Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-12-05

Working Of the polygamY Law-Ecport of
the Utah Commissions.
The report of the Utah commission i.
published. Tuc report refers to the re-
cent election, for county AMI precinct uni
GERS and for tIc delegate to CONGRESS. and
says: Both these elections were preceded
10y rcvi,iuu~ of the registration lists uudci.
our supervision and direction los which ID
/ is believed all pulygHui,t- were excluded.
IOf tine officers elected. nearly all are Mon.
mons. Wuo are not in fact living in poly
/ Luuy 'ihc only exceptions ar" "a fc., OF
the precinct officers who are Grniilc- or
non Mormous. At the election for dele
gates to Congress. ont Of Il, e1- registered
votes, the total number Of vote, cast wa,
2},3jl OF these Cainc, the candidate of the
Mormon party received 21.13D. and the
candidate of the uOu-MOrmOn party 22lj
The delegate elect is a Mormon, but does
not and never has lived in pUlygamy and
lis eligible under tine law. At the late
detection a, well HS at those furmrrly held
under our supervision all puygamIstS
have been excluded from voting and hold
ing Office
After more than two years Of Labor and
experience here ii becomes our duty to
advise the government and the coun-
TRY that although the law mas been
successfully administered regarding the
0diSirauch~cmcnt Of polygHmotS the
the effect upon the preaching and practice
.ui pOlNGamy ha, not been to improve Inc
tone of the former or to materially dimIu-
i,h the latter For a year or more after
3 the effort to enforce the law was initiated
, poiygamiC teachings from the pulpit were
rarely heard, there were Indication. that
the practice of pOlNg1lny might sc cN-
pectcd to measurably decline. ButdurinG
the present year there appears to have
D been pol gamiC revival, and plural mar
81 ragcS are reported to have increased in
, number. A. Il result of the Inquiries in
stituted 10y the commission it is learned
that since the passage of the "EdmuudS
act 1870 males and 2G3 females have en-
tered pplYgamN. Six counties, the pupu-
latiun Ui which is almost exclusively Nor
, mon, are not embraced in the above stats
tics. as no returns were received from
them.
. The report says: There is possibly
f some Significance in the fact that the re
portcu increase in plural marriage seems
, to be CuiuCidcnt with the completion Oi
the Mormon Temple At Logan, tn,
r most prominent and influential city in the
northern section OF the Territory, the died.
lCdtiOn of the temple was attended VIII
great pOmp and Ceremony. The Norm u
iauatiCism was blown intOa ilamc, and w.
have information that puyGamic mlrri
T. ages at that time received an additional
b. impetus. lhrcc-fOUrth or more Of tine
T. -"'i ''''" "'' - ''i'''' 't'''' ~ ''"'', 't'
never entered into the poly Lamlc relation
= yet every orthodox Mormon. every mcnIhr
- 'l good Nu'H"hG III 'Ht cHi'f'i o'H'Nt
a. polI-"hiN ao a H'iHt rrNrHj"h.
he report review, NI I'N-il iHr p'I\-HhI.
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j. ilNHon' T'cv'"Il ''',.'I'oH' IH' H'l"',
of which have already been published
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