Connecticut western news., 1890-03-19
LETTER FROM UTAH.
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 7 Thinking that. as this is terra incog- nita to most of the readers of THE NEWS, some might be interested, I give them some of my impressions of the people here those of the country would tres pass too much on your room and their patience fear.
 For four months have been in the promised land of Utah or in the adjoin- ing valleys of southern Idaho, where the Mormon population of that territory is concentrated-the "chosen" being nearly as thick there as in Utah, and have had opportunity to see what man. ner of people they are. and how they live, act and worship. The more one sees of them and gets to know the true inwardness of things and learns of the atrocities they have committed under the guise of religion the more mortified and disgusted he becomes with the whole outfit.
 The power of the Mormons is gradu- ally slipping away as the young people get more education. It would be bet ter to say education instead of "more education" in view of the meagreness of their former knowledge. There are many good school-houses scattered throughout the country, but unfortu- nately the school-houses of themselves do not give an education, especially when the teachers in them are ignorant and when the preachers declare from the pulpit that the young people are getting to know too much, and if Mormonlsm is to live education must be kept down and |" the enemy (mean- ing the Gentiles) kept out" will give an instance, that came before my notice, of the high education of the Mormon. When calnped at Clifton, Idaho, we had occasion to send man, F., to Battle Creek, our nearest railroad station, for mail, etc. The driver, John-eeorge Sandt, was son of the store keeper and heal man of the village, being nearly thirty years old and quite proud of his superior attachments and education. In order to appear we'll before F. he began commenting on the war, and in the course of his talk said: Your father must have seen lively times during the war;" "Yes," replied F. "Why ?'' "Oh, living in Massachusetts in the middle of the fighting it must have been pretty near home." This new geogra. phy was too much for F. and he wilted immediately.
 The recent city election in Salt Lake city, when the Liberals, or the Gentle party, beat the Peoples party, as the Mormons call themselves, shows how things are tending here, and the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints ot the Salt Lake stake of Zion, or any other stake for that matter, IS not feel ing as jubilant as was their won't The Saints are at heart just the same plott ing, polygamous law-breakers as they were in the days of Brigham Young but they have to keep more within themselves at the present time for the voice of the Gentle is heard in the land strong for law and order.
 The whole Mormon church is run by the higher officials as big money making scheme, whereby they bleed the ignorant people, through tithing temple contributions and the like, and line their own pockets we'll. A very noticeable fact is that the great propor Hon of the Saints are from the lowes esass of poor, ignorant foreigners or tht "po' whites" and "crackers" from ths south, . class of people, who Cough often very sincere Tn theil toaisfs, ere apt to be easily led by tbet' 1n1sGsa, bishops aad % on, and i'm