Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-08-28
ABOUT UTAH.

WI ind the following In the Sym.
cuse n. ", journal under the heading
we have given above. The Journal
calls tho writer an "anll." Mormon"
weprcsumo be would object to that.
We do not ~ rcgari him, but that he
Ia non."Alormon" is fact that will
probably give weight to his utlcranccs
among the readers Of the Symcuse
Jouradt
"To tho Jouu1t-in your paper OF
July ~, lsgi i nnd on editorial ont tabs
Eosource-.' which doc, not mistake or
ovorsiaie the facts. Utah Is undoubtedly
a hno country-prospcciiYely. Its prog
ross for thirty years has boon under grca,
difficulties and vet Il has grown rapidly.
It, prosperity IL due to the quiet onvrgy
Of tho Mormous. \ few - about
half dozen rich mines have
been worked. Hut tho strife always boil
ing In the Territory over social questions
has made Il an unaitnctlye country for
capitalists. Tho mountains Arc full Of
wealth aud tho Territory Is full of noun
taius. only lot US Sc, rid OF tho local row
and tho country win bound forward in
IT, prosperity.
swell, why no, get rid OF the row
The only obstacle now In tho way II tho
fact that the government sends sl75, 900
hero annually to be- parcclod cut among
ofliceholdor., aud the good people Of tho
East send $4,000 annually To DO used
by the missionaries for the supposed
purpose Of converting tho Mormons.
But why convert them, Because
thoy are polygamists' Polygany has
been dead Ia Utah tor ycar.. Tho young
people so thoroughly ouIgrew II that the
groyhosds Of tho Church declared last
october that honcoforth there should bo
no polygamic marriages among the
Mormon-, Yet not one Of the anti
Mormon missionaries over converted a
Mormon. Tho Mormons arc progress
slyo people and progress has carried them
away from polygamy. Thcy would have
dropped It years before n they had not
been so morcilcssly abused on account
Of IL.
"whon you talk about the curse and
blight OF Mormonlsm' you arc but utter.
Ing tho prJudlcos Of anti. Mormons.
You cannot yourself know anything
about Mormonism. II IL the most
schptural or Biblical Of all tho sects.
II Is the broadcast Of tho scots. Ia
work for the dead includes all. IL sec.
pordition-o,onal-for those only who,
having accepted tho Gospel OF Christ,
turn away from II. Even yourself. sir,
will ind in the resurrection that some
Mormon relative has been baptized foi
you ami thus obtained for you grace
you might Otherwise mover have known,
"Eyen tho wo rst enemies OF the Nor.
mons In Utah admit that, aside from
polygamy, they have been an exemplary
people. Utah today stands ahead Of all
save three OF the States In horoducailonal
average, and that Is due entirely 10 the
carnosiness uf tho Mormons In educat.
ing their children. As TO virtue, you
noyor hear Of Mormon women among
the broIhols Of Utah, aud adultery Is pul
down among them rs an unpardonabl,
sin. That they are done with polygamy
IN Just as ceriaip a. II h that II costs NOR,
to raise one family In Utah now than 4
did To raise three thirty years ago. Utai
ought 10 DO a state. But rs long as Nor
mons arc Judged by the proludicos o
those who arc ignornn, In regard to then
she has small chances 10 get In. Thor,
Is too much money, for those intoros,o,
in kooping.her out, In the territorial con
.ldoraiion. Tho nation must therefor,
take the matter In hand. The nalloI
should say taai II will no longer pay MOI
In Utah 10 keep strife there by workin,
against the Mormons. Lot 1t do that al,
there will be no more trouble.
''I send you copy Of my publication OF
Utah from ~ 10 TO- l hope you vii
road It carefully, and Join with me II
working 10 put an end this nnflghioou
strife. The nation cannot AFFORD To b
mean, and you must be an American, a
am CnAiu.Es ELi1s.
| SALT LAKE CRY. August 10. lslI.