The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-12
TELEGRAPHIC
PEE WEE NEIL.
The Insignificant NIncOmpOOD
of Idaho fries to Swell Into
MurrEy's Proportions.
A Legislature that Disregards
the VapOriugs of the Baby
Governor.

Il
San Francisco, 10-A dispatch from
| Boise, Idaho, to the Chronicle, says the
rs ms this season have been frequent and
D. aYy in that country, but II has now
cleared up. Bridges and ali stage roads
are swept away, and there is much dam
age to valley lands
The legislature adjourned this morn
ing. Governor Neil sent in second
nu-polygsmy message to both houses of
the legislature last Saturday, which put
the Mormon members in great rage.
The governor said: / must again direct
attention 10 the spread OF polygamy in
this territory under the fostering influ-
snce of the MormnR 1hurch. As the
reasonable suggestlens contained in my
communication delivered at the opening
OF your session, have not yet been acted
upon, deem it proper to once more adj
vert to the subject, and urge the immedi-
ate adoption CT stringent measures 20 ex-
tirpate the evil. Polygamy is q doctrine
of the Mormon Church, and the practice
is urged and made obligatory upon the
mem ers OF the church for the pu pose Of
binding them more firmly to the organi-
zat;on. Mormon leaders have shortly !
calculated that by making of society q
large community of interest in crime, its |
members can be more easily persuaded |
and Influenced to aid in carrying into ex
ecution The political schemes OF the |
priesthood. The law regards the polyg-
amist as q criminal, ana all civilized soci- |
ETY. looks upon the plural wife as a con-
cubine, and upon her children, to speak
IN tue least offensive term, as illegitimste. |
From the penalty impOse1 by the law
the 10 ygamist naturally grows a pro-
lection and defense to the church.
Banished from and ostracised by all other
society, the plural wife and her children
are lively objects for mpathy. Again,
the practices Is calculated 10 draw to the
Mormon church the most vicious and
sensual classes Uf society. 1t is obvious,
therefore, that polygamy is an element of
strength 10 the church. Those who are
familiar with the p ii teal policy of the
Mormon Church. understand why all
devices ana Ceremonies, calcu-
ated to crush out man God and indepen- I
ieLce, have been incorporated into the
Mormon religious system. It is for the
purpose OF moulding the minds Of
mem bers VI The church, 50 that they will
'ield impllcite obedience TO the advice Of
ne COUNSEL and commsnd of the priest Il
lood. Sensual endowment robes, secret
to impress and awe the
minds OF the weak, Ignorant and super
tiLious, are some OF the methods adopted
0 secure the spirit of oneness among the
Saints. Il m lst be admitted
hat the means employed have been suc-
esstul, and that very powerful organi-
alton has b5en built up, every member
( which PROCESSES to believe thst the
eslgn of its leaders TO subvert this
overnment, and on iIs ruins erect a
heocracy, will ultimately succeed. This
nay seem a wild fantasy, but l submit
4 view OF what has already been accom-
lished by the Mormon church, whether
is wise TO longer ignore the
act, that we have in our midst
numerous sect fully imbued with the
lea that they are to rule the land. No
mistaken ignorance for that clause in the
which guarantees TO every
erson the right 10 worship God accord
* to the dictates of his own conscience,
rould be permitted to stand in 1.-The way
the rigid enforcement of the laws
gsiDst those who insist that II confers on
hem license to commit crime. The
ltAl practice of pOlygamy tends to
.rengthen the Mormon church and
lakes il more powerful for the accom-
lishmenI of the political aspirations Of 4
: leaders, and renders It imperatively
ecessary that the practice be suppressed.
With polygsmy completely crushed the
over Of the priesthood will, to some ex-
mt, be broken AMI Advancement towards
lie disintegration of the church. That
lis must be the end all agree, who have
wen the su ject serious study. But the
eople of this country have not given the
lestion only the consideration necessary
convince them the Mormons ara real {
ing temporal power in the United :
tstes. They are making rapid strides
wards the attainment OF that purpose e
] the Pacific Coast Utah is compile. ely
nder their control and By the spreading
1t policy they are seeking to overrun =
Id subdue the states Of Colorado and
evads, and the territories of Arizona,
laho, Wyoming and New Mexico. 1t
certainly time 70 recognize the situa-
On and provide by legislation for the
we're puni,hment OF ali who practice 4
olygamy, and all who in the name of n
q Lord, seek to undermine the allegi- ~
ICE of citizens to the United i
ates. So long as you tole-- o
9 the secret encrOachments 4.
at are beirg made upon the territory a.
Utah, and permit polygamy to be
cached and REASONABLE doctrines prac-
Led, you are fostering an element in L
licsble to the peace and security Of the iv
ciety Of this country. Believing things m
absorbed would more quickly fall to A
Gees, if let alone, for this reason the S,
orts of the church TO secure temporal u
'wer have been regarded with indiffer-
&c, but unless this peculiar people re-
'unce their criminal practices and po- II
ical aims, the time will come when it te
Ia 2e the duty of you to root out Nor q
onism, aid all that the term implies. q
1st such a conflict would end in the D
mplete destruction OF the Mormon :
urch no sane person doubts. All "
sire is that this sect be made to obey &c
e laws, and that they shall not be per- q
,tted to preach and practice crimes, nor 81
each and practice the doctrines of hos N
ity TO the United States. N
The legislature paid no attention to r
e governors suggestions. :