Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-23

convicted in a Church court. made to
give up his Office. and sent out Of the
city. He ought to have gone to the
penitentiary, but mis- crime was con-
cealed until he got away. as is every
other crime among Mormons when it
is possible to keep the matter stili."
That there was an instance OF i'm
morality on the part of a local
| Church official is admitted. Ii is
also true that he was put upon trial
for his fellowship before a Church
court in the locality where the
ofense was alleged te have been
committed. The court which in
vestigated the case adjudged that
1.-THE charge was sustained and the
accused was communicated from
the Church Of Jesus Christ Of Lat
ter-day Saints. The action was Off
chilly published in the columns of
this journal, as can be proved by
reference to its lilies of the date in
question The person referred to
had resided in this city, hut was at
the time the offense with which he
was charged was committed and
subsequently, a resident Of another
part OF the Territory. He was also
indicted and tried under the law in
the district where he was located.
All this was a matter Of public noto-
riety at the time, and proves. the
utter falsity Of the Tribune state
ments quoted above regarding the
case. All that paper has proved by
abiding To this incident-besides
showing its own propensity to falsi-
fy-is that the Mormon Church
does not tolerate immortality in its
members, and that ''high officials
are not exempt from this rule.
Falsehood is both immoral and
cowardly and we will quote another
alleged incident Offered by the
Tribune as an excuse for advocating
the grog shop, the gambling den
and the brotheI as the means by
which the young men Of the "Mor-
mon'' Church should sink into the
slough Of Liberalism We again
quote:
About the same time a woman
was brought here, and under the pro-
cess Of the court the question was
asked her who the father Of her child
was. She declined to answer. She
was sent to the penitentiary FOR con-
tempt. She was made a martyr al
once. The NEWS was furious in its
denunciations OF the b1rbarity OF
courts that would send woman like
her 10 the Penitenfiary because there
was so much womanhoOd in her that
she would go to prison rather than
give evidence which might convict
and send her husband to prison. The
good aud charitable Mormon people
sent her bedding and fruits and How
e-s and delicate food. They made all
Of the case possible until Il transpired
that the reason she would not tell the
name Of the father OF her child was
because the father OF the child was her
own father.n
The unauthorized diabolism and
brutality OF the foregoing causes one
to be inclined to the opinion that
there may be individual instances
which illustrate that the doctrine Of
total depravity is not entirely
groundless, and that at least one
specimen in point can be found in
the Office Of our grOveling cotempo-
rary. There were several Instances
associated with cases under the
Edmunds law Of plural wives who
were placed on the stand by the
prosecution to give evidence against
their husbands. When such was
the case it several times occurred
that tine witness declined to tell who
was tine father of her child, in order
TO screen her husband. She thus
simply exhibited 4 womsnly trait. a
characteristic Of her sex, planted
there by the Creator, and for
which she is not responsible.
4 true woman will defend
her husband-the object Of her az
fections-at the risk Of her own
comfort and safety. Hence several,
in some instances accompanied 10y
young babes, were sent TO prison.
The vile and utterly villainous
statement to the effect that there
was any such reason for refusing
to answer as to tine paternity Of a
child, as that stated by the advO.
cate Of drinking, gambling aud
prostitution rs reformatOry agents,
is destitute of an atom of founda-
ton. The court and prison officials
are aware that we now speak the
truth, AMI cannot but regard the
publisher Of libel so infamous with
adherence.
We thought at the time, We think
now and always expect to enter.
tain the opinion, that the imprison'
ment of women not even accused
of crime and in some instances OF in.
fants, was, under the circumstances,
a grave departure from civilized
usage. We have never sought &c
disguise our views on the subject,
and we happen to know that they
have been and are shared by many
thoughtful and consistent non-
.'Mormons."
The same article Of this morning
contains other statements Of a SINH.
lar nature. They have no element
Of truth in them, but space pre-
cludes the practicability Of taking
them up and demolishing them
SertdttDi.
The filth-ssaked scribbler goes on
in this fashion:
"And a man who had been Nor
mon. who had been a Mormon mis-
sionary, who knew ali about the in
stitution. one morning, meeting the
writer in the TlfJrHe, declared that it
would be a mercy and an act Of saving
grace for young Utah to take up the
vices which pertain to humanity and
practice them rather than to be in
volvei in such cursed work as was
going on around US. His words were
dressed up and put in print with some
comments"
Yes. The man had been a "Mor-
mon. - and had even been a ''AIor-
mon Missionary" lie had drunk