The sun., 1898-11-27
BIG increase OF MORMONS
Opinion Of Frank Cannon Who
Tried to Establish Mornonisn
in Delaware Last Year.
DEFY LAW; GROW IN poWtR
They Were Baked in This State
When Four Elders of the Church
SwOoped Down Upon 1t With
Their Headquarters at
New Castle.

Delaware but recently had a narrow
escape from the permanent establsi,-
,nent of the Church Of the latter Day
Saints as the Mormon Church is officially
known, within it's borders.
Four elders abDut This time last year
and then again last spring swo"ped
dOwn on New Castle and Middlttpwn
preaching the doctrines Of B il am
Young and Joseph Smith.
It was claimed at the time that behind
that proaeIyting Doyement lay the
greater movement OF making the State Of
Delaware the legal h1me Of the Mormon
Church with its attendant4 doctrine Of
!. s'
An,ong the second inaux Of Mormon
disciples to this State was Frank Cannon
a nephew Of United Ssatss Senator Henry
Cannon, who during. biz visit TO Dela-
ware STAYED in WilmingsOn. Mr.. Can-
non did not at that time 1kTee with the
move to snake Delaware the legal home Of
Mormonism and claimed that it was NOT
yet outlawed in Utah. N Ny
Mr.. Cannon sailed recently to Germany
where in company with 0sher Morm"n
elders he 10 promnlgasing this poIyga-
mistic doctrine to tie GeryDane.
Still considering the old question as to
the changing Of Mormanism's home from
Utah to Delaware and the standing u
the doctrine to-day, Mr.. Cannon has
written to This country ais views.
In his letter Nj. Cannon aAys:
''Now, you must remember that with
the Mormons their church 10 above all
else, the State and the oblieasions ii en-
joine included, and with them God 10
and II ID perfectly consistent
for Him 70 command tG-day what he
forbade centuries sg', when they say the
Book of Mormon was written. Knowing
this you can und. rstand the binding
force Of the Doctrines vi Covenants
which is q later revelation than the Book
of Mormon. and contains Yhe covenant of
and saye:-'Ii you abide not
that covenant then are ye damned
"Now vou can see why poly amy
flouriehes when the right conditions ex,s
for it, and the right conditions exist
now. There are now abont three hnlI-
dred thousand Mornlons. TEry have in
creased thirty per cent in the last year.
and are stronger politically and lav'- y
greater controlling influence over tl'e,ien-
tiles, not only in Utah, bpt in Oregon,
Washington, Idaho and other States in
that section, than ever before. r..
''This is the propitious time for thrln tn
assert themselves. and they arr doing it.
They made promises and prntes'a,lnns
enough wher they wanted s'atr'""'i,
and now they control Utah and make
her subsprvient to their church. They
said they would obey the law, and y At
had passed away. Ilrt'-,i' {
it having passed away We find tn ny
clinging to their plural wives and TAX
ing duplicates, even under the prrrent
law. *'...t" /. .. ~,
President Tanner, Of Tie Utah ;Agti-t'
cultural College, is known 10 hp a ,p;fy.,
ga:nist with three wives; Prrsid%;tt nf,
State Orson Snit rec ntly appointed j,
postmaster az Logan. has at least three.
The Cannons, my own family. "f Salt
Lake City, Congressman-elect Roberts
and scores OF others as we'll knnwI. could '
b. mentioned. -
"There are numerous cases Of dupIi-
,ate marriages since the adoption OF the
State Constitution forbidding pnvgamy
that l might mention and give names.
Dnt IL would not be best fnT me to do ~,
have in mind young lady '-arh-ring
l Mormon school, where the principal IN q,
| p,lyganlist, who has recently b en- ,,c- =
az the wife Of on # the /
lew Apostles. who has another wife liv-
ng. Thev say they were married nu.hr 4
he old law, but kept the n,arriag,' :.
ret, ard that, of course, he must pro-;
ect and care for her. Yet until very
a,ely, she was known by her maid II
lame and as an unmarried woman know
wives, and throughout the
tate there are similar cases VIII re- larg"
ntre families thus live in violation "f
aW.
"There are thousands Of euch casrs.and
rhen we know that Mormon is jns'i-
id in lying or perjnring himself for the
eneft of his churc, or its doctrin,s We
an see how easy it is for man to take IL 4,
wife and then ray he married her under
he Old law, and now Simply cares for
er without any, other marriage reatun,
xisting between them. !"' n"
'Thep there are many marriages ny
roxy, when the proxy denies any other
These cases are nnnrrous
have a remarkable case in mind, where
Young lady was engaged to b. Itnsrrlrd
, an Apostle who died before there WAS
marriage. Then thea young lazy wa'
l great tronb'e, fT she must needs
larry in order TO attain 'exaltatiol' in
,e next, world. In her distress she
enkto another Apostle, who was \
rUsfer to her deceased lover. and hp
arried her for his brother. H. is
mply proxy, md the dead brother is
,e real husband. Even the chiIdre,
lat have been born to her have the
Fad brother for father.
THAT is a relationship tina, reaches
ito eternity beyond all earthly law.
ou cannot head off a Mormon. Thpv
ractice polygamv openly and then deny
and swear ts their denial in court.
hey admit it to their friends and dis
aim it to a Gentle. They admit that
e law forbids p"lygamy and say they
, not practice it. They claim that the
" does not forbid what it calls 'unInw-
] c"habitation, and that they practice
is relation under the sanction OF their
urch.
Relatives in llpl0W0re