The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1890-10-07
MORMON CONFERENCE.
Official Proclamation FOlbiddin5 MARI
ages in Violation Of The Law.

SALT LAKE, Oct. 6.-At the Mormon Con-
ference yesterday George Q, Cannon spoke
of the lofty conceptions of the Saints, espe-
cially regarding the future state. He be-
lieved the brethren in the penitentiary would
be more prosperous when they get out tnan
if they had not got in, because they could
say they had not broken any of the cove
nants they made. He thanked God he lived
among such people-thoSe who were not
afraid of consequences and took punish
ment like heroes. The time was coming
when this conduct Of the Latter-day Saints
would stand out as the brightest page in
modern history Their sufferings would be
acceptable to the Lord. Cannon further
said the Saints would obey the laws, bow in
submission to the nations VIII, and leave
the consequences with the Lord He told
the people not to worry about 1891; that
Christ would come to th.m.
In the afternoon President Woodruff
spoke. He said the Lord was abodt to
prime his vineyard for the last time.
The official declaration of President Wood
ruff forbidding in the future any marriages
in violation of the laws of the land was
read and the congregation, numbering 10. .00O
persons, including apostles, bishops and
leading elders of the church, by unanimous
vote, recognized the authority of the Presi
dent to issue the manifesto, and accepted it
as authoritative and binding.
George q. Cannon publicly announced his
Endorsement of the manifesto and his recog-
milton of the supremacy of the laws that
had been declared constitutional by the
Supreme Court of the United States.
The conference also readOpted tire original
articles OF faith, among which is this I'VE
believe in being subject to Kings, Prest-
dents, rulers and magistrates. in 0beying,
honoring and sustaining the laws"
The action taken settles the veXed queS-
iICO and DldppS gffpptu1l b1r AGAINST
future pOlygamous marriages in Utah. 1t is
the most important step taken by the church
for more than quarter Of century.
FATE OF YOUNG CONVERTS.
New YORK, Oct. 4. - Incz Coultre of
Grove City, Pa, who recently arrived from
Salt Lake City, where she has been doing
missionary work, submitted statement
to General James Il. OBerine, Superin-
tendent of Immigration, with the view
of aiding those interested in stopping the
immigration If Mormon converts to this
country. She says that having been resi-
dent of Salt Lake City two years, and dur
ing that time having made a study of the
Mormon people, she desires 10 aid in sup
pressing the traffic now going on with
ignorant, unsuspciouS foreigners by the
Mormons. The Mormon Church, she says,
pays for the passage to this country of con-
verts, then pays their railroad fare to Salt
Lake City. From her experience, she says
she knows this to be fact. Ignorant con-
yerts come to Salt Lake City filled with
promises OF life of ease and luxury, and
with the idea that the church will aid in
their support Instead of this, they
are housed like animals in miserable little
adobe huts. Upon the grinding labor of
converts the Mormon Church flourishes.
They have to pay one-tenth of all they pos
sess and One-tenth of all they earn 10 sup
port the church. Many Mormon settle
ments have TO use sage-brush for fuel and
haua IN cplsiat inc GcI xuhinh
they dry and keep for food in winter.
why the Mormon elders bring over so
many young. ignorant girls is only too well
known to those of us who have cared to
investigate the matter. These girls have no
voice in the matter of their disposal, and
they soon learn they are to be spiritual
wives to some of the basest creatures the
church produces. Oh, how earnestly they
wish they were again in their own land and
away from the clutches OF these Mormon
tyrants. But there is very little hope for
them after they are once in their clutches.
Why not stop them in New York before
they have become mbued with vice and
are beyond our power 10 help?'
Miss C0ultre says she could cite scores
of eases 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 the Mormons, refused to have anything
to do with them, but her children were en-
ticed from her and are now leading lives of
sin. In conclusion Miss COutre says:
knowing rs do so well from personal
observation the fate of these Mormon con-
verts, l do hope the American people may
come to realize it is their duty to consider
this matter as one of vital Importance to cur
Government, and try to have prohibitory
measures in regard to the bringing OF these
people here. Not only would it benefit
these people themselves, but the whole
country, for surely people who take the
oaihs they are obliged to take would not
become good, law-abiding citizens"