The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-09-19

elders slso came in and prayed for him. that be
might have strength to resist the United States
law, and to become q martyr for his faith. Of
course all this was too much for her, in her crti-
cal condition, and without another struggle she
silently passed away from this world and all her
| troubles. Her aching heart at last found rest
AT the funeral there were, of course. vehicles for
the conveyance of the plural wives and their
families, but for the dead wife's children no such
thing was thought necessary, and the chief
mourners had to find themselves places with the
neighbors and friends as best they could.
Now we come to vet another kind of woman in
Mormondom, especially among the plural wives.
These when they become old and lose their at
fractions in the eyes OF their husbands, manage
to keep their positions, and in a measure their
influence over their lords, by becoming their
helpmates in securing other and younger wives.
BY so doing they become apostles and champions
of polygamy 1t is so nice, you know, when they
have no more hope of keeping their positions as
wives, to become in their old age pillars of the
church by upholding and preaching polygamy
and driving their younger sisters into the prac-
tice through which they have themselves emerged,
like dry sticks, void of all sympathy for their
own sex. They feel that, inasmuch as they have
had to go through the mill, it is but fair that
others should also go through the same misery.
For the smarter individuals of these apostles of
poygamy then commences an especially
good time. They present here, and
there, and everywhere to show the
world what happy lot their lot is. How
satisfied they feel in this peculiar system, and
what liars some people are who say that the
women of Mormondom are sad and downtrod-
den They come to the front, and say to the
world Look at u.s. We are women in polyga-
my! There is no sadness about u.s. We are
emancipated and not in thraldom, some peo-
pie will have you believe. Are we not honoredl
Do you not see that our church sends us as it's
delegates even to this great capital of yoursg
What greater honor can you bestow on your
womenF The world looks on and says, "Oh, it
is all nonsense, this cry over the Mormons and
polygamy. Let them alone. If the women are
satisfied. what more do you want2 May be their
system is better than ours, for all we can tell
In this manner the Mormons have gained the
victory many time Oh, they are shrewd;
very shrewd!
In conclusion the Woman's Journal and all
defenders of woman suffrage are mistaken if
they think that 1.-The removal OF Governor Muir
ray was praiseworthy act because he was the
originator of the plot to deprive the women of
Utah of the right of suffrage" This
is speaking without knowledge of the
woman suffragists judge only from their own ex-
allied position as women of great and free gov
eminent They do not know that their sisters
in Mormondom-as also the men-must vote &C
cording to the Council that they dare not vote
in opposition to this Council without too dam
aging consequences to themselves The Nor
mon people are held with an iron hand, and the
church takes the right to govern the minutest
oetallS Oh their life as we'll as their political opln
ions and their votes, by which means they con-
troll the territorial legislation. This was the
only cause for which suffrage was given the
Mormon women, and not because the church
wanted to make them free agents of their own
individual opinions Let the women suffragists
and all the people of the United States under
stand that the Mormon government is not like
that Of the other Territories and States-a part
of, and in unison with, the general government
but that it is entirely alien to it, and that the
women of Mormondom will never unite in COM
mon cause with the women of the United States