| Show THE LAW IS THE LION IN THE WAY YESTERDAY eveni evan ngwe received a call from mrs angle F newman projector of the proposed Indu industrial Urial home she was accompanied pu on her visit by mrs iliff tua he purpose of the interview was to furnish b us ug further enlighten denb uk in m relation to the institution named inthe hope of at least reducing what hat the lady was waa pleased to term our antagonism toward it and that the motives of those who had been engaged 1 g in the movement 1 night might be better understood the NEWS has said but little littie about the motive incentives and an examination of recent articles artiel ng on the subject will show ebat it has been treated chiefly lioni horn a philosophical standpoint mrs newman is a bright and capable woman and we were quite quile entertained by her explanations the i substance bf 0 of what she said was to this effect that the industrial home was not lot to be established merely for the benefit of mormon women who renounce uce polygamy and their children neither was it designed to benefit mormons cormons Mor mons of any class exclusively its intent was to extend its benefits bene tits over every evera class mormon jew and gentile to use her exact words worda its design was to create a hier educational tatus status among the people generally not on only ay in among the matter of providing homes but in all the industrial and scholastic branches all the denominations would have a species of connection with iland those connections boule warrant the purchase of scholarships the holders of which would be authorized to designate a beneficiary it was impressed upon us that the institution was not in the nature of a cold charity to the mormon people we were also informed of circumstances presumed to be indicative of the ithie motives by which the I 1 lady ady was inspired throughout but we do not care to sit in judgment regarding that subject at present breser it 0 developments will be likely to make that matter apparent one way ivay or the other I 1 what mrs newman dandes advances in self justification must belakon be taken in connection wit hother circumstances the two classes be put in j huxta juxta exta pos position in order to form the basis of either an inference or a conclusion cl we do not desire to do the lady lad nor any other person an aa id injustice J us tia preferring to let facts tell their own tale facts are very stubborn we could not help bugge suggesting sting to mrs newman that while her ideas appeared to be broad in regard to the ahe scope s 0 the Iro proposed posed rome home I 1 it its so ope lations drawn in to a very cry je ne u point the contracting power was the law law authorizing the appropriation of for a purpose it is more thau than likely that when the act of congress Jon gress and the ideas of mrs new C man conflict the latter are not dot liable hable to pr prevail brevall evall to any appreciable extent strong in this view we assured the lady of our belief that not a dollar ot et that appropriation could be legally used tor the support of an institution such ouch as she had so fluently described it is now to introduce the section of the civil appropriation bill in ques tion SECTION industrial home in utah territory to aid in the establishment lish ment of an industrial roine hoine in the territory jerri tory of utah to provide employment ment and means of self support tor for the dependent women who renounce poly gamy aad the children of such women of tender ag agi i in said terri 1 torye with a view to aid in the suppression ol 01 0 Poly polygamy karny there therein iu dol lais said sum to be expended upon 1 the requisition of and under the man X em eu t of a of control bouti ol 01 to con sissa 8 jtb ea or I 1 J justices sti besof of th up coitt att ctt I 1 t tae t at ne 1 I ter to tc it and said B board aird s a properly expend 8 aard d sum or io so much thereof as aa may be necessary ya tor fox the purposes herein jr indicated and shall shah from time to t me report tp to we president their acts and w doings arid expenditures hereunder f or transmission to congress ress the elements of tie the enactment or 1 I 11 the clar class who are are to 10 I 1 J L aw the tae sole awe be ot tho the indus 4 trial dependent women who renounce polygamy and their offender of tender age 2 The object of the home and appropriation to aid in the b oppression of polygamy 8 the amount of the appropriation 4 those who are to have the control and management and ivilo are to report doings and progress we were cited to the ori original gidal memorial etc as evidence of tile the integ intention of the projectors whatever might have been the nature of that document it cuts no eno figure in the affair those who go behind the express and unequivocal language of the law tor for an excuse for expending a public ablia fund in n for any other purpose than anat taatto so clearl clearly defined cannot do so without t co committing itt ingan an illegal act for which t they h e ar are liable to ie gi gia get A jinto into serious brou trou trouble ae butia but if the proceedings which gave birth to the appropriation are overhauled how bow much will that amount to in the me direction longed lor for simply nothing they will largely it if not wholly confirm and justify the plain pui purport port of the congressional act it mi newmans memory falls fails her on OB that eliat point ours does not the verification of our recollection can ba readily obtained by the record the main lever used in order older to secure the ap was wab the alleged condition of mormon lormon A women which was depicted as inconceivably deplorable tills this hypothecated ted position was the crank turned the mill and ground out the it was the base of operations used by those who sought bought it without the ringing in of this hyperbolic creation there would have been no appropriation whatever tile position is simply incontrovertible since mrs newmans call last evening we have scanned late proceedings ce ot of those who are actively connected with the enterprise and discover that they are in a quandary the most amusing attempts are made to distend the law to lit fit the wider theories which are desia designed ned to draw away the appropriation from its legitimate channel while thel e are some members of what might be called the supplemental board who would scruple at no proceeding as longs long as it favored their own ovia class and ladd had an antii mormon bearing thare are arc others who are