Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-06-18

nlr. Of the corporation known as the
Iaiier.day Saints"
The New YORK haR and Express pub
lishesa learned legal dissertation on the
subject. attempting TO defend the ac-
ton Of the court. But u draws n par
ali-I between the power Of the king In
English Jurisprudence and that Of the
Government Of the United States
which viii not be recognized rs part
81 our national polity. Az a way on. Of
the muddlc In tue disposition Of the
property, the writer say;
"Tho decree expressly provides that,
the funds shall be devoted 10 charitable
usc., lawful In character. Would Il not
be- cornaio charitable puposoio devote
ITO tho education Of children born II
polygamous marriages In Utah, or for
the establishment Of hospitals Ia Utah for
the relief Of tho sick aud suffering Of the
Mormon haiihg Those are simply In
stance. which would be lawful, not OPP
posed 10 public policy or morals aud
sufficiently cognaio, We think. TO the In
iouiion u tho donors 10 come within The
equity Jurisdiction o. the supreme Court
u tho United States"
The Oakland, Cal, hehoe has mn
editorial an the subject, from which we
clip the following:
This l. tho latest phase Of TRANSACT
ton that has a big precedent In history.
Horny VIII. that immortal English
sovereign, loviod tribute az arbitrarily.
That founder Of tho Church Of England,
alias tho Episcopal denomination, de-
olarcd cschoa, all the abbcys, nunnerics
and treasure Of whatever material value
of tho Roman Catholic Church In his do
main. lilo constituted the throne soquoa.
iraior " all that ecclesiastical booty.
Had that rapaelous monarch possessed
temporal power Of ample Jurisdiction he
would have paupsflsed tho Roman
Catholic Church wherever that hierarchy
had foo,hoid. Henry VIII when he
closed hi. eyes Tor the last lime. January
=, 1871, little realized what massive In.
iiuanco his career would have ON posiori.
~. His policy ~ conhscaiion, 10 use slang.
was simply immonso. lisd tho Italian
gentleman ihon holding ONCE a. supreme
rontn iorcscon tho result Of his dcciina.
tion 10 promote tho English Kings
matrimonial measures he most certainly
would have proven himself less antagon.
istic. In this particular tho Mormon
Church had no ground for diplomacy.
The Edmunds law was tho consequence
of heavy cannonadlng, ~ 10 speak, by
pseudo monlills. PolyRamy, which was
all right whom prsciiccd by solomon and
other Biblical porsonAgcs, wa ali wrong
whom made a religious tenet In those
times. because a system oi plural mar
riagcs was In successful operation In Utah
and ihorcaboui, these Eaalola, who To-
garied universal ooncablnage with un.
concern, bomhaniod Congress until ~.
prcs,ive statutes were enacted"
The Washington Independent makes
these remarks;
"rhe Tacoma Eesry Suaddy very tlmc.
ly declares the late decision Of tho Sup
rome Court Of tho United States q bad
prccodeni In relation 10 tho property Of
the Mormon Church osoheaiing 20 far 10
the State a. u leave ID 10 Congress. 10 say
what charitable uses II shall bc put n.
IL, that money alone 10 be- used by form.
or u not present member o. the Mormon
Church 10 dispose of II will not do for
courts 10 interfere with religious conirl.
buttons 81 any kind. II shows n ten.
dcncy 10 NEEDLE where the moddlor ha.
no business"