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Show I" 1 1 iff If Why the Pro' sis Must Continue. ' Hll 'flfff The volunteer and hired defenders of the ruling Vji riffi' priests of Utah can see nothing in- those who op ' j! 'fi!' p0Be tllom excent liatG an(1 malic an(1 a desire to ' ' iff iff liet'P utan alwayfi a storm center. It has been ' 'l- i'lvil il v 80 in utalx for moro tIlan forty yars a11 tllQ l ;f '"It'Jrfl tImo save In tIlG riof mterval of a few months IB '' 1 in!) when those priests seemed to be keeping the i rM iw faith that thoy had plighted in order to gain HR ( I 'IS iuflif statehood. One would think the intelligent Mor- i w tWfM; mou Peone would remember those few months, ' I M 'lfl an(1 would msIst that the same situation shall be IK "I ; $j jjf restored. Think of it. The shame of Utah had '8 1' passed away, the taint of treason that B ; ! f ' bad been upon her people had been re- B ' '' moved, all classes were working harmoniously B ' ' together to build up a proud commonwealth all B'! 'iljjl'- ' the skies' of the young state were bright. B ; ! ' fl 'K That these high priests chose to overthrow It B j 'Jm if xI all and cause Utah to revert to what it had so B fM ' long been, was such a proof of perfidy and cruel B ' SiSrJfrfle selfishness as one would think would cause the R 1 llH j M honest rank and file to cry out as the Hebrews HI H"' 'S' Jvl of old dld: "To your tent8'' 0! Israol!" B1 1 1 ji-Fff Dut tllG S1)Gl1 iS t0 strong unon them. The I! -if' ' Sk superstitious fear has been welded too firmly ''Bi jjy upon their souls. What then is there to do? f ffl' '1? Why the duty seems plain. Our Republic is i '.' :"'"v the government of a free people. It rests alone '"jS'L"' 1 on tbe love of country and the intelligence or its ' ii children, i l ' Tlle Mormon cnurcn is a kingdom, a despot- ''I'wLl'' Ism' ln theory, in practice, in fact, the very anti- ' wBi't podes of free government, i . 'fil -''r Tll duty tnen is plain. So long as its chiefs ' K" ir llol(1 to tlier assumption of a divine right to rule t j 'rell'ji the temporal affairs of its followers, to authorita- j , , ; 'tfM.frv ff tively direct them asd to dictate how thoy shall ' ' IB IC vote' Jt Is plain enou8h that an alien government ' r,Bwtffcil Is ln ful1 force nere' aad there is nothing for an j 1 '; imfa'. American to do except to fight this cruel assump- ' "J m m tion until !t ls eitner abandoned as it seemed to ji'jf be is 1894-95 or until an outraged government t! (Wml slia11 crusii it out. There can be no compromise It' t Jmli wItn crimes of that kind. There is no ; fB ujp safety for any government unless its people obey I o . J j IB T Mf tne laws- Tllis ls tlie more vital in a Republic ' ! ''h ill I than ln a monarcliy for In a monarchy the King j , I' ulB can call upon his armed guards and compel I ' illw ' '1 obedience. In a Republic the appeal is to the ' i fVmt patriotism of a people, to obey the awsandif they i 1 ' in "IIH prove oppressive, to amend or repeal them in a Is 1 ' ' -.;jK: ifW' legitimate way. But in Utah we have the mar- ' 'it B'lwl velous spectacle of a man who declares that he ; ' If' Mi fflfi' " has never had a revelation, that he is living in t'tti Wt m violation of the laws of both God and men, ana I , ' 'f fro! other spectacle quite as pathetic and grotesque is 1 ' ' l iiPi' that f men wh0 d UOt belleve In tlle iminent ( (iiJBlMi creed here, who pietend that their mothers were 1 I 'it C Kli pure and true American women, raising their j I , I BBpf' voices to declare that any who oppose the assump-f assump-f ' inr ' tlons of this pretended king are disturbers and ' $iifwwl$!t tliat tllGy llUrt tiade' |