Show THE TEST OATH DECISION X the members of the mormon Nf ormOn citizens of likewise church who are the united states will W ill read with some this morning the decision amazement a cislo a of tha the supreme Eu preme court sustaining the idaho teat toot oath the dec decision 0 o it declares decar in plain language la guage that to be I 1 I 1 I 1 member of the church of I 1 litter latter day saints is a crim and the law is cheref ire constitutional which deprives euch such members of the right to voe vole there are in the tile united states today probably ay iy persona persons who will be affected by this decision a d of that number rendered liable to be punished by disfranchisement whenever their political enemies are disposed to arvail them elves of the authority which he the court cour t of 0 last resort has thus placed at their disposal those persons are as fairly endowed aj a the average of humanity manity hu with both mind and conscience eclen and hive had as good cultivation in the principles of right and wrong so far aa as human association is concerned they have not up to the present time esteemed themselves criminals and it is not likely that the decision of the supreme court will change feir ea estimation ti in that regard one whit it will rather strengthen the convict conviction i on in their minds that they are being pursued in the came name of law without any consideration consid bration for truth right or decency had samuel D davis who is now in confinement for to vote at the idaho election and for whom the habeas corpus was wanted ever been a polygamist there would have been boon material for at least a subterfuge upon which to refuse interference in his case leaving still a lop hole for more complications and more d decisions ans I 1 ci the fact that he was not I 1 places the refusal squarely upon the basis of membership in the church I 1 the harangue in the decision on the demerits of polygamy etc ete has been reiterated by district attorneys YO judges congressmen cong and demagogues demagogue Fene generally rally until it is too I 1 insufferably irl stale fr for comment and particularly no so since atas BO po shadow of pertinence pertin enc cli to the case at issue if polygamy was by all precedent legal or mo moral ral the most heinous crime in the decalogue that part of the derision decision der ision in which it is most conspicuous would still be utterly superfluous ral u 0 us aud and the anrep appellant el 1 ant was not in the practice nor was lie of necessity nee BO so much as a believer in the I 1 practice of gamy contrary to the tile existing law hence alt all such morall i z ing only advertises tha pr jud ce I 1 tinder under which the decision has bee been n rendered considering the decision as a it ft is we are most happy that the tho bias of the court is made BO so obvious in view of the opportunities port unities the court has had to acquaint itself with the faits tats in the ta Is caie case without a deep leafed seated prejudice 4 the decision would bo be simply infamous in fa we are gratified to have this excuse upon which to declare our continued respect for that tribu while regarding the decision unjust in its ita application appl cation and ard vicious in ita its consequences we can with perfect sincerity say to those whom it falsely brands with crime that the supreme court is and always will be entitled to the unqualified of every american citizen for the mormons cormons of utah aud and idaho to regard it otherwise would ba be a palpable admission of the disloyalty with which 11 that judicial body accuses them their it enemy A not tha the S supreme Sj preme court it is not congress it is not the fu fa licia ryo f aw utah they are the victims of a 0 combination of circumstances and events a cloie study of which would amply repay them for the time a so 0 slander ia is the theriot root ot of the th 0 evil but it his hu been developing and multiplying its bra branchesi branc ichen in a thousand directions through a half halt cent grow it the professional slanderer which is undoubtedly the species of beast that we hive had to contend with pursues his business 1 strictly upon scientific lines ho ile seeks for his enterprises are re ri rich rih h in mysteries of which appun vinance utah has yielded the most prolific crop of any spot on conj 4 earth A human finger nail with a mystery attached is ample material in the hands of a calumniator for the creation of an acre of deal dead mens bones by applying thia this law of amplification to every move and action of liis its life the mormon might have escaped a million millin wrongs and persecutions that are now a perpetual grind upon his existence there is no use multiplying words think and be wise is the only key that can bo be of any relief to the situation situation |