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Show A LIITLE TIN KING. The Mormon question is discussed by Governor Thomas, of Utah, in bis annual tepoit He asserts that the mormon people peo-ple are governed bv priests, and that every political and business act of the church is put first the country alterwaid. The population of the teiritory is esti mated at 220,932, an inciease ol 55 per cent, dining the past ten yeats, The Mutinous are recruited hy immigrations immi-grations from Great liritiain and SiMi.d -mavian countries. The avetage number ol foreign born persons Lrougnt to the territory by the m ohimus dining the past nine vears is ablaut eighteen Inn -dred annually, and this average has probably been maintained the past year. The governor says that political and official Mornuutism deals in evasions and meaningless, words ol double meaning, mean-ing, hypocritical preten-es and false assertions. as-sertions. Its attitude toward polygamy is delusive in the lat decree. It knows there h is been no clv.uge on ihe snbj'-ct but seeks to convey the impress 011 mat mere tits been. Po:ii!iient cmncn utli-cials, utli-cials, ttie g ivornor st les. have declai- ed that the chinch d ies not 11, nv grant p units t enter polygamy and il'e in. mi-1 nal bead of the ciitltdi inn anno 11 ced that polygamous marriages do not 1 ow take place. The guve'ino adds, however, how-ever, that when th-; attention of the he "d ; of tile church Was called to the not.ni ius Casi-i tincovt-red to the liist ihwiact couit. he d sclauned any kiiowled.;- I ii. A-j nihtii'g those statements, ho'wver, aiej litetalliy tine, Ihe govenn'i ray it doe-n.it doe-n.it piove t:iat the ch.iKii has met the public sentiment ol tilu nati n, as expie-'s ed i 1 ils taw-;, nor does it pr.ve that tlu-Church tlu-Church is loyal to tne law. There is no reason to believe, the gveinor asseits. that any earthly power can ex ct lioni the church any declaution opposed to polygamy, lie accounts for the hold for which Motjnonism has upon ihe people peo-ple by ttie fact that they are taugat to keep alool from influences ou.stde ol the church. . The governor recommends the passage pas-sage of the bill repoited in the Senate by Edmunds, which authotizes the governor gov-ernor to appoint certain county .officers and providing for a legislative leappoi-tionment, leappoi-tionment, He states that if this bill becomes be-comes law it will place the control ol of twentv-five counties in the hands of men loyal to the government. He also recommends the passage of either the Culloni bill or the Slruoble hill, Herald |