Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-02-24
AROUSED MORMONS.
The Apostles Preparing n Raid Upon Con-
grsss to Prevent the Success of Pending
LegislatlOn

Legislation.
SALT LAKE, Utah, Feb. 23.-Yesterday, at
the word of command, petitions praying con-
gress to halt in legislation for Utah were pre-
scented at probably every house in the territory.
Children in all the Mormon schools were
made to sign, or their names were signed for
them. Gentiles were asked to sign, and
probably black list was made OF
such as declined, while many names
representing nobody, will also appear
| to these petitions. There is, under church
pressure, an apparent unanimity among the
! Mormons in demanding to be let
along, but it is not really the fact. The nu
merous Mormon element that desire the gov
eminent to assist itself, are SO hampered by
their relations and surroundings, however,
that they dare not maks a sign. They must
be sure that lower has departed from Israel
first. Business men are being accosted to-
day and their fears worked up by threats
of an uprising of ostracism in business and
in every other wsy. 1t cannot be learned
that a single gentle business house
has signed, however. Bishop Sharp went east
some days since, presumably to bring the rail-
road interest 10 the rescue of polygamy and
church rule. Apostle Thatcher went on to
day to stir up the business houses interested
in the Mormon trade. Apostle Smith went to
Washington to keep Brother Cannon CON-
pany. Sundays preaching at the tabernacle
by Apostles Wells and Thatcher affirmed that
the sum of Mormon disloyalty was their alb
horrence to Jesus Christ, denounced Gov
ernor Murray by name, and denounced
the proposed legislation by congress as sub
versive of liberty and appealed from the deci-
sion of the supreme court spectlng polygamy
to the court in which Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
sit.
In the legislature since the adoption OF the
joint resolution asking for investigation, q
joint committee has been appointed to ar
range for holding q state convention, organic
ing state and county governments and de-
handing admission into the Union on the |
ground that congress is required by the con-
stitution to guarantee to every state a republic
can form of government. There are no signs |
of concession but superhuman efforts to stave |
off action by congress without concession on |
the other hand. |
The gentiles are firm and united. At |
meeting to-day, in view of the situation, they |
resolved that, thanking the senate for Ed |
munds' bill and the members of both houses, |
and especially the judiciary committees of |
both houses for their good will and hearty |
efforts in behalf of right, we declare our con
vlction that the bill creating commission to |
the polygamOus legislature Of |
Utah, is the only measure before congress, or |
that can be put before congress, which will |
not be evaded and nullified as easily as the |
present anti-polygamy legislature has been. |
Pass the bill and the Mormons will practically |
give up the fight. They will disintegrate in |
spite of all they can do. The govern
ment, showing itself government, will |
soon have a plenty of women supporters. |
The large proportion of them are secretly |
praying while signing the petition against it |
for congressional action so decisive rs TO en- |
able them to come out in favor of it without
fear. Pass any bill less sweeping on the con-
trary and they will all be whipped in and kept |
in, and long wearsome fight against de-
cency will be indefinitely postponed as in the
past; therefore, we most respectfully, yet
urge upon congress Mr.. Willett's |
bill for a commission sure and simple.