Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-18
DIR. ILrrrs mAHANGuE.

city. Rev r. q. NM made report ON
Thursdny. parts of which should receive
some attention. with the greater portion
Of Il We have no concern. Hut some
references in it 20 Utah nn1lr nro Ho
obviously and Intentionally untrue that
they should not BE- permitted 90 go
without exposure. Some friends Of Dr.
Hin have denied TINT On hIB Eastern
pcrcgrluatlona he naid anything against
the Mormon" people. They cannot
avail themselves now ~ the plea that
he was not correctly reported by East
orn Journals. His statements made
here were IN his official report 90 the
conference and stand against him be-
yond donlni.
In giving an exaggerated portrayal
Of the extent 81 the drink habit" ana
the "Hoolal cvil." he declared that "in-
temperance prevails 90 an alarming exc
tents" that Social drinking 81 p0pu-
lar custom" that "the picture ~ the
social evil h too appalling to outline boz
fore this audience" and that "tho on
tire state g. contaminated and do
bauchcd moro or less by these evils"
The impression created ana evidently
Intended by this TRADE. ~ that Utah is
AFFLICTED with those evils 90 an extra
ordinary extent. while the truth e. that
the State ~ exceptionally free from
them. Only In the larger cities and two
or three mining camps nru they 10 Do
found Ia a noticeable degree. There are
scores and scores Of towns and Hottlo-
mcnts In Utah where there ls no saloon
ana no liquor trnnic. and where tho Ho-
clnl evil IL utterly absent
DR. illn knows this na wen as NEST
men In the state. and when be- asserts
that tho whole state is contaminated
with the evils of drunkenness and hnr.
lotry, he gives the State fom rcputn-
tlon ana knowingly bears false witness.
Connecting this. TOD. with the "polyE-
amy question, h. purposcly casts q
shadow uopu the Mormon commun-
n.y. the vast majority " whom are not
only temperate and chasto. but urc to-
tai abstnincrs from iutoXlcants and ro.
gard the other oyil nH second only 90
the crime of murder. The vorucity OF
the occuser already badly damaged. Is
not improved by these new attempts to
dcfamc those who have bcfrIcndcd him.
Next the Dr. dllates upon tho home"
a pleasing theme. as dear 90 the heart
OF every Lattor-dny Saint ua TO any
Methodist under tho sun. hut he de-
clarcH that,
"Mormonism In doctrine. IN spirit ana
In nTNF flee "a Ia
mental principle"
And yet he knows by personal OBJ
aeryntlon that "thr home" ls cherished
In spirit, exalted lu doctrine and cstab.
llshod as sacred In practice by Nor
monlsm" ana tho "Mormoua" n IL
regarded aH the beginning OF true hap
plncsH ON earth and tho very ymhudl-
mcnt OF paradise IN heaven; the SPOT 10
which each heart turns here ana the
center from which will rudInto tho
glory OF mans eternal dominion here
after
But ho says "thc true home ~ whore
one vito and only one roIguH ua queen
OF the household" and goes on IN de-.
clare that Methodist missionaries camo
10 Utah 90 lay the foundations uf this
idea" and that measure were secured
TO substitute Tor the Oriental harcm
the proper American home" And yet
Or. hin knows that no such thing ns
an oriental hnrcm exists In
Utah. and that the homes "
the people here are In tho
aggregate at least na proper" peace.
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