Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-30

the town o. Tie tsant Grove IN is-ii and
was glad to see the progress that hal been
msdc tiHre,"
Very little of interest appears to
haze occurred at Provo, but some
stir was created at Paysou. Al the
latter place, Mr.. Goodwin's paper
says:
calvin Eeasoner made 4 most oiosuent
address OF welcome. Il was the frs,
speech OF welcome ihzt had been made 20
the Pilgrims AID the novelty was enjoyed.
lie extezdes the freed3m Of the city 70 the
Pilgrims
The appropriateness Of this court
esy will be observed when It is
learned thas the speaker with a
name inharmonious with his nature
is himself only 4 recent arrival in
Payson.
The Tribune report goes on to say:
There was one unpieasant feature con-
necled with the procession through the
streets, and thai was TIE distribution Of
circulars reading as follows. 4 re5o:ce
whoa sec young Ni0raon hooAlums play
ING billiards, getting drunk, running with
bsd women; anything 70 break the shackles
the were. born Nudge c. @. Goodwin, IN
SaIt Lake TriB8ne'~
Tins circular appeared to have
greatly annoyed Mr.. Goodwin. In
his spsech me alluded TO j. thus:
"He said these words acre the Woris OF
an eV Mormon missionary and the Mormon
chefs knew Il. What do you think OF =
holy Chur:h that has 70 descend - such
false methods 20 eois.-r up it, ean-e='
He then belchel forth 4 stream
Of falsehood and abuse. saying in
substance that anyxay the prle-
ices referred to in the circular were
nauSht compared TO tine condition
Of the Mormon" people. He knows
that his assertions are totally untrue
when he says 50. We will say,
however, that the words quoted
in the Circular were those Of
ian ex-Mornion missionary ami
.Liberal,s' vino himself hai grad
uated away from the healthful and
moral restraints Of '.ATormOnism, -
and reveIei in the liberty Of sen
sualism. To make the matter more
explicit We viii here quote from the
the cnlHmns OF NJ. Goodwil's
paper:
"ApTUP0s Of the new ana p,;;y war re
Gently started by the municipal govern
zncnt or the women Of the toxin, the hqaor
dealers and the gambling fraternity. one
Of tic enemy SAID 10 u the other day: 1T
may be = hare thias 20 say, aad perhaps
harder stil! 10 maintain, bu; believe that
billiard halls. saloons and houses OF i'll
fame are more powerful reforming agencies
here IN Utsh Than churches snd schools, OF
even THAI tie Tf5r@-. What the young
Mormans want IS %, be free - lans -
they are slaves, y matters uos mach TO
shat 5r 20 whom. they are and they can
De noth.E-. No.= churches are As en-
siayiar a. iae MORMON Church. Yoar
party Is as biEo;ed aud IHtoicrlat Is
the Aofm1n party. 1t Gl events l re
ioice when I zee the younF Mormon hood
lums pl1yeug biiliards. getting drunk. run
ming with bad women anything to hrcsk
tho shaekles they we're born IN, aud
that every so-callcd religious or yirtgcus
influence only Misses. the stronger. Some
OF them viii 20 qaitG 10 the bad. OF course,
bat ]; l. batter 50, for they are made Of
poor stat. and since there j. no good reason
why they were begun for let them soon be
done for, and tie sooner the better. Most
OF them. however. VIII soon weary OF wee
and dIssip~tiou. and be ali the stronger FOR
the knowledge OF IL and o. it. vanity. At
the very least they viii be free. and It is OF
such vital consequence that : man shoaid
be free, that IN my opinion mis- freedom is
cheaply won II the COS: OF sDme familiarity
y it'll low life And while it's no; desirable
in Itself. 1t . 70 me tolerA1lc, because II
offer the only indurement strong
enough to eniice men cut OF slavery into
freedom
Then comes the editorial approval
Of the foregoing damnabls SENT
ments:
''Fras.lous 18Th erss rSsalsse er ,aaasooa.
ant Il Il con b iegs tritho,st crosses 90 as-h
sse bstser. ITis oau's, aesc' HsiHs tie crosses
RIA az ySrecaosr. 1t l. no; yoa VITO are
wnen it .oomes 70 that. il is
hose ;h2. hEye enslzyet you.'
The only mistake made by the
Of Psyson who issued
the circular-whom Mr.. Goodwin
designales as "a holy ehnrch"-was
that they attributed to the eiitor of
the Tribune the words quoted by
them when they should have
credited him with the comment OF
However, il i "a dis
dnction without { difference. I'D
The Pays5n band which furnished
the music Tor lie pilgrims was COM
psscd Ghnostg II not entirely of
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