The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-03
MORMON HAREMs IN NEW MEXICO.
If POlygamy Is Abandoned in Utah,
1t Is Not in the Colonies Across the

If POlygamy Is Abandoned in Utah,
1t Is Not in the Colonies Across the
Border.
From the Butte Daily Inter Mountain.
DR.. A. c. McDougall, who has been for
several years located IN Oaxaca, Mexico,
was in the city last evening en- route to
northern Minnesota on a visit to his pa
rents
The mormons have obtained a greater
foothold down in the southern republic
than most Americans are aware" said Mr.
McDougall last night, land mormon col.
onies have been established all over the
foot hills of the Sierra Madres and in the
dry and arid desert of Chihuahua. Do they
live in open polgamy? Well, 1 should say
they do. Their harems are on a grander
scale than any ever seen in the early days
in Utah, and they are absolutely safe
from molestation for the governors of the
provinces have been bought
''They began coming to Mexico about
ten years ago, when the government de-
cided to enforce the Edmunds law by i'm
prisoning the polygamists. Seeing that the
practice of plurality of wives was doomed
IN the United States, the Mormons turned
their eyes longingly to Mexico, where
rest could be established So successful
nave they been that. through hardshlps
and obstacles that would have thwartel
any other people they have made the des-
erts blossom as the rose. They have colo
MES or settlements at Diaz, Jaurez, Pa
cheo, and other places in Northern Mex
leo, but these places were not desert
ground by any means. Some of it was inc
most fertile agricultural ground in the
republic. AS a result, the Mormons now
have monopoly on agricultural products
and supply all the northern towns.
I'm Diaz, one of the colonies of the
Mormons, q man who happens to be bless
ed with several wives has separate resi-
donces for them, generally adjoining each
other. Each member of the colony 3
known as brother or sister and II
brother Smith happens to have a mautel
unpleasantness with Sister Jennie smith
POSSIBLY wife No. y he seeks consolation
at the home of Sister Mary Smith (wlfe
No. p, and so on until he has made the
round of the ladies comprising his faml-
ly. There is no place for the new woman
under the ruling spirit and control Oh
this religion begotten of sensualty. Their
belief in the hereafter is dedication OF the
dead in proportion to the number of times
the deceased has been Joined in wedlocK.
a woman can be sealed or united even
to one who is dead; If the powers that Ne
deem 1t necessary that the deceased pc
come Sanctlhed There is an element - t-t-
rorism in the system. In order to reacn
the enjoyments of the hereafter, a We
mans life must be such as to warrant her
being called by her husband to join the
assembly of the glorifed. 1t is polytheisn'
the leading spirit of the afterworld be-
ing Adam, and the next in rank Jesus
Christ, Mohammed Joseph Smith, ana
Brigham Young, and so on through mum ,
berless saints that are more difficult Oh
enumeration than a row of 'josses' IN
Chinese temple.
AS colonists, however, and setuns
aside polygamy, the Mormons are a dil-
gent and industrious people, naturally
clannish and devoted to their own inter-
ests. The whole Mormon sect living un-
der sort of communism. Applied to theiI
own sect, they live under a sort of utii-
itarianism. Being all good farmers, thslt
well cultivated acres form some OF li1
choicest ranching properties in all Mex
leo. Good road-makers, the approach
to their colonies are all well graded, wen
laid roads that offer an excellent exam
pie for their cruder Mexican neighboi y
Their houses are all built on the AmeI-
lean plan, and while plain and unostehla--
tiOus. the Mormon towns remind US "t
the interior agricultural communities 9l
of the states. Thrifty and economic
they know how to drive a good bargal'
even in Mexico, and all of them are prs
porous. They have schools for their emu
dren and temples for their worship
king Menelek. the Abyssinian ruler
who was killed by a stroke of lightnin-'
used to boast that he was a lineal ug
scendant Of King Solomon and the queen
of Sheba.