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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-08
4 SUIT OVER A BIG ESTATE

suit has been brought in the Supreme Court b.
Edwin e. Sheldon and Francis s Whitehouse, reIa-
tives Of William B. Ogden. who died in 1877 against
Fanny A Haven and a number OF other relatives
OF MI Ogden for a partition Of fifty parcels
Of property in the Borough OF The Bronx belong
ing to the Ogden estate, which have been tied up
since his death. The value Of the property IS ex-
trenely large. 1t said last night BY a relative
that the suit entirely friendly one
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-08
OBITUARY NOTES.

Cobesklll, y. Y, Nov Oscar F Nelson. vice
president Of the Farmers and Merchants Bank.
died here to-day at the age Of sixty-nine years.
he was formerly a manufa turer of knit goods at
Amsterdam.
Lincoln. Ne0. Nov james Mari. who made
the original design OF the first harvesting machine
Is dead in this city at the age Of eighty-four years
Colon. Nov. Charles Pratt a well known
American: who had lived for long tina on the
isthmus. is deed.
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JAMES WILKINSON.

James Wilkinson. retired rubber manufacturer
OF New-York City, died last night at his home in
Mount Vernon. Mr.. Wilkinson was well known in
Mount Vernon as temperance worker and mem
Der Of the Methodist Episcopal church He Wa
also life member Of the Mount Vernon lodge Of
Free Masons. He leaves a widow. a daughter ami
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ACTRESS USED A REAL AXE.
Mistake at Rehearsal Serious for the
Villain
rBY TELEGRAPH To THE TRIBUNE

Pttsburg. Nov. There was no matinee at the
Alvin Theatre this afternoon and the reason given
out tonight because Frederick Pauldiug the
leader OF the stock company had been knocked
senseless last night al rehearsal and badly hurt
Some replaced the property with Il real
one, and Miss Remark as Gismonda, used this
axe on Paulding as Zacharlas. He was unconscious
for two
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COAL TRUST IN RIVER GRAIN TRADE

fBy TELEGRtPH TO THE TRIBUSE-l
Pittsburg Nov. THE Monongahela Consolidated
Coal and Coke Company. known otherwise as the
Diver Coal Trust. this evening announced the
purchase of the Mississippi Valley Transportation
Company OF St Louis. This means that the coal
combine will the river grain trade, on Wnich
Il has had It's eye for some time.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-08

Vote early; vote carefully; that your bal
lot goes into the right box. Don't permit any
repeater 20 vote in your in the name
Of another legal voter in your district
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NOTES OF THE STAGE.

Miss Maude Adams has just closed a remarkably
successful tour OF the South In Louisville FRIDAY
and Saturday, where her engagement ended the
receipts reached grand opera figures.
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Special Notices.


Tn. Duke Of ABe~eorn having decided TO Sc! Hamgdsa
80. ,-r street I4rk LOciJn. ". placed
Inc natter hands OF Us agents MessrF Tro9pe
~ :. W. whom
Iio-tlt = s4J--ss-d This presents an opyo-t.r.ty
~ .1,,- one most stately homes q the E1gls1
mansion Is particularly Well adapted to-
rs.--f5-- and r.os~->s@s exceptionally nre Garden
- @,-lll- p.rs client condition rlr immediate
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Highest temperature yesterday. - degrees.
AZ, average for corresponding LIST -
for corresponding date last twenty-five years -
Local Forecast-Party cloudy TODAY. probably local
rams pos ty sno" "a north portion, "Wednesday faiT
Nariab
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Vote early; vote carefully; that your bal
lot goes into the right box. Don't permit any
repeater 20 vote in your name or in the name
81 another legal voter in your district.
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Tribune Subscription Rates

TRIBUNE VIII mail any
fis country abroad. and address changed often
Subscription Ilay lie given 70 regular
leaving o. tf more ee vH-e't La1t taeI
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Hamln Mitchell and Fields yesterday engaged
Miss May Robson create of the leading parts
in . new Victor Herbert-CIen MacDonough must
cal play, 1t Happened IN Nordland" with which
the Lew Fields Theatre Will be opened late this
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PROMINENT ARRIVALS At THE HOTELS

ALBEMARLE-R. G. Erwin. Hartford CAM
BEIDGE-AIfred T. Hartweu. Chestnut Hill Fenn
HOLLAND-TheodOre NJ Davis. Newport. HOTEL
ASTOR-Mme. Rejanei Sir James Power, Watt
ford. Ireland. Observation-Disclosures \. Wolf
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Local Official Reeord.-The following official record
from the Weather Bureau shows the changes in the
temperature Tor the last tWenty-four hours,
parison with the corresPonding date OF lasJ year;
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THE WEATHER REPORT.

