The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1879-02-22
SIsvyAs vANB 'liRUgAAi FvA\AH 3AURHs.
BRIGHAM gYoUNG,s DAUGHTER.

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though not much in the Mormon way ii.
self was yesterday visited BY two ol
The Mormon est women in NIormondom.
The youngest visitor, who i By no
means bad looking wa, the widow D. .
man named Williams. aud bis second
wife while in the aash, and Is The thir.
,tisth Or fortieth child Of Brigh an
Youug4.he dent know which. The
elderly lady was Mrs Emeline B.
Wells, Tho wife Of Daniel 4. Wells, 4
Mormon pounder and expoundet d
note, the! !oditor, Of The lFomaa's Expo
insnt, of Salt Lake City Having with
Mrs. Hayes examined tho housekee ping
department Of tho White. House, ex-
plored every nook and Granny Of The
Capitol, rumaged through al The de-
partnents and talked to all good look
ing members Of Congress, Mrs!f Wells
and tho relict and heir ot The polyga-
nous Y Young and Williams, determined
tovisit The only newspaper 10 Wash.
ingtonl 4, and make Tic acquaintance 81
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its s.aff, editorial uad reportOrial. They
came, they saw and were interviewed.
''s"H How long have you besna Nor
mon wifa O. said The premium iuterlo-
cutor o. the Post, who had been SUM
.moned BY telephone while tho ladies'
were engaged in .dasultory eonysrsa-
ton. T47s teyj x
Nearly twenty-five years.
"Anl al tha. time have lived iu
reasonable peace and quiet r
ts"NevcrS had xquaryel during the
whole time. y
EtS.Wi,h husband or associate wiyes!''
Il with neither" G5I1
sEl"Whal DO you call the other wives
Of your husband O
eve call each other sister"
ts""And what Do tho children call
them U Il,
""Thsy call their own mother moth; |;
er,'2and Tho other wives 'aunt.' y y
"Y our husband vas one 'ofithe high
dignitalies. was !he o not ia!sis!.lslsi
80 Is. 10 President Youug's time be
was councillor 70 % the President, CON !:
mandet ot, tho; militia Of thozTertitoryt !,
Mayor of.tha Sal. Lake City and one Of
the apostles. .sz=z=s5#....z : $3.50
'.Flow long have you been in Utah 2.
5}g"Wi,h tho FIRST settlement. went
from Nauyoo to o4Kanesyille, and from
there to Salt Lake, and there I intend
to die if aroof is slef. over me to die
under. II your people 'driy, US ou. Of
Utah there will 7 ba nothing left but
ashes, ! Nobody shall enjoy t!h!e the fruits
Of 4 our hard labor aud ,priyasion, for
over quarter contury'if We can pre-.
vent i:.'N u.
SIS that tho sentiment Of oil the
Mormons male as we'll as female p
aI"I think it is. We all feel tba. wc
would BE- justified 10 such cause.
do you mean that you will defy
ho'lawiiof 1862 IS construed BY tho
Supreme Courtt = ,.,st SsS,. - r'l.l+, . {.
y "0h, no. We expec. to abide by
tho law, however unjust. Still, We
cannot undo what has been done. We
are wives aud mothers Our families
havo endured for years. To attempt
to enforce that law in its retrOacti Sc
sense would be to!break up our homes,
illogitimatiza our children and waste
our substance. Bad desinging and
avaricious men will urge tho Govern.
meut on to such course in tho name
Of morality aud religion, merely to
enter into and enjoy the fruits Of
hard labor. 1t is sha. that VIC do not
intend to stand :" p y. ~. =" ..
"Theu what do you want y, 'l@
'"H"F "First-yye ask for a repeal Of the
law Of 1882 Failing in that, we ask
redress for all violations Of that law
since 1862 also wan. such legis-
la.iOn as will legitimatiza cur children
beyond all question, keep our names
from being dishOnorel !. and preserve
uubroksn the relationship Of families
as they now exist."1s' % SO '''2f%t :
o..g .tlRGS i - iGs Ll.A.z. a.. ei,. "a: y
"Then, in that case, would polyga:
nous practice bo abandoned in utah.s"
~ suppose so. Here aud there there
might b fanatics n, Or enthusiasts y i 4 who
would insist on breaking Tho Law from
what they might term their religious
convictions bat, like the violusors Of
law elsewhere, they would have to stand
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