Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-14
MISS ANTHONY IS
GROSSLY INSULTEO
c., Francisco Post Gives Attention
to mo Gentleman"
ogcRIEs HIS BASE ATTACK
,,., su.sn %. Anthony uecause
Al, pl.coun,cnsnees the Heb
erts Crusade.

-. ry,nlng Post Of San Francisco,
a.. ,..u. Of December 9th, unmer-
,,av ruircla the Chronicle ana a
- ~, ,b,r.ln who directed his spleen
.,,lsa Miss susan u. Anthony The
rsi tayai ,
eooardIy paragraph recently In
-, soniy one Gentle woman has been
- 10 offer a word In defense Of
,,,,,oon Hoberts. named the woman
sa.sn ~. Anthony, and then anccr-
IN asked. HAS Miss Anthony as
,,.,,l,ns for fourth place In the
.s,umists anoctionsf'
hi, hard to believe that man wrote
a.. isdecency. centninly no gentleman
m have written II. II II unthlnk-
M. that any Of tho women employed
!, the Chronicle would 10 far forget
\. inspect due one who has devoted a
-, NE 10 noble effort on behalf "
Zen compelled 10 work for n livcll-
| - II was not a gentleman who
s,,r this obscene insult at Miss An
,,.sy. and no woman could have done
!, Inc conclusion that the paragraph
-, uritton BY a Hcxiesa hybrid or an
r,.,tonslble fool Is inevitable. The
,r,umsiancc that the Chronicle per-
rntrl II to appear IN It's editorial coli
lam, i wholly aside from the question
fhs decsncy or proprlcty. The Chron-
| n. his printed similar insults to pure
,onanhood. and will probably contin-
4. 10 print them ns long ns the owner
q that papcr can hire writer's mon-
ally and morally aH degenerate as the
trsft who wrote this cruel and un-
l., slur against the womanhood OF
ssan d Anthony.
ne anlmas of the paragraph quoted
f-n The editorial columns OF the
fflnlfie lies Ia the belief OF that
tlaspaper that poiygamist Roberts
an b. deprived OF his seat In Congress
t,ou presentation u the charge that
! immoral and that hts election 20
cilgfrs was an attack upon the
izllliy Of the home" Miss Anthony
nssfied that II this view ~ the UNI
t.hefs VI Roberts would prevail others
lal8ss the representative Of the Sow
tirlgn stat. nf Utah would be deprived
q be hght TO VT with the lawmakers
q the nation. She advised that " "A
iAHdafl " moral fitness was To be cs-
ubllsh We might purge our intent VI
D. cleansing Of our legislatures NJ
rsn Who. while protesting the utmost
Afruf u such open and honest polyg-
any a. that practlc.d by Roberts of
tuh. widowed In the hlth OF u poiyg
any thouHand times more menacing
% N. sauoity ~ tho home" than N
Ugntenanccd by the Mormon canon
ucrblng "a divine permission TO marry
raw than one wife.
Mss Anthony'a poatulate IL unaa-
fAlAble She nrraignH every adultcroua
l2fQhsht N Roberts, and she forces
uffy protesting Christian who has
ffhgi tl-i,obortH petitions 10 lmpale
Allfsf on either horn Of dilemma
f9'tsd In The proposition that polygamy
hW IL not a divine Injunction plainly
ivQficd la the only authority ac-
neHledgpd by the rchOolmcn OF tho
oftuan theology. These Christians
M not dar 10 say that their God has
tAnrgd his mind concerning polygamy
Aer he commanded or permitted tht
fygamy VI the patriarchH aud favored
hpolyFamy u David. whose posterity
NE insult u polygumous relations m
~ hliym " this prince of the house
judah u the genealogical precursor
w founder of Christianity itself
hHgham Roberts, Representative vi
n slate NJ Utah, viii not be- expelled
inm ne Congress TO which he has beer
hfili elected because he IL a polyga.
~ % because he has 'menaccd IN,
.heuV " tho homc." or because his
h4ials render HIN unit 10 sit with IN,
~ Who sat with Breckenridge. II II
hhally decided that the representa-,
W. q Vtnh l. not entitled 10 the seat
Ahlrh he was elected Il win be OF
sVuhda that conform TO the require
stnu OF the Constitution u the unitrc
ss, A. correspondent OF "rh'
~ mas shown IN a recent commune
avon Congress cannot lnynlldntc q
u marriage, whether II be plura
hifle. nr pass an cx-post facto law
shall be decided that a literal ant
msyplng Interpretation shall be PLACED
w VIZ lhe clause OF the Constitution pro
any mat zach house may determin,
~ rules NJ It's pruceedings, punish III
o,r Tor dirorderly behavior. nnf
~, W he concurrence OF two-thlrds cx
mcinher, a very dangerous proce
VIII BE- established. whOncyel
~ Political party shall dominate tn
f Or Senate by two.thlrds ma
~ theY may, upon the most triillnI
nlli,l'y excuse. compel the adverr'
NJ sourse, In an effort 20 cxpel a po
n minority Tor political purposcf
=, s.lll be argued by the minorlt,
Nv ne power NJ the majority only In
Jurisdiction over violations %
" 'alts Of the House. and disorder,
M. l w OF the members. but In tn
s's,W Roberts II has already bcci
\ Nlrl mat this jurisdiction extend
~ examination of the moral turpi
- aun NE domestic relations OF am
~ '9 RI anl especially To the private
~ ~, domestic relations OF brigham II
n, ~ representative Of the suver
~ n,ato " Utah This interpretn
~, p.lea dangerously near TO tn
n ~. M aholrs Of State with those o
IT, tnltfch' and Americans Will pausi
~ pglnfe they viii countennnce an,
INTERPOLATION as that
ik', arc other considerations II
question besides the mere right o
~. 'kalnlsi 10 occupy n seat In Con
l.,,' ani u may be well to Discus
~. t9n higher plane than tina
,eltsl ny the foot who wrote that In
e paragraph In the Chronicle.