Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-09-05

/ for three years continuous c1hahI
tati1n. might be indicted 1895 times,
with cumulative finesani lmprison.
: meuts amounting - S3as, $50 fine
= and 90 ycas aud Fix months i'm
prisOnment.
This doctrine was applied in many
cases. The NiormOus criticised IL as
! contrary o law. and against the
whole course Of judicial decisions.
In similar cases, both In England
and America, aud that by a sort Of
judicial legislation, the judges
sought % punish a mau an indefi-
uite numher Of times for one Of
Tense In violation Of the Consliiu-
ton. But the judges gave no heed
% thee ''disioyalr complaints and
went on "-pgreg IiingH until the
supreme Court OF She Cnitei States
reversed the casts aui decided tina.
the Norm o. were right, aud the
I Utah judges wefe wrong. In r.
ga.
Another case Ct Mormon dis
I loyalty occurred I'm the autumn Of
lsS2. \ majority Of the Utah COM
mission decided that a man was not
] entitled O. be registered - q voter
7 who hal married a plural wife sub
~e4uent 20 July /, lSj3 (the date o.
Z the passage % the fiEst act cuuccrn-
Ing p0lygamyl although all his
I wives, or all but one. had died frJm
. ten . twenty years before.
ia" M0rmuus were 50 dislJyal
7 that they criticised this ruling as ai-
sll.l, unreasonable and contrary -
law. How they asked, .'can n
man be n Fulysumis; wh0 has no
wife at aliH''
This doctrine, however. continued
20 Ie enforced by The commission
Tor over two ye1rs, and many Of the
leldiug citizens were denied the
right o. vote or bold Office lamong
them VIM. Jennings, the mayor.
although they bad hat no more
than one wife Tor many years. Fiji
aiiy, after the Customary Jaws
delay" the supreme Court Of the
Jniiei states decided that thi, ru!-
Ing o. the commission ,Ea- err1u.-
oiis. murphy 50. Ramsey a. al. IFS, .
Supreme Court Rep. page -.
Another rare specimen, q new
variety Of tine seITL5rIs scgFCgd- |
li..tis uf Utah. was examined. dis
sgc;el ami inundated Ly ihe Unit I
Ell States supreme Court IN the .
case 81 Hans Neii-sn-. lei UEitei .
states Supreme Court Rep, PAGE |
l5i.
Error No. I. There is a general I
misapprchensi0u In the public mind I.
N r-gari o. tire extent % which /
gplyEuuy j. grar.iceI, and also u
90 IT, present status.
ol the whole Mormon reputation
IN Utah only very small per cent
are In poiyrlmy; and Of the adult
males, fr1m - % . pr cen. I
are 10! living ina polySariOus rela-
ton.
RIt, before proceeding further ia
relation i1 the present condition
30 reEar! o. 1lyEamy, I viii give
my solution ~ the very natural and
Reasonable query: ''liJw cid it come
10 las, that a people - intensely
devotional and religious and Il--
-J--vg ll Sd many good qualities
'h1gll have accepted the creed AMI
lfl-iics> 70 Hu.ygamy- 80 repuc-
l1ut 90 European ami American
iviiizaiiDu.'
Fora RICH; UNDERSTANDING o. tI.i-
Question 90 j. uect-.lry 20 consider
Ir Norman doctrine uf s'cHuiiuu-
lus Iev-it,i1u.r' s
They believe, 90 iefurr stated, ir
Ice revelations 81 Moss aud the
'rughets, - ryruuIgi iu the OL
Testament, ami ako ia the "gift Of
lruf Gesy,' a. promised ia tire \
New Testament 30 them who be-
Ieve.''
They ly that from the days Of
be fatriarei- 90 i-r8Ci down g. a.,
eveistirus % John on the Isle Uf
'1tmus, sfter tHe death Of Christ. :,
Iun. was n long line % prruh,t-.
-srE and rgreili.ls. who afFslr.1
Z different ages and through many I
entusieS, sgch - Daniel. Israel.
eremi,l, HI'asgk, NahUm.lud - Z
a. They declare that ID Is nat
-nsis'Cus Wi,h the divine wisdom.
Ter centuries 81 communication u
'pm the Celestial Kingdom through y
be prophetic OTlclts, mankind y
lHuiI have teen suddenly cut or -
.sI enclosed as with a canrry II lu
-a~s from al further light 'from y
owe. =
Accordingly, when joseph smith "'
.s't1nyi ami VAS acc-pIeI as a =
fTupagt, seer and TevrIafnr'' ia l'
-hese latter days, " and pr1ciaim,4I 'h
,e ''uispcusltiDn - the fulnc-s Of IL
mcs-' the revelations claimed L.
ave been rgc,iyeI Hy him were ac- IN
Pied 10y DIS followers ~ emaua-
iHs from his divine Will. Thes,. L'
'eveialiuus' ale printed ia bD0'. -
.ttleu the "EDUk Uf Doctrine and ~
jvenant,,n and among them j. ny
De- sauciluuing a plurality o. :"
lVt--. This j. the rrli origin IL ia
iyEamy anon. the Norm8us: A. ul'
uush the example % Abraham. ..
eir ani Jacob. David and solo q.
5n anu other noted per1uagts
l9ng the chosen people made IL
seer for the M0Tm0ns % Accent til
= modern ''rgvelaliou:'' aud yet Ii-
Zen the doctrine was frSi publicly tt'
in salt Lake CITY IN "a
>, II was received 10y many o. 'oi
saint with reluctance az sel
ersiOn. However. the p1werand r..
iuencs e Brigham Young wrre 9h
potential, and the confidence Of 80
people in him, a. wise law 'n'
FER ant Prophet, was 50 rrrat. Sis
u lliyEamy was accepted n a a"
q Of tine CretI. tte
But slgaciUu- men among fh,. Eei
rmons have long fssa~,ru tist al
Practice Of p1lygamy must
'ntually be abandoned, anu since sus
defih n brigham Young in .hu
: there has been a constantly in IN
1sinS disposition among the peo- III
. uuluId this iucubus from their zee
uiters. The lifiicuItips'fu th,. Jul
o. an immediate change in
respect can be reality imar- ~.
hres years ago, however. ir,por- o.
1 STEPS In this direction were tloi
en- by a great ni1jDfity Of the t1e
li'u people. Auart uft'0ngrsss en-
len 'nyS elect on March 3. Iss5. lsaI
li'ei pi every voter, 1s con- On
on precedent 90 registration. tina, va
should make an affidavit. dgr,a-.
} among other things, that a, 9i-I
III not enter the lIiygam1u- n Ias
pm nor commit fgTnirst.1u az no
i'eTy. aud that he would not aid in'
ret- counsel or advise oihers 10 II
init any Of such odeusgs. We
few Mormon voters and q good -, -.
y Slutiles declined 10 ID. regis. -.
p on such conditions: but the 81
u mass % the voters among the -
mons tl0S the oath aui voted. ~
next important step in the di- ~
ion % reform was the hliGir, of 80 ~,
Institutional convention on June -.
-, with delegates from all the - 4
iiite ia the Territory. The Cen "
having declined 10 participate.
convention was composed en-
y Of Morm1us. TIE cJustitu- II
inns fnrurrHfsrHss#E .H...F....H - o.