New-York tribune., 1879-09-17

Jnc lhltco states 10 g1ard a3 CareInF huallSI no
ing injustice to Slorm0ns as though they were deal
Ing with any other class Of citizens OF the United
States. and am convinced that the present repre-
sentatives of the Federal Government mean to per-
form their duties impartally. do not. Of course,
assume 10 pass Judgment upon the recent action of
Judge BOTeman IN committing TO the pcnltcutiary
the executors Of the will of Brigham Young,
Messrs. Cannon. Young and Darlington. The su-
preme Court If the Territory will review H. prob
ably, before TINS lottor Teaches NeT-lOik But u
understand the case-and IL has been explained Ia
me by Gentle lawyers OF high standing IN SAT-
Lake City-the imprisonment of those men ~
neither Just nor warranted by law. II Is alleged
that they have wrOngfuily paid ont $l42,OOO OF
the funds Of the estate, aud Judge FOREMAN ordered
them to pay That sum over To receiver appointed
Oy the Court The executors replied that IL was
impOss bic for them 10 pay this money u the re-
ceyer, b. cause ii had passed out of their Lands and
they oOuld not recover #. Besides, the heirs had
their remedy. II tins money was wrougiu.ly paid
ont the executors and thelI bOndsmen were respoh-
sible, and nobody denied that thris bonds were
good for the amount IN controversy. For their iail-
ure TO mako the payment according to the order of
The Court. Judge b0rcnan committed them Tor con-
tempt. 4 preceding ike this Ought not 70 be
treated i'll partisan manner, and Yet the news
paper discussion of i, since have been IN salt
Lake City, has been almost exclusively OF tLa6
character The Mormon press insists upon II thar
fuc Imprisonment of these men il simply an act IT
persecution. unwarrauied by law, nnd that II would
not have occurred II the executors had not been
prominent Mormons. The Gentle newspaper. On
the other han, Hpllauus Judge Borcmah's action.
and rejoice. over the ulsioTi unes of the Mormon
lenders. / have citeG this case simply 10 show he
state of feeling that exists this city aud the diti-
cutie, Ia the way oi an Impartial admini,rat Oh OF
Justice, even MAcu me SUBJECT OF poIyguuy Is not
don't believe that there win he any violent ont
break IA TINS city growing ont OF the present eXcie-
ueut. Tie Mormon Indignation Is directed chiefly
against the Gentle newspaper printed here, winch,
g. sGy the least, has aivcn some OCCASION for tie
feeling thai cAsts. Its course is not approved by
= more conservative and dlscreet Gentlcs, among
them many Of the most resp ctable and influential
men TINS city. vino believe that polygamy AID
VI Inoni ,n are BAD enough In themselves ard That
d Is unnecessary - cNaggcrate the evils OF 10 accuse
AtOrmuus Oi crimes of winch they are not guilty.
One of tnc most influential Of the Mormon leaders
admitted 10 me- n few davsago, that he feared an
attack upon Inc sat Luxe Tribune office II the pres
eft st te of feeling continued. lie Was certain that
there dAn If 10 other breach OF the peace by
his people. II such an attack should he made. II
might end 81 npiy with the destruction Of the news
paper OiCe but "a riot is serious aIiair.
believe that polygamy will be short-lived In
stitution. Ihe enactment OF law which would
make every pOlygamOus Mormon, aud especially
every apostle and elder and priest aud bishop. feel
that he himself was in danger, and the rigid en-
iOrccment Ot IL for time, would soon bring til rs
10 "A crisis. AT tine same time there arc other Liu-
enccs ~ work to make polygamy Unpopular among
many of the MOrnons Themselves. When salt Lake
City was a. lusdnd miles beyond the frontier aud
communication with tho Eastern centres of trade
aud fashion was difficult and very expensive, when
Gentiios rarely visited Utah. aud few articles not
n,ccssarles of life were brought across the plains
from the states, the fashionable mllliner and dress
maker were unknown here. he female converts
brought mere from Europe came generally from
among the peasintry. whose sy c OF dressing never
chng gcd aud by she very force of circumstances
very PLAN ana inexpensive. The cost of support
ing largo family OF wives and daughters was III
those ddys com parauyely small, whic the profits
ON almost every kind Oh business much large.
tdan now.
Bu smoe the completion of the Pacific railways
al this has chang Il. Utah is no loager cut oil from
the rest vi the world thousands OF Gontlics have
come re to live, and other thousands visit inc Ter
rItOry every year, bringing with tuem the fashions
and the customs of the great cities Of the country.
The effect of ths Is already to be seen. Mormon
women are ambitious to dress as well GENTLE
women of he stHIO IN liz, and 10 b. surrounded
IN their homes by the same luxuries. Mormon men
find II difficult 10 support one family III the style IN
which they wish to 1--we and TO provide for more
than one > out If the question. In slor the same
influences that at work IN tho older portions of
Tue country, making marriages less frequent and
than formerly, operate here against plural marriages.
The younger pcOplctO are more intelligent and bet
ter educated than their fathers and mothers were,
and are less easily led away by tho Iauaticism OF
the Church. AT any rate believe Ii to be TACT
that very few OF the mOIe intelligent, well-to-do
Young Mormon men III the cities and towns OF this
lerutOTy have more than one wife each. Every
timing, therefore, points to the hnal extinction OF
pplygamy, unless all legal restraint il Removed from
H. II certainly Will DE If Utah 10 at present adj
mlttcd 10 the JuiOn as stale L. L. W.