Show BOTH SIDES of the Mor mormon moel question explained by prominent men I 1 mayor for tha the cormons mormons Mor mons 1 paddock for the Oom commission mission 3 by attern western Vt tern asad press to the LINCOLN neb sept 28 elsena Ex Sena tor paddock of the utah commis sion passed through this cita today to day en route to omaha A correspondent had an Inter interview yiew with iii him in rog regard d to the utah commission in answer to a question he said that the law had been enforced honestly very few men have ever read or stood the law and everybody has expected it to accomplish things which its brainers fra iners mers never thought of of its accomplishing what has bas been the effect of the enforcement of the law such a movement cannot be ascertained in fifteen minutes the result was vas of course to elect to office only elioso who practise monogamy this is tha the eom complexion lexion of the legislature wb which ch wilm will meet act during the winter Is the legislature mormon or genthe gentile tile members at least a majority of them are cormons mormons Mor mons and are con trolled strolled by b 1 tho the polygamists ies I libio fa w where ere the newspapers of the west seem to think nothing has been accomplished the V women onion who are in polygamy ajamy 50 ate also disfranchised franchised dis still stil I 1 it was to bo be expected that the legislature would be mormon but not polygamous we have enforced the lair law to he the letter and the result is sat beyond expectation many ny supposed that thattie th atthe the enforce enforcement mint of the pie law would uirt uproot not be the result and I 1 lam im inclined to think that to commence with the law and tha the course taken are emi emis I 1 ie lie nj ly J I 1 lam am in favor of the most rigid legislation and we shall recommend to congress what we think will most tend tead to root out the evil congress should ghoul dat at the coming cession jes pion makh boac enactment in re garito rato the matter and I 1 am inclined will do io to legislation heretofore has never been anfor enforced ced there havo have been but three convictions admore than twenty years if 11 now tha the start made be fol followed lera owed up the RIT will come ere long our commission will hold a meeting to prepare a final report some time in october tha the meeting will be washington and some legislation will be recommended the lh e senator is enthusiastic over the prospect and thinks there is pow now a prospect for uprooting the main evil CHICAGO sept 28 william jen ninga ninga mayor of salt lake city was f found u at his room at the palmer house this evening iio ile stated that in reference to the law prohibiting poly polygamy ramy the he leading citizens of that country were potting away their plural wives in explanation he stated they provide other houses for th these e e wives and they livo live with their an fn famis lies lias illas the edmunds bill been very effen effective tive toward suppressing polygamy to some extent replied the gen fleman but it has not proved factory to the gentile element the commissioners have not only strictly enforced the law but haye have exceeded it yet they have practically accomplished complis hed bothin nothing in what way wity have they exceeded their authority p take tak e iny ny case me for instance I 1 was married in in 1855 to my first wife wire in 1871 I 1 married my iny second wife I 1 was i a polygamist polya mist then but before the passage s of the edmunds law my first W wife fe died I 1 was not allowed to vote yet I 1 was wits not in polygamy when that bill waa was I 1 am not now a peleg t what arn aal I 1 goin going g to do about it why I 1 am ain going to sue the commis loners f for depriving mo me of my rights as a freeman free man the government is not responsible for the acts act ot sta officers when thoy exceed their authority and I 1 propose coshow to show that they li have avo done it in this case ca under tho the I 1 edmunds amunds r law all offices held by polygamists are vacated how is is it that mormons cormons still hold allese these offices asked flie the reporter those Tl iose offices are li heldry eld by mormons cormons who are non poly when an in office is vacated before the eap exp expiration of the term ta to which tile official was elected acted the i vacancy Ac aticy 14 filled ed by ap point mont the probate judge and two 0 selectmen arc are tha the appointive power tho the 1 majority ity of course can appoint we will say for instance that 1 every official waa was a polygamist a S selectman e would resign and the remaining two would appoint a mormon who had only one wife but who was aa as faith aa as tho the other t bad balf a dozen wives then n Iho other selectman would i resign and a similar appointment ointment Int ment would be made and then the probate judge would resign to be by a non poly whose faith was equally or tl thodor i 0 and by this we means ans the poly gaist office holders were succeeded by men of heir own choice after this fills clear explanation ion mayor stated that it was an ii idea lea of his awu ow and tin d after onside consideration ration it was adopted it and nd carried out and you still hold the fort A slight smile rippled over the mayors ruddy countenance ai as re rez plied yes W wo a offer the gentiles a few places in our council chambers and ard county offices believing that minority should have a represents tio tion they refused because they i con could not get them all kow now they shall not lime liae any unless the they vote in tho the democrats dd tho republicans anything not eno give enla tile they vote themselves in I 1 be lice eve or ref republicans bubli cans do not give tho the democrats anything and we intend to do the gentiles gentile just that way wiy butah ut utah polls about 81 coo votes buta o beouf n ere stricken ricken et fr from om the rolls the less than at all I 1 he ile last walon I 1 prestine pre fiut jett was their full strength but blit d how BO go asked tho the reporter this was a contradiction of tl siina 1 my wife ft ifa and myself were chi chased e dy my ten bons bolls will 1 and territory child ren are comin who will yote the wishes of their franchised dis pa pit rents about three thousand voters arc jre addea added yearly in this way and by I 1 immigration migration what will be the neit next move of the ge gentiles antiles nt iles they are doing nothing and I 1 do not think they will recommend any additional legislation the edmunds bill has exhausted its force and no accomplished complis hed little br nothing though I 1 believe the gentile women are get ting up their usual petition to con crebs they are tho the ones ohp make tha the most noise the mayor next referred to the aso so soi i rial cia evil levil 11 lie ile eaid said ahe the city I 1 is s rapidly filling up with abando abandoned lied leo w women men and they are getting so troublesome ome that I 1 may have to drive them from the city until the gentiles came to utah such women did not live in our city and there were no rum shops either mr Jeun Jennings ings further asserted that the night the city marshal was shot th the eg gentiles e 1 I t J ae a f feared ared C the town would be bo burned and that the editors of the tribune a gentile organ that had been violently abusing myself aad and the church would be lynched |