Weekly Phoenix herald., 1885-03-12
THE MORMON PROBLEsI.

The United States courts in the past have been of little consequence Tn bringing people to justice for polyg amy and similar crimes, bee cause the Mormons stood so compact and paid such little regard to their oaths, that convictions could not be secured. Mem bers of the Mormon church would not testify agalnst others, and polygamous wives would deny the parentage of the children in their arms and brand themselves with shame rather than tell the truth regarding their secret mar riages.
 But within the past seven or eight months, great change has taken place. An unf1inching judge in the person of Charles s. Zane, for twelve years District Judge at Springfield Illinois, IS now Chief Justice of the Territory, and presides over the United States court at Salt Lake. Polyganists, and in fact, no criml> nals find any favor in him, and yet he administers justice in all things so well as to command the admira~ ton of all. Since he we went to Utah, he has sentenced several polygamists to the penitentiary, and his grand juries have found indict- nents agaInst fifteen or twenty more.
 This has so frightened the leaders of the church that many of them have gone on journeys to get out of the way of justice, and even John Taylor, president of the church, has joined the excursionists, while his second councillor has gone to the Sandwich Islands to evade the law and work in the interests of the church. But one of the funniest things that has happened is that of the departure of Penrosc, the editor of the church organ.
 In numerous editorials he told his readers that it would be the proper lthing for them to assassinate any one connected will the 7sT:5sns, the IGenule paper, and to shoot down, as if dogs. deputy United States Mar shals, when entering houses of ci;is zens to make arrests or serve sub~ ppnas ou women. These editorials were written in his retirement while hiding from the deputies, who had orders for his arrest on charges under the Edmunds law. His hid- ing place was about to be invaded when he put on the clothing formers Ny worn Dy ms ,.u.-..,----,,,.ss
 seated by the side of trusly dfi7el of an express wagon, he succeed ir reaching and hiding in a baggage car, which took him out of reach oi the officers.
 The last dodge, but which ha; been under consideration the pas four or five years, is home for tho | polygamists in Sonora. A treaty has been made with the Yaqui In dian chief, giving them home 1T his lands. The Mexican govern ment may prevent them going there but already pioneers have gone or to prepare the way.
 A hopeful sign is the disaffectior among young men who have been organ izing a Democratic club. All fales Yonng, son of the late Presi> dent Young, is one of the leaders in this move, and their speeches in public, has caused young men all over Utah to speak out as the y never dared before. More progress against Mormonism has been made the past SIX months than during the ten years prior, and yet affairs in Utah are such as to demand :he serious cons sideraiion of all good people, and the Mormon problem will require years to solve, and it is feared it will yet cause great sorrow in this nation i-ItzIs blot on our free America that cannot '-~ too soon eradlcated = Conasn,eealta.
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