Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1886-03-09
THE TRUE REMEDY.

In referring to the legislation hereto
fore directed at the Mormon evil, it is
interesting to note how little has really
been accomplished by it. One OF the
first methods proposed by the Gentlles
for the settlement Of the difficulty, was
to enfranchise the women OF Utah. 1t
was argued that with the power placed in
their hands, the enslaved Mormon wives
would sweep away church tyranny and
set the people free. 1t proved mistake,
because these women, like the men OF
Mormondom, are slaves to an idea,
coupled with u design TO establish the
Kingdom OF God on the earth. The
proposition to place the ballot in the
hands OF the women was promptly an
swered by the Mormon Legislature doing
it at once, thus showing that the Gentiles
failed ut that time to grasp the true
inwardness of the Utah scheme.
The Poland bill, as originally intro
duced in Congress, was deemed too rad
ical, and was emasculated, but it broke
the political deadlock in Utah, so far rs
civil suits and criminal prosecutions
against non-NIormons were concerned,
and that was all. 1t left the Mormon
political power intact, and efectually
shielded their arch rogues from prose-
cution. II failed to recognize the real
evil.
The Edmunds bill, with Zane and
Dickson to administer it, has stirred up
this incestuous hornets nest, but, not
recognizing the fundamental wrong OF
Mormonism, namely, its political con-
spiracy, it, too, is II failure, leaving the
Mormon Church quite as strong politi
cally as it ever was. 1t is, OF course,
clear to all Gentile5 here why it is II fail
ure. They all know that the Edmunds
law undertakes to cure the disease by
treating Il mere symptom, by poulticing,
instead OF recognizing the constitutional
trouble and striking it at once Indeed,
the results OF the symptom treatment
are not flattering, except in one respect.
They have served to demonstrate to
the country that this polygamous
ulcer cannot be cured by said rem
edy, and that it is one only OF
the symptoms OF Il great constitutional
disturbance. Every Gentle in Utah
knows that ii the Mormons should sur
render polygamy tomorrow, in good
faith, it would not settle the trouble. In
deed, they recognize the fact that sucl
surrender would seriously complicate
the difficulty. They all fully understand
the real trouble to be the domination
by the church OF all state and politica
affairs. Then, why should any intelli-
gent person hope for II single moment tc
see Utah redeemed while there is Il pos
sibility left open to this thcocrlcy to rule
the land?
The thing we want is to have all po
litical power taken from the hands OF thi
conspiracy called the Kingdom OF God ol
earth, and have it placed in the hands {
the Americans resident here. Thi
method would recognize the real evil
be cured, and would afford the means b.
which it could be done. But if, in tn
wisdom OF Congress, the numerici
strength, or rather lack OF strength,
the minority here be such as to engend'
doubt as to the practicability OF tn
method, then place the political pow
in the hands OF men directly represen
ing the United States Govenment-ca
it q Legislative Commission, if you wi
but anything to work out the Territory
speedy redemption.
In view OF the fact, then, that Conire
is ready to help MS, and that nothing sho
OF the political scalp OF the theocrat
will suffice, the DEMOCRAT renews its su
gestion that convention OF non-Mo
mons, without regard to party lines,
called as soon as the Legislature adjour
to discuss and decide upon what we W
unanimously ask Congress to do for us.