Show THE OFFER OF THE MOI M O 0 NS york sim aug 30 we have carefully examined tho the form oi of a state constitution khith was drafted last month by tho the utah convention it will b bo 3 presented to the president of the tile united states and to congress as the basis oi of utah application to be admitted to the union the tile proposed prop oscil constitution ie is tile work of the tile mormons themselves theme elvee the gentiles w called have very generally held aloof from the movement toward statehood the only part which they have taken in the tile matter ie Is obstructive they have contented them nelvel Relve with ith throwing doubt upon the sincerity of the prom ini ie w aich tile mormons ni nuke ke and upon the good ertith of 0 this title offer to abandon definitely the institution po celiar to the mormon system for that thit ia it what tho the I 1 con doea the renunciation if cf the portion tion that bigamy or polygamy ie Is in utah a right of conscience con conAci ence la Is a absolute as clear english can make it what more can bo be what more could tile mormons do to the goneril provisions of the proposed constitution are complete and satisfactory eo so that the document ns a a whole w h 0 le company compares favorably with the th organic law of any state in the union we shall quote only those section sections W affect the tile relations of the church establishment to political gor orn crement and the question of plural marriages the first matter is disposed dic posed of in actions 3 and 4 of the bill of rights 3 there be noun no union of church and state nor shall any church dominate lie the state lection yEC TioN 4 the tile richt to worship god according accord ing to the tile dictates dh of conscience shall never bo be infringed par nor shall the state make any law restricting in 1 an I n establishment of reU rel irion llora or at prohibiting tho the free exercise exert lee t thereof hered iw pot bau aul of 0 or I 1 I 1 1 14 I 1 I 1 I 1 A ith tho tile rights right of conscience bo per unite witted I 1 no 0 o test or property qualification shall be required require for any office of public put lit trust nor for any vote voto at 1 a n nor or s chilli 1 any y person erso bo be ln biniom l potent ten t to t te ii lif f on n u count oun ot of LIi belief cf or the it absence b c there af J f the surrender of the mormon U ormon claim that polygamy is one of the rights ol 01 conscience 0 a religious institution ex empt from tho tile operation of huran liwa laws l iwa is contained in section 12 of article XV I 1 SECTION 12 bigamy an and polac a VW amy being considered COMPAtible witti ith a republican fonn form of luovern anent each eat h of them it hereby forbidden and declared dei bred a misdemeanor 1 any person who aho shall violAt viol ite othIA this se ton cinel on conviction thereof be he by a fine of not an more ore chall 1 and imprisonment for A it term not lefts less than bix months nor more thin than three years eara in thedie cre lion of the court this m deetion tion shall tie be const ruel 1 as operative opar without the md aid of legi lei i and the offences prohibited by till this section shail not bo be barred by any of limitation within three y pars after the tommie 8 eion I 1 of tile offe of fence race nor shall the power of pardon extend th chento e reto u until cratil ench such pardon shall be approved by h the tl I 1 1 Ire resident silent of tho tile united states tile Thoi clause lawo surrendering Bur the power to to reli or amend the prohibit on of poly 9 imy tiny is is ia in I 1 of article after providing pro idin tor for the amend ment of the constitution in in respect re hect to any an other matter by the tile usual process 0 I 1 two votes and subsequent ratification by the people the section aaker this execution extortion I 1 arit I 1 pr section 12 of art arcule it Is axy Y hall shall sot not be amended nm ended revised or in any wiy way changed until any amendment revision or change chant 0 ae as P proposed therein shall in in addition to the requirements of the provisions of this arak ie bo be reported to the con grem of the united states and shall bo be by congress approved and an 1 rati ratified fled and such approval and ratification bo be croci umed by tile president of the doted United 1 Matee 14 ates and it if not so ratified and proclaim eil said ami 1 ejection shall re main tho the arguments most frequently urged against admitting utah as a slate upon the promise of tho the hormone to abandon polygamy gamy are met by these several provisions the firby objection ol 01 auction lias has been boon that any constitutional prohibition would bo be nullified after admission as a state by b the failure of the mormon legislatures to enact anim t the tile statutes necessary to o 0 give it steffert I 1 rut but the proposed constitution itself makes the plural marriage a misdemeanor and provides the penalty the section becomes operative as lw law without any adv further legislation another objection has bas been that after securing admission to the union by the pretence of sub submission the mormon legislatures and people if so disposed coul I 1 immediately repeal repeat the anti poly polygamy ga my pledge or alter it to buit suit their wishes and that it would then be beyond the power of the federal government to interfere but the proposed constitution renounces the po power or of repeal or amen ment us as far as a pol polygamy garray in is concerned until the assent of tho the federal congress shall bo be obtained A third objection liaa has been that oven even it the forms of prosecution and conviction were observed it would be within the power of a mormon governor to pardon aa the convicted poleg adist outright the proposed constitution practically delag delegates ates the power of pardon tor for euch such offences to the president of the united states it is is true that there are other loopholes for the of the law not provided against in the torm form ot of constitution ution which the tile utah convention lias has adopted but this is licca uge it would w be a e to provide brov ide ag against dunst them tho tile execution of any law must depend in in the long run upon the consent of the governed and to a certain ax extent tent the good faith of the Mtr mons ns must be amur assumed ned if it their offer is ie a accepted C it ii 14 true also that grave question questions of constitutional power aro arc involved in in the extraordinary a visions which prati practically cally nuke make congress and tho the federal executive trustees for the enforcement of the lau ijes a against polygamy it maybe may be constitutional 1 for a state to delegate euch such powers would it be constitutional for con 1 grei gross 59 and lie the president to attempt to exercise them nevertheless everth eless so lit far ae as tho the attitude of the normans mormons is concerned ve me find no reason for questioning its sincerity menty ti or for refusing to consider ertho alio pro tion as one that is is mide made in entire good faith THE tail curp CUFF is 18 coming |