Show TILTING AT WINDMILLS A few days ago we took occasion to speak in terms of praise of the ability of the st br paul pioneer press frew the fore most moat newspaper of the north west and one ot of the best beet in the country the journal referred to deserved all that was said of it for it ordinarily die dia cusses current subjects with acumen and vigor and generally is not far wrong in its judgment the last issue to come to band however shows a woeful departure from this high standard it contains a half column tirade against the mormon church and is in the utmost degree vindictive and vituperative the th masses of bf the church membership are called purblind ox they are aa said to be of a low stan art dard morally and intellectually 0 mormonism is defined as aa a horror at the root of which the knife should cut quickly and sharply and the sooner this is done the nation and the world will be rid of what should never hav have been allowed to raise its snaky head lead above the mire from which it sprung a there is much more in the daae barn strain all going to show that thae th editorial scribe has succeeded in lash in ing adment himself into a most v virtuous wad ami v vehement frenzy but the amusing part remains to be b told the whole basis of the screed if la found in a ludicrous misunderstanding misunderstand ir of chief justice zanes recent deol ton ion as to the disposition of the person al property of the mormon church says thep the P 1 in its opening paragraph paT aeran probably no stop step that has been taken by the authorities towards the efti extine c tion of polygamy has hab excited more in dig nation among the mormons cormons than than will be felt with regard to the clett decision sio odthe of the utah supreme court as an to till th disposition of the two mill millions lons pled placed at the disposal of the mormon then the climax is as approached f qt r to is one of th tures and 0 most unpleasant duty uty but it is ig nona a the lose less necessary and nd tta th application of the funds to the batah lish ment and support of free schools in in the balm that follows t the he knife in education Is the one hope of utah and ya the whole country should congratulate itself because two millions million of dollars which were to have jone gone to the mak ing of proselytes prose lytes to mormonism are to be expended expanded in free education now as it happens that the who whole country or at least the honorable part of it will congratulate that the utah supreme court h held ite d view totally different from that hat taken by the pioneer press the journal refer referred to must confess to a large stock of fine fury utterly wasted tte the court it decision was that the church was en titled to the use of its personal funds funda the same mine to be employed in the buildt build loo and keeping in repair its church oes ces and the support of the boora direct denial of the un unjust mu at and predda berous demand that the means given by members of the church to a certain cause be diverted to another coq cause wholly different and none the more worthy the esteemed pioneer jarw has committed the dangerous and blunder of go DID off half cooked cocked and if the editor acilto r I 1 devote a moment to examination lie he will find in the language of the day a capacious and jagged hole hie as the re sulton suit of this recent exploit of talking through his hat |