The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-11

friends, and settle their difficulties
rather than go and pay the lawyers to
settle them for them. We have local
church courts and there Is a court OF
appeal. In some cases the people go
to law, but not many. In the few cases
where the people go from the higher
church courts to the civil courts the
civil courts have usually sustained the
action of the higher court"
HOW THE CHURCH IS SUPPORTED
How is the Mormon church sup
ported, Mr.. Woodruff" / asked.
ut Is sustained almost entirely by
tithes," was the reply. According to
our religion every man Is expected to
give one-tenth Of what he makes every
year to the church. AS to the amount,
this is left to the mans conscience.
Some men give more and some less
than they should. This tenth Is in
kind. The farmer brings one-tenth Of
the eggs which his chickens lay, one
tenth of the butter which he produces,
one-tenth Of his cattle and one-tenth
OF all his products to the church. Dur
Ing the days of Brigham Young we had
a great pasture here at Salt Lake, upon
which many thousands Of the sheep
and cattle so collected for the church
were fed. OF course, the increase OF
the Land which was set aside for the
church also increased in value?''
You had q great deal of such stuff
at the time the government confiscated
your property, did you not?'
Yes" replied the president. 1--WE
had at this time about 100000 worth
OF such property in hand. It repre-
poor alike. The government agents
claimed right to it and they took ell
OF our cattle and sheep Under the
Mormons the stock was doing well.
but the government agents could not
manage it,. They had to sell it, and
1t brought very little This was q
direct loss to the church, for the value
OF the stock was never refunded. At
this same time the government took
about, $4,000 worth Of the personal
property Of the church This was re-
turned, however. They also took our
church buildings and charged us $780,
OOc a year rent for them. We were op-
pressed In other ways, but trust that
SUCH actions are now done away with
forever
POLYGAMY.
How about polygamy? Is Is not
still secretly praeticed 2"
No, not in any shape. The church
does not recognize 1t, and the man who
would so live would be acting in vio-
!ation of church discipline. The man
ifesto issued by the church some years
ago absolutely forbids the practice of
polygamy'
VIII 1t be practiced AGAIN."
I do not know. think not
But you had more than one wife,
PRESIDENT Woodruff, had you not?
Yes, had three. One is dead. The
other two are alive. I Hive Of course
only with one"
How about the other?"
support her, Of course" was the
emphatic reply. 'T would be less than
human II 1 did not. My wives were all
gooa wives to me- They are now old
women, as 1 am an old man, and I
would be brute If I did not take care
Of them" :
is this the case with other Nor
mons who were polygamists %
es, 1t is so with nearly every one.
shortly after the passage of the Ed
munds law forbidding the practice Of
polygamy there was a great deal Of
TALK as to what was to become of the
so-called abandoned wives. and CON
gress was induced to appropriate $780,.
OO0 to build a home for them. I believe
the institution never had but one fam
uy, ana that this was gotten at the
I special request Of the officers
Il suppose they were afraid thev
| said T. 'ioAio'
:! do not know as to that" was the
reply. L only know that they did not
| nave any applications, and that there
was no reason for establishing such
| an institution. The Mormon ob,rch
is amply able to take care Of its own ",
people It does not ask charity. II
taxes care Of it's own poor and gives
d great deal to outsiders as we'll
STORIES OF BRIGHAM YOUNG
| here asked Mr.. Woodruff to fell ~.
something about Brigham Young He
was, you know, associated with the
prophet during the whole of his caree,:
| Mr.. Woodruff replied:
| was with Brigham Young when he
| nrst entered this valley of Salt lake
he rode into the valley in my wagon.
ne was not well at the time, and nv
venice, which was a sort of hoy on
springs, was easier for him than tba
ordinary wagon. When he first came
mere ne was met by a Mormon FROM
CallIorn1a, who wanted him to 90
further West. Brigham Young refused
ana as ne looked up the valley he said
Here VIII found a great city and will
puma up nome for our people Brig
nam Young was a broad-gauee man
he was far-sighted, and he laid ont his
schemes along the broadcast lines. Take
the tabernacle. 1t will hold 10000 peo-
pie. Still 1t was built when the church
was very small, and Brigham Young
was criticised at the time for it's size
He said that the church would soon
overflow it, and today this is the case.
rake the temple which we have been
forty years in building. Brigham
Young designed the plan for 1t. He
laid out the Salt Lake CITY Of TODAY
and he evidently saw fifty years ago
that this town was to be one of the
greatest cities Of the United States.
He organized our farming regions In
the same way. He was the first to in
vestigate the possibilities Of irrigation
Tor this country and he may be called
the father of the irrigation system OF
the United States. He urged us to own
our own farms and the following out
or his suggestions has made our peo-
pie the most Independent on earth''
Was Brigham Young man Of any
education?" I asked.
Not in the sense of being college
bred" replied Mr. Woodruff. "He was.
however, educated in the school Of ex-
pertence. He had a wonderfully re-
ceptive mind and he seemed to GRASP
things by intuition, taking them in as
a whole and in detail. He appreciated
the advantages of education, and es-
tablished schools and universities He
was great as a planner, great as an
organizer and great as an executive
He was not narrow in any respect He
believed In amusements, and while Salt
Lake was still a village he built here
one Of the biggest theaters Of the
United States. He organized the taber-
nacle choir, which now has 900 members
and which is one of the finest choirs of
the country. He was, in fact an all
around great man, and he would have