Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-15

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/. shown mere worldly good sense and Pru-
deace in deciding 10 surrender the bone Of
Contention
The New Yerk Hs-cli Of fhe 9Th
inst. Diseases The matter editorially,
briefly outlines the action of the
; Government against pOlygamy, and
concludes that
The oErial action takea OT the Nor
moa Church yesterday. prohibiting mar
rage IN violation OF the law OF the Land.
i IN event o. paramount importance TO
Uiah and o; exceptional Interest 70 the
nation
"Ii is al unconditional Surrender to the
poser OF the United states and narkt The
end Of contest that has been lens AID de-
teruinsd on 10th sides"
After explaining the provisions Of
tl7e anti aMo.mon''laws Of Congress,
the Herald adds:
The oons;iuiISnalisy % these drastic
measures vas contested in the courts az
dc.ermine1ly IS their enactment had been
opposed In Congress. and with a. ITile Sue
cess The Supreme Court % the United
States suslsined the power % the Govern
men;, which left the Mormon Church 70
recourse bat 20 submit
This a. has AZ East eoae. Il retains lis
peculiar faiih. butIt denoanecs plural mar
ri-se- Hthereiy purses itse,f Of criminal
ifg and pats itself IN line with the law and
/ popular seaiisncnf.
''This Is Practically the end Of polyEany,
AID paves the way for the admission Of
Utah Is : State"
The New York World comments
in this wise on the Articles Of Faith
rt-adopted at the Conference;
'rhe Elders OF the Morzroa Chor-h have
formulated and nrociziEnedA zcE creed. Il
Is rather hay on the question OF plural
Marriages. bat taxes 4 decided new depart
IRE IN the rish. direction By recognizing
the supremacy OF civil rulers in public
afais and declaring in favor OF 'obsyinE.
konorins and sustaining the laws Of the
land"
Other journals fall into the same
error as the ForEd has done. The
Articles Of Faith are no new creed. |
They have been held by the Church |
for about half century and were
Te-cOnirmed at the recent General |
Conference. The Philadelphia Tels-
graph publishes the Articles in full,
and says: |
Article Z Is = complete change fro-a tie
old faith and shows that they haye Adapted /
themselves to cireunstAnees. The political
effect Of this IN Idaho VIII be great There
are II 900 Mormons IN that state. and the
Republicans have been Grres;Ing then as
they came Up 70 register, on the test oath Of
those who teach and practice poiygamy.
According 10 the new declaration Of faith
they can AL now vote and 1t Is alleged that
the vote will be sohdly democratic"
All Of this shows that the 7els-
graph is not buriened with infer
nation about the Enormous, y
whether in Utah or IL Idaho.
The Milwaukee Wisconsin, has n
better understanding than the more
metropolitan journal in PennsyI-
vania. 1t tells clearly what was
done ct Conference, aud says:
The Presidents authority was sustained,
and II va agreed that the Manifesto should
he accepted as authoritative and binding.
The original articles offaith OF the Mormon
Church were rezdoptsd by the conference, 1
among them the following:
We believe in being subject TO kings,
presidents. rulers and magistrates, and IN
05eytng, honorlng and sustaining the Law. {
Wei may the Dispatch from salt Lake {
-i,y conveying the intelligence OF this ac-
ion pronounce it the most important step
.aken By the Msrmon Church for more than
quarter Of q oenturT.' II It has been taken
n good faith, Is il appears to be, and the
'ei0rn which II embodies Is faithfully lived I
Up 20, the vexe1 Mormon problem viii be
II an enc"
The great body OF the American people
Tlli have no faulg 20 End with MOrmondom
shen Mormon3om obcFs the laws Of the ,
and and conforms its marriage system 10
re requirements % morally AMI modern
iyiiiEation. The eiashing OF Gentle and =
lornon interests in the past will soon BE- Q
orgctten; Mormon thrift and sobFiety will +,
.e recognized as the virtues which they
re; and Utah. the teeming Territory I
-hicA has 50 long by her oWa social per-
crscHess stood oussit. the pale. viii be q
lyfCIy welcomed into the sisterhoOd Of
ia.es."
The Rochester, y. Y, Herald.
tier speaking Of the Declaration, :
ays: :
'rhe aged chief % the Mormon Church .
poke with great apparent sincerity As well :
: ezrnestness. Bat i; Is pointed out in u
&c eai Lake Trisau- that he spoke as an v
iaividual, and not oneia'ly A. The ss3,er n
the keys Of divine revelation. 10 be L
ndin5 on The Mormon people woodrufs =
scizra:i0n w0aii haze 10 be signed By Al
IA and HE csunselors. as ncE dispensa- c;
IN % ths Church 10
This Is the opinion OF Governor Thoraas. .,
Utah, who. II IN interview published in
e san Francisco Cirozlieie. declared that =
e language OF the wo1draE dispatch was al
ieinite, and thEt u does no; come 70
r0g=h the usual channel" d,
The Herald ought to know by this W
ne that the paper II names never IT
eaks The truth. If Il can help it, on h.
ytbing that 7. lstes to the ''Mor- tr
ons." Also that Governor Thomas of
d the Tribune are twins, in this 81
spect at least. President Wood ",
T did not speak rs an individual co
''as President Of the Church Of be
sus Christ Of Latter-day Saints"
/ the Tribune knew it was lying no
len it said to the contrary. AS to 81
vernon Thomas We viii let the s.r
sshington P0tattend to him. On A,
. 6th inst. the Pos, which has ssI
n pronounced in It's sentiments ev,
inst polyg1my and the "Mor- CO,
rs" said Of Governor Thomas: Iou
ie asserts IN 4 general way that onleisI SsA
monism on this question deals IN eva STA
/, meaningless words. or words Of -
bic meaning and in false assertions, 50 IL
its attitude respecting polysamy Is WI
-ive in the iast degree He adds thai. par
n admitting their statements 10 be true,
es not prove that The Church is loyal to
aE.' II By loyalty TO the law is meant P1'
Of the belief thar pOlyg- pla
Is right, then II m=y be answered. that in |
rot within the prerogEsiEe OF the -gTiI NJ ,
r 70 enquire into the question % be-
and that in regard TO Mormonism the @u-
ie dEfy OF the authorities in Utah Is to org
ress tae practice Of plural marriages dor
u iesai nsAns- tho
, far as the statements 20. President nut
irufs words arc explicit enough. =
. he declares his intentions 10 submit. SUI
e laws. and TO use all his iahnsnce sire
the members OF his Church 10 do like il
there Is nothing equiyOcal in the de- mai
ton To make false deelarativn 20
saecs would be : confession OF weak io'-
ooEsTdioe and deceit which, whatever OF
orary end miEhi be served. could not deel
react aisasiro1sly- sssn m aei' IS AL stat