The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-06-02
MORE NEWS INvENrING

The following appeared as a special
telegram in the Louisville Coxrier-Jour-
nal of May q. tits repeated merely to
illustrate again the general character Of
the newspaper matter concerning the
Mormons:
New YORK, May 26.-There are indi-
cations here that the operation of the
| Ednunds bill with reference 20 polyg-
amy has had an unexpected effect upon
the leaders of the Mormon Church.
| The control OF that church is vested in
! the President and his twelve apostles.
1t has been generally supposed that
| they held a vast amount of property
for the church. The amount, however,
appears to be comparatively limited
and under pressure of the Edmunds
bill, they have been impelled to make a
proffer of the sale of all their principal
possessions to a syndicate of Eastern
capitalists, with the intention of emf
grating to Mexico, and taking with
them such of their followers as can be
induced to leave Utah. The PROPOSE
ton has been laid before several large
Eastern capitalists, who have been in
vlted to consider it purely from bust
ness standpoint.
The agent in the matter is John w
Young, a son of Brigham Young. by his
first wife. Young was one of the con-
tractors for the building of the Union
Pacific road, and is a sharp business
man. He has been here for two or three
months ON this mission, and has one of
his wives with him. He was here about
year ago with brother and son, at
which time so many Mrs. Youngs we're
registered at the hotel where they
stopped that it became mooted ques-
ton whether the practices of Mormon
ism were not being carried OIL in New
York Thus far, Young has made no
progress, beyond getting hearing from
capitalists, who have taken his scheme
under consideration.
A gentleman who formerly lived in
Utah, said to your correspondent to-
day: at has long been the desire of
strong faction OF the active leaders
among the Mormons to get away from
Utah. presume that the convictions
under the Edmunds bill have given
them the excuse for pressing their views
on the rest of the church. There is very
little common property held by the
chur h the Territory is districted, each
district is given over to an apostle.
1neTe are upwards OI one nuDUreU Dis
hops, chosen for their business capa-
city. The Bishops silent partner is the
apostle for his district. The entire
scheme is to get up a monopoly of trade.
No other Mormon is allowed to start a
store, and the Mormons are forbidden
to trade with the Gentiles. If an offer
of property has been made to Eastern
capitalists, it is the property of indivi
duals. 1t may be big scheme to sell
land that is otherwise unstable. The
Mormons are equal to any such trick,
and the Youngs are sharp enough to
put it throu gh."
The above is purely and wholly
its inventor displaying the
budding genius of Jules Verne. The
only truth in the dispatch is the asser-
ton that Mr.. John w. Young is in New
York, where be has sojourned some
months past in the interest of his own
private business and as the agent and
of no one but himself.
When the Mormons conclude to sell on t
and go to Mexico or elsewhere, the an
nouncement will not first be made by
a New York correspondent, nor will the
sale of church lands be negotiated in
New York