, 1877-10-19
DIVORCES IN UTAH.

Five Hundred AMI Four slarrIng gcs Dissolved
In Tl,rye isars'-tA Scandal for Congress tn
Kelnc.ty.
SALT LAKE ClrY, OFT. 10.-I hnvc never seen
tho Mor,,o,ls ot this city 80 annoyed and humll-
lated aa they i,nyc been this week. One Of their
best men hns been eailght In d mort 1lefnrlous
business. I mean TINT notorious. wholesale
business ot granting ltvorcri without show Ut
law ur justification. The charge l1as frequently
been male against the Probate Court here, aud
10 frequently dcnledwtth fierce Indignation. It
has always been easy 10 obtain q decrec Of d.
yoreo here X tllo applicant llnl anything like
cause for separation to plead; but tho wlolo-
sale blaincss has sprung up within tho last tlrce
yrarH. Its commencement was duo more to
accident than to intent; but what WAS intended
at llrst 10 be d friendly accommodating rapidly
grew tnso wurlaru uganet tho marital rela-
tiuMs Of the clvihzct world.
The statute OF divorce II orerat'on IN inc
To facilitate tlle separation OF believing WIG
while they were still ',eyond thu jurtsttlc!lon OF
o1lr g.ll5ts. Tho statute OF 1lself IL distinct
enough tn cnllnrrating Tic causeB on which tlic
INN Ut woman might iilc complaint aud pctt.
| tion fur decree. But to lts prorcr and juRt
provisions there was aided ths crooked clause:
'.It tho Court Is satlstcl that The person ~ ap-
plylr,E Is resident uf tho Tcrrltory, or Wishes
| to BECOME ouc." Moreover. the Judge was eill-
powered to grant divorce when, iM Ills opinui,,
ille "wel!nrc " Of tile parties would bc pFofnot'
I'll " seIlasaIion n c<u..r.x .,,nr,ro., tin
statnte-Of COURSE. During the thirty yrnrh
That the Morinons Iiorc Inhabited these va!oys
many wunall IN thn States has bee11 aeltlt1ca
Into tho belief that the cseslion of ier husband
WIS nut Only to 1 the tllealls uf her sAIvat!ell,
but TINT In her hight u Ih'ta 6''e ~as 1F9.ceteu
by law, aud, once here. she was safe. Mauy u
wUnlall, under hurli tcuellinEs an1 hnaehGes,
liab abandoned llcr home aud carEed OIL hef
Children, alllsctl by The glory ttat awaited hct
II shD Gecatno tle vic In Zion OF sone Great
Elder. -,.,u,..-.
About twenty Jcass ngo, wealthy oaff1stet
Of cneltcnLatn, Enz,, found ono evening tlat
| hume, At lrst every ennrt - discover thc1l
whcrcaoouts failctl. AZ ls'iHta he learned tlal
Ills wifu fIad secretly ]olntu tae MofnlIl
Chury!l.. An agent, barke!a by tho in'l.'else y
tue British nnd American! Govcrt'tseilts. aFfset
here, and tho children VI Mr.. i'olydnr were r.
caAnca ntil tnktn BUCK 10 thetf iaslteF III sh
gla rolyaos w. rlel, ara soula 10 ths; ~
many homo llas been tnade tio3o!ute Wnefe IN
llusband lad nut the power 10 iolloW tno i@Ra y.
, tiYes. 10 long as tue wrong was confined TO tI'
Mormons, there lss been !ittls said about
hsre; out wath!n .ao rass ~" an n v.n.i. ~" I'LL
used by 0cntlles, aud TOR some months baek ~
ftctaInatlons thai haze becn made anu th
protestationa that have coma ny mail hare 30 IN
| ercaseu III h!alocF taat y ucea!uc tno llMi w!
| u thu Of0tM Jury VI tlIaa co4HLy W 1Ilft3%tA4t
Into tho alleged t!!ega'ity Of tho proceedings
tas rro>ats Court, hcnce THIS astounolnK ez
! poslire.
Fsuu, the 0rst movement OF tho GFana Jur
10 RET possession oi the records of tile Froba.
Court, 1t Wns very evident tsat there WA sofnf
thug radically wrong. The JutEc of Probate,
nuIct cct,tcillan u ever thrce storG yeaFs ~
t | len, who Ind alWAyR hor1lo Al lrrcprnaeiIabl
/, reputation, both ~ q etizc1 nnd official, vii
i sIIeulY transformed. liz tfcatcI tic order 4
y tnv Uuitcd states District Court with contcinp
:. aud would hot prrtntt tho Grand jury 10 exaa
/ ind tno rr<,urIs sil he llail been 1ncu $50. ~
10 for eyrrY DAY they should be withheld. I'll
o Examination showed that no less than 504 d
|, yufcc1 had bcen Eralltcai by this court III u
jaat tArro years. Frum Sept. l, 1871, to Sept.