The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-07-13
THE UTAH SITUATION.
AS Seen by a Correspondent.
SALT LAKE CITY, July u, '88.

SALT LAKE CITY, July II, 'SS.
Editors Herald:
In the daily FIop-Over (3'rt6atne)
of this morning, [ see the editor mas
sweet morsel to roll under his ~
ing tongue. Apostle Rich's son has
committed a crime while under the
influence of whisky, just what
many a good mans sou has done IN
all ages and every country; but this
nondescript paper is happy, and
why? 1t will be remembered that
this same defaming sheet has IN
times past seen fit to abuse this
same good man, Rich, and on one
occasion was made to detract; but
now it can turn itself loose again.
Let us look into the history ofcrime
in Utah, and what do we find? Who
inhabits the jails? Who are in the
Penitentiaryf Is it Mormons ?
Out of all the criminals
you have Mr.. Due, the
Wife-beaUer, and he, as crazy as a
loon, is the only one. You have
also a high-minded woman that is
in for contempt, with one or two
others that have been MOrmons and
took the advice Of the Tribune and
renowned all the honest teaching
of their parents and went back on
everything. Of 100000 Mormons
and 10000 Gentiles that live in
Utah, of those in the pan1 at
least two-thirds are Gentlles guilty
of all the crimes in the Catalogue
from numbering poor Mormon boy
for his team down. Now l will not
apologize to the Gen,iles for COM
pairing this matter, knowing well
that they daily read the ITib., and
chuckle over its lying smartness,
that whips them in to line when
they get out, and all the while
whisper into the MormOns' ears that
they do not endorse it, but in fact
detest the sneaking lot; but they
can't help it; they are catering
for the poor, deluded Mormons'
patronage. Gentlemen, you are
dishonest to your own selves and to
the Mormons that you know in your
heart you despise, and yet the Nor
mon will lie equally as dishonest,
and patrOnize you instead Of his
friend.
"Deluded Mormon. 1t is no.
wonder you are deluded. Take the
Tribune and read the advice to the
young people of Utah from day TO
day, to disregard their parents
teachings, to go back on anything
that had been learned, and if any
were 81 weak as it seems young
Rich was, to take their advice.
What could the boy have done
after taking that papers advice
other than CO unit crime, for he
had always been taught honesty by
his father and mother. Follow the
young that have gene astray, both
boys and girls, and in nine cases
out Of ten they have taken the same
advice and gone back on their pa,
rents. Any enc of its readers will
remember a little while back how
the editorials advised the Gentiles
to 20 for the Mormons' girls; what
did that mean? Is it to be wondered
at that now and then you can
find a poor girl tLat has been over
taken by a man who took the Iri6's
advice and now leads life of shame,
and Mr.. Lynch, che postmaster,
Mr.. Lynch, of Cottrell & Co., does
tell the eastern people that he can
tell by looking IN your daughters
aud sisters faces that they are
licentious, and still you will buy
machinery of them. No wonder
you are call "deluded Mormons."
One word to the young people of
Utah: You read the paper referred
to for one week; and If you do not
say that in that time you have read
more lies than you ever heard in all
your lives before, then 1 will miss
my guess; and if you will read it for
one year, your will go lack Oh your
mother, Yours in haste.
PRUSSIA.