Show till alfar achs VERDICT tho the trial of elder hawkins na akins at salt lake for polygamy ling resulted rosul tad in his hia conviction tho was the f rt of the amiable and extra luxurious marcion Mor iou cion this test case is s of the t as n if not overthrown by further judicial action it il is virtually lly a gniot extinction of ono of the ilia condral central features feature of mormonism polygamy tho the brief briar survivor of the file twin relic 0 of barbarism apri in 11 so long ong the bugbear bug bear of our po it lent and statesmen is quietly snuffed snuff iid out tinder in an ordinary oid inary process of law and the structure of mol MORN IS 15 LEFT HISa to its fall while the burly atlas who has hag to so long sustained the fabric on liis his broad shoulders o stands looking on oil in powerless amazement at the suddon sudden but quiet fall of his bit darling system but the alarming feature of this verdict is that it turns tit 01 I 1 the first wives of ui loose upon their luckless tho the triumphant po mis hawkins hawkin if leads adsan nn avenging army of blighted alighted spouses and we may finey fancy tho the tribulation that is 15 in for the thousands of over much carliell lius of salt lake dut but tho the effect eit act of this verdict extends beyond the borders of utah it cornea comes as it distant note colo of encouragement to an all FIRST that the day clay of their dominion over their husbands is come lot let the husbands of of america tro aible lel there tire are mrs hawk lilacs in every hamlet in the united states wo we do not moan can that their husbands have extra wives but that they havo have not fully realized that they havo have ono one grot first wife and that they aro are bound to that hint their particular mis hawkins lias has a light ig lit over them how far fair tho the uri mra I 1 awk in insco cs of Ami ici will press their victory c annot be determined or even guessed but the decision of the court in utah on en saturday last will send a thrill of self through tho the rinks ranks of the bachelors of the die united states state happy tho jiin who has no mrs hawkins awkins II to go for him bim 11 philadelphia bulletin |