The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-12-01

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New York, 30.-A Washington
special says: Governor Neal. of
Idaho, passed through here yester-
day. In conversation on the ques-
ton of Mormonism, he said 81
hope to see Congress take hold of
this matter at once. 1t is a treason.
able organization, and has no more
claims for peaceable existence than
had the Sons of Liberty and the
Knights of the Golden Circle. 1t
is hostile to the institutions of this
government. The Mormon priest
hood has gone systematically to
work to obtain a controlling influ-
ence in this government. [ have
heard it preached time and time
again in their tabernacleS that they
must spread out until they had
gained political control of the entire
Pacific Slope, and then with Sena-
tors and congressman and votes in
the electoral college, after these rap
idly developing territories had
become states, they would hold
the balance of power be-
tween the two great parties.
They now coalesce with the demo-
Gratis in Utah and in Idaho, and by
that means we have democratic
delegates, when, outside of the Nor
mon population, the republicans are
largely in the majority. 1t will con-
tinue to do so in Idaho, Montana,
Wyoming and Arizona. They are
sending out colonies all the time
into these territories; still, however,
keeping the centre of their power at
Salt Lake City, SO that all marriages
must be performed there at the
Endowment House.
In answer to a question as to
whether the Mormons in his terri
tory were polygamists, the governor
said: Certainly; they practice poly
gamy much more openly in Idaho
than in Utah. because there is no
way to reach them with us. Mar
riageS take place in another terri
tory, Utah, and consequently our
court has no jurisdiction, and the
territorial authorities are poWerless
to deal with them.
To what extent do the MormOns
exercise political power in your ter
.ritOry BY combination with the
democrats they control the legisla-
ture having % on joint vote against
Ii republicans. They control Oneida
county, which has a population of
some 1900, about 1000 of which are
Mormon. In Bear Lake county, the
south eastern corner of the territory
there is no soul living except Nor
mons, having a population of 5000
They. intend at the next election, to
demand Of the democrats that a
Mormon delegate shall be sent to
Congress in return for past support
of their measures. They are b9cOm-
ing bolder all the time and lately an
order has gone out from the head of
the church fOrbidding any good
saint from selling to Gentiles. They
mean business"
what do you propose to do by
way of remedy ?'-9Government
must go right at it now, and cut it
out by the roots. If not, in the end
it will have to be put down at the
end Of the bayOnet. Already they
think they can defy the United
States, and l have seen a mob Of
10000 MOrmOnS in Utah march by
the federal court when it was in
session, and boot in derisiOn of the
United States authority. [ have
seen a flag borne covered with in
sulting notices, and I have seen it
dragged in the dirt. We must get
this thing now. or it will cost
bloodshed to put it down.
Governor Neal will return to the
capital after Congress meets, and
will make a personal appeal to con-
gressmen to do something to
throttle this mOnStrOuS reptile
while it can be killed peaceably.