Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-10-18
L0NG-HAIRED SINNERS.
Mormonism Closing Its Coils on the
Northwest Polygamous Mis-
SiOnaries Abroad.
Their Defiance of Decency. Custom and
Lava Mormon Crusade Forming
-Impudent Missionaries.

Helena o. ~ Correspondent riltsburg Com.
mcrcial 6azette'
Unprecedented perhaps IN the annals
of ecclesiastical history are the rise aud
growth of the Mormon church. Paricu-
larry Is this true of our own beautiful
Northwest, where the Entertainments of
MormOnism during the past decade have
been most marvellous and almost beyond
belief. No other religion on earth, neither
the doctrines of Christianity, AlOham-
mechanism, Buddhism nor any creed has
made such wonderful progrcs. through
ont the globe in any equal period OF eN-
istcncc It's missionary work is un-
equaled by anything Of The Kind ever
known before. Founded scarcely fifty
years ago upon an imposition auda myth,
1t has grown up and established itself IN
the very midstO OF our boosted civilization.
Notwithstanding the many weak attempts
made by our national government TO
stamp IL out.
SIRED or MoRMoNIsM.
Mormonism was for long time con
fined to the precincts OF tab, with head
quarters ut Salt Lake. Salt Lake Is still
the headquarters of the Latter Day Saints,
but, like big octopus it has been for
years past reaching It's gigantic arms out
into the adjoining territories, making set
Elements and gobEling up goyernmentsoi
until to-day the Mormon church has be-
come a power in the land. II Is as much
q power n Arizona, Nevada, Idaho and
Montana ~ either of the TWO great po-
litlcal parties. In fact, the southern
counties of Idaho are neither Republican
nor DcmQcratic at the present writing
they are simply Mormon, and they vote
Tor Mormon interests first, last and an
the time
II may not Dee generally known, but it
is ney crtheless true, that the people liz
ing 10 Northern Idaho nave been for
some time past seriously discussing the
propricty OF being segregated from Idaho
aud annexed TO one Of the two bordering
territories desire To yet away from
Mornoni~m aud poygaBy lies at the
bottom ui this movement. us he south
ern counties OF Idaho are virtually con-
trollcd by the MormouS Three years
ago the people of Northern Idaho, with
out regard 10 party, united Zoo eject
"a common delegate TO congress,
IN order to defeat the Nor
mons who determined to have some one
IN sympathy with them sent 90 Washing
ton This year the Normons are marshall
ing their forces and cuIouizin- iu the ter.
rtory So as tD defeat such a combination
at the next congressional election The
scheme of segregation, however. #. not
looked upon iayorl1ly by the Gentilc~ Of
the Northwest, as the annexation project,
# carried into effect, would virtually gyp
the territory of Idaho TO the Mormon>
and leave them u uHdisputcd control.
The northern counties are p reality
check To the Mormon~ in the South,
rms luNG-HAuEp SINNERS.
IN nearly every town OF any cuu.lGerl-
bic size throughout tbu Northwest are
lung.hIirod sinners who cali themselves
missionaries, cudeayOliu- with ail the
persuasion they can command tu enlist
into The Mormon iath aud belief ANYBODY
who viii "Cumc aud 5c saved" lu tie
streets of Helena, Butte, Livingstone.
Billings, Miles City, jamestown Fargo
anu other places one can scarcely help
running against some patriarch from SILT
Lake, who is doing his level hrS. 20 make
converts, u B., well 90 note that most of
the bach,lider- are males, a. luc olfcr ui
husband, To- girls and women iu this see
tiuu goes Tor uauglt, that seN being so
hopclc>~ly I'm the minority. But there is
no end 10 the number OF converts made
across the water, as females are ion the
majority there and are induced 10 come
over anu settle ny the olter oi Tree trans
purt9tion and husband, The men re-
ccNc promises OF q farm, aud, be IL said
20 the credit of the Nurmuns,
in nine eases uut of ton they fulhu thar
promise N is To their interest IA al, 81,
however, Us lht land costs them nothing,
and every new addition counts as voter
ana member OF the church. During the
past ten years thousands of beautiful
acres OF government land have been
go1bled up in Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming
ana Montana by the church through
individual members of the faith
who claim To be good American citi.
1'ns, The curse of the Chinese In
this section Is very great but the curse
OF Mormonism is greater. only q day or
two ago Il carload OF converts came
through from New York, and in less than
n fortnight the whole unsNory load had
distributed themselves over the fertile
lands OF the beautiful Idaho valley, set
ting down upon homostradS, Iree claims,
So-Callcd desert lands, etc. Another ear
load OF elders aud missionaries went
through TO ~. Paul early In this month
To attend a conference to he held there
for the purpose of reviewing their pros
elytlng work in the Northwest
lMrVpENr MISSIONARIES,
lhese missionaries, when prosecuting
tneir Work IN the towns and villages, en-
mott an amount OF brass, cheek and as
sur'llee that Wonld scarcely he tolerated
IN another sect An elder alightS from Il
lram ana immediately commenced dis