The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1882-10-08
Utah Anain.

Hon. a Is CarietOo, one Of the mem
bers Of the Utah Commission. has writ
ten . letter to the rerrs HaGte, Indiana,
Gazstt.. from which ne print the fol-
lowing extract:
"whIt DO Tou think of the MGR
monIf" This is the hardest eouup-
drum / ever had put TO ne. They are
n vorss puzzle than The Els~u.in!lu
MyS;eriss. How is il possible for SO
many thousands Of people to embrace
M0rmon:sm, and believe in p~olysaaly
and the revelations Of Joe Smith aud
Brigham Young. unless they are fools
or knAr-sf But they are not all fools
or EraEss- May Of them are inielli-
gent and well educated people. Il is
hard 10 conceive that the leading men
are not oil ~impestsrs. The eommon
herd among them ars honest and stu
pid fanatics. l: is evid-nt that many
Of the Saints, especially those who
come from the States, are cunks. /
have been surprised to find many Of
them from Vermont, Senator Eimund's
State.
During registration week 20 had
visits from many Of this tlLss Who
came to see the Comnlissiourrs With
complaints about not being allowed to
register. They nearly all had 4 weatL-
sE-6ssten, cranky appearance, vi,h
CLASSY eyes and that iaEaway look
which bstokeus the fanatic and vision
AIRY. They generally address us some
ching like this: II ain 4 native born
citizen, born in New York, or Vermont.
Ny foTefaihers fought in thu R=volu-
toni have been IN Polygauy. Il is 4
part Of ny religion. Bot I am TO; uoa.
living IN polygauy. Can't 1 vote; etc. /"
II IS not srPsetsi By any in:sliigsut
person ika: the EImz-ds Bil. and tie
other Acts Of Congress. zili accomplish
th- purpose ina=di,;sIy; bat it i gen,
orally agreed TIA: she Edmund, Bill &.
the hEIdest t!gE that has yet bel
struck sgaiEs; pcIygs@y AID the povs.
d The IoTnoa Church. Ten CT sf,ssr
thousand zen ard women are Cistrau,
sAls-4 fra v5IEs aGa holding flee
And While the Msgmors EIlI lik.l,
carry the election for delegate to Con
grsss IN November, by the votes Of not
~P0lyE2mczs G0rmoRs, yet it : believe,
that ~ The August election Of next yea
the Gsutilss will co able to .les: man,
Of tie County officers aad members 0
the Legislature.
have 10 doubt tba: polygamy is q
the decline, although it is likely tia
there are yet come poIygnmaus MAJ
riages in secret. Oue Indication Of III,
decline otthe power Of the Church il
lha; the titn!ng has fallen off in I'll.
last twenty years G5 per cent. cousiI
ering the difference in population; a.,
that, notwithstanding tho large in
crease CT population, the ti,Ling Is no
- large in amount as it vas ;gsn,,
years ego. The chief falling of il
ri;Le8 is along the lines Of railroad
These facts were e0mmuricat.d bv
ic5eTai official Who has the .;a.isticI.
The woman suffrage law Of tie Terri
tory adds materially to the strength O
the hoEmcns. This Law vas cnuc,s,
in 1870. An argument was mads in be
half Of the G.Htilss to induce Us TO hoI
the woman suffrage Law invalid. aud l.
order that the woTen lie not registsre
as voters. The Commission, after pa
iIeni!y listening 10 tue argument
unanimously agreed that We would uo
declare the the law Invalid.
Mr. Carleton concludes his letter O.
follows: Tho Mormon Church ha
been in existence fiiy-two years. Is
in n state Of dis~integra,ion aud dec,
approaching the period Of its existence
soon to be Numbered among the man.
monuments Of human folly aud DEUS
ionF Or is Joe Smith destined to b
the rival Of the camrl-ddv,r Of Arab
with millions Of adhertn,s and tw,ly
Centuries Of existence? Mllome,nn
ism and Mormanism are in many r,
speets alike.