, 1882-12-16
The Mormon Question

isIlf.lCS OH Will WHiN OUT tL4c s4A' "AA'''
needed in Utah, and correct polyeamy- Is
all impor,ar, ole, especially o. people on
this coast. report made by one OF the
Commissioners, gives the ,Nact status "l
the matter al peseut. and w APPEND 1t
in full Il Gu not see that We have ac-
c..urpllshsl / mnch good. We have enforced
the Law, It Is true but the results SO
far, are yerv little, and d. not see that
much has been accomplished, only So lar
a. Iayirg the 81, uuda rrk for future iegIs
istion. The recent electlon Is only !'"-
i,ical one. and the DISTINGUISHED N"r-
mons do not Vet feel tie effects of the
stigma cast upon them Hut Al ;he
election for locsi places, when these Pc
hgs,aous Office holders u-ilizr that they
are ineligible f"r rr-e3ee's.", a"a tnAt
they cannot even vote f,r :hcir ayrrc.-
surs, they will smart ami sgulIm M
der their poll;icd disgrace. F,r &. .r
political disgrace on tins land "i r.h c'i
freedom for a man Iu Ice shugu oi lv!lEi-
cal PRIVILEGES, ard not ~,vu allowed L.
have an effective voice It, pahIc ai-:S.
They will fel tins seal '.s,-racs mach
more keenly than nrs .hrm their "itIc!al
terms expire aud they aae compelled {"
anietly stind IS de apd 'tcr tormrF
positions filed 'y art r. n:lsts, and
perhaps 10y mcu who ar. as 'r.c' churr..-
men as themselves T. 81 Ia msmhcr-,
who have isbUrrd so l"ng lur y'e church.
who were mainly - funudCrs, dLd have
wifhstood trials aud prosecution, ali! Je
very slux about yielding ,he9r accl,s'astI-
cal er temporary power, and the tw" ae
combined IN me. For notice. cuHtlH-
ued tha Commissioner, "a 1 those who
huld the aceleSias'Ici l"-lti .ns ais h''.
the puliticaI or cir!c viic,S Il Sr-nS thar
the civic offices are thus bestowed is a It
ward Of merit, and the most Pron.Inrlii
ChufCii pinCial HcNN iilc hi'AN i'''NiA'' =
litical office. As understood It they are
advanced in the church III proportion Ia
their zeal and their number of wives and
as their political advancement; Is depend
ent upon their church position, 1t seems
that their willingness and ability 10 marry
Is the chief qualification IN both instances.
The ancient doctrine "is he capable Is
he faithful is he honest p Is hot applied
~ Mormon candidate here. F!Ie main
question is how many wives has he, and
will he take more! But, of course, The
Edmunds bill does away With tins former
requirement of office hulGerS- You viii
see that this blow az the church Is also
hex at the State These deprs,d poly-;a-
mist office holders may continue to hold
their ecclesiastical positions, but 1t V,Ty
doubtful. Those who succeed 10 the civ
il offices will, by virtue Of their authority
and power, claim a recognition in church
councils Ii they 1re successful the pres
ent church leaders will be retired Then
they will not ouly be politically but reIlg-
iously dead-so tar as church power and
voice in their own local government j.
concerned THIS disgrace aud rylcgatIou
to ohscunty Will cause these leaders, or
political and church ''hosses. t. become
dissatisfied They will not like 10 step
aside and see others enjoy what they have
built no. Instead OF reapIng Yhst the,
have sown, they will only reap disgrace.
1t is natural that such 4 state Il affairs
would rankl- IN their bJsoms, no matter
how religionsly Inclined they may he, "''
the other hand, ii the newly chosen evil
officers, who, Of course. will he nun-pulyg
smists, do not succeed To the prominent
church positions, they, too, VIII he dis
satisfied. 80, IN either event, there viii
likely he division in the church ranks,
or a feeling that may split II into two dis
tinct factions the early pioneers and dis
frsnchised class against the Latter DAY an
ti-polyssmists, or, in political parlance.
the "outs' against the ms At any
rate concluded the speaker, the heaven Is
now working that will soGn explode the
Mormon church as polygamous justifu-
ton and political machine
The Mormon vote trehies that uf he
Gentiles. Nearly half Of the Mormon
voters are women. This being mainly a
mIniu: c,,untry, Gentle ladies are not So
numerous. ami Of the 5000 Gentle votes
that could hc pol!ed II they all voted, Lot
over cue-fOurth are women. -, II wo-
man suffrage we're abolished, the Mormon
vote would be reduced 70 about L. .oeo.
and the Gentle vote - about hall that
number A few ''mlnIn. hcoms would
throw enough people IN here - overcome
the SAINTS Then, again, this Territory
should be reapporuoued. The Mormoas
have git the legislative districts fixed So
that the GENTLE str5nshclls ar neutral
ired fer instance, IN On, district lneni-
her 81 the legislature Is allowed 20.Ooo
people, and in another , ,oG0 people slec;
a member Where there Is Z large Gen
tile vote, enough Morn,ons are add i 10
the district to carry /, sol,d f,r the chnreh,
and al the same time deny the Genliles
the right Of representation. The Gentiles
cast one-;bird al the VOTES oi the Terri
tory aDd they have hot un" member in
either barnch of the Territorial Leglsia-
rure. II the Territory were reapportion-
cd the Gentiles would elee; six cr eight
members out OF the t~eny-six, THIS
usnId make healthy opposition and
xouh seoa gam aihersnts among The d-s
sasesed when ihe,e appeared any Possl-
h;,;rv If success As IT Is nov, there Is
ro hose Il csrTsins single legislature
s;..,,cs az course Ihe yarn,ons Vii
Z ras=x. - no Terrl;a-v Ca.,-rcS-