Show OGDEN AFTERMATH XoUays Latest Ncvn From tIme Busy Junction Special services in the Baptist Church tomorrow preaching at 10 a m Sun dayschool at 245 p m At 8 p m Rev Dr Mellen for twentyfive years a missionary in Africa will lecture on Africa Open to Civilization and Christianity Chris-tianity The lecture will be illustrated by large maps and charts The service will be a union service of all the churches with special music for the occasion Everybody is looking for THE DEMOCRAT DEMO-CRAT I never realized this fact as I am doing now after two days delay PEERY ON STATEHOOD I called yesterday on the biggest member of the Peoples party in Weber County a gentleman who is too well known to need his name spelled out especially es-pecially as ho does not wish to he brought into prominence I took the liberty to ask him about the chances of Utah Territory for Statehood Although he had been one of the foremost framers of the new proposed constitution he frankly acknowledged that he had no idea that Utah would be admitted into the sisterhood of States until there vas an ironclad and copperbottomed assurance as-surance that polygamy would be given up Hew can the Mormons vote for the antipolygamy constitution when two years ago they declared in their Declaration Declara-tion of Grievances that polygamy is a divine institution You ask me more than I feel empowered em-powered to answer Still I may answer by an analogous anomaly in the late history his-tory of the church You remember some years ago that the fiat went forth for all holding high positions in the priesthood to live their religion or step down and out Several did that But their successors did not live up either There are at least half a dozen leading elders in prominent positions who are monogamists notwithstanding their own preaching up polygamy Why was the minority clause stricken out Hem 1 Probably because those who favored it were themselves in the minority mi-nority The interview then turning into a private pri-vate channel your correspondent retained re-tained the impression that his inter locutor had very little faith in the State hood scheme |