| Show DIGNITY ANO TONE I 1 I 1 A DAY or two since we made some iome comment it upon a published statement of J R mcbride he sald said 1 I never took much stock in the church case but jeness argument w was ass such u 0 h t that ha t I 1 have no d doubt of th the v result r i we held that such an announce ment was equal to saying 01 1 never took any stock in the church ease case because it is illegal and wrong the anti mormon paper in which mr mcbridee Mc Bridei language first appeared excepts to our oar construction and says saye he meant 1 1 I I was fully satisfied of the perfect legality of the proceeding and I 1 have no doubt what the decision of the supreme court will be it is asserted that mr mcbride and mam hia ag lobbyists hobbyists and active politicians tic ians baskin and west did set favor that portion of the edmunds tucker bill which ese es cheats heats the property of the church ac because it was illegal or unjust but because it would lower the dignity and very probably inmany quarters cause a misapprehension of our motives here if that is not distilled ri richness ehnes what be so designated the position is taken that something that is perfectly legal and right I would lower the dignity and cause a misapprehension of the motives of the rule or ruin clique who insist on retarding the progress of this territory it can be admitted that anything that is legal and right would conflict with the genius of the active politicians tic ians of utah but that anything would lower the dignity or tone of their motives Is ia another thing the whole business is given away in the eap exp explanation which is unwittingly a confession it says substantially it t is all right to rob the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 but we bedont dont wish to be suspected ot 0 having a hand in it As a matter vf of feet fact after having produced the robbing proem process those who brought it ft about aboid are anxious to cover up their tracks because the steal is not popular such to is we motive the tone of ft which should not be low ered or its dignity impaired if there is a method by which such motives could be placed a notch lower in the scale of tone and dignity it is like perpetual motion still undiscovered it is not often of tea that people are afraid that the dignity of their motives will be detrimentally affected by something perfectly legal and right J but the average anti mormon political crusader is a singular bei being i ng he has many tender i r an and id susceptible spots |
