New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-04-02
Absolutely Pure.

suppose that its intention then was simply to escape
the absolute ruin that hung over 1t. and that 1t i'll
tended nothing beyond the time when II might be able
TO cope successfully against the authorities, yet
as that prospect has reccdcd further and further into
the mislS OF improbablty, the Mormon leaders have
undoubtedly come to the final conclusion that polyg
amy must De abandoned, and that II can never again
be- ie-c,labli,hci cn American soil The Mormon pco
pie have already adjusted themselves to this TACT
'f In or' the Is aS% %e crs IS no city comparable
with salt Lake for natural beau,y IL l. ID the heart
PIE have accomplished TO render 1t beautiful and i'm
prcssvc strong proof either. as The Mormon
would say Of dyine favor ana s on ns ir
under what they believe 10 De heavenly inspiia
When Brigham Young and HI, little band OF pioneers ,,r'
Wasatch Mountains into ie valley Of the Gre,. sfI
salty arid plnln. Few spots tie globes surface
could have looked less inviting gwen less en-
enlargement to the hope Of making 1t honie IN,
Vegetable i. anywhere in sight. Today the city o.:
S lake rgs town N T Frs%! SSaS
who h, home has also u garden III which ne RAISE.
not only the vrgcablrs that 20 up2n BIS table Rn.
city Is admirabl, laid out. we'll paved tlor1nghiy
ana it, buildings. whether for conmer'iai Hr
avcrag' Western city. Closing in upon ne valley III
the centre of which the city stands WIN me oQ Jul,
stretches OF the great Salt Lake heyonl. rise ,i' ,
icslic mountains with their snow covered peak eif
Ing 10 the grandeur that no natural s ,p '''
less picturesque and vaNi could possibly imp'bi dcdI
Tie Temple. almost finished and now 10 w "iu'
Gated, Is the frUlli)n OF nearly forty years o ~
toll. II built Of granite rock q,arrlcd on. VI d ~,
Wasach Mountains and almost all the WORK W"s ". .
by Saints in payment Of 1.-THE IL J.. , I Wnrm"n
largest structures the continent. and while Mor'''n
ideas of architecture might not appeal to the ~
tivnted of Eastern critics |, cer'ai,, ~ uOo
prrsons and When IN. resources OF the Mormon
people are considered. wien 1t Is taken nto hccou
finished on substantially IT, original plan when t T.
remembered that the rock; lind TO De 'a d,, n v
1tarries high In the mountains and car,rd 90" "pH'
III. plain by ox-trams. when the dihcu'ies III tn'
way of obtaining really talented desshein ',,u em
Gent artisans are fairly estmated. II VIII De So
Thai this immense building does great credit ID th'
pluck Intelligence and earneSinesS oI Ie hor'',u
Tre block In which 1t Is situated Is known a> Temp,
block. aud contains also the famous old tabrr'srl'
with It's great. mushroom shaped ROOF. II y III
likely tbai The Temple proud they are OF IT, VII
ever unite take the place Of the older edice In re
affections Of the Mormon people II stand, Tor , IT,,
era of supremacy and brigham Young. ana u lhu
err moves back into the past liz features Of god
for,une ar. ma gnifed IN their mind ana It's trouble
and difficulties are forgotten They were 'I 1r po'
individually but by the right arm Of Brother 'igah
ali powerful in Utah To-day they are rich lhe
number to be counted In n~antS OF Of pnrpos
courage and stcadiaStnrsS, audacty ana di'cre'on'
gone. . ,,noi,, co,a uostlv from
abr ,ad Few ar, obtained from other American
states and u small but strong and sigmlhcan! per
c.ntage OF their young people are alh'aliy lost LIZ
foreigner is tempted with an offer OF lands; Ins
Homestead law has been Godsend to the VI lrIn2i
propaganda. Tho ignorant foreigner understands
Hal The lands he receives under that law from th'
government come really from the Church and are ia,
smith was a prophet. The kind OF people whom th'
Mormon elders bring here the kind % whom IN,
posscssion IN their own right OF square men vi .'
has always seemed the condition OF ineXprr>sip
and golden fortune which they could never hope u
| Obtain Consequently when II Is held ont TO fhr9
that 20 acres OF the richest soil III the world VII
he theirs lpon the mere profession on their part .
belief IN the Mormon Church. they are generally VIII
Ing = do TIE believing. In the past the mai" emu
grant, have not objected 10 plyeamy and te WON
| have either understood II or they nav" care'
4 little nbOut IL. Large numbers OF them are draw
from that class Of foreign pea.antry who pay nun
| attention anyhow 10 the martial relation. ana u
when the idea OF being sealed To husband u
| common with number u D,her women does no
| present itself "a Cdous. The Church has grown
therefore, and all that education and organization oa
do hold II firmly together as on" great iIlNiSihi
unified for all purposes spiritual and temporal ma
been and to some extent l. still being accomplished
The schools accomplish II more successfully thhh an
| one agency. They teach Mormon doctrine az IA
| mt.d and incontrstibe fact. ANA Their Work
reinforced by little b. Ks and pamphlets with who
| A full acquaintance Is compulsory upon every Mormon
| boy and girl. ,.,-
| The property OF the Mormon Church cor listing q
| the Temple the Tabernacle. the Lion llInSr. an'
Bee Hive Eiighams early residence. Is SIN III IN
hands Of a receiver appointed 10y the Federal ionT,
| but the Church has been allowed To make ne ot
| under an aer,crront the terms Of whlc, hay" beet
gradually modified. until now the MormonS haze III
| lrOade> latitude I'm the matter. And ther, Is
general feeling that in view oi the fact that the 1y
| has won the prime BATH" III which II engaged, ~
this property should br restored. In Ia" "nDrt u
! Show that the proceedings Of III" Government lav
| been really taken not against pOlygamy. but agains
| the Mormon religion. the Church u'ed t0 make go"
use OF the fact that lis property had been tik'l
| away from It, But Whatever feeling was excited o
| that account has now did iwny.