Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-01-18
FENCING THE POLITICAL PLOT.

ing sweeping statement in Il
Chamber Of Commerce last evenin
n the course OF n discussion on tn
subject OF education. twas TO II
effect that the jsils and barns Of thi
Territory are better than the schoo
buildings.
The assertion IS IN absurd n
wicked falsehood. We can conce.v,
ofno other object OF his making j
than the one common to the class Il
which the man who expressed il
belongs-the creation Of prejudice
favorable to the robbing OF the ma
jority Of the people Of any voice in
the management If educational
matters. This is a point which the
active and scheming poll
ticians who have kept this
Territory in a constant state Of
turmoil have been working TO es-
tabIish. They have succeeded in
part, and viii not be content with
les than the robbery ofthe majority
Of every vestige of control in public
affairs.
Such statements rs tho one under
consideration are intended to cause
the belief TO be established abroad
that the s'5Iormon'' people are a lot
Of Observation-Disclosures. Wherever such
a scandaIous and ridiculous assertion
is believed, the desired effect is pro-
duced. II Is an infamous libel for
more reasons than its untruthful-
ness. For instance, the superiority
the scandalous remark gives to jails
over school buildings creates the i'm
preston that the community are
more given TO law-breaking than
education. No one would suppose
IN listening 10 such men as Judge
Bartch, that the great majority of
the people of this Territory-the |
''MOrmons''-are the most law-abid- |
ing citizens within the domain Of /
the Republic Of America, which is l
nevertheless 4 fact susceptible Of the |
strongest proof.
From such libels as perpetrated by |
this gentleman it would not be be- /
lieved that, il the founding of settle
nents and towGs-hundreds Of which |
have been established and developed /
by them-one of the first movements |
Of the " AIomons - has always |
been to erecta schOolhouse. 1t would /
not be taken as fact also, if he were
to he believed, that the percentage /
Of illiteracy is lower in Utah than /
in any other OF the Territories IF the |
Union, while in educational adj /
vaucement it Is ahead OF one half |
the States; yet such is the truth.
Al such statements as that made
last evening are in line with the /
political scheme to reduce the ma
iorlty Of the people of Utah o the
position Of political nonentities.
such, for instance, was the object of
The alleged investigation before
Judge Anderson, which was pre-
sumed to be an inquiry into the elig-
.bilityef "Mormons'' for admission
to citizenship.
In that alleged inquisition,
-ragmentary remarks made by
Of this Terrisory thirty-five
years ago were produced as proof
that the ''Mormons' sre at present
iisloyaL
Evidence Of similar texture and
antiquity was offered TO show that
he "AIormOns'' were given TO blood
.t2nement for disobedience. \
solitary instance Of the practical ap-
llication Of this alleged doctrine
vas introduced, but the man who
vas according to the anti-aAIor-
non' politicians, murdered in 1865, /
vas discovered alive and well, being
low a resident Of Spanish Fork.
Testimony was taken to the effect
hat members OF the community OF
4atter-day Saints had contributed
D a defense fund in order to test the
onstitutlonality Of certain laws
nd the validity Of their adminstra-
ion. The object was to show that
a thus acting upon their constitu-
.onai right Of defense, they were OBJ
.Tuctors Of the law, and conse-
uently disloyal.
An attempt was made to further
how the disl0yalty Of the Latter
az Saints by asserting that The ,
ndowment ceremony involves the
liking Of an obligation to avenge ! Z
le blood Of Joseph Smith aud
iyrum Smith upon the American {
alton, Notwithstanding that pre- :
seiy tie same rte existed many .
ears before the Prophet and his i
7otheT we're cruelty and wantonly h
'sassinated, and that there is :
othing and never was anything in n
lie ceremony antagonisic to the n
'vernmenS the whole genius of :
lie "Mormon" religion being to up .
Did 1t against the plotters and II
who are undermining n
: superstructure. a
The reason why the lie factory has T
lied aid dubbed afresh during the q
t few months Is that municipaI n
sction is approaching which in n,
lives the public control Of "
e city. The oonspirators, know re
9 full wei that they could h,
It accomplish the plot by fair n.
cans, being far short of the requi- N
= legitimate voting power, misre- n
esentation is needed for the pur- n
Sc Of fencing the neiarious trans
ton 1t is the business Of the
ople TO see that it falls short of
nsummation, notwithstanding the
olOgies that are made for it in adj W
nee, in the shape of untru.hful te
d byperbolie ISLANDERS against the or
ijority Of the citizens Of Utah. II
We commend to the traducers of 70
: "Mormonsrthe striking parallel %
lwn by the incisive pen of "Ju-
IS" our Chicago correspondent. II
or, downtrOdden Ireland suffered 10
m similar treatment, to that now L.
ng accorded the Latter-day Sc,
nts, but the reaction has come W
her behalf. The turning of the In
les in favor Of The majority ia d.
an will not be so long delayed. tn
venture TO state, without fear Of
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