Morning journal and courier., 1883-10-17

over it's front door, Is just across the street 1 Adjoining 1t on the east Is a large square looking house now occupied by members o
 the Young family. It's porches are yer! deep, twelve feet or so should judge RnC 1 run around two sides of the building Her. I noticed 8 novel and exceedingly comforta ble-looking arrangement of outdoor bed rooms. Beds are arranged on the second l story porches, simply surrounded by curtainl i which may be drawn at will by means of 1 silksn cord and tassel. This looked like very advantageous arrangement for summer 1 nights and must be especially desirable II l the case of these, large Mormon families l The hammock also comes into play in these 1 Salt Lake homes.
 Speaking of this Young family, what | part it has played in Utah history You en 1 counter the descendants of old Brigham l everywhere As he left ffty-four living children out of progeny numbering seven ty-two souls, 1t is not to be wondered thai they turn up everywhere. Some of the sonE who are In business here, be it said, are ex emplary and most agreeable men; while l among the daughters are numbered some la, l dies unexcelled in graces of heart and mind. But alas! there has been 8 sadly large mum
 Der of male scamps and female sirens in the 1 list. The daughters may be foand among the dsmi-monde of this city, San Francisco and New Orleans. At least two sons are al ready in drunkards' graves Scandal, con, tention and wantonness have added theil poison to the family cup. Here is Mormon ism's own answer to Mormonlsm Even Amelia, the favorite, the beloved seventeenth wife of the old patriarch, after whom the Amelia Palace was named, remembered hel liege lord but four short months after hi l taking of, and then became the life part ! ner'' of another And there are wives living l here who bitterly tell now of the days wher Amelia rode about behind Brighams bes [ r~IS SIa Eosk F1I rfv k1ob I in washing to earn a subsistence. Two oi the daughters were married on the same night to 8 leading Mormon, and are now liv- ing together in his harem on one of the prir. cipal streets here.
 t'Has the Edmunds law accomplished any thing whstever,-good, bad or indifferent ?'' was the question which addressed to prom. inent Gentiles, and then to Mormon church men. And the reply in both cases was sub- stantially this: "No, unless the law be re- garded as the cause of 5he unprecedented
 number of plural marriages which have
 taken place since the passage of the law. '
 And the Gentiles added, "These marriages have been ordered by the church, In order to complicate the infractions of the law, so that the authorities will be discouraged in their efforts to enforce the law. It is also sig
 nificant fact that this multiplicity of mar rfages Is among the lower classes. The
 wealthy and office-holding saints do not hez- ard their liberty by much-marryiDg They are content to protect their institutions by promoting pol5gamy among second and third class humanity. They will also rally to the defense of prosecuted culprit-in some in- stances"
 have seen a good many types of Mer- monism In it's most elevated phases 1t doss not impress you with it's dangerousness. I have seen homes where culture and refine ment presided, where love and consideration AL. III Al I,~l1
 and where it was hard to believe that ser pens lurked. No creed can ever smother certain instincts and attributes of the soul Yet have become convinced by the conclu- sive testimony of my eyes, as well as my ears, that the Mormon system is intrinsically abominable, even while it numbers among it's devotees those whom I am willing to charac- terize as sincere.
 Do you see those two girls by the soda fountain ?'' asked 8 companion last evening as we were passing leading drug store, directed my gaze in the direction indicated, and observed two richly dressed, fine looking young ladies, one blonde and the other & brunette, who were quenching their thirst with draueht from the fountain. They were such young ladies as command immedi- ate respect wherever seen intelligent, thoughtful looking girls "Wen," contin- ued my informant, ''they are Mormon half sisters of irreproachsble character, and don't think ever met any two sisters In the Christian East who seemed to think more of each other, and possess such generally Iowa ble dispositions" I was prepared foE such scenes as this, and simply thought with re- gret of the other side of the system, the degradation and squalor which really sup plies this refined evil with its vital breath. So far as I have observed the danger of the whole institution (so far as this coun- try is concerned) Is the fact that here & people are trying to build up a government within 6 government. The atrocious im- moralities here perpetrated in the name of religion are enough to condemn the insti- tuition but weary, long suffering Gentle population has ceased to urge this conside- ration. If the government will not crush crime (for polygamy Is crime new) will it not for a moment turn it's attention to high treason? It is rarely that so defiant treason haunts itself in the face Of Q ns- tion as that which is now hourishing like 8 green bay tree from British America to Mexico in this region. It looks more and more es though the only cure for this naughty treason ia annihilation, and if the government waits another decade or two, until this reli- gious mongrel has secured the balance of power in the half score of States and terxito- ries which it is fast populsting with ignorant foreign tools, 8 great deal of Union blood will have to be spilled before the annihilation takes place. It is folly, I think, to preach that the United States cannot crush the evil out in any event but var in this desert-en- circled country would be terrible beyond pre- cedent.
 Tha worst thing about the physical qualities of Salt Lake City is the dust The frequent windy days make 1t very dissgreesble on foot, for it is quite impossible to sprinkle the broad avenues thoroughly. Each side of tho street are streams of swift-rushing water from the mountains, which insure good supply of foliage. In these gutter streams the Mor- mon children have royal times wading and floating their homemade boats The women also dip water from these streams for mop ping purposes. It is nearly four months now since this section of country experienced any rain to speak of Two sprinkles have constituted the extent of tho rainfall As for the vegetation watered by these streams by the roadside, it may be said to ha multi farious I have noticed apple trees in front of business houses on the main thorough fares of the city, and occasionally fruit on the sidewalk The Salt Lake valley con tains some fine orchards. The city is one of magnificent distances, the blocks being full four times the size of those in most cities
 I visited the Mormon theatre. There is no anta2onism in any branch of the Church to dramatic entertainments of a decent quality. Indeed, the theatre is owned and managed by the Church, and is, I am confident, source of considerable revenue annually. I stood on the stage and surveyed the very commodious interior The pit, which is on the ground floor, is spacious and seated with substantial and movable chairs Above the dress circle are three full galleries that are capacious, but dc not choke up the auditorium The whole Is neat and kept up in good style, without being at all elaborate. There are six de- sirable private boxes, four Of which are rented, and two reserved for the elders. Here of an evening may be seen the presi- dent, his daughters and others of the elect surveying the play languidIy from the seclu- sion of box tapestry. Now that the days of stock companies are over, the performances are ths same that are given in all parts of the country, gave when some minstrel troupe gets of it's local salies at the expense of the audience, which are carefully selected and pleasantly received. The stage is unusually large. HeEe Mccullough, Barrett and the rest have scraped their toes; here Jsnau- schek and the other tragedy queens have wept, stipplicated and gracefully swooned-
 Here, also, Henry Ward Beecher recently lectured to large audience, sur founded by trap doors, footlights, and all the other stage appointments
 Salt Lake journalism includes three daily papers, the DesereS News, published by the Church, the Herald, which is an echo of the News religiously, and the Tribune, which dares to defy Mormonism on it's own ground. called at the Tribune editorial rooms, and was shown small museum comprising two articles which the editor keeps to spur him on in his anti-Mormon zeal One vas the skull of an emiprapt who perished fn the ia