The Arizona champion., 1886-02-13

on the ground that it was too strln- gent, and by that portion of the press which now gives its opinion that the provisions of the measure interleres with certain features of the Mormon system which ought to have been let alone. The two features of the bill which aye especially objected to, are the clause which abolishes female sui frage in the Territory, and the provi, sion which places all the property of the Mormon church in the hands of fourteen trustees, and which provides that "the corporation of the church of the Latter Dav Saints" cannot own more than $50, 900, all their wealth in excess of that sum to be ap- propriated to the school fund of the Territory.
 It must be remembered that all laws enacted by territorial legislatures arc imperative unless approved by Con- greSs, therefore the bill does not go beyond the constitutional power of that body when it asks that the terri torial law of Utah conferring the sui frage on women shall be annulled The measure is merely sequel to the first anti-pologamy bill of MT. Ed mundS, which was found to work in. elhclently, mainly from two causes, female suffrage and the vast wealth at the command of the Mormon autho;i- ties. It is needless to explain how these two forces worked against the enforcement of the anti-polygamy law, as 1t must be apparent to every one who has given the question any thought.
 The bill, which has passed the Sen ate by a vote of 3S 10 7, does not af- feet the religious affairs of the Nor mons in any way. It will only destroy the temporal power of the Mormon church so far as its regulations and means contributed to the perpelultion of what the people of the United States regard as crimes. It will have nothing to do with church matters or matters of faith, and the trustees who Wall control the enormous property ol the church will simply have to see that the church moneys are not ap, piled to the protection and defence of poIygamlsts, or the propagation of polygamy. One great cause of the success of the church has been the immense sums applied 10 the emgran, fund. This fund for years has equipped small army of emissiares (called missionaries) who have secured every nook and corner Of the civilized world to entice ignorant men and women, particularly the latter, to journey to land where they have been promised every luxury and inde, pendence in exchange for poverty and social servilily. They have in the past come by ship loads. Everybody knows what a degraded awakening awaited their arrival, but there was no turning back. This will be all stopped now as there will be no funds to pay lying emissiaues to go in search of converts from other lands.
 People who arc super sensitive about legislative interference with any form of religious belief, should not jorge, that Mormonism has been something more than religion. It has been a powerful corporation with an heilarch- ial form of government, that set the laws ot the United States at defiance. Polygamy was it's worst feature, and to eifectually destroy polygamy it was necessary to aeshey He pozos, Mat maaf P0bgam0ns frachteS bossble. No one will want to interfere with the re- ligious belief of the Mormons. They are at liberty to worship God after their own fashion, and as long as they obey the laws of the country their country's laws will protect them.
 All the complicated legislation on this subject has been subsidiary to the one idea of efectuaIly putting an end to polygamy. The evil was d,ep- rooted and the remedy had to be thorough. The wrong will not be righted without some suffering, and | this will fall oN those who least deserve t, the poyglmous wives and their