Show NO FAIRNESS FOR MORMONS BLIN BLINDNESS on the part of editors in in relation to the rights of the mormon people is ie bi becoming coming m more ore and more prevalent the statements of many of them made in that connection evince wilful prejudice or dense ignorance here is a sample expression from the louisville ky the action of the mormons cormons of idaho in opposing the admission of that tet tei as a state because of the stringent anti mormon clause in the proposed constitution reveals the 9 hypocrisy 0 crisy of the state constitution of ata utah ph prepared by the mormons cormons Mor mons that utah constitution contained provisions which on an their face were as Wt against the mormons cormons as could well be drawn and yet jet it was prepared by mormons cormons as an evidence of their willingness and purpose to laws comply with united states laws 11 the commercial brn ought to have known that there is no similarity between the constitution adopted by the large majority of the people of utah and that adopted in idaho so far at ab relates to the subject referred to the former contained a clause providing for the punishment by fine and imprisonment of the offense of polygamy the provision in that regard to be operative without further legislation it did not however conflict with the national constitution by the incorporating in it of amy aay religious test the distinction between it and the idaho instrument is that the latter excludes by y a religious igue est iest i oath all members of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints from the privilege of voting at any election or of holding any civil office in the state for instance as clearly shown by ron hon F S richards before the supreme court of the united S states in ia the davis habeas corpus case a man who has accepted in his bis faith of the atonement of christ repented of his bis sins been baptized by Immer immersion bion in water tot for the remission of sins has been confirmed and received the holy most cohoat by the ordinance of the laying of hands upon the head and has taken the sacrament of the lords supper is because of his hia position religiously franchised disfranchised dis under the idaho constitution the performance of these rites and compliance with these requirements of religious falth faith give an lR individual the status of membership in the mormon church and for taking such duch steps exactly compatible with the teachings toach ings of christ as 8 found recorded in t the h e new testament the constitution under which idaho to is seeking admission into the union reduces citizens to the position of political serfdom with no privilege left except that of paying taxes and being the victims of hungry political cormorants surely if the commercial were conversant with the situation as it if Is its position would be different to the one assumed by it th the way in which the latter day saints are being maligned misrepresented and maltreated mal treated is enough to make freedom shriek and justice fall prone in the dust A reaction must and will come |