Official Record and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Eov. -
The pressure continues low in New England
disturbance Sunday night Minnesota
southeast Central Indiana. unac-
conpaHed by precipitation In the West pressure
high with continued clear weather. except Northern
Pacific States. where rain continues
The weather = also the South and clear 10
New lake region. Tenn
paratures risen somewhat middle
mississippi valleys and changed bt tt rIsevhe-s
except the Atlantic States and region
The disturbance in Indiana Will probably
weather Northern pennsylvania Northern
New York New England with probably
NeN-lork New England Elsewhere weather
viii be generally clear during Tuesday. For Wednesday
practically weather IS indicated all districts
will be slightly warmer Tuesday in the Atlantic
except high ia the southeast portion
Middle Atlantic Coast they VIII be fresh westerly
fresh east~rIy- Coast light mostly south
erly and on the Great Lakes light to fresh northery
have fresh to brisk westerly winds ~th parts cloudy
weather TO the Grand Banks
Forecast Special I.ocnIites-For The District OF
Columbia and Delaware. fair to-day and "Wednesday:
variable winds
For New-Jersev and Eastern Pennsylvania fair In
partly coIty possibly in north portion
to-day: Wednesday fair variable winds.
For Eastern N-v-lork partly cloudy cloudy
to-day probably local raus, possibly
ZION, Wednesday fair, variable winds.
For View England. partly cloudy cloudy weather
probably local POSSIBLY in north portion
"Wednesday fair. except rain ard
ern Maine. brisk winds. becoming variable
weather to-day possibly local rains portion.
"Wednesday fair colder portion. 70 NORTH
winds
Fo~ Western York partly eloadv .louIs to-day
probably local rains Wednesday ce-l north wGds
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-08

A musical comedy by the author and com
poser OF a Venetian Romance" assisted by J.
Cheever Goodwin Will shortly be produced by
Frank Perley. Miss Viola Gillette Will head the
cast. The piece is called "A Soldier for Love
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Insist upon having Burnett's Vanilla
Married.

Marriage notices appearing IN THE TRIBUNE Will
extra charge.
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Tribune Local 0bserva.ions-

IN this diagram the continuous white line shows
changes IN pressure as Indicated By The self
perature recorded y the local Weather Bureau
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SpsciaI Notices.


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Id a.iN Nsonid Z 20 No % Nsv- Oxford 81
+@adon and Paris EAslz--ss Bankers Bdsl5on Fro1xs
Mo2Tzate-st
SLAerican ESpress Company. No. 3 Waterloo Place
The f 100 = son Tourist 0fess ig'fgase Circus
o.aon once O. iftE TftlHi Ne
p p4 80 cave aavertiserneEts AMI descriptions
IaSSS Jonn H1lroe & q. 20. : Rue Serih~
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Died.

Death notices appearing In THE TRIBUNE win
repubshed IN The Tri-We-kly Tribune without ersr.
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SUNDAY. cents. M57,I-Ie>L:H VIEW > cent.
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Domestic Rates.

% t-3I+~- Ni<NAt- IRAN
lo- all ,or1-s II tie United Causca &sN.ce
fouIs!de OF boECCghs II Manhattan lue BronS
40 y Porto Rico. Hawaii ~ t1e
vyiIb-f+ extra tC- t--~iza
p.rrv .N-r. SUNDAY WEEKLY t-A.sNEE-
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MQNTGoMERY-sH orange. j. satur-
Church. by the Rev. Joseph T Elder D. D. assisted
by Bishop Thomas B. Nicely Elizabeth Adams Shaw.
daughter OF MI and Mrs William Adams Shaw,
Robert Hester Montgomery OF New-York City.
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Notices Of marriages and deaths must be fn-
dorsed with full name and address
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Foreign Rates.

Man -I---rT- 80 New-Yo9E CIV 20 ne CATLY ~
TFsI-V WEEKLY via he charged one copy
pos aee H. aIdtctln 20 Ire GaInec above
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For points IN and az counties eEss
Postal T'ulon THE TRIBUNE will maize tie to-
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COnynEhan. Thomas .
Fowler. Eldridge NJ.
HarEoCd. Agnes.
Little, Susan II
MARS, Charles +
Nye. Mollie y
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MAILS FOR SOUTH AND CENTRAL. AMERICA WEST
INDIES. ETC