aie disposed to consistency so far as the board of control is concerned the officers designated in the act the matter is also mixed but it if as clear headed and careful a man as governor west should be willing to run lun his bis hand into a emare we shall miss our rc reckoning koning so bo tar lar as judge henderson is concerned we know no lothine noth thine mir but presume ue lie bas come coine here as an dI administrator and of the jaw incela in relation to the remaining three we do not now dow care to say sav s av anything but let itt us consider the quandary in its present aspect ah peet I 1 athas it ihas been decided dec ded owing to a division of opinion regarding the purport of the law which is as plain as a tinder finger post to apply to attorney general garland for his view on the subject while apprehending pre hending that the idea of that off official leial will be identical with our own suppose it should be us its antipodes how flow much would that b help elp j in the solution mr garlands Gai lands opinion has a certain weight on account of his bahit bein the chief legal adviser of the president of the united states but beyond that it has no binding judicial significance it brings the matter no nea nearer a determination than it IE was before that proceeding is indefinite enough and is As not eD entirely Lirely satisfactory to those who engage in it at a late meeting we eting of the I 1 womans comans Wo mans home association I 1 I 1 the participants manifested a u straw grasping inclination in the same hatfie line that indicated a condition akiu to desperation pe ration the tollo lollo wing occurred in the published minutes Mrs Newman was instructed to correspond at once with members of the senate and house who were instrumental in pashing the bill to get ahr their ir views as to its meaning and purpose it cannot be definitely determined what particular views on the subject are entertained by members of athe senate and house specially re ferreo to it ought to be clear however that those gentlemen numerically consider considerable alle and that it was the senate and house that passed the measure and not tile the appropriation instrumentalists in question it would hardly be fair to conclude that their opia opi ious 1 even it the they y be favorable to those who seak them are necessarily a reflex of the opinions of all the members of both bodies of the Lexi legislature slature asen as entireties tire ties neither would it be consistent to assume that the complexion of such views would be strong enough to upset the express and unmistakable lang language aage of a h statute t at ate tins this floundering about for un deter minate opinions shaws that those connected witti he scheme are treading on a ground they are undecided as to ahil 11 of two roads roada to take tak tue the first is the path pointed out by the law tile the second is tho one to which they are attracted by inclination the inducement duce du cement went to we take the first is that it is 13 the only safe because le legal galone one the other will enable those who favor it to 0 distribute the benefits of the appropriation among the classes to which they themselves belong in place ot of to those for whom they were intended by congress gre ss but it is fraught with danger it t may be asked in this connection connect i 0 n how much poly polygamy pray OP be suppressed through the agency ot of the institution by ren rendering derin i presbyterians rians methodists baptists etc the beneficiaries in trelan aage of 1 tom taylor ane noted playwright play writhe I 1 that is one of those things mat no fellow can find out As attorney general Garl garlandd annd certain members of both branches of the national legislature are about to be applied to for information regarding their opinions upon the intent of a particular section of the appropriation bill w we e suggest that they be I 1 interrogated bt arrogated at the same time as to the meaning and purpose of the edmunds act what is is sauce tor for the goose is also sauce for the gander suppose they be asked the following lowing fot questions was it intended to swoop dorrion down on old men who entered into toe the plu rat ral wife relationship before there was any law against polygamy and whose act of marriage barriage age aud and sab subsequent sequent status was consequently legally innocent did the legislature mean that the maximum penalty for unlawful cohabitation should be six mouths months imprisonment and a fine of bf or dickt mean a possible 1 life sentence and an incalculable e sum in the shape of a tine fine at the discretion of the district attorney was it the intention to prove cohabitation with one woman and presume cohabitation with another in order to secure conviction was it the purpose of the law to upset all the rules of jurisprudence coin won mon among civilized peoples and organize juries on the ground that those who compose them are in sympathy with the prosecution and so on ad infinitum now if answers favorable to the wider expenditure tu re oft of the come e appropriation for the industrial du home are to determine the scope of the law by parity of reason ing in it if negatives are obtained in ref relation aaion to the questions in re gard to the edmunds edmunda act they ought to td have the same effect and eliminate some of the barbarisms barbari sms practiced in its administration but we have no objection to the proposed applications to the At attorney tarney general and the aforesaid congressional instrumentalists surely it will let a little light into the heads of those gentlemen it will appeal so directly to their ideas of propriety 0 I 1 o find certain parties hunting for a side pretext for diverting an appropriation from the use for which it is is legally designed it will look as aa if there was a disposition for certain classes to exhibit belr at the expense of the government nearer home than on the degraded mormons cormons Mor mons it appears now that the incentive which led to congressional action in the premises was not to aid in the suppression of polygamy and the benefits of the appropriation were not to be applied to those rendered helpless by the enforcement of laws enacted against it if this be so eo then the conclusion is inevitable judging from the representations madaio made to congressional committees andio and to other quarters that the mormon people were simply used as a with which to snatch the chesnut chesnu tout out odthe of the national treasury |
