana will win rally at tile the call the constitution of bf the country will be once more proclaimed and practically recognized as the supreme law law of the land or order derwill will be brought out of ol confusion and peace and prosperity once more shed their beaming smiles over the domain of the republic men may scoff at this picture as a product of fanatical imagination but just wait and see thus is ono of tiie the future performances of the saints portrayed kletthe let the wise among them understand that the strait places through which the people are now passing and the still nar rower ones ahead are in the hands of divine providence Providen cean an educational pro cess which will will prepare them for that great work and other operations in the history of the earth of a still more stupendous character for the saints are emphatically a people of destiny the tile workings of this educational method must necessarily be of such a character as to eliminate from the community all of the grosser material for no man who is immoral cowardly or hypocritical will have the privilege of participating in a work of such grandeur 1 therefore the cleansing clean sim ordeal must be of a nature to bring such characters to the surface that the community may not always be corrupted by their presence none who are ready to compromise principle for expediency can in the very nature of things have lot or part in the re establishment and maintenance of human freedom people of that class either cither do not understand the value of right and truth or have not the courage to stand by them under all circumstances truth and liberty are priceless and the saints must learn by experience to place a proper estimate upon them those who fail fall to reach that standard will be sloughed from the community in of time as unfit material with which to ta form the foundations of the grandest freest and most sublime commonwealth mon wealth that ever existed on earth if it in lif order to attain the result aimed at it should be necessary to bring the honest in heart to a point that they would be compelled to manifest a willingness to lay down their lives if need be that condition will in in alu ULL all ali probability be reached As to how ion lon long iong g the educational process will last is beyond our power to ans answer vier there Is a probability of its continuing however until the saints are prepared to undertake the work that lies iles before chehi prospectively it the time when the community will have the principles of truth justice liberty and absolute purity written on tile the tablets of their the ir hearts could be determined it would then be possible to give an approximate idea in relation to tiie tile probable cessation of the anti mormon crusade there may be temporary lulls but the work of opposition as a whole is not likely to cease until the educational object is obtained its phases may change how however evero for as failure of the attainment of the objects sought by those who lead the van of the assault is met with as it surely will new means will till be devised and brought forward with unremitting determination the result being the same in every instance in the meantime it is the privilege of the saints to understand the signs of the times which indicate future de of mighty interest it Is their prerogative also to have sufficient of tho holy spirit to enable them to see the light beyond in the darkest hour those who have that oil OR in their vessels and their lamps trimmed will not be found either secretly or openly advocating a compromise with satan by principle for expediency ped lency ency eney THE RESERVOIR QUESTION THE tue question of building reservoirs in the mountains to supply water for irrigation and other purposes has occupied the attention of a good many people in this region of late and the idea of danger from such a source has been scouted as too ridiculous to be entertained by some of the over zeal ous advocates of the reservoir system while we have no disposition to discourage this or any other project that has for its object the development of the latent resources of the country we do think that a question of so much importance as the building ofa of a reservoir in in or near city creek canon callion ought not to be decided upon with undue haste or any plan adopted in the matter of its construction about the safety of which there cabbe any reasonable doubt the following item among the dispatches dispatches from denver bearing yesterday yesterdays s date will tend to illustrate illustrate the tile danger to which a city would be exposed situated 2 as this icat the mouth of a canon babion with IV ith an improperly constructed reservoir in that canon canton the tribune republicans long 1 mont s special pec pep lal ial says at noon today to day beaver park reservoir in south sourain canyon burst ca causing using great damage to the surrounding country A torrent estimated to be feet high rushed down town the canyon carried away bridges houses barns everything which obstructed ted its way and flooding the adjacent country so far as learned no lives were lost but the damage to crops and meadows along the lowends is very great the reservoir was an immense affair covering many acres and supplied water for the highland ditch which traverses a large section of country adjacent to the mountains 11 iii in conclusion we will say that we are confident that reservoirs can be constructed which will be perfectly safe and we trust if anything be done in that line in this country due care will be observed to avoid any possible damage gamage from such a contingency as that here mentioned NO relinquishment influences are at work whose object Is to create an impression in favor of the renunciation or temporary suspension of the law of celestial marriage arguments are being used to that end I 1 in a a semiprivate semi private way with a view to t brainin gaining converts to that idea perhaps such pleadings may influence a few people who are not in the habit of probing subjects to the bottom and are not particularly gifted with the power to analyze the motives by which men are actuated good latter day saints however who have within themselves that needful reason for bior t the he hope that inspires them are not affected by the shallow pretexts of semi apos tates to give a to tion assumed by those who edress express themselves as ready to sell out whatever hold they may have on the work of god they complacently quote from the revelations contained in thebo the book ok I 1 of doctrine and covenants attempts are made to twist these divine communications from their plain intent I 1 in order