The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-04-22
THE NEW MEXICO SCHEME.
FOUR MORMON COLONIES PLANTED
~ THE TERRIIORI.


state Government Leading Mormons
Marrying spauisb und Mexican Women.
SANTA FL, New Mexico. April 1.-THE
exposure OF the Mormon scheme t. gain pos
scssiln OF the state Government Of New Mexico
In case the Till pending In Congress becomes
law, contained IA the salt Lake city correspond
encc OF The SUN, has created the widest cx-
element In this Territory. II has been trans
lated into the Spanish language and widely
circulated among the native population Your
warning voice WIS not raised n moment too
soon. -Four large colonies Of MormOns are al
ready on our soil.
In January last the Albuquerque u O. trcailci
attention to the fact that band Of Mormon
Elders were known to be lowering about that
old and wealthy city. II was known that they
left for the upper Rio Puerco by the way Of the
salt beds. In the direction Of the Navajo reserva-
ton and san Juan country the Elders are be-
neVed TO have gone to the Mormon settlement
which Is said to be located on the head waters
of the RIO Puerco OF the East, about ono hun.
dred miles south Of the san Juan mines. They
sent large pack train into Santa 70 late IA
Janu1rv. but represented that they wero miners
from the san Juan country Gov. ANtell went
out "a far us Plaza Alcalde to meet them, and
hai a tong interview win their PRINCIPAL men On
the ko le- luue. us can I've pr Nri uS the Hon.
Louis Car,e. tnen a state SENATOR aud one Of
our most uuthiul citizens.
sfrrLiNG BOWS
All those facts aroused Afternoon NJ the time.
and cre'tld au Intense su-p'clJa. \ band Of
forty armed men. under IT, leadership Of
thomas :. fucker. AdJutnnt- 60 'nrli was fitted
out aud pr0Vi-iuncd 10y citizens whose all IA in
the rerrit ary. and sent to con- litre. They
turuci In about thirty DAYS pri rrpori, d that
they hnd visited tho colony. mat II was scat
tered over q section Of country on the head
waters of the Puerco, some twelve or fifteen
miles square; that. az near ~ they could dscer-
tain. n was composed Of from TWENTY-FIVE hun.
diel to tnr,e thousand youns men thai they al
spoke BOOK span 90, appeared friendly, ana
mlde ere i many inquiries about spanish
women, and whether 10 would he possible for
them to intermarry with the Spanish people.
IheY appeared 60 have plenty Of means. both In
cash and properly; had commenced town az
the forks Of the puerco surveyed an irrlgnting
dr. ID. put up a port ole saw mill, aud started
tn stone walls inr erist ana woollem mills.
The Mormons had concealed their arms. AMI
were on their good behavior. They locke d
strong and healthy. but used neither tea. coffee.
SPIRITS nor tobacco. ON the return OF the scouts
Tucker was overheard to make the remark that
he "didn't care d--n how many such coli
onic- came into New Mexico" This remark was
reported to the Governor bv the "A M Beui amin
stevens. District Attorney uf the Second Dis.
uict. aud the next day Tucker WIS reNppointed
Auiuiant General and also made Quartermas
ter General, u the arms and ammunition In the
Territory being turned over To his keeping, while
tie old o. .rtcrmast'r General, Miller. a veter IA
soldier aul und phtfiot. was turucd cat into
It's curious cir.um.iancc that these Nor.
mons all speak the Nav 80 tongue. and exercise
am influence over those indians "nich Is truly
rcuafk anle. They viii give lw cauck or
60 Ic Size. and an she Indians within hearing az
once stop Whatever they are doinr, and rush to-
ward tnen. They are also intensely anxious to
be hume rsed oy the Mormuns. Il must be borne
IN m nj tnat the Mormon settlen emf l. upon
the eastern border II the navajo re.cryAuon.
whore tu re- are between 1900 aud lfOyO #
these peculiar Indians.
