Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-05
DrSsEKEr EVENING NEWS: SATURDAY FEBRUARY s. 1898.

have shown, his charge is not true.
There are good ard $3.50 people ~ the
Mormon Church. w ~ other chuicnes
and outside of all churches. Among
the nom iormons of Utah are enter
pfising, prosperous men who are en-
rluving Mornons. dealing with MOI
mons. going along Ms the times allow
and doing so belly aching against inc
reople who are In the majority.
As to offices and management oil rnu-
nicipal AFFAIRS, who does not know tnat
In Salt Lake City. for instance. the
change from Mormon TO non Mormon
control has been extravaEant, disnon-
est In. many ways ana disastrous; IN
five years there was public work done
that shows well. but which ought 10
have been % years IN the doing
Many OF. the men who did this had
nothing to lose and were simply draw
ing on the substance of those who had
TO pay and he still. In seeking TO get a
controlling hand upon the government
of this city. Mormons and non Nor
mons. the best and wisest of both, have
done the right thing-have done their
duty.
As to general morals, I cannot see
that the Mormons are not in every way
the equals of those who denounce them.
They are, or they are not. the people
into whose hands the higher powers
have given the work of restoring the
Christianity of the ancient type. H.
in doing what they understand TO pc
their duty in the promises, they hold
their own people to high Horaiity
and make them industrious and pros
porous, where is the harm in that
Even their most stubborn opponents.
those who declare their system n fraud
and their founder an lmpostor. must
give the system credit for the actual
good II has accomplished. To do any
lass Il Il. off "a
professed Christianity. and exhibit
state of feeling quite unchristian, and
wholly unworthy OF people who claim
to be followers of the meek and lowly
Nazarene.
For my part, I believe II to be the
duty OF the Mormon people to work
determinedly to get the whole govern
ment of the state and It's cities, the
management of the public schools. all
interests of the people, into the control
of the wsest and best people of the
State. / do not believe that the Nor
mons are so narrow minded. SO short
sighted or so bigoted as to resolve
That there are no good people but the
Latter-day Saints do not
believe the better class of non
Mormons In Utah have any
fear that they are to be deprived of
voice in the management of the public
schools. in the government of tine cities
or of the State of Utah. The law courts
of the State are almost wholly In the
hands of nom Mormons now, and are
likely to remain so for many years.
AS to the schools, when a member OF
the board of education could declare.
in session. that mo damned Mormon
should be on the board II he could pre-
vent III" 1t is high time that such a
disposition should be trodden under
foot. As to the city government, when
a conspiracy can be made to work SO
Il ..al.. ..lra.
and weeks in office. crowding down
ard out the appointees of Mayor Clark.
It ia time public opinion should stand
UP, II the figure may pass. and declare
that the Augean stables of partisan
rule in the city should be cleaned out.
even IL the Mayor should be compelled
to turn on the hose, as the matrons of
the Denver school for incorrigible girls
recently did upon four or fve-same
number hereof their wards.
II hated the Mormons as much as
the late Marcus II. Jones seems to have
done, as much rs Miss Webster of
Provo. seems to do. ms much as sundry
letter writer's of Utah seem to do. |
wouldn't stay among them! l would
not force myself to chaw-make 1t ta)
the rag of acerbity. / would not per-
nit myself to grow as wrinkled with
dissatisfaction as are the interior faVors
of a well built cabbagel ! would get
cut! would go East and present proofs
of the badness of the Mormons and
start a school for scandal.
I know the Mormons Just as well rs
Marcus did. They have a powerful
organization. and they are geing to
keep on pushing It outward. Whether
it Is right or wrong. It has at It's head
a man in whose hands l would trust
myself as soon as / would with any
man i know today. If he is deceived,
he liz as grandly upright and honorable
In his deception as any man on earth
and so long as his work returns bene-
fits for those who can accept his faith.
see no reason 10 growl against hiin'
But the late Marcus was dlnerent..
CHARLES ELLIS.