New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-11-04
THE M0RM0NULCER.
Ex. Gov. Ramsey Speaks systematically
on the Success of tho Edmunds Law s
IN Eradicating sFolygamy. es


I'm Esradicating Fol amy. ss
Ex-S Secretary Ramsay presented the re-
port OF the Utah commission to the sec
rotary OF the interior. 1t contains a review
OF the work for the year, a description ofthe
workings OF the Edmunds law and makes
some recommendations as TO further. legis-
lation by congress to make itmore effective.
S 1T proves to be the most effective
legislation ever directed at the Nor
mon evil,' said MI. Ramsey, and
the fact that John Taylor, Cannon
and Joseph w. Smith, the three presidents
OF the church, are fugitives, is the best evil
dence OF this. Nor are they the only men
who are trying to escape from its clutches.
have skipped by the light Of the moon,
thirty or forty more are under in
dictment and about twenty-five or
thirty more are playing martyrs behind
the bars OF the prison. While cam
not say that this law will destroy
Mormonism, it has already crippled it,
and il supplemented with additional legis.
lation to cover the points it did not reach,
it will go far to wipe out the curse. But it
will be a long time before the evil is extinct.
We have allowed it to grow unmolested for
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become such a powerful and thorough organ
ization, that it cannot be pulled up by the
roots. We can only patiently work to
lop off the branches, girdle the
trunk and kill the tree by slow
degrees. Nobody can study Mormon
ism without being inspired with a pro-
found admiration for the genius that has
framed and the energy and the industry
which has built up the great structure that
hoe &o,s s4eo
one avoid seeing the danger which threat
ems this nation from its continuance. Like
the nerves and sinews OF the human body,
the faith of the people is interviewer into
every incident OF their daily lives and the
cure OF the curse lies in the education Of the
next generation to respect the laws and &C
knowledge obedience to the government.
The day IS past when we can ipe outsuch
things by force. 1t can only now be killed
by the appliances oflaw and moral suasion.
THE ENDOWMENT HOUSE.
Is the endowment house still running?
Il cannot say. suppose polygamous
marriages still are being contracted; but
the secresy preserved is sometimes remark
able. l do not believe there is another
community in the world where such a
mystery could be sustained as it is in Utah,
but emigration is falling of and the num-
Der OF apostles are increasing
Then the church is in q state OF decay?'
mo, that cannot be said. The action Of the
government which the state calls persecu-
ton, bring those who come under the law
closer together, and in a way strengthens the
ties that unite them, as Il comm on danger al
ways does; but it has the effect OF dis
couraging those who have not entered polyg-
amous relations, and ii it continues, the
Mormons Will soon become weary OF re-
ssistance and yield to the inevitable. Just
now they are Up in arms and united in their
common defense. Very soon they will see
that this is useless and beg for quarter
''There is danger OF an upr,sing?"
S'Notthe slightest. There may be an oc-
scasional attempt to resist arrest, but it
will not amount to much.''