The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-29
RIP VAN WINKLE NEWMAN.

1t has come TO be regarded as
rule that in Line cases out of tel
when a person outside of Utah talk
of Hormons and Mornonism, b
talks OF matters that he knows littl
or nothing about. 1t is rare indeet
that the preachers, lecturers ant
writer's do not expose their ignor
ance to painful degree. 1t seem!
next to impossible for them to state
the truth. Much of this falsifyine
can be attributed directly to preju
dice, which is so strong that il
blinds the eyes and closes the ears
of many. Quite frequently dis
play of ignorance is made that is
laughable. The notorious DR..
Newman, Grants inspector general
of consulates, was guilty of expos.
Ing himself quite vulgarly at the
dinner of the New England society,
in Brooklyn, last Saturday evening.
Of all men in the world outside Of
the Mormon church, one would
imagine that Newman would be
the best posted in regard to
Iermon matters. He has
studied the Mormons and their in
stitutions, has debated with them,
has preached and lectured about
them, and in fact, has for fifteen
years devoted as much OF his time
and thought to the Utah Saints as
to any other matter or thing. And
yet his ignorance runs to the point
of recklessness. DR.. Newman re-
sponded to the toast: "Utah: What
of her Anti-Religious Methods"
and in the course of a rambling,
only half coherent address, uttered
many very foolish things, and in
answer to the inquiry as to how the
Mormon evil'' should be remedied,
said: "But 1 turn away from all
these remedies as insufficient and
inefficacious at the present time,
and 1 hold, my friends, that the first
thing to be done should be done by
Congress, and that is to de-
clare that Cannon, the Utah
Delegate, has no right to
a seat in the Congress of the United
States. 1t is said that the commits |
tee will report in favor of his seat, |
but that committee should remem-
ber, first, that this man is an alien;
they should remember, secondly, |
that he is polygamist." Poor old |
Newman. Has the man been in1ulg-
ing in Rip Van Wrinkle nap, or
was his speech written and commit
ted for dinner two years ago? 1t is
approaching two years since Mr..
Cannon's case was disposed of by
Congress, and the whole civilized
world, save only Parson Newman,
knew of the facts at the time. How
she ex.pastor of the Metropolitan
church and chimes could have kept
out of the way Of the information
Is something wonderful. He Ger
5ainly must have gone to sleep two
years ago, and has only just now
awakened, when. he undertakes to
instruct concerning the Mormons.
Wonder if he has ever heard that
he late Apostle Orson Pratt de-
,arted this life some time ago?
Mr.. Newman, in this instance,
Fery plainly illustrates the charac-
or of a large part of the anti-Mor-
mon crusade. 1t is popular to de.j
lounce the MOrmons, right or
wrong, and the more ignorant the
nan the more bitter is he in his de>
What he lacks in
knowledge he makes up in vitupera.
ion. In the case of any other peo-
lie Newman would be burlesqued
nd ridiculed for making such an j.,
ss of himself, but in the case of the
iormons, too many parties will
pplaud him for his enthusiasm.
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