Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-02
THE ANTI-MoRMOS CRUSADE.
Captain Goldman Says IFS Elects
Have Been Evil.
An Interesting Letter From An
Able writer.

SODA SPRINGS, Idaho, Sept. ., 1899.
Sir-I have carefully read the
communication Of Judge Carlton TO
the Democrat Of August 80, AMI
fully endorse eveH word of il. II
proof Is needed Of the veracity Of
his statements it is furnished by the
Salt Lake Tribune, which, without
undertaking to disprOve them, at
tacks their author in the most vcno-
nous personal abuse which forms
the staple argument Of that news
paper when It has 10 deal with an
opponent.
have been infinitely acquainted
with the Mormon people for II
years, have Travelled through the
length aud breadth Of their land be
fore the railroads came there, AMI
have had business relations with
them in which l always found them
trustworthy. Barring their prae-
tice OF polygamy, now fallen into
'InocuOus desuetude," there Is not
such a llw-abiding people within
the limits Of these United States.
And vet these are the men who in
Idaho, where | have resided for
many summers and know them to
b.. the mcst honest, conscientious
industrious and -Ober among the in
habitauts Of this new Slaie-these
are the men who are disfranchised.
excluded from the jury box and
denied every political night ex-
cupting that o. being taxed.
Judge Carlton says: 'sOf the
whole Mormon Population in Utah,
only a very small Ter cent are IN
polygamy. Ou. Of the adult males,
from s. b aj per cent are not living
In polygamOus relation"
In Idaho the proportion OF poly
gsmists is much less.
OF the disfranehised voters, there
are no. 200 who are amenable to
punishment for transgressing the
law. IL is not pretended that there
are more, but their crime Is that
they ''belODg 10 an organization that
teaches polygamy," and IL i made a
condition Of their voting In future
that they shsll produce satisfactory
evidence TIM they have lcft the
Mormon Church two years before
asking for registration. IL Is In vain
thst they urge thst the Mormon
Church no longer teaches polygamy
and that they produce the authori-
tative Gecian;iOn Of its president to
the Associated Pres that hc has
given s.pOsitirs orders HsI: no marc
ptToi marriages shall b. sJienln-
i,cd., They are asked: ''DO You be-
lisve that Joseph Smith was q
prophet? Do yOu believe thai
ne had q revelation instituting
polygamy?r
IL might rs well he aske.. OF the
Presbyterian: "Do you believe that
Jehovah was God, and that he gave
wives to David; that he sent idown
fire from heaven 70 destroy the
prophets Of Raal, and let loose the
armies Of Israel 70 murder the
Canaanites aud Philistines?o OF
course the true Presbyterian believes
all that, or az least he says that he
does; but as he Is no, n p1lyglmisi,
or murderer himself, he is allowed
TO vote. Why, then, should the
Presbyterian be ruled in and the
Mormon ruled out in Idaho? The
answer il ready. PreSbyteTi.ns be-
long 10 both political parties. The
Mornions are mostly democrats, ami
they are democrats not because
they know or care much about the
tariff, bat because tine infamous
legislation against them has been
enacted 10y a republican Congress
that has sent corrupt governors ant.
judges 10 oppres- their CO religion
lists in Utah; that has taken advant-
ace OF an Ohsolct. territorial law
TO rob them OF their Chun-h prop
eriy, and has MAZE a law Of it,
own unparalleled in the meanness 81
such sneak thievery, which confis-
cats-i the haui-earned savings con-
tribuied 10 the emigration fund.-
for the purpose Of bringing their
converts away from their poverty Ia
Europe 10 the euJoynieuts and the
blessings OF this free 90 AMI happy
land.
The MormOns are accused Of dis
loyalty. What wonder would Il b.
ifths charge were trues And Yet,
in spite Of every device 10 bring
them into rebellion, they remain
quiet under the indignities heaped
upon them, still adhering 10 the be-
lief that the Declaration Of INDIE
pendence and the Constitution ol
the United State were inspired by
the Almighty, who, in His own
good time, will see that they obtain
Justice at the hands Of their couu-
try.
The MormUus are by no means
the Ignorant PEOPLE TINT tho=e who
are thenselvcs NJ Ignorant Of them.
OF theft habits aud their religion, n
Judge Carlton has amply proved
that they are, suppose them 10 be
10 + true they are not "up" in the
Cilssir-s or in the higher branches %
literature, but c0mm0n school educa-
ton Is as generally difrused as in
most favored states Of the Union.
Comparatively uneducated men are
annually sent 10 foreign lands as
missionaries. tut they are close Oh
servers Of wha; they sec abroad, aud
on their return, in thu long winter
evenings, they disseminate among
their neigh5Ors the intelligence they
have acquired, % tha.the Mormons
know vastly more Of what j. going
on in the OUTSIDE world than the
world knows abCut them. Even in
educated Boston il is common t.
hear that polygamy Is the corner
stone Of M0TElonism, when Il i only
a stone that has now fallen from lis
supers;ructure, and 10 be told that
the "AIormon Bible" has superseded
the sacred scriptures, which are more
firmly believed in by Mormons than
by any Christian sect The article
OF Judge Carlton Is uuaBswerahle.
How comes Il, then, that the other
members OF the Utah Commission,
% which he tells your readers that
that he was attached for seven year,
differ 50 materially from him?
In the mt place this Utah Com
mission never had any Tdis0R d' etrs.
IL never had accomplished any work