MARRYISG RICH
After the expeoition under 4 .cker every
thing Remained quiet for coupie ~
months, and until about two weeks ago,
when spanish woman 10y the nAme ~ Rn-
Of t.uII TO-
came In from there and nad a long conversation
with Rosenthal, a Government contractor,
Trustworthy man, who understands the Lam
guage and customs Of the Mexican people thor
oughv. Roseuthh says that there Is no doubt
Of her veracity and intelligence, and that he
iully believes every word she told him. The
substance Of her story IL that she herself Is mar
req 10 ore OF the leading men am 1ng the Nor
mons; that her husband came into the settle-
ment OF Jemes and courted her, and that she
went with HIM TO Albuquerque, anu was duly
ana properly married TO him according To the
ceremony Of the Catholic Church by Padre
Gasparrl that her husband u very rich and
gave the reverend father $50 for dlspensation
| to be married; that about fifty others Of the
prominent MOrmons have been married to Span
ish and Mexican eir.s In the Same way, all going
10 different villages Tor M cir wives that after
these nfty were married and brOuk ht their wives
home they treated them with the greatest ten
derness, aud urged them to have their fem ale
relatives visit them tAat these Cii SO, and that
tue young girls We're courted oy other Mormons.
and persuaded soreY against their will to [ g
| married T. them according To Mormon forms.
| ms they reluctantly consent,d TO, under
/
| Yslted the settlements these temporary unions
should be sancihed oy solemn service ia the
| church. when Romano was asked by kosenthal
! II any OF the MormOns had more than one wife,
she declined To answer, but looked very down
cast and sad. These poor, deluded women
are the most faithful creatures on earth, and
| VIII endure death before they Will oetray their
| husbands or lovers.
| IL has siuce been ascertained beyond doubt
| that there are three other sucn settlements
| WITHIN the Territory, one IN Socorro county, one
near Fort Stanton and tue otner on the Cana
| dian or Red river, near old Fort Bdscom. " ilson
" addingham, an Engshmau, who owns SS0,OJO
| acres II he best land In New Mexico, has re f..
| ceived an offer direct from Brigham Young Of
81 per acre in gold for all his land. out Mr.. W ad
! bingham asks 81 25. II Is hignly PROBABLE that
most desirable unsettled tract ia the Territory.
INDEBTED TO THE sun.
| The people Of New Mexico owe debt Of
| gratitude to The Sun which can never be paid
| Tor It's exposures OF the uetply-laid scheme to
sell cut the proposed new State To Brigham
Young. In regard 70 the land grants, these are
! all community grants, and every one OF those
poor, innocent girls who have been sacrificed on
the altar Of Mormon lust has greater or less
| partition law of last winter, forced through the
LEGISLATURE by the powerful influence OF Axtell
and the Ring, these interests Will all pass under
| the control OF the Mormon Chur h. Again,
AXtell forced through the Legislature bill
| granting tue r ght of suffrage TO women and TO
| al citizens OF the nlted states VINO are bona
1de residents Of tue Territory. irTcSpectrc Of the
l,Hgth Of time Of their residence. Now, these
| MOrmons, with their wives already here, and
those u both sexes who are on the way from
| Utah 10 JON then. VIII 81 not less than 5000
solid vOtesl Unless the House OF Representa-
tyes takes prompt measures 10 defeat the y ew
Mexico state bill Bingham Young will control
the organization of the new state No power
on earth except the House Of REPRESENTATIVE
can prevent TINS.
At the recent court In Taos, the II IN. Thomas
Is CatrOn, the United states District Attorney,
prosecuted one OF these Mormuns lor hlsauy
under the United States statute of 1852, but,
under the inspiration of Axlen, Judge Waldo,
who Is new to the bench, sustained demurrer
TO the Indictment, on the ground that the stat
ute of led2 was framed expressly Tor L tau aud
does not apply To the other Territories. Elk
Chief Justice Dunn of Arizona who has settled
here for the practice Of law, advises Oatron ~
appeal TO the Supreme Court of the United
States, which he VIII probably do. Judge Waldo
Is very uneasy about the matter. "a this Is mis-
first Important decision. II Is thought he has
been ml-led by his great friendship Tor GOV. AK
tell, who should he at once removed and tnruwL
into permanent otscurty.
THE FORGER GRAZ.