| Show JUDICIAL or 0 TAK laa IT is but bui a ve very ry short time since the country was iq informed formed officially and through the prest pres that all themer mon people were required require a to do was to co me within the laws there was no desire it was stated to persecute or oppress them or interfere inter Yere in 14 any way with their religious belief or in any church but bitt ilig they asked to I 1 leome come within th the laa labb la vB the he refusal of men who had aad married plural wives to promise that they would obey the law is in future as construed by the courts was heralded throughout gho the lund as proof of afe hostility of le the cormons Lor mons to the and a as reason to lor depriving eprim aing thim them of 01 the rights aad of citizenship the courts Siv crated defendants for declining t to 0 make this promise and some judges fairly boiled over with wrath because of this alleged contumacy but aup now that a law of congress has been beene enacted nap ted which requires require all voters im no to break the laws nor addio pr assist others to break them e every ve obstacle that can be 06 raised is integ interposed pos t d to prevent dissuade and intimidate the cormons mormons Mor mons from subscribing to th the e agreement Is not t its gt A very vary singular gillar state of affairs to make the matter breir we must once ampre refer athe to the difference between tho requirement of the courts of polygamist saiad the requirement of the law of monog amista in the former men naho ano have entered into solemn engagements involving fealty to god antto and to women who are their wives before heaven end and mothers ot of their childre nare asked to agree that thai they will east cast off and ana avoid those chosu wives and treat them as worse than strangers their covenants and vlola violating tin their sense of honor hono audom and of manhood to escape a prison aud au danne a tine in the latter men V wao ho have not entered into these relations are reg required gired to tb promise that they will 0 obey ney the laws and not aid it or advise others to or break e ak them as a qualification to vote serve as jurors and hold office in this territory alio who caunt cannot see the essential difference ecce between the position of the attye cj classes asses the marrio married mol j m mon 0 rill cannot consistently and t t I 1 fuus u lly make the pledge sought to be 06 ei extorted from him by the courts biu thousands of I 1 mormons Mor Wor monal mons I 1 who have but one wife or no wile wife at allcan take tile the cathor affirmation prescribed for them by the law and yet the utmost penalties possible are inflicted upon those who cannot make the promise while obstacles are plated in ia the me way of those ean can agree to observe the law to deter them f irem rem taking the oath how consistency sis sla tency is there in this force them to take t the he oath was the my cry when it was supposed that it aou would id be rejected As soon as lc it is discovered that it oan be taken and will be taken the cry is changed and the word now is obstruct threaten deter the che cormons mormons Mor mons by every possible means from taking the oath whether as voters jurors 8 or officeholders such sudden transmute eions are to be expected from the wretched gang that are plotting to seize and despoil the territory but people bt at a distance would scarcely expect such conduct in the courts however we invite attention to tho the official utterances of associate justice boreman ou on the alst dinst holding fede federal ral court at beaver A A juror uror while being examined as to his i statutory qualifications was questioned as to nis his member membership in the 1 moamoa Mor moa church and his ability to take the oath he stated teat he was a member but had no right to counsel or advise at all either as to polygamy ur else he was ready to subscribe to the oath Where whereupon apon judge boreman proceeded t ta a strange harangue we take the report furnished f urnis hed by the organ that claims to represent the federal officials in this thia territory lest it should be said that we have misstated the judges position and prea present euto his rema remarks irks in our local columns we have never heard judge boreman accused of being much of a lawyer it is considered dered in this community that the position he was best qualified to oil fill was that which he adorned when formerly lifted from tim the bench and dropped to liis his natural level plate passer in a small Methodist concern I 1 in this city but one might read reasonably expect ordinary sense sens from efrom a person in his station and also a truthful not au acute construction ot the law the attempt he makes to place a member of a church which teaches the rightie rightfulness ln essof of a certain and practice who wao does not engage in that practice on oft the same me ground as ad a s 6 par partner tiler in a firm which receives stolen goods goads I 1 is 9 a piece of a actual atul ab abi we think cannot duplicated from ro I 1 in the records of any aej court of ancient or modern times why does not judge boreman Boreni aa sae see to it that te Chure qung prose caled buted lor 1 11 P polygamy oly gamy if tile 0 organization 1 the the boci soci society el the church is aa association ai I 1 parties all eugA feed eg in crime why not have ave the church isted and it if a 4 ine member aper 0 or that church because h ha belle believes j in its doot doctrines is in on a level itel with a partney in a arm which is ged in ia the te V violation ton p I 1 law WW is ne lie not abot I 1 for fat it I 1 alie budges lo 10 lofto I 1 is go good od he should have