The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-10-07

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opposing foecess Speaker Danisls went -
Oklahoma City, his home. eeeurday. and
has not returnod % Guthris. - diepatch
from that plaos ssys Dauisls has rscoived
several anonymous letters, threatening his
lie should he svsf return to Guthrie.
SAINTS GAVE UP POLx0AxY.
AZ Lease They Say 90, hat e. asssiiss
Te1l DiGersnt o1esies.
sAIr LAKE. Utah. Oct 6--At the general
conferences Of he Church Of Jesus Christ
Of Latter Day Saints this morning, ,hs
o6lcial declaration Of President Woodruff,
forbidding IN future any marriages In vio-
iation Of the laws Of the land was read. and
The congregation, Numbering nearly 1000
persons. including apostles, bishops and
leading elders Of the church. BY unanimous
vote recognized the authority Of the prssi-
dent to issue manifesto. and accepted Il
- authoritative and binding.
George 9. Cannon publicly announced
his ind0rsement Of the manifesto and his
recognition Of the supremacy d The laws
that had been declared constitutional BY
the supreme court Of the United Statea
The conference also re-adopted the original
articles Of faith. among which 10 this:
I'VE believe IN being subject 70 kings.
presidents, rulers and magissrates IN obey
ing. honoRing and sustaining the law"
The action taken settles the vsxed ques-
ton, and places IN efectual bar against IA.
turs polygamous marriages in Utah. Il y
The most Important step taken By the
church for more than quartsr-century.
At the Mormon conference yesterday
George Q. Cannon spoke Of the lofty con-
captions q the saints especially regarding
the future state. He believed the brethren
in the penitentiasy would b more prosper
Gus when they got out than II they hnd not
Got In, because they couli say they had not
broken any Of the covenants they made.
He thanked God he lived among such peo-
pie, who We're not afraid OF the consequent
ces and took punishment ike heroes. The
time Was coming when this conduct OF the
Latter Day saints would stand out Is the
brightest page In modern history. Their
sufferings would b acceptable to the Lord.
Cannon further said the saints would obey
the laws, would bow in submission % the
nations will. and leave the consequences
to the Lori. He told the people not TO
worry about 1871. that Christ would not
come then.
In the afternoon President Woodruff
spoke. He said the Lord was about to
prune his vineyard for the last time. and
that the sprouts would fall like grain BE-
fore the mower.
New Yokx. Oct 6-Ines Coultrs, of
Grove City, Pa. who recently arrived from
salt Lake City. where she has been doing
missionary work. today submitted state
ment to General James O'Beirne. superin-
sendent Of immigration, Win . view of
aiding those interested in stopping the Inn
migration Of Mormon converts to this
country. She says that haviag been
resident Of Salt Lake City for two years,
and during that time having mads study
OF the Mormon people. she desires to aid
in suppressing the trafiic now going ON
with ignorant, unsuspiclons foreigners BY
Normons.
The Mormon church. she says, pays for
the pas age TO this country OF the con.
vsfts, and then psys their railroad fare to
Salt Lake City. From her experience she
says she knows that 70 be . fact Ignorant
converts come 10 Salt Lake City niied with
promise Of life Of ease and luxury, and
with an idea that the church viii cid in
their support Instead Of this. they are
housed like animals in miserable little
adobe huts. Upon the grinding labor Of
these converts the Mormon church -four
isheA They have 70 pay one-tenth OF all
they possess and one-tsnth Of I'll thay earn
10 support the church. Many Mormon
settlements use sage brush for fuel and
have to subsist principally on ash. which
they dry and keep for food in winter.
"How they % manage u . mystery to sil."
says Miss CoultrA why the Mormon eldon
n nj ~ip a.
only 100 we'll known 70 those Of % who have
cared 70 invest gate the matter. These girls
have no voice In the ma ter Of their disposal
ana they soon learn that they are b spiritual
wives Q some Of the bascst creatures the church
producsa Oh. how sarnes'ly they wish they
were again IN their own land and away rom
the clutches Of these Mormon iyrsn Z, but there
10 very little hope for them after they are oace
la the clutchea Why not stop them In New
York before they have become imhued with
vice beyond our power 10 Up henri"
Miss Coultre says abe could site scores Of
cases that came under her attention. In
the case OF one Scotch woman enticed to
Salt Lake by her own brother, the old
woman. when she found out the practices
| Of he Mormons. refused to have anything
| to do with them. but her children were en-
ticed from her and are now living lives OF
sin. In conclusion, Miss Couitre says:
Knowing - DO 90 well, from personal obser-
| vasion OF these Mormon converts. do hope the
| Ameri,an people may come to realize that 1t 10
| their duty to consider this matter - one of
| very vital importance to our government and
| try 70 have pronibitory measures regarding the
bringing Of these people here Not only won d
II benefit these people themselves. but the whole
country. for surely people VINO take oaths 40
they are obliged to take would not become
Cther than good law-sbiding citisen.
CIry OF MEXICO. Oct. 6-An agent for q
large Mormon colony is here trying to buy
| land near the frontier. The government
| will not interfere ~ long a. the laws are