The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-02-21

strOVed the e1ect OIL MS statement by
saving that offenses must be commit
tedin public view. Where parties agree to
commit the ofense of lewdness insecret,
is beyond he power of the city TO pun
ish. etc. Here is also an interesting bit |
of newspaper sentiment clipped from |
leading editorial in the Salt Lake Tri-
bune. this paper. by the way, is the |
official organ of the Utah Federal |
courts, and 1 shall have occasion to re-
fer to it again. The editorial appeared
under the heading, What Utah
Wants. "-"l;believe'" says this illustri-
Gus reformer. "that billiard nails, |
powerful reforming agencies here in
Utah than churches and schools. 1 re
ioice when l see the young Mormon
hoodlums playing billiards, getting
drunk, running with bad women--any-
thing to break the shackles they we're
born in, and that every so-called religi
Gus or virtuous influence only makes
the stronger" Henry Edger, il the
New York Evolution says: That the
government of the United States can
virtually introduce the brothel, the
gambling houses and various other
charming New York institutions into
Salt Lake under color of abolishing
Mormon polygamy is unhsppily only
too plainly evident" Dr. Miller in the
Omaha Herald says: Already the
hydra headed monsters of infamy are
gaining foothold in Salt Lake City.
The gambler and woman of the town
are there-the damning fact that 1t IS
only by the surreptitlous evasion and
overthrow of Mormon authority that
these and kindred curses now invade
the beautiful city"
ARE THEY LAW BREAKERS Or REBELS?
Captain Goldman, a writer we'll known
here and in the vest when interviewe
n Boston concerning the ordering of
troops to Utah, said: "There is no dis
position whatever on the part of any
Mormon to antagoniZe the laws of the
United States in any respect. excepting
where they bear on the single crime of
polygamy. With that exception, say
unhesitatingly they are as loyal to the
government as any people in the land.
They cannot be kicked into a rebel
lion.
WHAT ABOUT PoLYGAMY?
When the first Edmunds bill was
passed there were from $500 to 5000
Mormon males practicing polygamy,
which is about two per cent. of the
Mormon population of the Territory.
According to the late report of the
Utah Commission there have been very
few plural marriages in the Territory
since, and none at all during the last
six months. These are some interest
ing facts to which 1 should like to call
special attention.
ARE THEY SLAVES To A POLITICAL 'HIER
ARCHY?"
Mr.. Barclay, already quoted, says:
Among the Mormons all are equal. 1t
is the duty of every man, from the
president downward, to labor for
living. There is no special or privileged
caste. The people in the fullest sense
govern themselves. And every man is
eligible for any office in the church" y
There is an election twice each year of
all the officers up to the president.
ARE THEY UNFIT TO SERVE ON JURIEs?
R.N. Baskin, ex-United States Attor-
ney for Utah, said: Il must do the
Mormons the justice to say that the
question of religion does not enter into
their courts in ordinary cases. have
never detected bias on the part of jurors
there in this respect as 1 expected"
the New York Herald makes certain
Mormon say to Judge Powers that his
"belief would prevent him from render
ing a verdict of guilty in polygamy
case if he was called as Juror, even If
the proof should show the prisoner
guilty beyond a reasonable doubt"
Such a man simply advertised himself
as an ignoramous, unacquainted with
the cardinal principle of his religion
A man that would violate his oath as a
iuryman is not Mormon" no matter
what he may call himself. But it is
highly questionable if any such state
ment was made to Judge Powers. No
the first polygamist ever prosecuted in
the Territory was convicted by Nor
mon" jury.
ARE THEY INToLERANT?
The following is clipped from tour
lists correspondence in the Lafayette
Journal, (Ind.) Rev. DR.. Tiffany, of the
NJ. E. church Zone of our party was
rendered the use of the tabernacle bv
Young, which he accepted, and on Sun
day. p. m. preached most eloquent and
powerful sermon to the largest in door
audience in his life.
The Hberality OF the Mormons in ten
dering their houses of worship to Cen
tiles is worthy of praise and imitation