The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-12-27
The Views Of a Visitor at Salt
>. -fa6ai5 Lake City, 7asqqa
THE RECENT DISTURBANCE / i ( 3
The Edmunds Law-Its Enforcement
Public Sentiment! Etc, AsRes9
lated by One who Knows. 9fl

e. Captain JONI COQman has recently
returned from Utah, with which part o
the country he is familiar. and in re
gard to which he has published seVera
pamphlets and newspaper articles. H,
was met by representative Of the Trav
eller in an Office Of this city yesterday
In reply to a question as to the re-
cent emeute in Salt Lake City, he sale
that 1t was totally devoid of truth, anC
Z that dispatches he has received from Iii:
/ correspondents there express great sur
prise at the intelligence of it, which
only came TO their knowledge through
| eastern reports that have reached them
| In Captain Codmanls opinion it was
carbohydrates scheme of Semitic
malcontents, who built it up on the
slight foundation of a street encounter
in which only two individuals were en-,
gagged, which produced the excitement
that would naturally ensue IN small
town where people have little to talk
about. The general topics of CONVEX.
satlon, he said, Sin Salt Lake City, are
MormoniSm polygamy and sexual vice,
and any little row OF this kind affords
rather 4 pleasing variety"
1t reminds me of an incident at
Boise City, Idaho. There was a dog
hight in the street. A large crowd had
collected at the scene of action, and
some one attempted to, separate the
animals. The newly-appointed Governor
Bum, who was looking on, exclaimed :
For Gods sake. let them alone. 1t is
the only excitement We have had since
l came here
Seriously it is to be regretted that
such a nasey condition of things pre-
walls in Utah. The Gentiies are as much.
in fault as the MormonsA 4 Indeed sthey
are. more so, for their official orgarRfhe
Irib1gse, is full of the mos tsdisgusting
details OF crime daily spread before the
eyes OF their own women andelIildren,
AS TO this street disturbances wasused
by that newspaper as the Foundation for
the malicious fabrication, telegrarhed
the New York UofH with, q view to
influence 3 the Presidents .messageaand
to convey to him a false simpTessson
when 1t was 100. late for him toinyes
= What has been the effects of the Ed,
mundS iaE?" was asked OF Captain
Codmansc SIS r 11ov 8. srfn-t g1CE % r1il
ut has been ygualthough
somewhat arbitrarily enforced,D he
replied ut has completely put Stop
10 new easessot pol l-gsIIW There has
not been contract OF plural marriages
N Utah for tie JlaSt) six. months The
ate prosecutions. have been directed
against the continuance of the practice
oy those already poiygamistS. The |
punishment. for this is six months i'm !
DTisoament and $500 dine. 1.-The. court.
n its discretion has been willing TO |
remit the fnpris onmeflt If the SpersorY |
will promise to abandon the |
practices. This has been done in a few |
Instances, notably that OF Bishop Sham. |
put it is TO be regretted that he has not !
'he.fOllowing he hadAnticipated Most |
ii the culprits prefer to be 'martyrs' at |
iuch a cheap cost. The penalty ought |
% be much more severe, so that mar
yrdom would become more expen-
I'VE luxury. >" ~ rr-s..ea
- What new legislation-dO you ecen-
lder necessary ~ was asked. -.
Thereby vas None whatever, ex-
eptlng such an increase Of the penalty |
hat obedience would be preferable. to
Imprisonment. This instead of six
months with nothing to do, should be
i've years with hard labor y
Would Utah be better ruled under a
was the next inquiry.
NO, he replied; with such a com
MISSION as IS proposed to be selected /
rom resident Gentlles I cannot con II
eve OF more deplorable condition of
nlngs. Inc government is now in the i,
ands OF the homogeneous Mormons. II
economically There is no disp0sition h
'hateyer on the part Of anv Morn'ons
D antagonize the laws of the United
tates in any respect excepting where
hey bear on the single crime of noIvo- ]
my. With that exception, / say M
they are as loyal to tbe
overnment as any people in the land
hey cannot be kicked intosa rebellion
hey submit Without resiStanee 10 |
and. as [ have said t6o | I
ought TO be made so severe |
laG they Will choose tonobeys this as
ell as every other law1of the govern.
lent rather than be punished at ALI
The ITfreIler1 REPRESENTATIVE sstad. y
WHAT DO YOU think of Senator Ed
lunds's new bill ~ 49, $500 L
aptaAns OOCman-=Er rom what boar
Oout1t, 1t seems to be like that of Sen 4
tor Hoar's OF the last session, which :
roposes TO take POSSESSION of the nron-- q
'ty OF the church. It is hard to sa,,
oW what is constitutional and what = 4
Ot. Atany rate tle measure wonId he
Operative, for the churehsIone AGO IN
adaptation of such a measure has mn
5 property out OF its hands. and Il
)vernment could lay its hands on Il 7
on't see how 1t would prevent the Il
-ormons from 6elieriRg that polygamv
a divine institution. Z
Cannot any inosaf infusnce he 4
Fought TO bear on them to eradicate Il
us belief % was asked. 80.
= Yes, indeed, II was the reply, eandT q
ave often urged 1t on our p6iIsnt
lropic public, Joseph Smith. the Son 4
the foundeg Of Morn onism, resides 7
Lamolne, Iowa. I know him we'll He
,ent a week with me last summer n
i'd, although I regard all Mormonisno, v
fraud, am satisfied, that there ;s ?
D fraud IN the Mornonism he adyos 4
ties. He says his father never com
polvgamy, but that It was .
svice obqBnghamg Young. aiJosenb
NTH the, younger has Is 600 foIIoEars
the Western States, and their neiob,1
ors speak of them as. good citizens
ow, let me tell you the Yay to con.
nee the Gormons, while ~e punish :,
le actual criminals, IS mott lie abonf "
lem all, as has been done. or to dis
anchise those who areobedient to law s.
to deprive free people of their am,
1l,r1 cor, ,,f~r4 -.