Show THE ROOT OF THE MATTER new york sun of january ath has baa a well considered editorial on the mormon question in which it die cowee the subject of proposed further legislation against the people of utah and comes to the con conclusion elusion that it is unnecessary and says there la Is no ground for pushing it further merely to give the lib liberal ral or gentile party to la utah an ad vantage ovet the peoples people Is or mormon party this is the whole question in a nut shell hell all the agitation that has originated in this city whence most of it has sprung resulting in adverse legislation and all the efforts now being made for the disfranchisement of the monogamous cormona Mor mona 1 the polygamists having all ail been dis franchised for several years have had solely and simply this end in view the control of utah by a comparatively minall mall minority the sun has gone right to the root of the matter but that paper like other rational oom com menters on present mormon tones issues is a little doubtful about the future of plural wives in utah and suggests 6 church divorce and maintien anoe ance aj the sun need be under no concern on that matter in resolving not to contract any further ma marriages biages in violation of law no mormon who has hag any sense ot of justice humanity or decency considers that this relieves him from the obligation to support and care am for the plural families dependent upon him and no opponent of the cormons mormons Mor Morn mons ions unless entirely deficient in those qualities would expect or de sire such a shameful repudiation of imperative pera tive responsibility and then is there not the womans comans industrial home in this city has not the government thus provided an asylum for all the cst off wives and disgruntled victims 4 of plural marriage A are re not thousands shousan Is of dollars per annum appropriated for their special benefit if they do not flock into the institution and if the vast sums of money uncle sam has squandered upon it have simply benefited the non mormon persons who draw salaries whose fault is in that there is the refuge and its empty rooms dinv inv invite ito the outcasts who it seems cannot be cajoled or compelled to come in seriously this part of the mormon problem will solve itself without trouble if persons who do not understand the situation will kindly leave it alone As to the scheme of utah agitators to deprive law obeying citizens of the ballot on no other grounds than that they will not vote for the villains villa as who are seeking to rob them of their rights we hope and believe that abac the good sense and fairness of the country will prevail and that this infamous project will prove an ignominious fail ure |