The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1883-04-13
THE M0RM0NS,

s,w.,.ins About these People . from na a
-.',I,p,ire Magnate oil their order
- the Edmunds Law Won't Work
.,,,tion of sensational Statements
r-.sral and Interesting Data
- Edridge, millionaire Mormon,
- here from Salt Lake City on Thurs
81. ,1a IS staying, with his wife and son,
.. - PALACE hotel. In conversation with
,,.po,tsr, he said
=, ~ an, surprised that such mistaken ideas
,,,bs Normons are entertained in Calitor-
y .,s nearly all over the United States.
~, ~, "a called lawless people, and are
v" s'..sl with dehantly violating the laws of
Ind assert that there are not more
% .sonle in all the Umon than the Nor.
ley~ w. regard the constitution as sacred,
Nv Tive il 10 be divine revelation and
We ~ men who wrote IL did SO by divine
no ION We have a large, well-settled
lhsp.,@-v. OF fine natural resources, under
lsl i.ystem of cultivation, prosperous and
So ~, wealthy. We have public schools
gI University, wholly unsectarian, and
anH S. n,her reheiOus denominations have
A. A. y. schools and churches, which are not
thenIs,,el with by US. Wherever there is a
,,.n'on school il is maintained at private
Nsa We have our own religious be-
sAs rnder which We seek to maintain a
ne ,nnlition to the best interests of all
; 81 nsopIe and by its regulations we also
.ns IA HE best development Of the coun-
w. ~, The people are the most orderly in
ne United States.
'N' POLITICAL ADVENTURES.
oTbe ONLY tumult is that raised by men
,,bor, we may call political adventures.
Tssy come to our territory, with nothing
- he aud everything to gain; they find our
;U.,itutlons ilourishing, our territorial rev.
anne, large and increasing, and they con-
Vnrally plot to gain control over them; they
,"r IN excite disorder; they circulate false
.snorts 10 array public opinion outside OF
~ territory against US, and they are un-
sc-upulOus in pursuing every measure that
iii hem their ends, | 10 not know OF an
acre Of farm or rod of ditch that has been
npeaed by anyone outside of the Mormous
hi their immediate friends. The state.
men,s that thereis any class feeling between
the Normons and respectable Gentiles OF
the territory are false. They live peaceably
IN close vicinity, attend to their several bus
inesses and never quarrel unless provoked
nv some designing outsider. have been
s;touished at times at the absurd dispatches
nat have been sent to this city to show an
faroi ism between Mormons ana permanent
Gsntie residents. AS | have said, TIE
trouble is created only by transient adyen-
furers, whose profit would be in the conts-
cation of Mormon property.
POLYGAMY AND THE FRANCHISE.
al. 20 hn a nd
polygamy bill, outrageous reports were
sent out about violent demonstrations of
the Mormons against the Gentiles and
should attempt to enforce the law.
There was no such disorder. We
believed the law to be unconstitutional,
but we meekly submitted to its provisions.
Il DISTINGUISHED large number of
people, but it could not alter the result of
an election. There came a time when,
under the territorial law, we should have
le,l an election, Our commissioners failed
TO receive instructions to proceed with the
election and the legal time passed without
il, Under the amended Edmunds bill the
territorial governor, a Gentle appointed
oy the president, filled several hundred
offices throughout the territory by appoint
meut. The appointments were contested
u the courts and in every case but one or
two, whore there were exceptional techni-
calities, 1t was decided that the cd officers
should hold over until their successors
should be elected under the territorial laws.
Appeals were taken to the supreme court
Of the United States, hut before
they are decided another election
vii. be held and and the matter
so disposed OF The Edmunds bill in full
could not change the result of an
election, and for this reason; The bill pro-
hi5its from registration all persons living in
Not more than one-twentieth
OF the married Mormon men have more
than one wife, and the Mormon majority
in general election is so large that we can
.ose these votes and have more to spare.
That is one reason why the people submit
ted to the enforcement OF the law. But we
propose to test its consttutionality at
whai time or in what precise manner
cannot say"
But if it should occur that the Mormon
vote were cut down so that the result of an
election would be in doubt, would your peo.
pie quietly submit?'
All that is another question, and one
Upon which cannot express an opinion. -
San Francisco Chronicle.