Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-11-04
m DEFENSE or yoaaoSIs9.
Harvard siuden, Takes Issue with a nb.
siorify.

fn ilrt Sundays hNtAlA an A"tNiN'N"
wien wm. u Campbell. Presbyterian
m,r-.1nary 10 Salt Lake city and 70
yo,rs' resident Of Utah, on the subject
OF Marnonism. The statements made
hv Mr. Campbell were IN general
denial OF the good faith ~ She Latter.
dnv Saints In their declaration against
riiygnmy. made shortly before Iiah
vna admitted a. q state. and a rciiera-
lion of the somewhat prcyalen, 1pln.
I1u that the Mormon Church makes
claims upon ii1 members which Ate
contrary 10 the spirit % American iu-
HtItulious.
'It VIM be an Interesting surprise 20
people living in ihla vicinity ana rpe-
daily 10 those ~ the college c1wWunl.
fy. H. learn that % Mormon. % Erolt-
Grandson of Brigham Young. and hun-
roif an Elder IN the Mormon church.
d. NOW "a student % Harvard. Mr, Low
EIrsr Yaunr-for that iH hls name
ls the nrat student admitted 90 Har.
yarI from the University ~ u-ih. aud
d taking advantage % she rgHlurCca
offered ~ Cambridge flr the study "
history and especially flr iho study ut
American history and institutions.
"a reporter called upon Nir Young,
who readily consented 90 klyc The Her
ana hIs comments ON the reported state.
monta Of Mr. Campbell Mr. Young had
The Herald, and was prepared 60 an
Hgcr Ia detail what be- considered Tho
most Inaccurate and she most mislcad-
sing ~ the statements therc made.
Upon being asked whether he had
any general answer tl mako % The
imputltlons % dacUifulneas and bad
f1ith of the M0rmona. Air. Young tC-
question you viii know shat I speak
AZ Mormon boy. Tor I am a Mormon.
"a the same time. 1 hope you VIII Doe
love me when I r1Y shat ] um nov toe
Ink 20 speak n Che interest VI Justice.
I DO not know Mt, Campbell and never
heard OF him, but ! understand hc ].
frrshy mIHNnnnfN, row the
proabytorans. especially those down ln
county 20 the south " Salt Lake cry,
show the greatest higotry and pr,iu-
dIcr ln their relations with my people,
The Jews and the Roman ctthnI. ea
show n fratcrnnl spirit but The Pros
bpierana are narrow MINDED ANA lntol'
Grant.
'rn come back. then. 90 your question,
I VIII ray that brought up aH ! am ln
the Mormon church and being thor
ouEhly familiar with o. teachings,
know that AR. Camphnln charges gre
utterly false, ana are due so his prtiu.
dice ana Ignorance. IN spite % she state.
mont that h. has made "a careful study
of the Mormon question and u thor.
ourhly familiar with tho Mormons
Themselves
" What have you to say. Mr. Young
60 the Idea expressed by AFR. camphcS
ana which 70 must be confessed IL prty-
1lcnt In this part OF the country. that
the Mormon Church makes demands
upon Sc adhorruta and allows them %
act IN a manner Inconsistent with
American instliuu1na7'
" so far a. concerns poiyRlmy," Mr
Noung replied, u know that the church
has ceased 90 sanction q. and that the
law " being enforced, I rccail now in-
stances within my personal knowledge
who're yl1latlra ~ tho law have been
sent 90 prison. Mr. Campbell shows bis
Ignorance OF sociological laws when h.
assumes that the attitude u com.
muuliy toward pn'yrimy any more
than Ia the case NJ slavery, can bciin-
stan,y changed by .dicL Then, too. 10
u certainly riFht that men who had
several wives a. the time uf the mani.
frato should continue 10 provide Tor
chem. ! know 0f only one Of the Hptel-
nc Instance OF prominent palygamiata
alleged hy Mr.. Campbell, and that d Of
q man who has simply continued 20 care
Tor the wives De- had previously mar
ricd.
"'As 20 che relations Of church ana
state, Mr. camphflrH charges arr utter
~ false. In sense. mans religion u
the supreme power IN his NE, hut that
the Mormon church claims superiority
over tho STATE In the sense In which !
those words are accepted In such con- !
truvcrslca, u untrue.
what Mr.. Campbell says about the /
political sehcmlng " the MormonH h a /
gross Misrepresentation OF che facts. ]
lie alludea 90 tho last city election, |
when, as II happened, the makeup OF |
the city Council was changed from be-
ing almost unanimously gentle 10 being /
almos, entirely Mormon, Tho facts IN /
the case We're that "A few gentlemen, |
who | admit were Mormons. got NJ 4 /
citizens ticket, chiefly Ia opposition 90 |
the hurdrnsome taxation which had fnl- /
lowed ihe division 900 party lines, This l
ctlkenh' Ticket was not a Mormon nf-
ralr, though som MlfmuuH, a. wei aa
geniilcs we're back ~ lt Re'.glon had
nothing whatever Go do with u. and /
many prominent rcntilas. notably the
last mayor % salt Lake lCty, supported
the Ticket"
Mr.. Young declared that he had new
az been proud6r OF hIs people or OF his
state than since he had come ElHi 10
was certain that the morality 20 SAT-
Lake Ciiy compared very favurauly
win that " eastern ci,les, lis believed
mat the principles OF ChHatlauiiy were
nowhere more consistently lived up 90
than among the Morm0us, ana shat u
moro ood-fearlnr. honest ana patriotic
community could not be found, The
patrlousm OF the Mormous. no declared.
could not Do questioned, ana hr cited
Abraham Llncoln's call o. Brigham
iounr Tor troops, ana the htief's rgp'y
ihlt MS people were poor, but that 10 o.
huiiicicnt number 0f young men could
not De mustered. then the old men
would enlist, ana II there were atlll NOT
enough, shen the women OF the state
would do what they could.
Though IN Cambridge as a student
Mr. Young said that he WIS here ami
everywhere as a representative u thr
Mormon Church. and was glad TO be-
ahlc 10 do "a lltile iu remove the prciu-
dice which even far-mlnded people arr
accustomed 90 show toward those OF his
iallh. Since ne had come 90 the East
ho had suffered ln few Instances from
ne Intolerance Of people whom he met
ne was most enthuTlaHtlc, however, Ia
pr uae % tho eath1llclty and falr-mlnd-
odneFs ~ university men, ana said that
without ElnFle exception hl1 relations
WIih Harvard teachers ana students had
heen entirely FREQ from religious preju-
ulce or antaguulHm,"