The new North-west., 1883-12-07
MORMON WOMEN.
Their Delightful Condition la the Land Of
the Saints.
CLcUeldlld Herald.

A poveny-stricken Mormon Is frequently
the possessor Of three or four wives. They
all live In q single hut and the children
brought into the world are early taught SEN
suality and an utter disregard Of moral law.
The thrifty saints, however, have an estab-
comfortably of Of them. The wives spin,
wash, scrub, and farm, and In that manner
secure enough Of the worlds goods TO keep
their lord and master without work. A
bishops wife did the washing for my family.
81 am compelled 10 wash for the Gentiles
while OIL carth," she would often say, "but
In Heaven they will be servants 10 me-"
John Taylor, the President of the Mormon
Church, had five wives In 1880, but since the
passage OF the Edmunds law he has put all
but one away. At the last general confer
euce Of the church he was twitted about his
cowardIce and told that be should obey Gods
law rather than mans.
The women OF Utah are not beautiful. As
q class they are very homely. The mission
aries who travel in the South succeed in
gaining many female converts, but as rule
they get nothing but the fools Of the village
who, besides being dull of mind, are homely
Of face and form. In Europe, however, some
very pretty peasant girls are picked up who,
as soon as they get TO Utah, are appropriated
by aged saints and toothless bishops. The
church Is doing all Ia its power 10 get con-
Inh ha ~ lao
mission In the South, has made the assertion
that he expected TO capture LOO men and
women this year In the South alone. The
converts from this section are taken TO Col.
orado, where large colonies are, springing up
almost daily. The European victims are
settled In Idaho, Wyoming, Arizona and
New Mexico. In Salt Lake City the Gen.
tiles are TO the Mormons as one is TO five.
The business there is almost entirely in the
hands Of the Mormons. The municipal gov
ernment Of the city is Mormon. The Mayor,
Common Council, the police force, the city
courts, and the Fire Department are all Nor
mon. The only hospital in the city is sus-
tained by Gentiles. The Mormon poor, and
there are many Of them, oftentimes die in
the streets. One.tenth Of what each Nor
mon earns or raises upon his farm is given
to the church, ostenslbly for the benefit of
the poor, but In reality to be divided among
the leaders Of the church. Seven hundred
and fifty thousand dollars are collected 10
this manner annually. A part Of that sum
aaA an ant nf aF In mt
and legislators, while the balance goes to-
ward the support Of the twelve apostles, the
presidents of stakes, the elders Of servants,
the patriarchs, and the high priests who form
and the bishops, deacons, and teachers who
constitute the Aaronite priesthood. The
patrIarchs also bless children at 50 bless, |
and as II is all profit make money by the
teachers advise the members of the church In |
temporal AFFAIRS tell them how TO hoe their |
beans, IN AXE their frocks, and cast their votes.
The method would suggests for the sup
preston Of polygamy Is law compelling |
the publicity Of all marriages hereafter per-
formed in Utah. Let the ceremony be pub. |
lie, and let the records be kept In a public
place. As IL now Is, the saint takes a girl TO
the endowment house, and after few hours
ceremony Is welded TO her. The record of
the proceedings is guarded Jealously and all
connected with the ceremony sworn to Sc
crecy, the penalty Of dIsobedience being dis