| Show UTTERLY UNFAIR THE dispatches make allusion to the report of the house com maitee on territories Verri tories recommending the admission of idaho into the union the telegraphic statement includes the following reference to what is termed the mormon phase of the question the report concludes that there is nothing in the constitution which debars a good citizen or one entitled to the franchise from exercising any political privilege whenever the mormon church abandons its advocacy and practice of polygamy and bigamy there is nothing to prevent its members from voting this mormon question has been a troublesome on i for years and has been a standing disgrace to our government the evils of mormonism had become so great in that I 1 territory rv that alt all cormons mormons ra gard lesa less of party united in strongly urging this legislation the constant stream of misrepresentation sen tation and injustice which flows from official quarters to is almost it not quite ting nothing whatever everham baa has either in the courts or congress been asked for any claw class belonging to the church except for those who have broken no law but have been living in accord with every statute in letter and spirit men who are not now and never have been connected with polygamy in any shape are by the constitution ution of the proposed state of idaho denied the privilege of citizenship zen ship this disability is placed upon them purely on the ground of religious belief and not on account of anything they have either said or done contrary to any law in fact the monstrous doctrine is constantly being advocated and enforced that it is right to punish one claw class of per sons for acts alleged to have been committed by others on the ground that they belong to the same religious body religious intolerance could scarcely go farther i |
