Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1888-08-30
A SCANDAL MONGER.

! The New York Herald fslls foul
ofthe Pittsburg Leader for indul'
gence i'm scandalous gossip. This
latter sheet has made a discovery
which will warrant It's editor III
taking rank with the removed Z,
Columbus. The discovery ''is spread
very thin over four columns o.
space says the metropolitan censor
"until it resembles a small piece OF
butter Oh large slice Of bread. u
This important discovery is none
other, 10 quote from the Herald
again, than the blighting fact ''that
rthe popular and lovely lady of the
! white house is in some blind, IN
I direct and far away manner related
TO Wife No. 10, Amelia, one Of the
fractional spouses Of Brigham
Young" Upon this paraIyzing dis
covery, the Herald makes the fol-
lowing caustic comment;
Well, II Brigham were still alive
we should feel tempted To send him
our congratulations by telegraph.
! To the descendants Of No. 10, If any
| Of them breathe the air of this weary
and wicked world, we confess that
we are profoundly enviOus Of their
cousinship to the far and gmcious
lady in question. The honor they
enjoy is one which any American
would proudly prize,
The misinfornation of these lead
ing Journals on Utah affairs is truly
affective. Time was, in the days Of
the historic pony express, when the
ITorald maintained its utah
editor" the devout and
learned Elder II. B. II. Stenhouse,
author of the Rocky Noun
tain Saints, and a successful propa-
gandist in foreign parts. 1t isenough
TO make this jealous churchman
turn I'm his coffin to hear of that rebel
Of the harem, "Wife No. 49," the
PEERLESS Ann Eliza, being con-
founded with Amelia Folsom, a
rival spouse, the audacious belle Of
Omaha. The latter was ambitious
and the prophet vain-glOrious, and |
when this attractive female accepted |
his suit, there was rejoicing in Zion
over so charming conquest. The
holy man could rule "A kingdom,
but his score of wives were q thorn
and "A tribulation. The fair Amelia
could not come down TO the hum
drum Of the prophetic household;
and Wife No. 10, in her pleasant,
yossipy memoirs, tells with spiteful
lnctiOn of the irate Amelia hurting
sewing machine down stairs on
he head Of her. B9tEep b5tnu not
,e restrained, and to save his popu-
Gus harem from hopeless demoral-
zation, the prophet built an elegant
bode for his recalcitrant wife,
.nown as the Amelia palace"
which late Salt Lake dispatch I
among the valuable
81 of church property, sequestrated
D the United States and turned
yer 20 Receiver Dyer !
To assail President Cleveland on
he assumed kinship of his charm l
~ wife with this Utah virago, is Il a
nall business even for partisan poll I
cs, II may please the little fellows Il
ho betake themselves to tea-table n
andal, and It will do the object of d
lelr feeble assaults no harm. AS II
ne Herald editor says: "Mr, Cleve- v
md, In a campaign like this, is fair n
lme. Hammer him, poke fun at A
Inn, scold, fret, fune at him, pull q
erile him II you can but remem. a
II that Mrs. Cleveland is not run u
ng for Ofiioe.n This Is discreet W
unsel, and reminds us of wisdom q
y ing aloud In the street hut M
ese small wits will not regard Il, 10
ey must still make court scandal
he the place Of argument, h'
n