TUESDAY tssh'-At $50 To- Aass uti1e. uruguay
and Paraguay : 80 a II
Newfoundland per silvia.
WEDNESDAY oHhl-At $50 a. m Complementary 1890
a M for InnRua Haiti Marta places
IN the NaE4alena Depts- Colombia = Fiandra
tu7si for Petit G0ave and directed
1850 M for Nicaragua except East Coast. Hon
dUras East Coasrl Salvador. PaUaula- Canal
Zone. Ecudor. Peru Bolivia and Chilli = Al
lanca Colon tn1a1l Tor Guatemala and Cauca De-
psr-r1eut Of Colombia % directed '-er Al
Hanca'1; al II a for Haiti. 3 = rrus WiHsn
~ mail for Curacao Venezuela. Trinidad Guiana
n. for Kits. Nevis. - Eus-arUs Martins.
BarbadO5s and Guiana. per Jlier- az l-:5u D m
supplementary p M flr Turks Island and DoHni-
can Republic per $. seminole
THURSDAY tlGth}-At a n. for CUBA. YUcaJan and
Campecae. per Monterey tna4l Tor other parts
Mexico be directed Der 5 M1u-er-yt- at y
m for 5. Niagara. Tsu,p.cp mail
must directed > Niagara. at l1.l0 D
tsupp IemeEJsry so III FOR ST Thomas CTotN.
Korona mail :Or Grenada and trinidad must Be DR.
> klrona D.
for Bahamas per = Orzans mail for SanclaEo muss
be directed = Orizaba f AZ / p N. for Guca1au
and CamPeche. per = D4sgry, al & ? m tor Der
uuda per from Halifax
SATURDAY G2thi-At 800 a for BraziL : =.
Rio Jausiro and mail Tor Northern
Brazil Argentine. Uruguay and Paraguay ru8t e d.
per Minneapolis via Southampton specially
addressed only $50 a tsuopl-rn@nrary $50
Caracas mail FOR Colombia Via curacao
must be directed Der Caracas - NJ $3.50 a
m, jsuppIenen,ary 1890 n, for Fortune Island
JarnaIca and Colombia. Except Magdaleaa Dept Per
> AItai for Costa Hlca- Via Linon- must -
directed per Affair 10 a. for Cuba per
Castle. Havana. az 10 a. m for
Ma-ayaI. y IN fIr Argentine Uruguay and
Paraguay per R-lhil. 90 l2-3U g. u for Cuba.
per Olinda Matan1as mail must - dlrectsf
per Olinda
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NOTICE Five cents Pc La-c in addition the
regular postage. b~ PREPAID all letters FOR
Harde5 by SIpls-clr- Mails. a1t letters de-
posted n dr.Ds market Letters lor Foreign
fr0---tres ar closing ~ r-tl. Tor
d!spat~A particular vessel viii BE- 50 for
warded unless such additional postage i- f-ly prepaid
Thereon bv MALTA
are also or=-ed che piers % American English
French steamer
81 and a-e ulti NAV De- deposited IN
boxes sailing
f-,ur F41b5kan The mails piers open one hour
and half sailing time. ana close ten minutes
sailing Only regular postage tet-srs .
cents a lalr ouarel re4urei - articles mailed OF
nsa-s Of American White star aud German
(Sea peso double postage letters 10 cents
hsf- -unc@} other lines
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Pitkin. Ellen z.
sullivan. Jessie A. 3.
Sutherland. Grace.
Swayze, Robert H
Thomas. james NJ
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/ CONYNGHAM-At New Brighton. Staten Island Mon
day, November :, Thomas D Conyngherr- In the T3d
I year O Funeral at HE late residence, No
/ 50 ST Marks Place, "Wednesday. November g. at J
| p m. Iuterrnent convenience OF the family
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Some weeks ago the NEws-C CHAM
PIoN called attention to the number
Of spruce trees dying all through our
forests Several persons have since
that time mentioned 1T in the office.
II Is causing enormous damage "a
the timber in GunnlsOn county. I'm
dopbtedly insects are killing the trees
and If 1t were brought 10 the atten-
ton Of proper authorities something
might be done 20 check the ravaqes.
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11
:. W. "oLrE c. W EASTMAN
WOLFE & EASTMAN
Livery, Feed and Sale Stables
WE KEEP ONLY FIRST-CLASS
TEAMS AND RIGS.
Horses Boarded. c,..;. o.,.
Cunnison. oo0o.
NOTICE 0f ABwINi>TRAI SiIT o. krAl
k>fAIt To PAY ptPJS

