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A nd th e a d v en t o f n on - M orm ons w h ic h f o llo w e d o p e n in g o f th e m in e s and r e v e la tio n o f U tah ’s g r e a tn e s s as a m in e r a l sta te b r o u g h t in to th e te r r ito r y c le r g y o ftjevef^ p rin c ip a l d e n om in a tio n . E n c o u ra g e d b y w h a t th e y b e lie v e d to b e a fr u it Of th e ir o w n c o n te n tio n r a th e r th an a n atu r al a d ju st m e n t to a ch a n g e d ec o n o m ic and* so c ia l C ofidition, th e n ott-M orm on s at th is tim e s e t ab ou t t o c a p tu r e p o litic a l' c o n tro l. X n .t o i t i - M orm on p a r ty w a s o r g a n iz e d w ith a p ro g ra m aim ed at g a in in g s t a t e h o o d for th is te r r ito r y — lo n g sin c e p a st th e p o p u la tion " r e q u ife m e n ts -^ -b y d e m o n s tr a t in g to th e n a tio n th a t M orm on d e n o m in a tio n w as--:at an end. 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