Show editorials WHAT WAS WANTED THE following was sent from this city in the form of an associated press dispatch under date of the on monday next bishop john sharp oneff the union pacific railroad directors bishop H B clawson brig halas hams double son in law and henry heiby dinwoodey a leading mormon merchant will be brought into court to plead lead 1 to indictments charging fu lul lui 1 cohabitation the first two named arrested some time ago the other oni only y today to day though he has been under indictment some months the tha federal authorities have not forced these men to plead because they are mormons cormons ot of influence and are understood der stood to be anxious to have the church within the law and to avoid a conflict they were given time and opportunity to use their influence to that end it is not known how they will plead but whatever that plea may be it will be significant if they plead guilty and promise to obey thelah the lawin in the f future the schism between ithe orthodox saints and the dollar mormons cormons Mor mons as men men ot of this class are called will be almost inevitable jf if they decide to fight light it will signify that the church is still still solid and will back its night fight against the law with all the money tile the mormons cormons have the foregoing shows the reason why a at t lea iea least st two of the gentlemen named in the dispatch were not required to plead at an earlier date a matter which was the subject of some speculation As it is understood that telegrams of this character emanate from the office of a down town anti antl mormon sheet it shows how close a relation is maintained between the journalistic and legal win wings s of the crusade against the saints the views taken by those whose ideas are voiced in the dispatch is as a matter of course characteristically sordid they cannot comprehend that the question involved is one of principle and every man placed in jeopardy will stand or fall according to the attitude he assumes moneyed influence does not figure in the controversy the position of any one man or number of men when confronted with the consequences of obedience to what is viewed as a religious duty does not touch the main question As the gentlemen named have all placed laced them themselves selves on the defensive tre the hopes of a schism bein being created in the body religious by theli t resorting es orting to the crawling process process is suddenly dissolved into thin air |