Show THE LATE CONTEST pucho opinion for february contains a large number of selections from comments made by newspapers and writers upon the late municipal election in this city in nearly all of them is 18 displayed a feeling of satisfaction at the result and a disposition to ignore the crimes by which it was reached the authors of these comments evidently labor under the impression that mormonism has been struck a staggering blow and they rejoice accordingly many of them in distinct language des describe the defeat of the peoples peopled pay party as the doom of the II 11 mormon Wo rmon church and express congratulations accordingly when at length it shall dawn upon these scribes that the cM mormon ormon church as a religious body was in no way injured by the result of the contest how disappointed they will be yet this to is precisely isely the fate that awaits their present exuberant anticipations the mormon church can no more be affected by the vicissitudes of local politics than can the cath olic methodist or auy any other denomination probably not as much rhe fhe worst feature because the most ominous to the welfare of the country which Is observable in these press comments upon the election here is the disposition to condone or overlook the crimes against the franchise by which was attained the result which gives so much satisfaction the macon georgia telegraph to is one of the papers which c innot annot understand how the city of the saints sainte was so suddenly transformed into a community a majority of which w ere gentiles and makes the following remarks what is the best possible explanation of the mormon defeat the mor mons themselves say they were beaten by fraud that they were cheated out of their rights and will for years be in the power of their relentless lent less enemies because the judges will refuse them hem justice in the courts just as the election officers ceris refused them fair dea lingat the polls they assume that the courts will be unjust of course but they descend to particular facts in dealing with the frauds and really seem to make out a pretty good case now nobody sympathizes with the mormon church in this part of the country everybody outside of utah rejoices that the ille mormon power has sustained what looks like a crushing blow but w why y is it that we hear no angry outcries from the republican press over the exclusion of the majority from power in salt lake cit city nor frauel against the patent fraud and injustice involved in the supremacy of a small minority of the population over the majority there never occurred in the southern states an election the result of which was so difficult to explain satisfactorily the mormons cormons are not negroes nor ex slaves they are not peculiar be because causer of 0 their timidity and lack of organizing ability on the contrary they are as white as their opponents have the energy and ability that were needed to create an empire in the wilderness and know knew they were fighting for existence we do not call on congress congre 8 to investigate this election for we are perfectly satisfied with the result and are not in the habit of calling for congressional investigations any way but it seems to us that the republican press is bound to do so if it has any sense of I 1 the he beauty of consistency A majority of white mormons cormons has as much light to control in utah as has a majority of black republicans in mississippi sis sippi in fact if they have intelligence and a lively Inte interest interesting in public affairs they have more the remark that there never never occurred in the southern states an election the result of which was so difficult to explain satisfactorily expresses a volume in that region so often described by the republican press as the home of bulldozing and intimidation of ballot box stuffing and election frauds the counterpart of the liberal tactics which carried the day here was never known the monotony with which the prediction is reiterated that the elec tion will surely prove a death blow to mormonism to is slightly varied by the following from the boston herald mormonism mormon ism has received so many death blows and survived them that the effect of this election cannot certainly be said to be immediately fatal but it it will be the beginning of the end it is amazing that the editors of america should be so dull in comprehending pre fre hending that it is impossible for the fate of a church to be decided by a municipal election under the laws and institutions of this country an april shower upon a ducks back has quite as much to do with the longevity of the fowl as the result of the late election in this city can possibly have upon the permanency ma nency perpetuity and growth of the church of jesus christ of lat berday saints |