Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-16

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transferred from the GENTLE to d
Mormon community. It is the que
ton Of obedience to law. III the oril
inal plan OF the Mormon Chur,
|. polyEamy was no. regarded as a n.
90 cessity, aud Il can be sc: aside whe
Z over th7 Mormon leaders say $
: without interfering with their eccles
as.ical system. While the people ma
: iool. with favor upon plural marriage
q would seem n II the leaders la
alrc-dy decided to yield 10 the govern
mert amt 70 abandon p1lygamy."
Tie Boston P5ss deroius co,
siderable space 10 the subject. "
, ear give Tor only a few eN;rlc.
: from aG able article:
"whcn President woodrnf, tn
head % the Mormon Church OF Lat
tsr-diy SAINTS, proclaimed his rovel
alton against the further practice G
I Poly-smy, two weeks ago. the an
I nouue5msns was received with in
1 eredulty."
'.rls action OF tho conference OF tn
I Mormon Church At Salt Lake City OF
| Monday, however, so.s a: rest AM
d5gb; which has existed As to IN,
I formal surrender on this long-con
! tested point
1T Is imPo slbl5 % question tn,
sincerity % an az; which is thus sls
/ tanned by tac authority Of every form
/ known -a the organization from which
] T. uraeeeI,; a. least, until conduct
shall De observed proving IFS insin
Z -aury. As 10 now stands, polygamy
I is 40 au end and the Mormon Church
( itself viii be required 20 deal with the
I parTleNinE question yet remaining a
20 the status Of the plural wives Of
unions contracted under the former
.nayg atoms.
"What remains TO be done Tor the
regeneration " this community may
bs lei - be accomplished 10y the
ordinary forces Of civiIlza,ilu-sehools
and commerce auI the increasing in
Jsrcoua-a wthtlsres; OF the world"
The Boston G,yJs treats the matter
IN TINS way:
"TEs Mormon Church has formally
forbidden PolyEamy in future, al
least while the laws Of the land are
wins: they are. The president OF the
Church las issued this decree BIZ and
win the advise and consent Of the
Elders.
lJwil be noticed that p1lyEamy is
moi condemned ON moral or religious.
but only on political grounds. The
constitution Of tie Church enioius
upon al Mormoas 20 ba good citizens
and obey The laws. On this ground
only is p0lyEamy forbidden.
Nevertheless the decree j. the most
radical change that has ever been
made iu tac Mormon Church. II tits
observed ia good faith il Will not be
long before the wealthy and p0pu!ous
Territory OF Uah must be admitted
asa S.a;e.'
The annexed Is from tine New
Haven Eeyistsr. also a strong OPP
P3ueut Of tine "NiUrmOnsr:
..The Mormon conference voted
unanimously 10 sustain President
Woodruff in mis- action in abolishing
p1lyglmy. The articles Of faith
adopted contain nothing that can be
construed As supporting hostility to
the laws Of the country, and the atti-
uIs q the leaders is one Of submits
sion. As NI-. Cannon remarked
'thers is no use kicking against sixty
millions o. people" We are glad that
the church has taken this important
step ami see no reason 10 DOUBT that
Pliy-amy is about al an end. The
power o. the church i sufficient 10
compel all believers Co abide by the
decision 0f the conference"
The Syracuse, New York. Jlraa'
says:
"Tue most important step taken bv
the Mormon Church in recent years
is that involved IN the official asclara-
lion 90 the general conferences OF that
forbiddiug in the future
any marriage which is in violation Of
the laws Of the land, 4 declaration
which was unanimously accepted hy
.H. Conference - authoritative and
binding. Tin : action settles the faieo
Ualy-4Hy i'm Ulah, which has had the
support of the Mormon Church until
j. bseme evident tina; both Mormon
ism and its polysamous practices
would Together have 10 20"
The New Haven Conn Rcyi2cr
has g tw0-c5!umn editorial ON the
'-AIomous,'' in which It treats tine
subject ezhau-tively. We make a
few extracts. After giving the his
tory gf tine p1lygamy question. the
views gf is opponents and the decla-
ration ~ President Woodruff il
says;
''i'rg5.a,utW iruG has rCr;zrlIg .-oacoa
record l- tae most emphatic AMI unrl.,tas.
aa.e fashion. itis hardly possible % INA
-laa -..E- ID man sufficiently INTEL. gent o. De
elected a- precedent even 90 the Mormon
gHE..l -lsa'I HuH.-l -1r1 la-gua-s a-
rye "lEe NOS quoted ul' ee. he Proposed o.
art Il alraT.suse Ul.l %. For him pr.yase.
IS aud EeHrgilT 20 encourage, or sven 10
1ouuIvc a., that which ae thu. publicly anu
.nl=iaIlT rePudiata-. would he an act OF
.aaiuy.s. Hl the ziauu- folly % s.h.rh no
sane u.g-HE cna.1 le u-sa-iaIe. for IN.
-..-lr --.- wauiI inevitably he DRAGGED.
=1azer uE llIer. INTO the lis1i, and be com
nsre' with bus oEa purHs declarations, 90
lI- own sitter confusion"
Information on ihe Mormon question In
.laa1 has been Published bv Prof. Wright
30 UaerHH- lie bss written q letter IN III
'7'.r- -avE-- lEa results ol hl- 0lsgrvafr. /
' Lall new state. BJth the constitution
lad l1c jaws 0i fle state srs ~ seven. f, !
heir restrictions - E0rm0ui-m tia; DE- 1
lee D. csfHru'a within the borders OF /
fsis' would seem absolutely certain. Eu.
ss- Cd methods at Repression are very hard l
10 operate success .uliyi taey usually kick. |
% come parts OF Ii-hp tha population T. /
.TerThe'm.u-I- Nora ~. The handful o: 4
leLt.e voter ia Jh9-c districts viii De I.
i1thnr Hlt carpet aaE-ers-ali we knox |
rom sad experience Hl4t happens when "a /
a-HreI clique tags gets control OF the |
lE-r uEer thr ua.s OF the pro- /
.c, and over the taxes winch the
s1pie are obliged % pay In other fra-.s
q ile state -le probabilities point 10 The
Increase -f Sire Mormon rltuc- thau OF The
'eaI'e Pop .--i'ui which only means the
Eteusi7n Ci csrpct-IlE rule with al %,
80. n1l-e8 Eeuces, or q. Sc tae Ignoring OF
be l-E- % TIE slate Ir0L Wrght found |