Show ol 311011 Conference The element of the Mor cnmtivo col1scrmtho such thing The if there kc any won church yet to put in an appearance f1 lcd as conference now has general the 1IormOIl 3t iWloonS were recently given out WT that an effort would possibly 9t 1o11t Lake meeting towards the adop Itt 105le at this relabye to the institution tion of measures more in consonance ton of f poly hten uny d Christian sentiment with111 cnl with the plainly declared and COlnpahble rnment but thus far no goVrIhh1lCflt poliCY of the gor kind bas made itself pub this of hl 1liiig j l 1 1nuarcnt 1 Prnairlonf 1Km 11 to JUugl uJ L Iitu1i 1KmTue confcrRe norepistle to the Church TavlorSc11 v cneral that IL committee has and by time t fold d to draft a protest to Mr appoim1 the heell l tU1d the country against IhIhI Clevcla1 conduct Of the Federal tyrannici Utah is composed ony of officials SIt aHI governed as obdurately the flt1b 1 the Authority of the Church as as tcr b of the Goycrnment above that o that in their efforts tot to-t may bt law trUe and break up a strongly enforce time which defies all entrenched assatilt srste111 thc 1cdmi officials statutory ass1U instances exceeded the hare 111 0111n 1 To this itl justice 0 us bothiIls of 11rl1dcnce be arouiids for pro t es t cxten t1me1 may I > of reilWdY need and remedy lO1 IS a man of too But and sense not to know 1I11l J I I lltllieIlCC which I von jiuirtI l marriage w uc 1 that describes lolfllll asa contract of the most Ie character being for tUlle and 1yIttl tt is not one of the contracts the tt5tv 4knesS of which is protected by CVD5titution time T arene that the establishment of jmrniy as one of the cardinal tenets pufIU1 ffjrtics of a religious organization han or enot expressly inhibited by the institution of the United States is therefore a power reserved to the iconic of the Territories is almost too absurd to be even sophistical There is but one issue involved in the whole question It is not whether po irgamily is a constitutional contract but whether polygamy being an institution which no civilized government can consistently con-sistently or with honor recognize can fortify itself against the legislative enactments en-actments of the government under the alleged sanctity and superior authority of the Mormon Church corporation To grant that it may leave the government govern-ment powerless over its own territory and sets up a jurisdiction higher than its own and there is probably no man in the country who knows this to be so any better bet-ter than does President Taylor himself or who realizes more forcibly the impos sibility of reconciling the one with the other Washington Post April 7 |