Show 4 5y i TOMORROW i J jf Tomorrow will be a famous day in Utahs history for tomorrow the Mormon J people decide for themselves what their I 4 fate shall be Tomorrow they hold mass 1 i I meetings throughout the entire Territory to declare their sentiments in regard to a question which has agitated Utah for a tt quarter of a century past and to define their course of action Such being the case it would be well to look at things as they are though things be not as they woultlwish If tomorrow 11 t 1 I they shall say in the beautiful language of Dante In His will is our peace let them be sure that the will in which they 1 repose their happiness and their peace is His will Let them seek in their own I hearts for the answer they will give the momentous question of tomorrow and not in the counsel of any man Let them remember that on the morrow the high may be made low and the strong weak Let them call upon their God for counsel coun-sel and not upon their leaders and remember that lo Him who orders all for the best and in furtherance of His designs the prayers of the hum r blest are as precious as those of the great and the powerful These are things which should be l seriously seri-ously thought over for at no previous time in the history of the Mormon Church has there been a more critical condition C JL of affairs than the one which exists today to-day in Utah That which has baffled the Government for many years is now becoming I be-coming thing of the past and that jo I lygauiy in Utah and the Territories of the I United States is doomed is as certain asp as-p If o4llA = s > the sun rises in the East and sets in the I i Westand the people of Utah in their mass I meetings tomorrow should recognize i i that fact and act in accordance with tile i I fact For them to fly fate in the face I I and refuse to reconcile themselves to that I which is and will be is for them to show I I no discernment and that they are without I wisdom when wisdom is that which they I most need Do the Monnons think that I the protestations of one hundred and I fifty thousand people will outweigh the protestations of fifty millions of people j I people who think themselves right its I well as the Mormons If such is their thought it is wrong and they should see I I that protestations can only add to the I difficulty of their t position and not I aid it VouId it not b3 well i j for those who will preside i I I at tomorrows mass meetings as well as I those wlio attend to take some action to I recall the position that Mr Taylor says j I he took when the Edmunds law was passed which was to live within it and I for this purpose he separated from his I wives that there might be no suspicion upon him Mr Angus M Cannon who but this week was convicted of unlawful cohabitation says that when the Ed munds law was passed he also desired not to violate its provisions and that for this purpose he ceased to consort with his wives although he remained in the same dwelling with them thinking that he was not thereby violating the laws It is clear then that his intention was to obey the law and the fact that he has been convicted con-victed of unlawful cohabitation arises from his misinterpretation of the law and not from any desire to break it This being the case is it reasonable and just to presume that Mr Cannon intends in future to live within the law as interpreted by the courts the only proper authority to interpret it Let the ppople tomorrow to-morrow remember that Mr Taylor Tay-lor and Mr Cannon are not obscure men in the community for they are not Mr Taylor being President of the Mormon Church and Mr Cannon President of the chief Stake of the Mormon Mor-mon church Against neither of the gentlemen gen-tlemen has there been any charge of apostacy from their faith for declaring I that they had endeavored to obey the laws of their country and there could be none made against those who are in far more humble positions in the church if they were to do as Mr Taylor and Mr Cannon say they have done If the course of these gentlemen is consistent with their religion and their duties to their God why should it not be for every Mormon no matter what his position may be At least the action of these gentlemen should be well considered consid-ered by the people tomorrow before be-fore they take any action which may in any way condemn or conflict with the course of these their chief leaders If their course be followed all will be well but if another and one entirely different to it be pursued things must go as they are going and those who are breaking the laws will he hunted down until all are found and punished |