| Show SENSIBLE VIEWS FOLLOWING ia 18 from the sun ot of cheyenne wyoming the protest made by the mormons cormons a against the report of the utah commission has some merit in it it has so long been the custom of the united states officials to den denounce eunce the mormons cormons that it is impossible for them to desist although there remains very little reason for censure A resident of Cher cheyenne yenne whose business as a cattle grower has called him quite frequently to utah in the past twenty years stated to us the other day that ai at no time had there been to exceed ver 6 per cent of the mormons cormons in polygamy I 1 if this be correct then the profession of the saints has been largely in excess of their practice at all events the odious doctrine has been publicly renounced and the mormons cormons declare that there has not been any deviation from the stand they took a year ago unless the he commission can disprove this it should come cease to excite prejudice ice against against t the otherwise worthy citizens 0 of f utah As a matter of fact it is the mormons cormons who are being persecuted u ted and not the gentiles the ca cormons mormons armons are anxious to dro drop the fight and divide upon political lines lines IS they ev are nearly equally divided divide d upon national issues and it is a mistake to ou suppose that they are controlled by t the church wherein the church is not vitally concerned judge zane who was a holy terror to the mormons cormons so long as they persisted in their polygamous practices is now giving the saints the protection ot of his court and has incurred the displeasure of the rabid gentiles by hit hi fair and impartial decisions although none venture to impeach his integrity or question his ability A visitor to salt lake during any public demonstrations or gatherings is ia surprised to see the harmony that tha prevails 3 between the previously hostile elements and the e barriers that formerly existed are quietly dropping away this change is going going on in all parts of the territory but more conspicuous at ogden than elsewhere in that city leading gentiles and mormons cormons pull shoulder to shoulder in any public enter enterprise and the most progressive ji wideawake wide awake newspaper the standard is conducted by a son of that leading mor mon george Q cannon the reno beno nevada state journey has this to say Is in the same line 3 there are gentiles living in utah who attribute much of the ill feeling existing between the mormons cormons and gentiles to the utah commission this commission consists slats of five persons who draw a salary salary of a year from the federal government for supe supervising raising elections and making annual reports on the condition of the territory the mav bority of the members are opposed to r having the mormons cormons divide on nation al party lines because such a division diu dint ision sion f would naturally deprive them of office 3 they lofv must if possible keep alive the V ev i feeling ng which existed between the mor mons and Ge gentiles otiles years ago for if that s dies out utah will be admitted as a state A i and there will be no use for the commis sion 1 at the election ele clion held in utah last au an wi gust the mormons cormons divided on nati national r issues their elders taking the stump in 0 opposition to each other and there Is no a e evidence that they were not as an sincere as aai gentile republicans blicaus and democrats to as admit that they were on the part of the commission would imply that the terri tory ought to be male made a state as it has a larger population than idaho and wyo ming combined and that is what a ma bority of the commission do not want as it would deprive them of lucrative positions at the public crib |
