Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-19
CHICAGO LETTER.
What the Newspapers Have TO Say
about salt Lake Election.

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Lake was ia affair way to eclips
Chicago in the way Of notoriety
During the past week, the Mormon
question has been the principa
topic. And when the news cam
that the Gentiles or "Iiiberals'' wer,
triumphant, great was the re;oicin.
in prostituted Dewspaperdom. y,
question was asked as to the mean
by which the triumph was obtained
Even Joseph Muldoon, Of the Chi
cago Tribune, endorsed the oil
Jesuit maxim, ''thc end justifiei
the means" As usual, the dealt
Of Mormonism IS proclaimed to b,
at hand. But it has been so offer
pronounced dead that little heed
may begiven to the cry. Here ar,
few sentences from various news
papers relating to the late Salt Lake
election.
''The Salt Lake election means the
admission of Utah as a State"
1.-THE schoolmaster has wrought the
revelation"
The Mormon is being softly pushed
into the ditch"
The western barbarism is being
wiped out"
Zion is being shaken TO its founda.
tons"
mormon defeat means setback to
the democrats"
'Mormonism is doomed. The FL
ders must 90. The ballot is mightior
than the sword
The loss Of Salt Lake is the final
blow to Mormonism."
"A cheerful message has at last
come from Utah"
"Law-breaking Mormons should
emigrate."
The political power Of the Church
is gone.r
"Mormons do not understand the
genius Of American institutions
The Salt Lake triumph, though not
Utah triumph, Is the next step 10 il. -
The defeat OF the MOrmons is n blow
10 the democrats
1.-The zenith OF Mormon power Is
forever gomez
That hideous monster is at las:
crushed"
The Utica Herald says:
''Polygany is crushed; all honor to
virtuous Gentiles."
These sentiments will give n
tolerably fair idea Of newspaper
opinion on the Utah question, be-
cause they are taken from papers
published in the most distant paris
Of the country. They demonstrate
plainly how little is known Of ''AIor-
monism" as it really exists. To say
that it can be wiped out by an al
legged election triumph is the utter
ance Of a fool. To say that its fate
depended on the Salt Lake election
Is the statement Of 4 mailman. To
say that its political power is gone
is perhaps true, because it never
pretended TO such power. and what
everof political power exists in Utah
Is entirely in the hands OF that
valiant knight Godfrey de Neb-
raska. To say that AIormonism
Is not in harmony with American
liberty and morality, while the lot
terry business of North Dakota is, is
poetic absurdity. Senator Ingalls,
lnveighs against fraudulent ballots
in the South, while Senator Ed
munds, according TO the Chicago
IrHuae's Salt Lake correspondent,
advocates fraudulent ballots in Utah.
To the serious thinker the Nor
mon issue opens up line Of study
which is well worth indulging in
for n moment or two. Why this
herce insane opposition TO Nor
monism? Is there design in il?
You will say polygamy. But there
was no talk Of that on April 8.
1880, just sixty years ago, when six
humble citizens and natives Of this
continent proclaimed the restored /
religion. Is thene one step in it, |
history from that day TO Feb. 10, |
1880, that has not met with opposi- !
ton? Has it not been repeatedly |
trampled and thrown into /
the mire? Yet it has as repeatedly /
arisen, invested with new strength. /
visor and energy. From New
\ ork to Ohio, from Ohio to Mis-
souri, thence TO cur own State of
Illinois, and finally TO Utah. has it
not overcome obstacles apparently
insurmountable? Have not its
temples and tabernacles been des-
.royed? And yet we see them in
proud majesty towering today into
he blue vault. Of heaven, fairly
iwarfing the most pretentious edi-
hoes OF the Oldest existing creeds.
MormOnism has inexperienced many
IND sad reversess, but if it be " hat
t purports to be Il has not expert
need the tenth of what it will. 1t
5 not alone the political disfrau-
OF Its members that
waits il, but the Property and wealth
" its followers viii yet be subjected
o something entirely foreign 10 the
established laws relating TO private
md public properly. It is true MANY
ouI things are said OF it, and viii
continue to be said Of il. Many ma
icious charges, ill-founded and base-
ess, VIII in the future as in the past
e preferred against il. But has not
his been the history OF all great
novementss Read the Ben Hur OF
ieneral Wallace and see what
'hrist himself experienced. Though {
work of fiction, it is a faithful nor
rayal OF the customs, manners and
sws OF the time Of Christ and the {
Apostles. Rome fell by her own S
rlde and arrogance, the Jew bv his {
and unreason. and he
iuse God so ordered. |
Read ''The Fabiola', Of the late I
ardiDal Wiseman. 1t is also a {
oIk OF the imagination, but it is I
lthful picture Of the primitive Il
hristians in the city Of Rome. The e
iughty Rome revealed in wealth j
10 luxury, and paid homage 10 ],
lgan gods and goddesses. the hum q
Z Christian sneaked in vaults. "
mars and catacomhs. Today his a
'dy was anointed with tar. and
h-NN1 " Illuminate The n
resting ground or the gladiatorial !,
ena. Tomorrow he was accused /,
child-murder, and pronounced a i
ioui, iiend and n knave. Was :
u there design in all this? m
onest Romans did perhaps believe r
the child-nurder, because they .,
uId not comprehend the doctrine +;
The real presence in the eucharist =,
az that time expounded. Then a
~ Macaulay, and learn what the q
ny Roman Christians did for r,
'lLization and for humanity. n
ollow the pages ofhistory down the n
irse oil time, and what a catalogue "
strange development meets p
eye, Come on to Luther =.
4 Calvin aud 10 the 4,
iat spirits Of modern reform. 10
al the story Of Lady AIice =,
Sic" as dramatically related by q