The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-25
DISTRESS IN DESERET.
Wailing and Gnashing ef Teeth In
MOrmOM.Land.

SALT LAKE, U.ab, April 2l.-rhe
decision of the United States Supreme
Court sustaing Judge Zane's open
veni1e ruling in the Clawson case
greatly pleased the non-Mormons,
while the MormOns are correspond
ingly depressed. Angus M. Cannon,
brother to George @ Cannon, and
the only leading Mormon now visi-
BILE, says: ut was a great surprise
to me. I had no doubt that the
Supreme Court would reverse the
decision in regard to an open venire.
am sorry on account of the country.
[ know that the Edmunds law is
unconstitutional, but when 1t passed
I told my children I would live
within the law and had my rooms
fitted up purposely to do so. My
reason was that my children's
bread and butter depended upon it.
1knew there were a number OF hun
gry office seekers who would like my
office. did not propose that they
should have it. With me it was no
sacrifice to stop co-habitating with
my wives, for they are all past child
bearing and we believe in marrying
only for the purpose of procreating,
making earthly tabernacles for a
myriad of spirits awaiting to fill
them, but 1 would be torn to pieces
before would give up one jot of my
religion. If I was called upon to
marry a young woman t morrow l
would do so. I would not pledge
myself to live within the Edmund's
law for any power on this world. I
know that polygamy is from God. 1t
- our religion and we will never give
it up. Some OF our people think it
would be different if we had a
Democratic Supreme Court, but l
don't know. l have great respect
for Judge Zane. l think he is an
honest man. I have no feeling
against him, tut the nation should
never have passed such laws as they
have for any officer to execute. The
Mormon people will never give up
polygamy. They cannot. They will
abide the consequences even inn
prisonn.ent and death, and I believe
SOME vi Il Will md in DEATH"
H. s. Eldridge, Of lions Coopera-
tive Mercantile Institute, doeeaaOt
consider the law binding. To do
crime man must lnjure some one.
The polygamists' wives and children
are not complaining and he did not
see why others should.
Secretary Swan, of the Utah
Central Railroad, said it was absurd
to ask the Saints to obey the laws of
man, instead of the laws of God.
nf hn in
viewed.
D. G. Dunbar. proprietor of the
Mormon Herald, did not expect any
other result.
In speaking of the decision of the
United States Supreme Cour! in the
Clawson case the Tribune of to-
morrow will say: 1.-THE synopsis OF
the d cision in the Clawson case
furnished by the telegraph indicates
that it is as quare and sound dOcu-
ment as has ever been issued from
the court of last resort in this county.
It viDdicates the absolute oOrrectness,
of the ruling here that Il grand jury is
q part of the prosecution. That there
fore anything which would disqualify
a man from sitting on a petit jury
would nece ssarily make 1t 1mposs,-
BILE for him to sit on Grand Jury,
and 1t brushes aside completely the
theory that the law which giv.s gen
eral directions for the impanEeling
of jury can be so manipulated as to
close the courts and practically defeat
the ends of justice. The decision in
its effects upon Utah is about the
most important one ever
Itleaves to the men who
are determined here to oppose the
laws nothing whatever to stand up
on. All the talk of illegal methods
and persecution fall to the ground at
last. The violators Of the law stand
face to face with inexorable justice
We hope they will be given the wis
dom and the grace to see their
position and to accept the newt
able.O