Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1882-10-07


SAT- Luke Tribune Republican,.
The only reply on behal: Of Mr.. Pown-
ing. the Republican candidate for Repre-
sentative to Congress from Nevada, that
we have seen in any Of the newspapers
of that State in regard to his supposed
batting to catch the Mormon vote is in
the Carson Index OF the Doth. That
paper declares there is no such thing as a
Mormon question in Nevada politics. If
SO, it IS high time that that question were
raised there. 1t is a mistake to assume
that the Edmuuds bill DISTINGUISHES
polygamists in Nevada. The law only
refers to Territories OF other places over
which the United States has exclusive
jurisdiction. But there are a good many
Mormon polygam;sts in Nevada. and the
Mormon question might very approprl-
ately enter into State politics, TO the end
that such laN-breakers might not only
be d~isfranchised. but punished. Nevada
might very well make the Mormon ques-
ton an issue for just once, and settle the
business for the law-breakers for good
and all, by requiring every one OF them
to show atirmatively that he is not a
polygamist, as the Commissioners have
done in the Utah registration. One ses-
sion of the Legislature, which should
devote proper attention to the Mormon
abomination in Nevada, would be enough
to settle the question forever, and there
should be no more occasion to talk about
candidates trying to catch the Mormon
vote.
The Index further says that 'if the
Mormons in Nevada resent Mr.. Cassidy's
vote on the Edmunds bill, this is moth
ing more than human nature, and Mr..
Powning cannot be held to any RESPONSE
biEties for that fact, and he will undergo
the Mormons' support with the greatest
possible fortitude." If that is authori-
%tative, and it should not have been
printed if it is not, it is a square declara-
stPH nav III l. ONL Il4IE COul Is GuG IOI
mon vote, and will derive what advan-
tage he can in this campaign from the
Mormon hostility to Mr.. Cassidy, on &C.
count Of his efforts to compel the Nor
mon sect to respect the laws and to con-
form to American political institutions.
Whatever doubts may have existed here
tofore on this point, it is nov perfectly
fair to consider Mr.. Powning the Nor.
mon candidates; if elected, he would be
their man. To such base and trucking
uses does he undertake to make of the
Republican party, whose whole tradi-
tions and theories have been fatty op-
posed to the Mormon despotism and
crime. If this is his position, Mr.. Pown-
ing is no Republican, but a renegade,
who has deserted his party principles,
and is no longer entitled to the support
of his party men. Mr.. Cassidy is a
thousand times better Republican than
Mr.. Powning, if that is the way the lat
ter feels on this question, and we trust
the Republicans of Nevada will feel
themselves absolved from all party obi
CATION to support Mr.. Powning unless he
disavows the scandalous position as
sumed for him by the Carson paper.
Finally, the Index says that "Mr.
Powaing may be trusted to the very ut
termost in upholding and supporting any
Congressional legislation which is calcu-
lated to wipe out the Mormon curse and
blotch on American civilization" But
that isn't the point. He would have
nothing to do with supporting legisla.
ton, any more than any other citizen.
The question is not what he would do
about the legislation after it is had, but
whether he would endeavor to get addi-
tional laws to that end. Mr.. Cassidy
has done nobly in this, and his record
speaks more loudly than any promise
could possibly do; but if Mr.. Powning
does not wish to identify himself with
the greatest m~onstrosity of this age, it is
about time for him to speak out.