Show X UTAH commission the mormon regulators thrown into convulsions by a bogus interview tito politicians now for legislative powers for the commission while the cormons mormons pursue tile ETCH eyen tenor of their way bayly occasionally spanking a gentile mosquito amalla Om alitt dec dee SALT sait LAKE crry sept 14 during the past few daya days we have had an amusing example of how flow excited people will occasionally become without any just reason A telegram reached the city ing to give a synopsis of an interview between president arthur and edward pierrepont in the yellowstone national park in mr pierre ponts supposed remarks are some very heavy strictures on the conduct of the tile commissioners who now regulate political matters in utah coming from such a source the commissioners appear to have felt deeply aggrieved and they rushed into print yet more sent official to the department at washington was hington denying the allegations in in the interview in their report it is insinuated that they aro lire aware where the false f statements with regard to their conduct havo have originated those th 06 e who read their defense here immediately set it down that the governor and other federal F officials were the tile ones to whom reference was made and of course the federal officials in their turn felt aggrieved tho tito mormons cormons Mor mons too felt disgusted they had always regarded mr pierrepont na its conservative on their quess tion lion and his utterances more than surprised them now the ex at terney general comes to the tile front and asserts that the whole telegram is boeun that at the tile time it was published I 1 ishee he lie had bad not met the president in the national park and when he be did he lie never expressed thu the sentiments attributed to him cither either with regard to the commissioners or the utah question in fact they are not his fooled everybody annoyed bad blood created between the commissioners and governor and others and the whole thing an unmitigated gated falsehood there are some here who would like to consign such a correspondent to durance vile while othera others would prefer to make inake he newspaper he lie represents the defendant in an action of damages the tile only possible good that it would appear pear can arise arise from this wonderful manifestation of newspaper enter prise irise is that we arc are promised a publication of mr Pierre ponta ponts real diews bews on oil the matter which may be of value should congress congre Qs take up the mormon ques question fion the small po portion artion of the gentiles of utah who are bitterly anti mor alor 1 mon are still clamoring for aledis i is 1 lit littile tive commission but they I 1 by no and meals represent the wealth and in intelligence telli gence of the non flon mormon corn in utah those who favor this sc schema heinle are generally abo those e who fancy that there is a probability that tl they ey may soon bo be appointed to a iio position tion on the commission and their immediate 11 ume diate following but the staple merchants mercha rits of utah the affluent minine mining those who have real interests in tho the territory are not anxious for such a radical change as they they believe such a commission would in no wise settle the mormon question but might ag aggravate gravat 0 the to take so unfriendly andly an attitude as to imperil eril the peace of tho the ter territory and in the consequent interference interfere nee if not destruction of their interests while taxes are low and business flourishing those who have not some PO political lotical axe aa to grind arc are very will ing that matters should remain remain in in j and they do IQ not believe e the disruption of the present political condition of affa affairs airs will hapenny have any effect in destroying or even weak weakening tho the faith falth odthe of the mormons cormons Mor mons however aft wi may dislike some teneta tenets believed in and practised practiced by thee these peculiar people we must recollect that they are terribly in barlic earnest st in i other words mormonism is ia a live religion iou as the number of ita its that arc are C constantly ons tautly going out into the tile world without puro pur o or scrip abundantly proves did lid noddie nut die with joseph or brigham young nor dues does it show any deigns of present exhaustion the death of its present pre ent leader WO would uld have no more effect ulon it than did lid that atif if his predecessors sonic other binau would occupy Y I 1 hia place and carry out the that iho tile church determines upon the coni compactness eneis of of its organization I 1 is s what offends ends many more than ita its P polygamy as I 1 in n that they see a power that is continually growing and howsmo sign of disintegration and this many aro tire often in ill dined to magnify the present position power and influence of the church in this intermountain inter mountain region it is is probably as unfortunate t to magn magnify afy the powers of bf a fo foe a as to underrate his prowess and that is tb the e present tendency with regi regard ird to 1 orin As in other cases it may a 1 be a found that the devil is not mt as black lack as he is painted WENO |