Show t WHAT IS NKEDKD IN UTAH If nnjtiling were wanting to convince our national law mnkors that additional legislation must bo bad before tho polygamy 1 po-lygamy evil in Utah can bo effectively Iti dealt with the admissions of the Mormon 11 press ought to supply nil the proof that t is necessary It has been asserted by I I Eastern journals that the number of now I bills introduced In Congress for tlio extinction ex-tinction of polygamy is much larger than I there is any occasion for mid one of our exchanges Iho Chicago lfcrnht 3 of opinion that the present liw thould bo adhered to until it has been found to bo I wholly inclllcieiit and thus far no such charge ran bo brought against It Tho Ktlmumls bin H I nil well enough so far as It goes but if an > ono Imagined for moment Hut I Its proisioiiB mipply i t tho moans of dealing u death blow ut polygamy In Utah ho is woefully mistaken t mis-taken Additional and still mom Mrin I ti gent legislation directed at tho underlying I underly-ing evils of which plural marriage Is the surface indication Is absolutely necessary neces-sary before any hopo can bo indulged J in-dulged of succcsfully teaching and u1 cxtlipating polygamy Tho Mormon papers fruikly admit hint the enforce u mcnt of the Kdmuuds law has done practically i j prac-tically nothing toward abolishing polygamy I u polyg-amy and this admission should bo argument argu-ment enough oven to the most conservative t 8 conserva-tive that additionil legislation must bo had before any headway at nil can be I made Horoh what a Mormon paper d published In this city said nhout the f matter no longer ago than yesterday z morning h For eighteen mouths tho JMmumls law I has boon rigorously enforced oven to a degree I l de-gree bocfo cruelty and now lot Its I most can 1 Ruino friends count their gainst What has vigorous enforcement of the law abeam pushed It oh osm driven a few prominent t a Mormon ecclesiastical ofllclals into mile sent a fowothors to prison terrified insulted mind distressed a foil women and children and paralyzed tho business interests of the Territory but what has It done towards I abolishing polygamy Practically nothing u TUOBO parlies who havo suffered imprisonment lt 3d l rrtbo St fi that mont fiavo not been convinced that their marriage system is wrong Tho community I commun-ity of which they aro members look upon them an martyrs to n prinoiplo I i and It they i thorasohcs look upon it in tho samo light I Of course there is no truth in the s1 charge that tho law has been enforced I oven to a dcgiee of cruelty or that women and children have been uujtt I I milted That is all rot But it is tmo that the law has been vigorously enforced ru en-forced and in the language of this Mormon I Mor-mon authority What has it done towards til to-wards abolishing polygamy Practically ts u nothing Isnt this argument sufficient t upon which to base appeals for legislation i legisla-tion that will do something toward downing 1 down-ing the Moimon mon tcr Doesnt it f c i fully appear from this that the u h present law has been found iimj bo cJ wholly inefficient for the pur > o o of extirpating poljgamy And if that bo m1 true the Mormon press ought to bo good 4 t authority on this point what objection ml i I founded in reason can any one urge S 4 against the cnaUmcnl of laws containing th u provisions that will furnish the means 4 necessary to wipe out the Churchand Slate and polygamy cih in Utah J iuI The Voodburn bill now in the bunds L 1I u of the House Judiciary Committee would I provide the very means needed to forever tt nettle the Utah troubles and nil the law tt j abiding people living in the Territories s1i over which tlieao civil cast their baleful I shadow are earnestly hoping and praying h pray-ing that Congress will givo it the early ut and favorable consideration l which its t I j merits entitle it to |