state of Colorado IS. In the County Court
county II ouuuf.oni in bate
In the matter Of the Estate of Lincoln r.
Ball. Deceased.
by virtue of dec reta al order Of said Court in
Probate made and entered Of record on the 2et "a
day ~ October A. u. 1914, the undersigned was
authorized and directed To- sell at price not le-.
than the appraised value thereof the follow ing
described real estate an, Iart thereof of
which the said Lincoln F. Ball died siezed to
wit
The south half ef tire south east Quarter Of
section 2s, Tp. ~ y. RI 2E.N N.MPM
An Undivided one third interest in the ssCalu-
met lode mining claim
An undivided one third interest in each the
Venus and -Nerrury" lode mining claims
An undivided one fourth interest in each the
Saturn and Jupiter lode mining claims all
OF said lode mining claims being situate in Gold
brick Mining district, 6unnison County Col
orado
oefsigHed gives notice that she will offer for
sale the whole any la of the above desc ribed
teai estate at the once of Henry r. Lake Sr. in
uunni.s,n IN said ~ and state 1t ten o elock
IN She forenoon on y nday the 1lst day Of Nov
emher 4. ID 1Sa. The sane - b. eold 10 H.
highest and best bidder therefor q prir~ ns4
less theA the appraisea vsias thereof rSsssvin0
70 sne undsseianed ehe right to sojers eaS cd
III pioe Tot said reol eseate u 80 pars tkasOaR
~ saN = ee s.6ysst 70 - epSsO~el 81 60
loO
bessa - 0unnis.a- OsAs-, os,A~ q ~
0Aas DAla,
A4ainisss@tr - - Auas0 - Ius.h 2.
~ - - - - - ~. nN
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11
sorIGE ~ FINAL ~srTLssys-

IN thN matter Of the Estate OF Benlamin "a
Lewis. decea-ed.
Notice is hereby given. that on Monday
The i.th day Of November. A D. iNA beinr one -,
the regular days OF the September Term ~ ~.
eoonty Coan 81 Gunnis,n County, in Probste
n The state Of Colorado, ve, X b. Levi. And
esssss, ~iil appear before the judge a SAID
Coert, present. oar final settlement q such
Adoiniserntc.s cad pray the approval OF tn
ooe snd VIII then apply TO b DISCHARGED -
soeA AAoiAaseeeoso. AZ which time eD& ~,
yn N ineeese ney oppeof - ps1nsus
S3essscee - - 49,, il anS tAsss -
boeoo - 0SeoaA. Cd rod. (ee - -
= = 1OWN - Z L. PA6per0oa
AAO1oisosoauo = - Duan0 = 0.;eSs~ 4,
A AA
- - 81 Lass - Bss.A I.
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

His well wishers are more than
pleased 10 note that Theodore Roose-
welt has promptly issued statement
10 the effect that he will not be a
candidate again. THIS will give the
people confidence in his acts and
double his power for usefulness
Let Us hope the statement VIII not
suffer a fate like that of the lamented
Grover and his excellency Governor
PeabndN
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Peabody was defeated in Gunni-
son city by Isl. That it was not un-
animous is a strange commentary on
the love some people have for those
that smite them. A. good demo
cratic friend early in the campaign
expressed doubt of Adams election
Said he, The more you lick the kid
the better he likes you" lie was a
shrewd observer. The GunnrSon
Normal school still cries for ven
gence
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS.
ENNCUroR'> >eTits.

HNtttf0k'~ NeTttb.
Estate Of NJ. Monahau. Decreased
The undersigned. having been appointesi
Executor of the last " iil and Testament s,i
N. Nonahan late OF the County of Gunuison
and state OF Colorado. deceased. hereby n YES
notice that he VIII appear before the County
touri of Hunni-on County. Al the- lourt House
in Guunison at the September Term on Mon
day the 2~th day Of NOvem ber, A D. 1904
at vhich time all persons having claim.
against said Estate are notified and requested
To attend for the purpose of having the same
adjusted All persons indebted to said Estst
ar- requested to make i'm mediate payment TO
the un rsi gned
Dated 9th day Of October A n 1904
PATRf'K TsNEY Executor
hir-t pun Oct -. Last pub. Nov 25. 1904
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

The gentleman from Ohio who
rented the and Of his wisdom and
couucl o. our reputlcans frieud-
dues not appear 30 have materially y
increased republican msiorities in
Guunis1n county But then. think
Of what ID might have been, bat lor
him
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Apparently We migbt Just about
o. well have dispensed with caun-
tv election The same officers will
ereel us next year with the exception
of George Miller a. caruucr.
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Il must De- that BoWerman and
oihH tHy bows are uuacI cIuairted
with the beauties of feah1dism
The NEu- -CHANPIoN sincerely hopes
they may never experience the
reality
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Money dia pgs sncceed IN mas nag
the q o Y elephant step very high
IN Gannis1n county. Our cItIzoas
Gre nat purchasai1ie.
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

