Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-08-26


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OF the struggles NJ the Mormon astiiera
In their march 60 Utah. over I.glI I..frs
and more. the roads thcv tii,.rse,i
marked Dy "a boundary uf sfnrrI."
Aud when they not to IN. valley or
the Salt Lake. now a swarm nf ilrurts
came down and Threatened tu q. yrstntr
the land. and how Jus, then 3D. in.k VI
rnlrulla Hwoopcd down and d...frea.i
tn insect poet. From that d.v tHo
scnruii ir racrri ~ Utah. AZ fh1 bel.
ginning tho M0rmons established % rnrt
Of cooperative commonwealth Wh %
the HrHt wagon n mrrchaudiHr came.
tho people agctd that it should D.. d's.
tfihutcd according 90 tho rizf 0s tho
fimilics. Tho principle has been ceul,c
out To this day Th.re is % tlleh uf
socialism iu the doctors nature Nlro-
tonths Of the complaints or society are.
be- believes. based upon. not that the
I people have go little. but that rnno no
! else has moro. Their o. no "mlfD" iu
/ Utah. and hence h. claims Che
PEOPLE ARE CoNENTED AND
HAPPY.
I Tho lecturer showed number Of lime.
/ iirht vows Illustrating Salt Lake CITY,
/ and the plans nf Utah. We were ahoNn
] tHwulnH and colleges. nnd cooperative
l bulilingu- mnrveluuflv nnr structures,
/ which stand na monuments " Mor.
/ mon Industry and culture. They have
I electric can IN salt Lake CItv: the
I force being got from n waterfall ngy
miles away. and not only that hut tho
I power 20 also utilized for other In
I dustrlcs
The doctor niso nrol,o riowln-iy of
l brigham YOUNG, though hc was not
there 90 defend Hr.ghnm'1 virtues or
T AZ b. aHN a.
nations In salt Lake Guy. Cathnllcn.
InWr. EplncupalnnH, ana the Salvation
Amy hut they all rot along har-
mOHi0u1iy because everybody minds
hir own business. and h. who dos that
rat1 along all right in Utah. Ana tnit
dnmns th' place na a resort for the
average liriton.
70 o. interesting 10 mote that In no
Instance have unflVuruhlU comments
nppa' rod IN the press concerning these
lecture. praise liberal and genuine has
been the rule. Addresses were given In
NDwolHtla-on Tyne. Norwich. London.
Bristol. NottIughlm. bradford. Oldham.
li1nslcy, Wlgan Glasgow aud Bel
fast.
A. seen from the foregoing oviraets
The lecture dealt with the story ~
Ii1hH growth, ana her present great.
ness. The sincerity and oarnoHtnpaH OF
ih1 people. the evident hifHrlur OF nj
vino favor under which they have
proHrrfrd, and tha strength of their In
Hiituilour founded ON cooperation and
union were vcry properly praised; but
O. strictly nuu-Hrctlriln treatment was
presented.
a SAT- Lake gentleman writing from
IusIaud allnifl ON tho graphic way
IN which The subject was treated. say
ing that plrt % thc addrrna was virtu-
ally railway Journey through Utah:
az.
Pacific having been shown. That road
received special attention not only be-
cause ~ its present Importance nmonr
The great Hines ~ tho Ncat. but also
because uf ~ creci In the early h.H-
iufy OF this region o. the Pioneer limo
Z. re. ne Plains. md the one which
placed tinh in communication with the
frontier ~ civilization 90 the East. Az
descriptive nf thn conditions which in.
duccd the Church authorities 30 request
lectures ON The subject. ana as illuTtrf.
i've of the success By which the UNDER
lahlng has ben marked. we quote from
ihe editorial columns of the MlllcnuIhl
star. under date ~ August n!
THE sTEREoPTTcoN VERSUS
PREJUDICE.
II ls little moro than year nr,.
mat several Elders were dlncuHa.rg /
upon missionary topics, and above DID /
on rewards what would Doc che bes, /
illey Do order 60 peacefully combat ]
M extraordinary idcaH prevalent In |
tle world, regarding the moral status /
% the l.aiiur-day Saints aH % pDIpip. /
The Elders had Just returned from an |
outdoor mft'lug that they had boon
attempting TO hold, but thu proceed.
lnEa had been broken IN hv an Inc
dINIdual who had lndulg6d In atats
inenta regarding me character of
these particular Elders ana tho Saints
nt large, the accusations made being
w the usual nature INDUCED in By per-
sons % that lk. Finally one Elder
lroke out with the observation thai
the nnly way o. remove this prejudice
was 70 have rome good lectures DC.
.lrtred In the principal cities of the
United Kingdom, ana % illustrate tn
anne by s,erroptlcun vlCwa OF Utah
ana her Institutions" The Huugostion
was a good one. AZ tho convention of
'h' ~ idcney and conference presi.
tents ~ the hrlufh mission, held la
NE Latter-dly Saints Chapel. mn, !
nlughan. on the Sih o. the igh lnciu.
llN", January. 1855. the matter wns
.hnrnughlY ventilated and ltH ad1pilcn
,endlng III sanction u the First Prsal.
iiency Of the church, strongly urged.
A petition 10 the above eject was ON
crossed on parchment and sent 10 fhe
PRESIDENT office OF a later date BY a
.poclal messenger.
on June SIN, isas, Or. James f
Ialmar7 arrived In Liverpool nor
'unnt1 s, .. Eirurin, haylnr In ma
,lH.tsHlon a set OF artistic Views m
Itnhnlan scenery, Mnrumn enirrprlsea
'ic., etc. After a brief stay no mn,
.eeded 10 Norway with a party Oh
Scientists. W
In the meantime preparations wer,
n progress Tor succession Of iae
ufca 90 be delivered throughout gre,t
itlhln, within week, halls were
ngaged ana saffron-colorod two-sheet
.puhle-Qrown. posters began 10 nppear I
n the dead walls - The pOminon,
liles ~ England, Scotland ana ire ;
and, They bore the legend thnt ''nr /
as y, Talmngo. y. II, $. ~, u. q. n }
%, would deliver a lecture on titsb \
nd NJ people" '''h \
In the meanwhile Elders Oeo p,t
ler and Robert Anderson, on b,has
Z the Brtlrh mission. purchase5 4
ltrft improved strreoptlcln. fn~Ttt, a D.
'lth an necessary aliuncts eonr.e'., Z
nh tho same the Elders menti,,, N
nnnung g part of the purchase rn,,,g,i n
rom their own paokeiH. Az Il
. paraNon1 were consummatnd a. ~ u
'erc q few days remaining va,,lie u
Hit down ana anNl0usly debnte ,,.'n n
lr result ~ The venture. "NeF a.
u heomcd 90 Do tho unlverson. 49,. -
'ded verdict that thu tour was iltt,,,"n a
nd mat Encouraging remlis h, ~ y
ny ~ 'lim audiences wrro in.,,i we 1,
was The wrong time of ~ ss'ple ~
lectures darkness ana ID
b H