Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1879-03-07
CRUEL CONDITION OF MORMON WOMEN.
No harmony in Polygamous Families
The Favorite Among the wives.

Ann Eliza Young has written from APP
pleton, Wis, a letter to Mrs. II. b. Hayes,
which. by her request, is published in the
Tribune" this morning. She alludes to
the recent call on Mrs. Hayes by two Nor
mon women, as being entangled in the
tolls of a system which is the DESTROYER of
their homes. She urges that Mrs. Hayes
use her entire influence to bring to an end
that system. She says Emeline Wells and
Zina Williams came with pathetic plead
ings to touch your heart with tho picture
of what would be the cruel condition of the
Mormon women and children, if the law
against polygamy should be enforced. /
recognize the injustice of the law, as
it now stands, and admit, to enforce it
would be inequitable and would produce
great suffering; but the two women came
ia you with falsehoods in their mouths.
Polygamy has nc brightness such as they
described; no excellencies such as they
claimed. | could show you a picture out
Of the polygamous lives of these very wo-
men which would make you shuddcr and
turn heartsick. / knew both of them in.
timately for years, and know that they
both have experienced their share of the
evils of polygamy the envy, jealousy,
and heartburnings which are inseparable
from that system. Your late visitors, and
George @. Cannon, the husband of six
living wives, asserted that there is entire
harmony in polygamous families. The as
sertion is absolutely false. There is not q
polygamous husband in all Utah who does
not have a favorite among his wives, whom
he favors far above all the rest. His time,
means, and affection are expended upon
her, while the other poor souls are left IN
loneliness, and usually in restitution.
This fact alone furnishes one of the strong
est arguments against the system.
Observation-Disclosures and Sargent
Severely Criticised.
New YORK, March G..
DR.. Newman, in his lecture last night on
China and the Chinese, severely criticised
Blaine and Sargent. Neither Blaine, Sar-
gent nor Thurman has done anything to
wipe out the digrace Of Mormonism. They
know that these Mormon women are
brought to this country to be ruined under
the disguise Of polygamy; that the Nor
mons have agents travelling through Europe
to induce the poor creatures to come here,
to be slaves OF lust and passion. 1t is a
fact that Chinese merchants have opposed
the social evil in California. They paid
the fare of some Of these women back to
China, but a Kearney lawyer, to make a
fee, obtained q writ of habeas corpus, and
after trial the girls were set free by the
white mans court. During the lecture
nine Cinnamon, with long queues, entered
the chapel from a side room. Five Of
them had peculiar looking musical instru-
ments. After the lecture DR.. Newman in
troduced the Celestials, and Ye Tong, in u
short address, proved himself to be quite
an orokN- Ii. ...l l. lu-.- IL. .-.x-..
ments were peculiar, but they would make
fine music. Now give us something for
the glory Of God. said Ye Tong, and the
company struck up q lively air, after
which Eng Hun played q solo on an instru-
ment that much resembled a clarionet.
This was followed by a sons in his native
tongue, by Tom Lse, and the entertain
mente closed with the playing Of a religious
tune, by Lee Quay, on an instrument that
. cheese box cover, with four
strings drawn across it.
Important Mining Decision.
WASHINGTON. March 6.
The Secretary of the Interior has af-
the decision Of the General Land
Office, in the case Of the American Hall
Company, Of California, VS.. Chute
4 Smith, involving al important question
the construction Of section 1924 Of the
Statutes. which requires a certain
amount of improvement and expenditure
upon a mine. until a patent shall issue. 1t
is held that where q party has made all Of
the improvements required by law, and
performed all the acts necessary to entitle
him to a patent, and has made a final
proof and payment for the tract, and has
a patent certificate, he is not
compelled to make further improvements
under the law until the patent issues.