Show OFFICIAL BIGOTRY Some Bome men are very slow alow to learn e especially when the lesson presented to 18 in the line Une of ot toleration or fair deal deal- deal ing trig log towards toward persons against whom they have conceived a feeling of pre ju dice with with or without cause caule In this class we are compelled to pace p aoe the American minister at B 8 moa and some of the Immigration at Ban FrancIsco The recent Motion action of ot these gentlemen with reference reft to two Mor- Mor Mormon Mor Mormon mon mOil children Wm Kennison and Rachel Gilt Gilt-a who arrived in the har har- harbor harbor harbor bor of ot San Franc goo lICO on 00 the 22 ud and were detained there pr presents an iP of official bigotry in one of its worst wo rat forms forma T Taken ken upon up n the state state- statement meet went ment of ot the immigration officers with with- without without without out reference to any improvement that might be he made in hearing the other side ide the the detention was wa wholly with u ut warrant of law Jaw and was wa baaed based soll solely I upon a bias blag in io matters matteD of ot religious faith as contemptible as it id is ba baseless on 00 the part of government representatives representatives tives 1 The circumstances of the case cale are briefly brielly that the boy aged 11 years ears and the girl 8 years old both chinless of English I arents were sent to Utah h in inthe inthe the care of ot two returning missionaries the parents with the rest resi of their faint families lies intending to follow tollow as soon as sir clr toms antes would permit Arrange Arrange- Arrangements Arrangements Arrangements ments were made to have the children well weB provided for in the matter of at the comforts of life lie and education in Amer Amer- American American ican schools until their parents sh ulbe ul ulbe ulbe be able again allain to take personal control Thus the th provisions of ot the immigration law were fully tully complied with But the officials detained the children on the gr und and that they were liable to be become be- be become come a c charge the basis buls of 01 such claim being the supposition that they were to be taken to Salt Lake and there educated in the Mormon faith N w it may be a new idea to some people that an education in the Mor Mor- Mormon Mormon mon faith fai tb ir is i liable to cause caure children reD or grown frown people either to become pub public lie lic charges The prevailing opinion based baNd upon an unbroken array of facts is 18 that the contrary effect is II produced II If there there-is one material feature more than another which being trained In inthe the Mormon faith develops It Is the the- tendency to make the people self self- supporting and the better the Mormon the farther removed Is la he be from any liability of ot becoming a charge on the government for tur his hie care oare and sustenance sustenance sustenance ance Knowing this to be the case the only conclusion con elusion to be arrived at it h that it-that that the he referred to are seek leek seeking ing lug to exclude people from this coun coun- country country try solely oo on religious grounds a proceeding so 80 bigoted unlawful and American andun-American American un-American that ever every i who persists l ts in engaging in it should be relegated to political oblivion as unfit to be trusted with the lobe administration of public affairs allair That In this view of the case oa tb the officers referred to are n D nt t being sub sub- subjected subjected to unfriendly criticism but In fact are leniently I dealt with is shown by the official statement of ot Immigration tion Inspector himself who asserts that tha the children are re en route to Salt Lake City there bere to be educated In the Mormon faith raUb The American mi mil olster later at Samoa amoa wrote to the state department regarding the be matter and Dle measures lur were take i Immediately to suppress oppress the work The Mormons have baye established bed their colonies all through the Island leland groups from Samoa to New Zealand and they are trying to get the children to Salt Lake to make good Mormons Mormon of ot them A party of ml missionaries came up on OD the lobe Mariposa but we could not prevent them from landing ae at they were all citizens ens of the lobe United States I reported the lobe case caseto caseto to Commissioner Stradley and he be en- en endorsed en endorsed my action The case oaBe will now go before the special board boar of inquiry E the action of ot which will be final I From this may be understood the animus which prompted the he official V I proceeding in this case It Is 18 to be bei i hoped however that in the lobe future the gentlemen concerned will exhibit more of tile the genius of ot American jus justine tine and lI- lI liberality tb than n they have bave shown bown in this proceeding eding In contrast with their heir former course coure the they have baYe for tor example the commendably prompt a d lawful action of United States District Att Attorney Garter Deputy Sur- Sur Surveyor Sur Sur- Surveyor Surveyor of Port S J Rudd lJ W W of at the Chinese bureau and G Channing of ot the special agents alent department who constituted the special board of ot Inquiry which re- re reviewed reviewed re reviewed I viewed the case cue and ordered that tb the children be set at liberty to pursue their journey to this Territory |