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COMMENTS or NOBLE AND NIL
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 8. - Th'
Washington correspondent Of the
New York Herald sent the follow
ing interviews with the Secretary Ol
lie Interior and the Attorney Gen
eral tonight:
"This Is, indeed. import.
ant news" said General Noble,
when / informed him Of the action
OF the General Mormon Conference
II am glad 10 hsar OF this ami hops
the action is taken in all sincerity,
Mr.. Caine called upon me last sat
Irtay and left a statement in which
ne protested against the recent re,
pJTt OF the Utah Commission and
The report Of the Territorial govern.
OF. lie assured me that poiygamy
vas no longer praciised IN the Ter
ritOry OF Utah. told him that In
the face OF the statement OF my Jfli-
GERS, | could not accept his mere
denial Of the facts as evidence IN
febut;al. / must have proof. l told
MIN the reports had re
ceived declared that forty
cases OF pOlygamy had cumt
10 the knowledge Of the federal
officials and | suggested that he in
ye,tiga,e each case aud disprOve II
Il possible. He said he did not sup
pose he wOull be able to discover
the identity OF the accused. ] told
aim / would aid him 10 get the
names by instrlcting the authoFities
20 give him the needed Information,
aud he assured me he would inves'
ugate the truth Of the papers and
would report on them. | further
informed Mr.. Game that the simple
declaration Of Pr sident Woodruff
that the Mormon Church no longer
cOuntenanced pslygamy was not sui
ficient 10 convince the government
hat the practice had been given up,
OF the heas Of the Church had mo
authority 30 change its tenet-, that
action should be taken by the su-
rene council on this subject. Ii Is
iather singular that il should have
cen taken - soon after our CONVEX
alton. However, IL Is by proofs Of
repentance that their sincerity will
e measured; IL j. - easy 20 pass
resolutions. Man l. always resOlv-
NJ and yet falling 10 KEEP his reso'
ut'Ons. III the action Of the Nor
Ion conference brings forth ihe
prJTer fruits, naturally II will tend
% relax the rigOr Of the law. II i
p lygamy that IL is desired 10 eXter'
inmate.
al confess the recent landing OF a
large number Of families Of immi'
grants nj New York does not, 10 my
mind, tally very well with this OIL
cial act on the part Of the Mormon
Church, nor does il indicate reform
However, let-us accept IL in a spirit
Of sincerity and trust that they
really propose % conform 20 the Law
OF the land. IL was much more pre-
ferabie % have them Tvlinquish pO'
lysamv voluntarily than 10 be com.
pell,,l 20 crush il on: by the strong
arm % the law"
Attorney General Miller, upon
whom devolves the duty Of prescott.
ins those charged with pOlygamou.
practices, received the news with
MS usual inpeTturbability, and
when | asked him what significance
he attached % this seemingly OIL
.ial suppression Of polygamy by the
Mormon Church diCnitaries, he ~
nlie,i: II will express 10 Opin-
ion, for 1 neither care a. an
officer Of this government 10 inn
peach their sincerity nor 10 accept
heir act as conclusive evidence OF
good faith. Let the future decide
this. Ny province Is TO enforce the
law. As l undentand Il, the sta
tutes are not aimed at the Mormon
Church establishment, hIt against
lne Of their practices which Is an
absolute violation Of the laws. Pc
iysamy l. higsmy and that we Iun-
ish as a crime throughout the land.
II the Mormon leaders will cease
teaching and advocating polygamy
rs "A tenet of their religion, the
practice must necessarily die cut
and there the crime ceases. The
significance Of this proceeding on
the part Of the general Mormon
council will have T. be developed by
circumstances. Whether a set %
men, who in The past have been a.
wise As a serpent, are suddenly going
D become rs harmless a. doves j. b
question which tine alone can dc
termine. ''-Herdid