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·· 'l'he'Mormon 'Situation affords an ! interesting· puzzle ror politioc.l exp,8r- imen ters. 'fhe mu.ttm· to be sQive¢1. iswhethe1·an immorality groundedm reliu'ious belief can- be exti,nguished by legal Jla!ns and penalties:·:~ On the one sicle is an ingenious Vermont la y()r, not greatly i·est1·ained by consti- tutional scruples, backed by federal authority ; on the othet· IS a pitiful · group of zealots, dupes and adv'en- turers who have not been able to find safety for theit· practices in the cen'- The Albany .A1·gus in its \Capitol Col'l'idor chat\ says that it is u~der stood that Speakiw Husted intends to enfo1·ce a rule that will require the HI<>l'\'\l h·aJ wilds of the {)ontinent. After The decision of the maj01·ity of way$ and, means committefl to frame a tariff 1·eform bil1 which- wm not oiJ,ly pas~ the house, ~·but stand some c'l.'fltboe of passing the senate,\ ·is .n very sE)nsible one. No J.adiqal m-e·a.s- ure is desired, or could).e passed; but the Demoer&tiG party is pledged to l'cvise nnd reduoo the taritr \in a sph·it of fail·ness to all intere~ts,\ and the U,epublican party to, \cm·reet the inequalities of the tariff'' as a, means of tn'flveuting the sm·plus. tienato1· Hoar admitted the propriety QJ'doing this in his speech before tire state con- vention, and spQke especiatly m the need of unhandicapping our manu- factlll'.era by reducing the cost of their J•aw materials. · With the averv.ge tm:~ff ctilxes 30 per cent. above the figUl'e 'to which the protecLionist cotnmission ot'1881 said they should .reduced, a determined effort at t•ev~~ue reform is. ce1·tainly W()l'th mn.l~ing, · / ~DURING_2_; • I I ' I Dnselibury 1Jro's ~. ·