Show I e1 IHAOTIOAL ANU THECmrTICAI t a 1OIAGAMISTf r Tho Mormon press mid oral lulMxutes j virtually gho away their CUPO when they af f ncknonlcclffo the justice of punishing the I actual practice of polygamy mid eon t ilomn thin ilisfranclihcincnt of tlioio who Y j olleo l In but do not practice it Giant f IIIR that polygamy Is a crime which It li in A under tho liw is not the ornnniratlon I which supports It it criminal institution I f nnd every member accessory to tho h crimes which mo pcr > ctratcd secretly jtl aI under its sanction mill protection Cnn t any reasonable argument bo urged why 1ii51 any discrimination should bo made between tl be-tween this members of such nn organlzi II hli lion whether principals or aiders and 01 r M abettors in the crimes committed under it 1 If the suppression of polygamy is Its j f tlcsliahlc should the strong arm of tho law Hlriko only at those who I L I Practice it and shield mil foster sit tho < o whose roopcrition is i u hindranco j tiU1 + nnd impediment to the successful execution I execu-tion of tho Inw1 Tho proposition is untenable iI tenable and absurd upon its face It is l Clan fixed ilelcimiimtion of the Goxcrn mont to abolish this twin relic of barbar 1 I hl I ism uul it would bo tho lieSplit of folly to penult the retention of means for the a j thwarting of its purposes It makes no I OI difference piactlcil whether the local cne olhcesaio lilted with ictml pohgunlMs t or those who mpalhie with them and f who belliabsolutely under their control li use their olllcial positions to encourage T the continuance of thin ciimo ought to bo abolished and to nhield that criminals I It cannot bo untamed that the bills 4j now pending in Countess piopo s to disfranchise people on account t of their opinions or belief It is on account Ii ac-count of the acts which resell 4l from such opinions or belief It is because I be-cause boy abuse their political power by I maintaining a local government and I I electing local olllecrs hostile to the Federal Fed-eral Coeminent and its Tel itorial lop rcscntaiivei Instead of assisting in tho execution of the Federal haws for the punishment of > ol gamy mid unlawful cohabitation entire force of tho local 1 government which is absolutely the Mormon Church is arrayed against the 1 enforcement of thin National statutes f Tho act of maintaining ouch a government govern-ment by those who sympathize with polygamy t po-lygamy is the reason for their ilipfian chiscmcnt and not because of their opinions or belief It is i not the policy > of 1 tho National Government permit the i a f further obstruction of its laws bj a 1 I hostile organization which powss ing tho power is constantly o x crcisinir it for the encouragement and protection of the class of crime which the 1 I 1resident and Congress have evinced ri such a linn determination to suppress The proposed test oath will bo applied l alike to all Mormons and Gentiles and it contains nothing which any loyal or I lawabiding person > could i > ossibly object 1 to The only objection must arise from l connection with an organization which encourages disobedience to tho National + I I law and no person endorsing tho acts of such an institution should bo permitted II to further its treasonable ends by means I of the elective franchise In short there I is no reason appl > ing to the disfranchisement l disfranchise-ment of polygamists which is not equally forcible as relating to their political aid i ers and abettors a |