The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-12-25
Mormonism in Cuba.

Arthur McEwen in the New York Jour
nal. writing from Washington. says:
There is a warm reception preparing
for Representative Roberts. the three-ply
Mormon from Utah He viii need a front
OF brass 70 face the indignant army of
women and clergymen who viii environ
eonbress and protest against his adnis-
SION The publication in last Sundays
Journal OF the portraits OF Mesdames
Roberts has thrown kerosene on the nre-
. II justly inguriates ladies with only one
husband apiece, and ladies with no nus
bands at all, 10 see one man rounding
up three of the sex-two of them good
looking and refined in appearance. and the
other in sDectacles so literary and ad-
vanced in aspect that her rightful place
seems at the head of an anti-ROosrts dele
CATION rather than in his TOW Of spouSes-
II cheapens the sex intolerably. and il
is no wonder. all moral considerations
aside, that women should resent Rob-
erts' harem with a rancOr resembling
that which union labor feels against scGo
labor Yet. the man will have hor-
rible fascination when he comes The gal
leries of the house reserved for ladies
will be crowded daily should he take his
seat for what woman is there who Will
not want TO see with her own eyes n
wretch who really in this day practices
the domestic habits of the patriarchs IF
the Scripture, whom we all have been
reared 10 revere and whom even tke
clergymen that lead the anti-Roberts
hosts declare to have Deen men after
Gods own heart?
Congressman are very grave on the SUBJ
ject. They Will utter denuncatiOns OF
polygamy for publication. They are VII
ling to take all the consequences OF in
of+ of h..
mons. When it comes TO principle con-
sressmen have no regard for policy. But
in private conversation these statesmen
are strangely modest. They admit thas
Roberts. who is said TO be d bright man,
may make himself troublesome 10 a mon
ogamous legislature, which patronizes
glass in its domestic architecture.
Not few. If they dared. would be Gym
ically jOcular. OF course polygamy is
rot to be encouraged any more than
polyandry, but just the same the run Of
congressman. who have the manners and
customs of their sex. would prefer that
somebody besides themselves should cast
the first stone, especially as this partieu-
lar Mormon has the repute of being able
TO throw verbal rocks with much vigOr
and fine aim.
The maids of these easy-going worlo.
lings are confused. 1t IS one thing for
a Christian monogamist 10 fall into sin.
a. monOgamists VIII; il is quite another
for Mormon 10 flaunt his polygamy at
the nations capital. What the monOga-
mist knows to be sin and hides as such
and is ashamed Of. the polygam.st erects
into religious virtue. and therefore Is
all enemy of sane morals.
Those who oppose the seating of Roberts
are right No matter what his faith may
he or his individual conscience may say
he is a back number surviving amid mod
ern civilization and an offense OF magni-
tude TO men and women VINO stand for the
home. and all the instructions, social and
political. of which the home is the founda-
ton Whether Roberts viii be admitted
or not. there Is 10 telling, but the oppo-
sition 10 him has plenty of ground 20
hope for success. Scores of congressman
who are, perhaps not as clean N their
lives as this Mormon, yet have intel
lectual appreciation of the importance of
paying Difference to proper moral stand
ard These and many more who have a
profound respect for public opinion Will
be glad TO avail themselves of any colora-
ble legal pretext TO keep Roberts out. And
the wives of the members can be counted
on TO do their Christian duty.
The chances for the passage of any
Nicaragua canal bill at this session di-
mlnish steadily. The maritime company
scheme loses strength daily. The reasons
for this are c-editable and the reverse.
Senator Morgan and his associates are
animated by the best of motives. but
their plan of cloaking the government un-
der the name of corporation does not
please. They run counter TO the strong
sentiment in and out of congress which
demands an American canal company d.
rectly by the government. fortified and
closed to our enemies during war. The
owners of the Crasin-Eyre concession. the
overland railroads and all the interests
hostile to the maritime plan naturally
take advantage Of this sentiment and
week for delay. Gentlemen who arc known
to be on intimate terms with Mr. Hunt
inGtOn raise their voices periodically
against corporate participation IN a great
interOceanic waterway and inquire wheth-
er the country desires A repetition Of the
Union and Central Pacific Tobberies-an-
other Credit MObilier and contract and
finance company scandal-and these gen
tlemen make much of the Clayton Bulwey
treaty. They are strong on international
comfy. ii will be surprise should there
Do canal legislation by this congress.