| Show THE PRESS ON T THE FROB LEM I ti tell ua this isa is aa off year and it teems seems to us that a great number of politicians are foroff off too some of them get getoff P altogether when they undertake to write about cither I mormon formon poli tics bics or mormon religion the editor of the grand haven mich herald zerald ia among the off ones just now especially he hel appears scarcely to know sometimes whether he is denouncing or defending the cormons mormons Mor mons in their political actions he H does not know seeming seemingly whether he is speaking of f the powers of the commission or ef of the governor of the territory in ili ft a recent issue in an editorial edi article on the polygamy wrestle the writer says the edmunds bill lill does not give us a very good hold he thinks the cormons Mor mons have the inside track we concur in the recella recent electious elect ioas for delegate to congress hon john T caine received a majority of over I monogamist votes hew how many BOB non cormons mormons Mor mons voted for him we do not pretend to say but we know some did ost coat their vote for the peeples nominee his opponent received less than votes totes all told tola as revealed by the th official count our grand haven contemporary T says the commission were authorized to fill vacancies and after the time for election in august they pronounced all territorial elec election tin offices vacant and nominated incumbents for the same nine but the cormons mormons Mor mons maintain that there are no vacancies cies since the Is law w of the terr territory atory provides that bucce mad ra arv fled fied it will at once be been seen that the herald man is at sea that he has got utah matters terribly mixed the commissioners were not authorized zed to fill vacancies they wro were not authorized neither did they pronounce all the territorial election offices vacant after the time for the election in august the governor of utah was empowered by the hoar amendment to Allya A cah c aw bui not to create any and there being no to vacancies there were none for his excellency to fill it is true he bd appointed a number of men to positions which already had incumbents but tho the appointments were not worth the paper or parch ment upon which they were written in this view of th the matter we indorse dorse the statement of our namesake that the jaw law of the territory provides that officers shall hold eveir th air places till their successors are dul duly y elected and qualified this they are doing and we vre believe our governor now sees the futility and illegality of the appointments he so rashly made under the mistaken construction of hia his little brief authority tho rity the herald saya bay mormons cormons Mor mons I maintain that el elections p eions held in no gembol by order of the commissioners sio ners arc invalid this is another mistake they consider the elec lion lions perfectly valid they were leold held in strictly conformity with the edmunds law and the hoar amendment and the results are perfectly satisfactory to the mormon people the peoples ticket was fairly elected by an overwhelming majority and the delegate elect will res pair to the seat sent of Govern government men t and rat the proper time tim a he will take his seat in the house of represents Re presenta lives no fair minded person will deny that mr caine has a right to awu da this as he ho holds the certificate certifies to of his hi election elect lin from those who were authorized zed to give it the omaha bee ef of november says the I mormon commission have done their work and zion is still overwhelmingly mormon thousand thousands of polye anit were chased but when n the vote were counted it waa was discovered that leu leas that gentiles had voted while the church candidate for congress had a total of votes which foes goes to show that legislation alway always legislate aa as its promo d desire ire and that t there are some grobl problems nis which h are am too tool butge irge foremen the ablest statesman etem to grapple with successfully it is true that mens inhumanity to man may lead them to legislate away the religious and political right rights of their fellow man but they i never can legislate away their religious convictions or their conscience neither can they cx ex nate by legal process the faith of men in any system of theology tha it is very doubtful with many deep thinking and farseeing far seeing men whether during the short term that remains to t the h e congress any more legislation will bo be attempted having tor for its it s end the further abridgment of the civil and aid ec clesi cal rights of the great majority of the people of utah and it is considered almost morally certain that tho congress of the united states will not seek to molest the people of this territory in the enjoyment of their religious freedom we can afford to wait and see |
