Show A SILLY 1 FT despau the clear contradiction contradict ioa which the liberals have met 10 ia their belr doltish assertions concerning mormon mort perjury ia in taking the dew new oath iome some of them in iii babbling yet evidently they have hawe not read the tucker billand the law jaw relating irig to perjury and be sides t they hey do dd not bring ard ordinary in ary sense into the bon consideration of the question estion the persons who continue their lip wisdom on this subject ar are searce scarcely lyof of the intelligent class of liberals and their silly attempt to fri frighten ahten el eligible hible mormon voters into au abio absolute lute promise not to take tako the oath for fear feats 1 of prosecution will wll be as fruitless as their other political efforts have been during the past five years if a man ais ac in a state proscribed jet let him cefra refrain 1 ln from subscribing to the test but every member of the peoples party should understand the law and not be misled or intimidated by any of the false advice and broken backed threats which the liberals have scattered id in s such uch rich I 1 pro fason fasion in addition to the full statement of the legal view of the question tion which appeared in these columns um us on saturday night herewith are presented the in laws of utah and sad the united states upon perjury the territorial statute says eatery person who having a an n oath that he will testify declare de depose abse or certify truly before any competent tribunal allicer or person in any auy of the caes cases in which w tiled euch such an oath ach may by jaw be administered administer edt wilfully and contrary to vv stales states as true any material matter which he lie knows to beranse ber ba false alse la is guilty of perjury the term oath as used in the last section luc ludes an aw every other otter mode authorized by law of attesting the truth of that at which III ch is stated uorca auch of an an oath of office i I 1 u ail te te laid ahe future 1 ye ott formu da t afif f such an ys s in ended by the dun while the new tet test is not an oath of office qia he A I 1 aig 4 italicized I 1 I 1 wards show tha theory of the I 1 law aw concerning I 1 elc 1 0 eta in violat violation iod of a present oath section of the revised statutes of the united states says every person who having taken an oath beaure a competent tribunal macerol Mc erol or person in any case in which a law of the bulted states authorizes theorizes th orizes ies all a oath to be administered that he lie will tes testify tiry declare depose or certify truly or that any written mop declaration d deposition or cert dt v e by him i true wil wilfully faly ami arid contrary to such oath states or subscribes any material matter which he does not believe to be true is gull guilty ty of perjury in the et statutes atutes defining perjury therefore wo we can clearly see tee that not one word appears which could involve the present conscientious taker of the oath bath in prosecution because of any future conduct if roan MAU commit in the time su aubro quent to tak taking ilij the oata oath any of bense in violation of the tucker bill orthe or the edmunds act set ie je can be prosecuted for that particular of tense but not for perjury arson piracy gr or theft the attempt at intimidation now 11 1 being elg made JW people a e party harfy is asvery deiy tally THE HARSHEST criticism e ever ver uttered upon the english parliament is in the recommendation of the london tiers that parliament forsake its ell ways and adopt for me ita model in dignity and ability the american contress Con congress fress the jocose satire would have been if the ao 10 had i pl placed i ed aldo courage raae and iusti in its list with dignity and ability the next thing will he be for some to recommend the federal courts in cutali as a model by y which to reform the persecuting courts of ireland desert a ik religion ofa or pa political liti party while it ie la full of earthly prosperity and honors and accept mem membership 13 ersh 1 p with a bacare catselas cau selAs 1 1 jasti justifiable fiA inference Is 1 that they th eyare re sincere but if they main thlin tain alliance with the movement while itcan it can afford them power and pelf and then desert it when persecution and poverty come upon it the Jimi juul flable inference is that they are altis p gita cowards CONG has been bien forced by the popular cry to against the teaching of religion reli tion in the public 6 schools of utah in every other part of the country thinking people are tire giving the tute solemn warning that fiat unless moral aarel and rel seltona tona training n ing is is speedily engrafted upon popular edu cation dire consequences must eni ensue A form of expression from sydney smith the moment the very rt name me of utah is mentioned congress bud aid the federal courts erem seem to bid adieu to common feeling common prudence and common seris andio and to aty ranta and the imbecility of idiots folt a SELF 1110 o 0 and sd SQ omi lical al wickedness wicked deess cesa wco leads the tite world while her minister ministers are apparently expecting a repetition of the miracle of earch a city most other people aro looking to aee see her meet with Gomor fate |