The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-23
WHEREAS HE Is NOT A MORMON

1t might have saved President Clevt
land many superhuous words. am
fully expressed the motive of those win
have L oodwinked him int pardOninl
simpson, the Gentle "polygamist,
had he used simply the above phrase a
apreamble to the act of amnesty. TIL,
President may not be aware that II
being persuaded to do as he has done
in this matter he has gwen the Nor
mons further cause to believe them
selves prosecuted and Disseminated
against under the Edmunds law, and
that the highly moral crusade waged
against them is a highly moral hum
bug and Yirtuous sham. In their
minds at least, one more glazing incon-
sistency has been added to the many
which weaken the force and dignity OF
the governmental attitude towards the
Mormons, in respect to polygamy and
unlawful cohabitation.
It would seem from the Presidents
proclamation of pardon that he has
been led to- believe that the man Simp-
son, instead of the depraved wretch
which his acts show him to be, was one
of those angels" which are often
entertained unawares," this time at
the governments expense in the Utah
Penitentiary. Unfortunately for
the would-be canonizers of this worthy
soul, however, his record gives the lie
to all their efforts in his behalf In
brief, it is to the effect that he mar
ried, or formed az alliance in Eng
gland, with woman named Hannah
Powell. who had husband at
the time and during the whole period of
their adulterous association together.
He next comes to Utah, leaving the
Powell woman there, and marries a
young woman named Emma Everett
whom in due time he also deserts and
renews his cohabitation with Hannah
Powell, who has followed him to Amer |
lea. He is convicted of polygamy and
sentenced to two years Imprisonment in !
the Utah Penitentiary. In the mean |
time the girl he married here dies of a !
broken heart, caused by his cruelty and !
desertion, so that when he energies from
prison, pardoned man, he is left free
10 marry under the law the Powell
woman, which he does under the be-
nign sanction and official act of Chief |
Justice Zane, one OF the prime movers |
in procuring his pardon.
Now, it will be just like the stubborn
and unreasonable Mormons to INQUIRE
of President Cleveland why the sin of
adultery-which was Simpsons offense,
If polygamy was not-cannot be pun
ished under the Edmunds law as I'M
lawful cohabitation. since His Excel
lency stands committed as fayoring the
impartial administration" OF that law
upon Mormon and Gentle alike Aud
Why is it that Mormon plural mar
rage. practiced openly and above
board as a m4.ter u religion, is so
much more heinous an OfFense tbaa
adultery. carried on under a CLOAK Of
aud deception
There are men today serving out ;
'entti'ces in the Penitentiary, who are !
= hundred times more worthy Of being
subjects Of the pardoning power Of the .
President than this fellow SimpsoD ;
The difference in their offsnSes =
hat, while he committed adultery with J,
mother mans wife in England ana :,
hen after marrying vise in U-.b :
esnmed the bestial praetjee with. tina !.
anne mans wife after her arrjva' a
iere, the others married several wives a
nd lived with them simultaneously +
wing and supporting them and b
heir children, believing it to be rel- b
ious duty. But who thinks of petition
lg the President for their pardon Il
not Chief Justice Zane and Y
district Attorney Dickson, who itseens Ia
commended the pardon Of Simpson. c,
10, the others are Mormons and reli- Il
lously in earnest however mistaken d
hey may be thought-to be. while SimD- v
IN IS q n0n-Mormon and was not ac- m
lated by any other motive. presum- Il
bly,, than lust. .,
VI course none expects judge ike III
ane, who turns loose upon soeietv m
ie seducer Of Sisters-in-Iaw. and Sc
le Tould-b be rayisher of Ire ar
ludren. to be fair or even q.
nsIstent IN such things. nor that his III
low missionary and man Friday. the aft
strict Attorney, who holds, for Ger Or
In prudential reasons. that the Ed an
unds Law vas only intended to pun b ,
Mormon plural marriage and not 10 OF
rtecs immoral practices in sinner s tn,
III as Saint, will manifest a modicum ito
justice or reason in the premise. ev,