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Show THE LOCAL QUESTION. The frequency with which the Utah question comes up and overtops all other matters of discussion shows how im-i im-i portant it is. This Utah matter, this , question as to the speediest and most efficacious method of suppressing polyga-; polyga-; my and making the people of Utah obey j the laws of the land, will be the chief topic for discussion for some time to come, j Those who ponder the situation here j most, most fully recognize the magnitude of the problem, and as they weigh and i balance the one or the other plans sug gested for the solution of that problem, ; they feel that each and every plan is more or less tentative, I and that perhaps the adoption of f ' any one of them would be but to make I more difficult the solution of an already ' exceedingly difficult question. Whatever plan may be adopted, there must be given Ito sucli plan time in which to test it in t i ever' respect. The strength of the law Iis the stability of the law, and without this stability no law can prove of much avail to accomplish the object desired. l It" has been our opinion that a deter-' ; mined effort to suppress polygamy and j unlawful cohabitation would succeed in ridding the Territory of those practices. This effort must not be spasmodic, but t ever persistent. In some respects it would be well to supplement the present Edmunds law with other legislation. The statute of limitations should be abolished as to these crimes ; i the punishment for unlawful co- I ,' habitation should be made co-exten- ; f si ve with the punishment for polygamy ; I'; there should be a rigid marriage law; I : there 6hould be a law requiring the regis- itration of births ; but when this is done, . to make it effectual and bring about the result aimed at.there must be an increase I ! f courts and attorneys to prosecute. No two men who ever lived can prosecute all the cases arising 'under the Edmunds law, and to make that law do all that was expected of it there must be a much more I extensive enforcement of it, and this en- I forcement should bo simultaneous. The j suppression of polygamy, and the vindi- I cation of the law making it a crime, is j the main thing in the Utah question, and I to the final settlement of this question j:, the Government should address itself earnestly and soberly, once and for all. Capture the keep first, and if refuge is 5 taken in the casemates, demolish them. Polygamy is the keep in Utah, j j and some who have had j i excellent opportunities and much '- experience in the Utah matter say that the legislation we now have is euf- ficient to settle the question, but that the l great want is more aid in the enforcement . !' of that legislation. This is the opinion of ; Mr. W. If. Dickson, so we are informed i ; by a leading Democrat of Utah and a 2 i . gentleman who has taken a leading part I n Utah politics. Another prominent I I Democrat,-arid i, gentleman whose views 4 ; on the remedies necessary to be applied j; to solve the Utah problem have been) i considered radical, said to ns but last I . ' , evening, in speaking of the question I j : here and the suppression of polygamy, i r ' "How fast the thing is thinning out. " n - !! . .. What is the cause for this "fast thinning out?" The cause is simply a continuous enforcement of the law against polygamy and unlawful cohabitation against all violators of it. . Make the means for enforcing en-forcing the law much more extensively ample and enact as law the measures above advocated, and the time when the whole problem would be worked out to a full and satisfactory solution would be comparatively short. Let each hill be climbed as it is reached. |