Show THE UTAH COMMISSION 5opsis of Their Report to the Sec iuop 1 rctnrj of the Interior wwns lOS Oct GThe Utah Commis Ija bv its chairman A B Carlton has the Interior its led with the Secretary of nl l report of which the following is a 55 ri the year the laws regarding the francLi5ement of polygamists and those a unlawful cohabitation have been f ccd t successfully enforced All such 5 Lss wth very few if any exceptions bet Excluded from voting and hold = s A large number have been fined Imprisoned in the Penitentiary for poly y ani unlawful cohabitation chiefly for Llr Tense L j reported and believed by many resi itJ > Jrmons that during the year a of polygamous marriages have t apieein the temples at Logan City i SG J ree We have not the means of bjnsj sch reports yet we have no doubt aa sderable number of such mar Lm tare been celebrated with the knowl iprobstion and active cooperation of men of the Mormon Church dwJ whaethat polygamous marriages It aL2 decrease in Utah is a matter on icicferent oninions aro expressed but iiledlv many have been restrained by r f dsfraucLisement and the peniten rv a we flunk it is safe to say that in fte enlightened portions of the Terrify Terri-fy as for example Salt Lake City and its iciinty very few polygamous marriages kve occurred within the last l year ieferrms to the joint resolution now fnJm in both Houses of Congress pro singan amendment to the Constitution the United States prohibiting and pun Laj polygamy in all the States and Terri res and extending the judicial power of e Federal Government to the prosecution i sscb offenses the report says While BCiecI the opinion that this should not percede other measures we are satisfied bat it would be an efficient factor in effect tI1g the desired result In addition toe to-e reasons presented by the Judiciary Com litee i we suggest that the incorporation of oS prison in the Constitution would re cs an advertisement to the people of ttl 1 cvikzed nations that in the United tves polygamy had been put under ban in tcjii authoritative and emphatic man r Tbe report calls attention to the magni ecf + he j evil by saying There are more an 200000 Mormons in the world a large Jntyof whom live in Utah and that ftSe only a portion of them practice polyg toj they believe in it as a Divine revela tt have been taught it in their schools churches for the last third of a century 1 are led by men of great skill and ability p = fanatical i to a marked degree That the 4 i immediately effective remedy would bee I be-e use of the military but that the sense l f cadera civilization will not permit theiR the-iR yiaent of bayonets against women and h aren Yet the American people regard PaiVParrr as a crime and it cannot be ig ord by the Government Here we may T tat while we recognize the obligation f the Government to protect the personal taa property rights of the Mormon people FUD deal with them as equals before the wyet It IS fully the duty of the Govern ent b pmi1h crimes within its jurisdic fa and religious liberty cannot be pleaded < < s aLr t punishment for criminal acts in LDa of the laws l of the land and of OCal ordEr If the present laws and pro rresent L d toastitutionil amendments are not acient to suppress the evil more strin pt enactments the t must be adopted and t e r t wijl be that at no distant day this Fleet Asiatic barbarism this blot on the Und I r fame of America will be swept from the |