Show SOUS AGAINST THE CHURCH VM act of congress of march 3 1887 commonly known as the edmunds tucker law makes it the duty of the attorney general of the united states to institute and prosecute proceedings to forfeit and escheat to the united unite d states the property of corporations obtained or field beld in violation of the act of CO congress ingress of 1862 that la law W provided that all real estate held b by an any church in a territory of ed the 7 united states above the valse oi 0 thousand dollars shall be for forfeited felte S escheat to the un united ite d states I 1 it to ti pre pretty well wall understood that both the these sellet act of congress were passed with special reference to the church j jesus christ of latter day saints the object was to cripple cripp lethe the mormon mono church church and please the charit chari able tolerant just and christian re of the orthodox sects this was comme commenced nce ii the supreme court of this Terri territory tor to recover lar large e amounts which it I 1 is the church church holds in excess of 0 the limit prescribed by law ad also to te gain possession of any and assets of the perpetual perpetua ky property migrating migra tint ting fund company company which was wa dissolved by y the act co of the last ses sea rion goo particulars will be found in another place in this paper this has been expected for some som time no one acquainted with the circumstances is taken by surprise unless deos it is that the suits have been so W lone delayed the action taken should lotny sot be viewed as anything hostile by the administration the law was pissed in ignorance of the property j of ef the church as it was of its doc doctrine irine and spirit and the exec executive department of the Govern government men while not responsible lor for the law is 1 in duty doty bound beaud to enforce it in the manner manne prescribed there need be no apprehension over ove this matter the cases will be conducted no doubt according to proper legal forms and will be ably defended we hive bothin nothing to say at present on the merits or demerits demerits thereof but bu cannot retrain refrain from smiling at the idea ide at recovering a million dollars or a nildred eadred cents from the P E fund fun co when its debts are paid the dense dease ignorance of the matter in which the members of congress that passed the infamous measure were en wrapped I 1 is demonstrated by the section in regard to the property and assets of f company wito bitout ut any the latter day da wonted Brini sneed not worry over these re murble suits they can just wait pa and watch results |