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Show . A NEW PHASE. The resolution of Senator Morgan in regard to the trustees contemplated by the new Edmunds bill puts a new phase on the Utah question. The provision for tho appointment of fourteen trustees to take possession of and manage the property of the Mormon church is really a political solecism, according to American Ameri-can ideas. One of the great troubles in Utah has been the union of Church and State, and this very trouble exists today. to-day. The . Mormon church . as the church dominant of Utah has assumed the right to and has controlled the civil government of our Territory. Such a thing is not new, but such things always have been and always will be a constant source of trouble to the State and the people thereof. This new Ebmunds bill seeks to bring about a union of Church and State in Utah - by having the property of the Mormon church administered by civil officials appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. This is truly an anomaly in government in this country. The trustees trus-tees who come here to take charge of and manage the property of the Mormon church will have a very lively time in discovering that property. When they 'find it we are inclined to think they will j also find the original plates of the Book of 3Iormon along with golden apples from the- Hesperides, and very likely Aladdin's lamp. There's no telling what may be found, but it is safe to say that they will never find a solution for the Mormon problem by appointing fourteen four-teen trustees to manage and confiscate the property of the Mormon church. |