| Show THAT 0 A B R PETITION A special dispatch from washington to some coast papers papera dated april stated that on the day previous congressman Cae cassidy sidy from nevada presented to the house of Representatives a petition signed by the members of the grand army of the republic of nevada and utah asking congress to abolish the right of suffrage in that territory the telegram goes on to say say that the memoria lists state that in their opinion this is the only remedy for the present difficulties as so long ag as the cormons mormons are allowed to control the territorial legislation they will never try to inforno any acts of congress inimical to their polygamous pra practices cices t PP the italics filling out the imperfect construction of the reprint in the S L tribune bune are ours reading this we felt in pity con strainer strai to address mentally the grand army of the republic in the words ot of mark alark antony oh mighty casar ca r sar doest thou lie co 50 low are all thy conquests glories triumphs spoils shrunk to this little measure haa has it come to this that members of a military organization who claim to have fought and bled in the tile struggling support of constitutional tut ional liberty of equal rights 0 the establishment of justice all over this broad land laud would so belie their honest claims and honorable martial records as Is to put their names to such a document petitioning congress to disfranchise american citizens scores of whom foug fought lit and bled forthe for the union before the tile GA G A R was dreamt of and hundreds of whom have assisted in the mighty struggle of the seventh decade of this century what has the G A R got to do with the political management of this territory or any other are not a great num number berof of its members enjoying the fat emoluments of all the fe federal deral offices in this territory are not hundreds of others reaping 0 the fruits of their toils and the results of their brain work in undisturbed plenty and full possession and unhampered exercise of their political rights they mostly late arrivals the exercise bathe bf the privileges of citizenship which are unconstitutionally denied to thousands of the early settlers of this once barren uninviting yea forbidding wilderness whence we ask this petition where is its iti text where are its signers did all the members of the utah posts sign it and do all who did put their names to that nefarious petition for proscription feel proud of having conspired against their neighbors many of whom they simulate to call friends these are a few questions for the answers to which the comm community unit y is is entitled to look whether the information will be forthcoming is doubtful those members of the G A R who wanted inimical legislation for utah cannot be expected to fire in open field its less dangerous a to shoot under cover |
