Daily Republican., 1882-06-03
MORE NOR MONS.
four II undred Europe an kecruit.

1ouT - unOroO AuFOpean Recruits
The Chicago Inter Ocean says |
peopiein general entertain the delusiot
that the laws recently passed by Con
gress for the extinction of the polyga
misLs of Utah have frightened this clas.
OF Mormons let it be dispelled. In
stead Of keeping quiet, the Utah Nor
mons are as active as ever in the work o,
making prOselytes. The evidence OF
this was seen yesterday in the train
load of converts that passed through
the city on their way to Salt Lake City
They numbered nearly four hundred
and were only small part of the fruit
of the labors of the Mormon mission.
aries during the last year in England,
Scotland, Wales and Germany. They
eft Liverpool on the 18th of the pas,
month, and they expect TO reach their
destination next Saturday. The ma.
jority are English. There are about
one hundred and fifty Ge. mans, and a
sprinkllng of Welsh. They came from
New York over the Michigan Central
Railroad by a special train, and were
transferred to the Northwestern Derot,
and taken by the latter road to their
journeys end. They occupied eight
cars.
A reporter made ii hasty tour through
the cars, and found that the recent ac-
cessions to the Mormon ranks looked
very much like the people making Mp
the ordinary class Of emigrants. A
few were apparently moderately well
OIL. The greater number were, to all
appearances, very poor. The tour was
made about o'clock in the evening,
When they we're eating their suppers,
which for the most part consisted of dry
bread and drier cheese, and drink Of
water. A number, whose supplies had
become exhausted, made hurried trips
to neighboring restaurants or bakeries,
where the stock of bread and cheese
was replenished. An irrevereut or
soothing Gentle might be- pardoned if
he expected to see more women than
men on the train. The former we're
presumed to be more desirable as new
residents Of Utah, but the sexes. were
found to be about evenly divided.
There were great many persons ad.
vanced in years, who, it might be sup
posed, would prefer to remain ut home
to making trip of 5000 miles across
sea and land. The children ranged in
age from infants on their mothers
knees to others ten or twelve years of
age.
In conversation with one of the
missionaries it was learned that the
English came from London, Noting.
ham and Lancashire, and included
number of mechanics and farm labor
ers. They were accompanied by AL
bert II. Darlington, one of the twelve
Apostles of the Mormon Church, and
the following missionaries:
W. r. Webu, who has charge of the
party, and John Cooper, John McAllis.
ter, George Butler, William Butler,
W. e. Davis, Uriah Butt, Thomas Il.
Jones, George Grabil, Carl G. Schram,
Carl Schneider, and Ulrich Statfer, the
latter five of whom are German.
These missionaries have been abroad
from eighteen months to two years. As
they return to Utah their places are
filled by Others, thirty having left Utah
last month. The total number who
are engaged in active missionary labor
IN Europe Is about one hundred.
One of the missionaries informed the |
reporter That last month $3.50 converts
eft Liverpool for Utah. On the 22d
If June 800 more will reach New York |
and in September about 400. The mis-.
'ionaries expect to continue their work.
An effort was made to learn how the
Missionaries regard the law recently
passed by Congress, and with that OBJ
ect in view conversation was held
With John Cooper. They were not
'fraid, be said. They regarded the law
- unconstitutional, and would resort to
vi the means afforded by law for test
ng it.
1t would be carried to the highest
ourts, and his people had faith enough
n the honor Of the Supreme Court of
he United States to believe that the
aw would not be sustained. In the
vent of decision adverse to them,
heir action then would be matter tor
uture consideration. He spoke conf.
emily, and as if he was prepared to
meet any emergency that might arise.
Ie proceeded to discuss the benefits of
iormonism from moral and social
but as the train pulled out
rom the depot, the discussion was sud-
emily terminated.