| Show A BUNDLE OP OF ERRORS tian DESERET NEWS the official organ of publishes an editorial declaring that those who have plotted to destroy the liberties of the have played their game gam 0 and lost 1 it asserts that the test oat oarb prescribed by the edmunds tucker act does not trench upon the belief in polygamy nor pre prevent vent the defense and advocacy of this belief it homes mes the mormons cormons to tb take the oath re required and to refuse to answer any other other interrogations on the part of those in charge of the registration of voters in defense of thin position it quotes from senator ingalls speech upon the new in measure leasure and also from the de cislon the united states court that the th civil government does doers not interfere with the profession or propagation of principles except when those principles break out into overt sets ats against peace and good order this doctrine of the court is of course unimpeachable the new law JAW to is erected directed not against the tb mormon belief but against the practice of polygamy A citizen of utah has a perfect right to te believe that this Ia to be changed no right to violate it the edmunds edmunds tucker bill was directed against that more saintly part of the mormon church which practices polygamy it declares that polygamy is a crime a and ad shall be treated as such tha children an born of any other than ithe abe first wife are illegitimate and that no one shall vote or serve asla asa juror unless he takes an oath to obey and enforce the marriage n laws upon which american society is based it is enczur note that the polygamous leaders among the mormons cormons are bitter in their denunciations of the new measure it is very doubtful whether it will serve its intended purpose of destroying the power of the polygamous hierarchy to whom as a rule the non polygamous Mor cormons mormons are entirely subservient the foregoing appears in the columns of the christian of march the first part is all right the position taken by this paper on the voting question is in accord with the rulings of the court of last resort and is as stated 6 71 but the latter part of the foregoing article is a bundle of errors it shows that the editor of the union U A ion has I 1 fallen ai ae ik into the same manner of treating utah questions as the editors of secular secular papers it is a great mis take tak e to suppose that the now new law is directed against that part of the mormon church which practices polygamy it was designed designe ct by its promoters against those do not practice polygamy all the members of the church living la in the practice of plural marriage were dis franchised by the edmunds act of 1882 and the are conducted under that act this law dis franchises all the women voters of utah and none of them were qualified uplifted us lifted to vote if living in polygamy it t is monogamous and singe women who are de deprived e d of the ballot at one stroke by this s u unjust n just and inexcusable measure it was directed then against that part of the mormon church which does not practice polygamy so go with the oath required of male male voters all the practical polygamists were dis franchised five years tears ago age the lew law was intended by its original ordinal con can doctors to deprive those members of the mormon church who do not ot practice polygamy of the right to vote serve on juries and hold office but the oath which was finally provided for was not worded to suit those these conspirators spira tors that is why we sw they had bad 4 played their game and lost the union U aion is mista mistaken ken t throughout 1100 r ghost its description of the tae provis provisions le of the now new law they are more mor a appropriate r ro to the act of 1882 it is Is evident e v itlene the editor has not studied or has forgotten the details of the meas measure urt ke he has written about it corta certainly does not contain any provision prevision making children of all but first wives illegitimate 11 and its reference to 46 polygamy 0 as a crime is merely incidental Tats L not direct the provision to that effect being in the former edmunds act how strange it to is that writers on the mormon question both religious and secular will not take the trouble to inform the then nelve nelves concerning it so as to write correctly and intelligently I 1 the power of the poly polygamous jamous hierarchy vie e suppose refers to the influence of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints though the appellation is unsuitable we have no 6 polygamous hierarchy 11 the intention of the enemies of the church wasl was W 0 doubt to destroy it as well as C its power but that is something that neither they nor congress nor even the christian journals of the he united states ard able to ta AC com the power of I 1 god which is the strength and aad influence of the church is in beyond legislation wad out of the reach of the deepest laid copa conspiracy piracy it is on that we rely and we are sure it ww will prevail no matter what may be brought to bear against it and we assure the christian union that it is to that and aad not to any human force or domination that the latter day sa W are entirely subservient |
