Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-03-31

| ~ believe In IL sincerity, and thus he.
/ flowing. my mind Is iftevocably madc ur
TO act politically a. though had fll.
faith in every sentiment therein con-
taincd with tho Mormon church A. an
ecclesiastical organization ! have never
| takon issue. With ils fosehlng and
practice ct polygamy ! have always hecu
ai war with the absolute surrender Of
thos1 teachings aod practices tho war b
ended 10 Tar as ! am concerned. OF
individual violations Of the law the law
will take coznizanco. aud me,e out legal
| punishment. When law shall ho
placed upon our statute books punishlng
bigamy aud adultery, The law will deal
with offenders ~ II docs with the horse
thief that sub.cfibcs In the cfcod VI
I Erlsc1pacy. or n murderer who believes
In Catholicism. 0r un cmbcs.lcr who
shares In ,hc cheerful belief onuuciatod
by Calvin. The law deals with them no.
o.. Episcopalians, Catholics, or Prcsby-
torions, but ~ hprso.thioyes, murdorers
aud cmbszlicrs,n
as to the action Of the Republican
party, General Roberts says;
~ hope to zoe tho Republican party
allgning itself with the changed condi-
ton OF Affairs, keeping touch with it,
glorious and tImo-honorcd traditions
casting no glance backward, accepting
tho responsibilities Of the present, mud
confident OF the future with inallco To-
ward none and charity for ALL place In
thoir platform plank pl1dging the party
b remove every restriction upon the
franchise NOV happily rendered unnec-
cssary By the lato action Of tho diVnitaric-
OF the Mormon ChnrchI, and that our
nlr young state may onioy that wido-
spread prosperity which comes TO every
commonwealth whose burdens aud bono-
hts arc shared alike 10y happy, law
abiding and liborly-loving people"
1.-THE General pays In this connection
that only those who can take the elect.
or'6 oath eau vote.
Hon. Frank Fem, Speaker Of the
house OF representatives., nolds views
similar TO those EXPIRE herein. At
the meeting Of the state committee,
when the question was discussed from
all stAndp0ints, MIR. Fem spoke out
right royalty IN tempering justice with
mercy, now that the hiormOna have
made IN unconditional surrender. He
said that the labor OF yean ON the part
Of the Republican party had resulted In
accomplishing what the most saugilne
expectations oi tho leadcrs hardly dared
10 hope. With the religious opinions
Of the MormOns MT. Fem thought VIZ
had nothing 10 DO. lie believed in
being magnanlmous and extending
the scepter u hope to q fallen foe.
Tho Rcrieig has this 10 say Ia refer.
enco TO the general subject;
"Ex Senator Mcdonnell, In an in.
tefview published In the Rorleie some
time ago, expressed substantially the
same opinion. There can be no mis-.
taking The signs OF tho times as TO this
question, aud thOso point surely in the
direction Of "A broad and liberal spirit
10 people who, In the language of
the petition, signed by the leaders Of
the Mormon Church and forwarded 10
the President Of the United States ask.
ing amnesty for those under cOndem.
nation by our laws, say, we desire "a
be at peace with the gtvernment and
Ia harmony with our Fellow citizens"
aud that 'our people have voluntarily
put aside something which all their
lives they have believed TO be sacred
principle
There can be no question that sontl-
ments like the sboveaTe 10 a great
extent among the leading men Of the
Republican party in all parts ofthe
State. Believing N we.do that as n
body the Mormons have abandoned
the teachings OF blgamy aud polygamy
as tenet OF faith, they think TINT the
laws should be 10 changed rs to give
them the franchise. IL ", however,
generally conceded that the statute OF
1891 must he changed, aud the time
limit removed before they can vote.
This will In all probability be done m
soon ~ possible.
As for the Democratic party, the
Mormons know full we'll that while
this party pretended friendship for
them aud were friendly TO them ns
long ms thoy could be used politically
by that party, when they had no
mfther use for them they abandoned
them In the hour OF need. While they
now seek 10 coquet again with the
MormODs,it IL almost certain that they
will see through those subtarfures and
pfotensions, and win not be betrayed
by tho Democratic kiss. The Republi.
can party has been an open enemy
while the Mormons were living in vio-
lalion Of the laws, but now that they
repent OF their evil dolngs are ready to
meot them In the broad and generous
spirit Of charity and bid them TO new
political life."