Show ANOTHER BOOM eraerts Is of new laurels to be gained by persecuting ion bj W colbin CHICAGO sept tho timet washington special says tho attention of secretary evarta was today to day called to the fact that a number of emigrants had embarked from europe for this country evidently with the intention of going to salt lake to join the cormons mormons Mor mons where they supposed they would bo unmolested in the full enjoyment of their religious belief an J customs of that sect it will be remembered gome time ago a large number of emigrants passed through the country westward to utah having left own country to escape restrictions placed upon them because of their belief in mormonism and especially the practice of polygamy there was at the time and h now a law in force in the territories and particularly in utah prohibiting polygamous marriages at that time secretary evarts issued a cincu lp to the subordinates of the state department in foreign countries giving gotico to foreigners preparing to go to utah a view to practicing polygamy that they would be duly prosecuted if they did BO for violation of this law the object of the circular was the discouraging of for eigners from coming to this country with the view of joining the mor mons secretary egarta was abed what he proposed to jo with the emigrants now on their way to ho pad that if they attempted to carry out their peculiar views in re gard to marriage they be proceeded against at for polygamy they would bo treated as criminals and punished accordingly they had received due warning in the circular issued to foreign countries and in accordance with this circular which has been widely circulated prosecution would at once be instituted against them there could have been no mistaking the circular it instructed ted tho representatives of this country abd communicate to foreign governments the df the administration upon the mor mon question this was that this government in herded to take most active and vig orous steps for tho abortion of the institution of polygamy in this aoun try the circular aji issued and it wag so stated therein for the main operation upon of foreign govern meata in preventing the of their subjects who intend to come vc here to join the cormons mormons Mor mons and practice the circular created a goad deal of sensation at the time because the administration merely indicated a desire to shut off additions to poleg from outside sources but for some time took no to punish tho cormons mormons who actually practiced practised polygamy in utah beyond a test case op two which resulted in practically nothing |