Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-09-20
TIE MORMON QUESTION.
W hat Figure 1T Cuts I'm the Politics
of Nevada. t

of Nevada.
The Mormons (those living in p~olygamy)
are d~isfranchised in Utah by the Edmunds
bill and they have no more right to vote
in Nevada han they have in Utah. They
have started to howl already about what
they are going to do in Lincoln County,
in which there are some $50 or 200 OF
them. A letter has been received in
Eureka even from the Mormon elders,
sent to a Eureka Mormon, calling upon
him in the nam of 'the Church" to vote
against and do everything he can to beat
Cassidy for Congress. Mr.. Cassidy, it
will be remembered, had the boldness to
brand the twin relic" in proper terms,
and was nearly alone as a Democrat in his
attack upon polygamy. These Mormons
lowed to vote at ALL, but they will vote to
a man for Mr.. Powning. 1t is not unfair
to ask Mr.. Powning whether he will, if
elected to Congress, be as uncompromising
an enemy Of polygamy as Mr.. Cassidy
was. There are a great many who would
be pleased to have Mr.. Powning define his
attitude in this matter.
There is no small interest felt in this
subject, upon which the Ogden Pilot says:
Cassidy has been renominated by the
Democratic party of Nevada for the po-
sition which he has filled with such
marked ability and faithfulness, and it
is very certain that he will have the
active opposition of all the Mormons in
Lincoln County who voted for him two
years ago. Their press in Utah is hostile
to him, and their press is the mouthpiece
of the leaders. 1t is slavish and obedient.
Thu order was given months ago to vote
against Cassidy, no matter who his op-
ponent might be. When it was thought
that General P. E. Connor-the soldier,
patriot and upholder of the United States
authority in Utah-might receive the
Republican nomination., the Church organs
hurrahed for Connor and damned Cas-
sidy in the same breath; it was not be-
cause they are Republicans, but because
Cassidy had opposed the schemes to per-
petuate their un-American government
in this organized Territory Of the United
States.
his church collar gracefully. He opens
the ball for the Mormons, in the last
issue of the Herald, by quoting the follow
ing from the Virginia Chronicle:
1t is odd that the "Mormons" didn't
come in for a ferocious broadside i'm
mediately after the convention had so
.daringly rallied around the public schools.
1t was inexcusable not to take advantage
Of such al opportunity to condemn and
deplore' something which nobody in the
State approved and rejoiced in.
And the Herald adds: "Watch a little;
give them a breathing spell, and they will
atone for the present remissness AFTER
they nave elected Mr.. Powning."
The Republican party of Nevada, in
State Convention assembled, took no note
of the Mormon evil as it exists in that
State, although it is well known that
polygamy is practiced there as openly as
across the border in Utah, which fact was
not unknown to any delegate who was
present at that Convention. We believe,
however, that if the Republican Conven-
tion had Illuminated against Mormonism
by inserting a plank in the platform
treating the subject as it deserves to be by
all Americans, the Mormons would still
have voted for the Republican candidate
this Fall. And should he be elected and
oppose them in Congress and again be a
for reelection, they would oppose
him the next time.