Show 41 i GovnuNou WIST AT Tin IIN I it I Governor Vcot It seems hail only this ii i labor for liis paliw when ho jcMcnlay vlsitodltho Pcnltcnllary antI held out tho Ii ii alive branch to the polyRamy convicts I confined Hint institution Tlio Governors rt i Gover-nors miision 11111 best bo told in Ilia ki4 t own words addressed to convict Apostln t Iiorcmo Snow I i I a a I conceited that it noulil lio n I f very oiiportnno limo In cull tituS submit to I von n propoiitloii which il in conjunction j I with Jud0 Znno and Mr IHckwm wo Imvo Ii I thought ndvisitlilu to mnko In order lo show I t yon mid the pcnpla of tlio Territory Hint If 4 they nro mistaken lieliuvniK lIst thoKO II IO charged with llio execution of the lawn In It the Territory nro milmnlcd by ntiy I spirit of imiliuo or unillotlvonoM lownr < l I tEa pooplo I tllo nro in 1 Its majority In I bo 1i Torriloryi that on llio contrary their only I wish nnd only desire alto which I ii noaroit I i t to their h Icl U to Imvu the people of the I + Territory obey nnd ronpect tho Inw Upon t I ol consultation with Jud o Zone anti Mr Dick I uit nun and tboy supportlnR Ibo vIse that I 11 hftvo HaftRestcd Imvo oomo to HIW to you I I de jour pooplo hero Hint wo would nnita In i I a petition to Urn Executive to itsuo bin I if pardon in tbono cnnco upon n promise in I 4 uood lI faith that pan will obey nnd renpeot III iljt tho lows nnd flint yon will continue no liii 0 longer to live lu iolntlon of them The convictH answer to this kindly I I proposition what was Itl Why just I what nil who ala familiar with Mormon 1 history and character would < oxpoct it lobe rI lo-be a miserable reiteration of tho pcrsccu I I lion howl n lying aHscrtioli tlmt Mormons I accused of polygamy cannot ncctiro fuir I trials in thu District Court tid a tltI ice I repealed pointblank refusal to promi I the Governor or for that matter tho President of tho United States thnt hereafter i lii here-after ho would live in obedience to Ihe 1 laws of tho land This was convic i I Apostle Snows atiHtcrand < 1lhiH too will i f bo found to bo tho answer of tho commo b i liurd of polygamy convicts if imliudunll t i I or collectively they return to tlio Go I vcrnora proposition nny answer nt nil 0 i Wo take it that yestenlays cxpcricnc at tho 1enitentlaiy will not bo lost upon Governor West It is just such exper tit once as he needs Bineo it will nerve be tor than might else we can think of to I ill help him in arriving at nn early and i H full understanding of lIst Hituation as It Itil actually oxists in Utah today and thus k ii k make clear tho way to intelligent actio ii I on his part as the chief magistrate at 01 this priestridden Territory |