Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-10-06

lagos there Is good reason why only
Mnrmons should be elected 10 serve as
trustees and tcachers.as Mormons form
almost u not quite the entire population
Of these places. In this district the
population Of nom MOrm1ns n not more
than ten per cent VI the Mormon popu-
lntlun. The census 81 1895 gives the per-
centagc " non-M0rmon school p1pula.
ton, and four and one-nfth per cent.
Taking the last seven years. the per-
ccutagc VI Mormon teachers as
compared with Mormon teachers Is IS
pr cent
The fourth resolution rcadsn
"Foufth-Thut this situation may be
pcrpeiuatcd. and this peculiar lnstitu-
uun !polyEnmyl flourish. that ubiquit-
Gus ming known ua Church Influence
30 affects men that those who could
testify tu this lawlessncss are silent.
juflea refuse 60 lind Indictments. and
officers make NO arrests. Hence rciiffi.
uua adultery goes UNPUBLISHED and the
'MnEdom' nrpwH apaco. From the heads
% tile Church down. polygamy n0ur-
II such Il the case. and IL. as IL nf-
frmCd ln the third resolution that ''uf
such cases more than two thousand
have come 20 our notice. and this living
hnH resulted IN the birth NJ more than
one thuufaud children since statehood
was granted Jan. Z. 1896" why have the
framrla 0fthoss resolutions not brought
the evidence before the couftaf Tho
"DcEerct News" humorounly ASKS! 1T
d. possible that MORMON ChuI- b lunu-
enc 90 30 puient nri '1hlqut ~ that
o. testify frccincaily. before jurica aud
ofiiolu ~ the law ~ that which they
are not ufruld % nllcgc, generality, hy
public rcHnlutluuH7'
- family physician. think I am
lu me- good q position o. know " such
eases aa any Of the trainers " those
resolutions. and during seven year OK
pCflcnCe Ia Utah I have never known pf
o. single wcll.authcntlcutod case. That
moro Aru such cases I have mo- doubt
but I think % iH remarkable they are ~
lnfrrGucst The younger generation of
Mufuuna arc ashamed 0f n good pnr-
ton NJ tho past history ~ their Church
ana protest against hcing JUDGED By 49,
They ARE uH true to their families and
have aH little desire 90 pructlccpolyEamy
~ any class of young q. oplc In the
United states. Tho attempt 10 force
them To- 10 Il would disrupt the Mormon
church. ~ a physician and friend 1
visit their homes. m by their nrcaidea
and eat NJ their tables. and can Hnfr-
~ ray that there are nH beautiful rhN.
dron. as happy homes and nH noble
lives among the Morm0nn No. anywhere
W. ANN COUNTY, - TAT ~ nave NANNlNu
the Mormon belief. I consider ID q most
absurd thing. q mixture % superstition
nnd hyatcrIn hut do not believe % ia
n Itself degrading. ~ the reverend gem
Uemen would have NJ believe. or that
u u necessary 20 nbuHo and milign the
Mormon pIpic in order 10 teach them
something better. The work NJ the mis-
sion teachers IN Utah has heen produc.
tive N great ropd. Education. nfiss "A
In n spirit ~ love. n an that Il necca-
Hary o. nntnEnulae Mormon doctrine.
| and on honor be- 10 the faithful body
| ~ workers who have inhnrcd No quietly
| and earnestly under such disheartcning
| circumstances.
| I have said Utah missions. 20 fnr M
| the preachers nre concerned, are a
| failure Why These resolutions ana
/ others similar which have appeared
| periodically are n sufficient answer. \
| Characteristic Incident nccutIed In this
/ ne'd on Decoration nay. when tho
1 Presbyterian sunday school was not nj,
| lowed 10 march 20 the graveyard. nj.