that they may ulterior purposes in this connection reference is made to the following to be found on pa page e for por por for verily I 1 say unto you youl my law shall be kept on this land let met no man think he Is ruler but let god rule him that judieth jud geth according to the counsel of his own will or in other words him that couns eleth or sit upon the judgment seat let no man break the laws of the land for he that keeneth the laws of god hath no need to break the laws of theland the land wherefore be subject to the powers that be until he reigns whose right it is to reign and subdues all enemies under his feet it is argued 1111 if it Us not necessary S orber a to break the law of the land in order to keep the law of god why not renounce or abrogate celestial marriage there Is certainly a conflict between a law of god and an alleged law of the I 1 land those who understand and accept the revelation on celestial marriage to be what it purports purport sto ta be af annot cannot consistently hold 04 oh account bi the fore fone foregoing 0 ing quotation that it should beset be set aside inthe in the face of the declaration my law shall be kept on this land but if there really Is a genuine enuine law of the land in conflict with F ft t there is an apparent incongruity in the declaration as a whole what constitutes a genuine law of the land this can be commensurately sura tely answered f by stating the general proposition that the constitution is the supreme law of the land and all statute statutes made in conformity with its provisions in letter and spirit are genuine laws those which conflict with it according to that proposition are not the edmunds act is grossly unconstitutional and alid therefore is not essentially a law of the land in the true sense of the term because it is an infringement on constitutional privileges being ex ez post facto 1 acao a bill of attainder and a curtailment ment of religious liberty if it were a law there would beo beno conflict between it and the revelation on celestial marriage there being a clash there is no alternative but t to 0 sustain what god has given it may be urged that the supreme court has decided upon the rl right 1 lit of congress to pass the edmunds achand that settles the question of constitutionality tlona tiona lity it settles bettles it in a legal sense but not as a matter of fact no statement from any source in existence could render the statute referred to constitutional as a fact and facts are re stubborn things the truth is what the saints are seeking and what they propose to accept and standby the lord anticipated the passage of unconstitutional measures whose objects lin len el S would be to oppose his law and afflict lct let his people as will be seen by a later revelation irom from which we will now quote as found on page book of doctrine and covenants and now verily I 1 say unto you concerning the laws of the land it is my will that my people should observe to do all things whatsoever I 1 command them and that law of the land which is constitutional supporting that principle of freedom in main maln maintain maintaining taig tail right sand privileges leges belongs to all mankind and before nie me therefore I 1 the lord justify you tou and your brethren of my church in befriending that law which is the constitutional law of the land and as pertaining to law of man whatsoever is more or less than these cometh of evil I 1 the lord god make you xou on free t therefore he ye are freed indeed and the law also mabeth you free nevertheless when the wicked rule the people mourn it will be here observed that laws whichard which chare are constitutional supporting that principle of freedom in m maintaining rights andi audi and privileges are to be sustained the edmunds act is infamously opposed to the liberties and privileges 0 of those against whom it is aimed therefore it 11 cometh of evil being destructive of human freedom if it there be those amon among the saints professing adherence to the church who are desirous of sustaining and upholding that which cometh ot of evil they cando can do so and take the consequences but they should not be so inconsistent as to put forth the flimsy claim that their course is sustained by the revelations of the almighty they had better acknowledge that their faith in reve revelation laton has dwindled to a fine point if it ever existed in in their breasts at all until it is scarcely discernable discernible discern able they should at once proclaim themselves as un believers in the claim that the revelation on celestial marriage is of divine ori orl origin ginor or else admit that they do not possess the courage of their convictions but we are not yet through throng h with treating upon the quotations sometimes referred to by the weak backed who need il a ramrod fastened parallel with their spinal column and occasionally casio nally manifest a desire to see the stiffening taken out of others A favorite passage used by such will be found on page of the same work from which we have already extracted here it is verily verily I 1 say unto you that when I 1 give jive a commandment to any of the sons ot of men to do a work unto M my name and those sons of men go with with all might and with all they have to perform that work and cease not their diligence and their ene mies come upon them and hinder them from performing that work behold it behovets beho veth me to require that work no more at the hanis handsol of those sons of men but to accept of their offerings and the iniquity and transgression of my holy laws and commandments I 1 will visit upon the heads of thos thosa apo hindered my work unto the thi third rd and fourth generation so long as they re 1 pent noty not and hate me saith the lord god therefore for this cause have I 1 accepted the offerings of those whom I 1 commanded to build up a city and a house unto my name in jackson son soa county blis bils missouri and were hindered by their enemies saith the tile lord your god it is a little singular that some people will persistently refuse to see the difference betwee between li a certain special vork and add a principle or law theaon the consistency sis tency of lne the the lord relieving a people e 0 le from any sueh such obligation as the tu building ird in of a house when prevented by enemies afes from accomplishing it jt is self evident when it comes to the abrogation of a law a principle a truth the matter I 1 ia entirely different the revelation does not apply even remotely to the present situation 0 we will now take the saints living in idaho to illustrate the extent to which the he policy of abro abrogation grat on |