i directed the W 4 gry to indict that cpr V for his bia 11 2 W instead pi 4 4 jap to dl d him vorn from taking r the he oath to 0 obey the ac law it if a man A aids and abets hip partners in stealing he can cabbe be prosecuted se as an alfh itt he does 4 ab pt t aid and q abbet at lie he afta can pay that W he e bob does no not and sw swear ar that ne hewl wui paw not it uNes ah a h act to constitute aiding and abetting and some positive advice to do an overt overs a act ct to constitute I 1 a e co cou aseline to 0 corn com mit mils ar a crime 4 but wi will I 1 J judge boreman Bore mao or t the h e A abage 9 e leaguer that put the notion into ins head bead please to tell teil us what part of t the he new law or of theold the old makes alph fin 01 d tug polygamy a crime or w will he point aut that part of the oath which bich requires any one oneto to promise sot not to kan hold polygamy has not the judge added to te the law by using tw the words upheld upholds up holding as though they formed the very gist of the test oath and is not jauch wt wresting esting of the law the lowest kind of police court urt the law r does not forbid the up holdim of polygamy either by a or addiw anem beys bej s the law deals liens not bot opinions orthe or the expression ol of opinions and substitution of the word uphold for the word commit 11 is tue foundation stone of the judges whole structure of transparent silo ophis try take that away and the satire batch of rubbish falls adopt judge Boc Bore emana maula own owa partnership and use the th word uphold instead of commit and see where it x would woold stand A firm might barhold jaR hold the right falness or the policy of reee receiving iving stolen oat ita pa stolen goods w wp W jw it w weber b er 0 of if the firm could bould be prosecuted te e and I 1 it some members of that hat arm farih committed cr br some agne one alse lse to steal the baitner pait ner who performed no overl oven we act could not be made partia 3 it would not be for upholding apio 11 the offense but it if or aiding in its c commission ahat ahat any one could be proceeded against yet judge boreman seeks to draw a parallel between aerson who 11 P h id il a chebi y which some ped e re beuce 14 to tb practice and one who aads aids in t ane e perpetration pet petr ration aLion of an act aca ahm Is I 1 any sane bo y ought to know be bear 1 trl er than such nonsense but eian it if the stuff enunciated from the bench at beaver could be tur aurriell into sense what legal obstacle e I 1 is there in the wa wiy of any man who Is s ready tp mau make bak oath that tat he will vill not break the law nor I 1 aid id others to break it the oath wales entirely to the present or at the most to the future it has no reference to t the past it to do wit thaman wi amanti s in gunj any Jt Arch society ot or organization it foucha upon what ui h has a done or has arf raineyl raine cl froio doln doin nd ge att ara y or La leaguer laera erh baa ny r oice abot avot d a uror or an domce holder as to his bis in the meatnon Mert non or any hurch there is no law tor 1017 it there abere jp no foegal egal i ight for f or lation it ia nothing less blau ahau assumption obstruction and intimidation judge Borea aaD is sot not constituted the public alic regulator of in his hia district xe he says if icae be belonged to the Oh merman lormon church toe he could not nok take the oath himself vor eor the credit of the organization we are thankful for the fact and are fully that the gentleman would not attain to that position without considerable repentance and reform As be is not a mem her it is not for him to decide bec should or should not do in that capacity god forbid that any MOT won mob should acquire chatel that elasticity achy ichy of bou conscience science which allows allowa methodist eoin coin collee collectors tort to malign the mor mons and raise funds by the li cation of the foulest falsehoods ever invented by mortals or demons U 1 we understand the motive nao tive of the cross examination of j arora at beaver and tire the exhortation eor tation deU vered from the i bench but the purpose will tail A few I 1 furors brors may be driven I 1 f WM j panel i which does doea nat ac ter much considering the methode resorted to for the thai 0 of Se turing jurors in sympathy wi with th the prosecution bate it not seare sensible Mormon Mor mons 0 away from the polls that their enemies may mayr yam gaw possession of tafe local suffices and prey their j that which judge Ber boreman emart Arleaf toie eto to insinuate as the purposed thea jaw was the very tiling that those who framed the law would not consent to anything that would interfere with be liet lief or opinion or the atee expression thereof they dee declared 1 red they tl r not chante countenance loaned I 1 W t be magle made a elig toa alaf 1 atif 10 ofa A 1 to acta wt buat M bp I of a judge alid who attempt to I 1 anje itt into jhb law tai the ver urpo ur its framers intent mere caf 16 avol ei and an T to ift justify which mere Is ao aou a pe e of ora a line mits language we say to the people oj t that tat the law allows n ta W believe in I 1 n ex ponus defend pd id u mid the dod trine of plural marriage arriage freely and andio to their hearts content tent but those wn w take tho the oat oath agree b imbt to the named 11 ih jsse ra labys ph ang ift A aint to WOW advise as s t 0 t i rs b att 1 chwi tt tat alyah 1119 4 1 anti 0 he DW bor mate m aie inore of jt t this whether he be be a fed fedd 10 baor over al eters 1 the 1 b bound 9 ands of the law and bis offic officiousness iouin ss and deception rhay may be viewed with the most moat profound contempt 5 |