But lsu'i Crossed Bsise ''t>sss "
Democratic majority fa slmoss the
krsi time
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

OF cour-c &C are "deel ShicG T.
coner-ssalsie Teddy
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11

Owen More left town one dav.
Owen more than he could pay.
Owen More came back TODAY.
Owen more.
Gunnison news-champion and tribune., 1904-11-11
Consumption

Noafsh demands daily action Of the
0ovseis. Aid nature with Ayers Pills.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-25
MR. HEARsT'S CANDIDACY.

! 1t begins to look as If Mr. William
| r. Hearst's candidacy for the Demo-
| cratic nomination for the Presidency
| may have to be taken seriously. The
/ fact that he is not a frequent or elo-
ouent speaker, and has seldom. if ever,
/ been lard on the floor of the House
of Representatives, or on the stump, is
not the fatal obstruction to his eIigi-
| bility which some persons imagine it
! to he Thomas Jefferson was no ora
tor: his influence was acquired exclu-
siveIy by the pen. In the eyes of
many hundreds of thousands of naive
and credulous readers Mr.. Hearst is
the author of every editorial article
that appears in every issue of his nu-
rnerous newspapers. 1t follows that,
from their point of view, he seems to
be a good deal of a man, measuring
quite up to the standard set by such
Presidents as Polk, Johnson and Ar
thur As the presumable writer, and
as, certainly, the responsible indorser,
of every word printed over his sigma
ture he is indisputably a more impor-
tant figure on the public stage than
was William ]. Bryan a week before
the latter secured a nomination for the
Presidency at the hands of the Demo-
cratic national convention of 1896. AL
though Mr.. Bryan has, thus far, de-
cIined to avow himself supporter of
Mr.. Hearst's, it is significant that only
in States and Territories where the
Bryanites are strong has the Hearst
boom been launched successfully.
There is no reason to believe that
Mr.. Hearst will get a single delegate
from the City or State of New York,
although he represents a metropolitan
district in Congress. On the other
hand, he seems likely to have the dele
gates from New Mexico, Arizona, Okla
homa, Indian Territory, Hawaii. and
Porto Rico. It would not be surpris-
ing should he have some support from
California, Oregon, Washington, Neva-
da, Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, Montana,
and Colorado. Some delegations also
seem assured to him from the Middle
West, and the South; we refer to those
of Mississippi, of Iowa, and of Ken
lucky A vigorous effort is making
to gain for him some delegates from
and other New England
States. On the whole, it is needful
for prudent Democrats to confront the
possibility that the Bryan-Hearst COM
may control a little more tran
a third of the members of the Demo-
cratic national convention The fact
should be accepted as conclusive proof
of the need of abolishing the two-thirds
rule. No doubt the nomination % Mr..
Hearst is as impossible this year as
would be that of Mr.. Bryan. If noIni-
mated, Mr.. Hearst would poll even few
er votes than were cast for the Demo-
cratic nominee in 1900. Still he and
his next friend, the editor of the Conf
may exercise a pernicious in
fuence on the framing of a platform
and the selection of a candidate at st.
Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-03-25
THE MoRaoN ISSUE.

TT is hard to fathom the motive of
President Smiths open defiance of the
moral sentiment of the United States
That Smith can locally rely upon the
control Mormons have over the laws
of Utah is probably true but that
would not save him from the punish
ment which would follow the passage
of a constitutional amendment forbid
ding polygamy, as slavery, its twin
relic of barbarisrn," was prohibited.
without a doubt Congress would pass
and two-thirds of the States ratify
such an amendment whereupon Presi-
dent smith and his fellow offenders
would have the choice of obeying the
law or standing prosecution in courts
which they could not control.
Tt was the part of wisdom, in case
the Mormon apostles proposed to live
in the plural relation, to keep under
cover. But President Smith, in his
testimony before a Senate committee
of investigation makes a virtue and
a boast of his iniquity- He wants all
the world to know. Standing in the
most conspicuous witness box of the
country he ranges his five wives and
forty-two children in line and asks his
countrymen to share his pride in them.
Those who show disgust at the speeta-
Gle are invited to say what they will
do about it. The proper answer to this
sort of thing is an amendment to the
organic law of the United States which
will make it impossible for plural mar
riages to be recognized in any State.
The cause is one to enlist the
churches, the societies for the suppress
sion of vice and all people of good
morals. The fight it suggests would
be short and decisive.