Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-08
IMMIGRATION AND rOLYGAHY.

'I confess the recent landing OF z
large number Of families Of iinin'-
grants at New York does not. 70 my
mind. tally vecy well with this Official
at on the part OF the Mormon chnreh'
nor does it indicate reform"
This is part OF tbs remarks Of Gen
eral Noble. Secretary Of the Interior,
as telerraphed to this city, IN refer
ence 10 the action II the General
Conference on future plural mar
rtares. Il is very strange that a
man occupying The high posi-
ton which he holds SHOULD
have so great q confusion OF mind
on a very simple proposition.
Fae action o. the Conference
and the lanoiag OF immigrants have
not the rem ,test connection, in fact
or in principle. Ths Mormon"
Church has not declared there is 10
be no more immigration. No rsa-
son exists for such 4 defamation.
People who believe in the ''Mor-
NOM faith have Is much right TO
land on the shores OF this country
as though they were CatlIolic-.
Professionals or infiiels. There r. 10
law and no reason for any ,.iscrimi-
nation in this Particular.
II IS true that foolish or malicious
persons have endeav0rei 70 make il
appear that the .-AIJrnon'' immi-
grants are chiefly y0aug women
imported to foster AMI perpetIsts
polygamy. There mas never been
the slightest ground fsr such a
pretense, and the Secretary Of
the Interior ought 10 hs Wei ia
formed concerning the facts. Omeial
statistics viii show, beyoad dispute,
that the Mormon emigration j.
comPosei principally Of families;
that sometimes the males preIomi-
nate; that they are generally wnr's-
ing people from the oil world; and
they do not come here to violate the
law or under any Obligations which
would Imply or lead u any such
violation.
But supposing that there has been
any shadow Of 4 reason G0r TIE claim
that women were being brought
here from abroad, who might per-
haps become the plural wives %
"'Ioraons, ''would not the action OF
theGeneral Conference Lissipate that
hare suspicion and remove any Oh
lection that miga. have arisen be-
cause OF if?
1t seems As though the press and
the public 10 not want = know the
truth in regard to the emigration Of
Latter-day Saints from al paris Of
the world to these valleys. The
gathering Of the Saints is one Of the !
doctrines Of the Church and has
been from the beginning. That 1t
has no reference to pniygamy has
been abundantly proven and the
facts have been easy % understand
ing. But the papers viii publish
any lie while they elriuie the 1
truth, AMI the public seem . delight /
in accepting falsehsoj however alb
surd and in rsjeetiag the truth /
when il is presented. Government /
officials, however, ough- % b-ahovc I
this common affinity with error and /
should weigh the evidences auG I
arrive at a jus; judgment.
''rhe gathering Of the elect from /
the four win - Sill Probably 70 on. /
Believers in the Gospel ~ preached /
by "Morm1n" Elders viii come 1
to this country, ~ they
have a risat t.. aad persons !
who confyuaI immigration with 4
Polygamy vii; 10 dogb- continue 10 F.
draw illogical ani dli-G!ous con |
clusions ia spite Of all that may b. .
said and done.
Secretary Noble says The reports /
sent to him-3'igIiug most likely 20 1
the report OF the Utah Commission /
-''dgcisrei that forty casts Of Eoly-
gamy mad come % tine kuaRl-,Ige q /
the federal olicials.'' II the Srcre- I
will iO.x closer he vii see that the
report docs "a ltnlake this declaration.
but that il was contained in 1
lying disF2tca sen. from this
city and intended 10 convey ula. 4
false impression. Hc VIII find 1
that the U4h Commission. rs in /
former years, have Simply given /
official voice % a report received I
from registration officers and OK
pressing their unsupported opinion. !
II he will Look G,eg enough ne viii /
find a motive 10. & 4i- uu5Tulh.lI ami 4
deceptive manor.
The REGISTRATION OH co-s report /
TO the Commission the number
OF persons VII, have not regis
tered, and whom they sussect
Of retaining from doing 50
because they could not take
the test oath. Tae-e are many I
"Gentiles" who have abs.ainrd
from registering. why not say |
they have eat,rsI in,1 p7'yglmy
and that is Why they did not regis
tee? 4 little reflection 'ri.l sh,w
that there l. no god mason for
making such r chaF--. And in
vestigatiou win p-ove thst non-
registration AMI rockies gossip
form the sole support o. tin charse
that there are forty new clses Of
pOlygamy.
II kn'wle !gs, OF any evidence
however slight, q these forty
cases hal come T. the Fele-.I
officials, 10 one hers DOUBTS for q
moment that prosecutions would be
commenced wiihpg. delay. /; is not
true THAI any slsl knSFI-lce or
any such evidence i possessed by +:
the Federal of .ials, aud the state
ment that II :, either r-Se-ts very
shamrfully unoa the vigilance Of
those officials or upon the veracliy
and honor Of the persons vino have
made the charge.
We say, the stateuent has been
published in such a man-
ner that no actual assertion Of the
kind has been made. ami yet the
desired impression has been Greats
II Is "a cunning tick resortcd 10 by
the writer OF the Uaa Commission L
ens' report, ami has enabled the
disrePItaJle disFalch-fieud IL this