The morning times., 1895-11-04
HAREMS IN MEXICO.
IL PoIygamy Is Abandoned In Utah,
1t Is Not EIs.w here.

| 1t IS Not Eissw here.
DR.. A. c. McDougall, who has been for
several years located In Oaxaca, Mexico,
was in the city last evening IN route to
| Northern Minnesota On visit Ia his parents.
says the Butte Intcr-Mountalu.
| THE Mormons have obtained 4 greater
| foothuld down in the southern republic than
most Americans are aware" said Mr.. Nc
! DOugall last night. "and Mormon colonies
have been established all over the foot
| hills of the Sierra Madres ana in the dry and
| arid desert of Chihuahua. Do they live in
| open polygamy? Well, should say they
| do. Their harems are on Il grander scale
| than any ever seen in the early days in
1 Utah, and they are absolutely safe from
molcstatirn, Tor the governors OF the prov
! inces have been bought
They began coming To Mexico about ten
years ago, when the government decided
to enforce the Edmunds law by imprisou-
ing the polygamists. Seeing that the prac-
tice or plurality of wives was doomed in
the United States, the Mormuns turned
their eyes longingiy To- Mexico, where, down
IN the arid deserts, n safe haven OF rest
could be established.
so successful have they been that,
through hardships and obstacles that would
have thwaried any other people, they have
have colonies OF settlements at Daz,
Jaurcz. PacEeo and other places in North
eTn Mexico, but these places were not desert
ground by any means. Some al il was the
most fertile agricultural ground in the
republic. As a result the Mormnns now
have Il monupoly on agricultural products
and supply all the northern towns.
IN DlaZ, one Of the colonies OF The Nor
mons, a man who happens 10 be blessed
with several wives has separate residences
for them, generally adjoining each other.
Each member OF the colony is known as
brother or sister and if Brother Smith
happens to have marital unpIcasantness
with Sister Jennie Smith tpossibly wife
number onel he seeks consolation at the
home Of Sister Mary Smith (wifc number
two, and so on until he has made the !
round of the ladies comprising his family. |
There is no place for the new woman under |
the ruling spirit and control of this re-
ligion bcgottcn of sensuality.
Their belief in the hereafter is deifica- |
ton of the dead in proportion to the number |
Of times the deceased has been joined in |
wedlock. woman can be sealed ror |
united even TO one who is dead, If the |
powers that be deem II necessary that the !
deceased become sanctified. There Is ar
element of terrorism in the system.
In order to reach the enJoyments OF the |
hereafter, a woman's life must be such as
10 join the assembly of the glorified. II
Is polytheism, the leading sSirit of the
after world being Adam, and the next in
rank Jesus Christ Mohammed. Joseph
Smith, and Brigham Young. and so on
through nnmberless saints that are more |
difficult Of enumeration than q row of
'Josses' In Chinese temple.
"A : coloDists, however. and setting aside
polygamy, the Mormons are n dilgent
and industrious people, naturally clannish,
and devoted TO their own interests The
whole Mormon sect live under sort of
communism. Applied to their own sect,
they live under sort of utiIlta ria nism
Being all good farmers, their well-culti-
Vated acres form some of the choicest
properties in all Mexico. Good
the approaches 10 their col
Inies are well graded, well-laid roads that
,ffer an excellent example for their cruder
Mexican neighbors.
"Their houses are built on the American
plan, and while plain and unostentatious
he Mormon towns remind us of the in
erior agricultural communities of the
States. Thrifty and economical, they
inow how to drive Il good bargain, even in
Mexico, and all of them are prosperous.
They have schools for their children and
emples for their worship"