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Show j IIn Qrc" as .He said, and remained arisen. .W!o 1 c. j3roso' 10- hut have wc remained arisen as we c. said; : ' . r Though Lent and its rigors are ow, -remember j 'n . w llla; 110t rPtu '.?, the world; the -fleslrtnd lluT ; 3- what ever our wnteniporaries may"-tiiiMk to" " ' the contrary. " - J - 4 The big semi-annual conference of the Mormon ti church was opened on Easter Sunday. The- big Tab- J rna,-le could not accommodate all the worshippers. ,J : When it comes to a showdown, the protesters P against President .Smiths testimony before the sen- z aXc mmittoc would be the smallest of small mi- j norities in Zion. I f Au ffiieial dechiration on the attitude of the f g 3Ioruion churclon hc question of polygamy was I a authoritatively made at the late conference! To j ; t 'iitiiK-t or officiate at such marriages is declared ' b to 1,0 f'ilUM- f,,r e-xeommuiiioation. It is reaffirming ! I 1 ,:,! Promises made by resident Woodruff in j I 1 1v:m'- T,1' effect this declaration may have on the ! I ; mnit case cannot be surmi.-ed. The church au- I j ili-'rities. on the wiiness stand, before the investi-( I I t.-itin-- cunnnittce, made similar declarations. The ' 1 5;w presumes a person innocent till proved pruilty. j Th.f. who strenuously assert that the pledges made j ! J ,i!M have Iwn broken should prove their as- : seni,.n. Tacts alone will show whether the church - JiuthoriiR-s have broken their' promises or connived j st the violation of ihe law. ; . wtrftt movwnent of the Ministerial alliance ' ": ' i;' ('hic;:p lists boon to try to unite, its forces with j ;. ihe!(boried..rations. Application Iras been made by ; , ihe rresbyterian Ministerial association of that city j f..r a reprcs.ntation ij; their lodges.' Kov. Charles j S-lzle, n graduate from the maelime shop to the I; rigid x-trinos o Calvin, asfca admission a a fra- , t- n;.:i delegate The Socialists disregard the sacred I I i-lwraetfr of the applicant and avow that he will I 3 -r-ftt le admitted. The object of this late movement. I rr- Stelzle says, is "to learn something of the aims j r and aspirations n the workmen." Rather strange J ; for ilc vl'0 was formerly a machinist to be ignorant j v,f the aims and aspirations of the workmen.' The Ii f alholie priests of ( hicaaro, who mingle with the t workmen and preach to thousands of thera every ( Sunday, could tell thrir aims and aspirations. The l workmen never found a congenial home in tht rich I and fashionable Protestant churches. ) 4 . c Colgate Baker, who was born in Japan, writes to J the Independent: "To the American public the real i Japanese character is a sealed book. Japanese H philosophy perverts all moral ideas and poisons the source of every thought and action. It possesses a t power, almost hypnotic, which wrecks the moral character of the Caucasian."' He states that policy , is the canon of Japanese morality. "In the Japanese Philosophy it is right to do anything that is wise, ,i and wrong to do anything that is foolish; bevond J8 this ; there is no right or wrong, good or bad!! In ,, business the Japanese is honest -when honesty is the best policy, but dishonest, whenever it seems' ad-r. ad-r. visable." The writer, describes their methods of J cheating ;their remorse of conscience caused by their 111 philosophy if they fail to cheat when a. favorable opportunity occurs. Cases of suicide of young . wives have been reported in ord..-r that their hus- s ' w hands might be free to enter the tield of battle. 0;i , I i 1n5s Pint regarding thejr morality, he says: "Sui- ' . cide has always been considered honorable in i Japan,- the wish to die being considered sufficient justi6catien for the act. So moral principle against suicide is apparent to the Japanese mind. In past generations the samurai code prescribed suicide if it was impossible to live with honor. The passing of the samurai has not witnessed the elimination of his fantastic theories concerning suicide in Ja-' Ja-' pan. The cause of suicide in Japan is almost invariably in-variably dishonor. To the Japanese mind there is no sin but folly, no ideals to be realized but material and patriotic ones." Japanese civilization and morality are pagan to the core and diametrically opposed to Christian civilization. ' The judgment pronounced by Judge Adams on Senator Burton for violation of the law will appeal ap-peal to every law abiding citizen of the country as I fair and pre-eminently just. Before the majesty j of tho law there should be no acceptation of pcr-sons. pcr-sons. Evading the Jaws and escaping punishment ! by rich, influential men has always been the source I of numberless evils. To these evils the anarchists and socialists point as a justification of their evil tendencies. Their reasoning, too, is plausible. They I see small infractions of the law by persons in their ! rank severely punished, but the rich swindler and tho grafter go unpunished. They not only evade tli3 ; law, but fife frequently rewarded because of their smartness. Senator Burton is not the only culprit. The mails are used continuously by grafters to inveigle in-veigle the public into some new scheme for making money. A few more judgment? like that of Judge Adams would serve as an object lesson to swindlers and grafters, and teach those who complain that tho law is one-sided that before the majesty of the law all are equal. ' : -t t ' Mother Ferpetua, the genial, kind-hearted Mother General of the Sisterhood of tho Holy Cross, is with us once more, and right glad we are of it we extend her a hearty "eaedhe-millo-fauldtha." Two years ago, on the occasion of her first visitation to the west we had the happiness of making her acquaintance, and the opinion then formed of her kindly dispositions was confirmed and heightened immeasurably by our second meeting meet-ing today. She is one of the few who "improve on acquaintance."' Mother Pcrpetua is a big, rotund w oman, and, like all such people, her hand and her heart arc in just proportion. Her arduous duties of the past two years and the worry and anxiety which they necessarily entail have told as little upon her heart and spirit as they have upon her physical health and activity. The good Mother is on her annual tour of inspection to the various houses under her obedience and. by the end of the month, when she will have completed the inspection of her charge here in Utah,' will return to her homo in Indiana to enjoy for a while a well merited rest. We would have you remain always With us, kind Mother: -. f " A dispatch from Washington on Tuesday has the following: Answering questions by Acting Chairman .Vrec-land, .Vrec-land, Bishop Spalding said it was not his opinion that tho proposed tribunal would ever be called upon to determine the question of what is a legiti-1 .mate profit for the investment of capital. Its province prov-ince would, be to settle disputes as to hours, treatment treat-ment and pay of employes by the employer. A fair wage, he said, was demanded in the soft coal mines of the West by the conditions in the mines and tho cost of living. Where a business did not permit of a living wage according to the American standard of living, that business ought to close up, declared the bishop. 'T would say," he continued, "as Sherman Sher-man said of war, that the strike is hell." The above testimony from the distinguished prelate pre-late of. Too ria shows that he fully understands the difficulties that have caused the estrangement between be-tween capital and labor. To settle those difficulties ; and prevent strikes remains an unsettled problem, and as such it is likely to continue for a long time, As long as man js a free agent and thinks he has grievances he will not yield to any pressure that may be brought to bear upon him. To legislate what is the proper and just compensation for a day's i work is not possible. This Bishop Spaulding j admits. A commission may determine the hours of labor and the age at which minors are j entitled to work for a living, but the price of la- bor, like that of any other commodity, depends on i the demand there is for it. |