The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-08-02
BIN Nxa ON Mornnons


q Bill" Nye, the humorist,, arrived in
ae city yesterday on his regular annual
trfp cast, and was stumbled across by a
reporter of the Times at the Palmer
house. hast evening, and found a tall,
slendeEs sHoothed, face young man,
Apparently about thirty years of ago
+ lose affabiliiy OF address Tailed well
with Iha cheerful, tenor of his writing.
SIR Eye said he would talk from Re.
publican standpoint, for he coald moi
well 90 Otherwise as long as he held the
L,aFarnie postoffice under the present
administration. "Wyoming," said he
f,ls pT<EE evenly diyidid between the
iFe s'asAes, the issue being invariably
decided IN favor of the one securing the
Aarsaon vote. The Mormons exert a
Ear more potent influence in the territory
1851 most people suppose, and they are
kTcsding so rapidly over the northwest
ssE states and territories that before long
tie snIIre section Will DC practically
tsEttier thrir control" Mr Nye thought
/ Eit Etlmunds law II total failure because
Ehe Mormon women, by whom alone
/ poiygainy can be proved, would invaria-
bly, declare upon oath that their nffsprinG
| were Illegitimate before they would
crimInate their husbands. They belong
ed body and soul TO tire Mormon elders
and were afssid to disobeY the edicis of
the church. When asked what would
be a. rational solution of the Mormon
problem, he replied: ITO anyone who Is
familiar with their customs snd
resources, all talk of controlling or gov.
ernlDg them sounds absurd. Why. 81
well drilled and thoroughly PREPARED
are they to resist any interference that il
would he amusement for them 10 ami.
hilate the whole federal army. There is
no use in mincing matters and the gov.
krnment can make up It's mind without
Delay That the Mormons have come 10
Stay frey have almost boundless
wealth, aud their numbers are increasinp
from immigralion BY the thousands everY
year, They are IL position to defy the
government, and no one can objeci.n
Hasswomen suffrage been proven a
t3ccess;in, Wyomingf"
1T apparently is CREST success. All
classes OF women vote, ana they have so
Transformed the polls that an eastern
man would never recognize u voting
diace IN our territory. The men are
very respectful, and when ladies appear
they doll their beavers IN the most def.
crential manner The women eenerallv
vote as their male relatives do, but DC
cas- igaslly they assert their independence
aB4 vote she other Ticket They do no;
take part ia cauc1ses or conventions.
although they aie entitled 10 serve as
delegates. X IS observed, however.
thai lhe candidates who are acceptable
to the ladies are the oaes that get on the
IickeI, There has been no direct ten
pcraace issue IL tie territory, but when
l. does come tie women. irrespective OF
politics, may be safely counted tor pro-
hihlLIoE. They are entTtird to serve on
jaFies aud are eligible t. the peace
j'lstic,-Ship, bUtin positions are not con-
genial ones, and the custom Is dying
puI Ia BRi mic We had justice al The
pc zee who believed in NJ distinction
uatfer any circumstances HeI husband
Was arrested on The charge of drunk
and disorderly, and she fined him the
tall extent of the law. He paid his fine
Sad ;sen r marked thai h. would get
even With :he curt before morning.
Aud he did, too. His wife was unable
TO get out OF bed for two weeks.-ChI.
cago Times.