Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-16

~ contains the i",,V"s ,,-
sell, ~ ,s nv Apostle Brigham Young,
b iH','. caution above given. the
W w president Snow and Wood
rifil,, A ,oosile Young are also given.
z ' ',,,,le Is preceded by the following
,ssfial' .,re of this issue OF Har-
o. .ro.sty viii be found an article
10 Wsps,nlgham Young. whose name
W. indicates his prominence ana
atcfhN Inc Mormon" Church on
cisofiv ,sblch IL now agttating the
ssbf,,' ,s,,rcscntntivcs In connection
epe o. n,,..siion OF the right OF Mr.
I'd ths ~ representative from Utah.
r,hsfis W" y, which he has been chosen.
~ sn doubt, as We understand
mr. y w mat the Mormon" Church
rau.i, .ned the practice OF polyga-
" apAnl,,ia,res. but that the Nor
r'1s ~, ike Mr.. Roberts, had al
- ,ai wives In 1890. at the time
rib pl., Noodurff's manifesto. con-
~. in the polygamous rcln-
~ ~ established In clear. The
y, nv 10 whether Congress- VIII
rr9oh .sch a continuation OF polyg-
f'nF is,lona ~ venial. ana ne oucr-
81 hsr 10 the seating OF duly
psprescntntlve. II now on trial,
80 nave no desire to anticipate the
Al the moment OF writinE u
800, clear that the Representatives
.,hlnrton are fully alive 70 their
fs.ihliltics. and are not likely 70
,hslr eyes to the unqueruon.u
~. ., the American people MT
-. statement. however. " OF Vn,ue.
~ are sure that the light II onerH
AZ Mormon view OF M con,, -,
viii b welcomed by the roac"fs
Nm YouNG's ARTICLE.
,...,,s are being made to revive the
49, nuestion. The bulk Of tho
iIas The country are not correctly
49, upon the subject. Where gen
,,,armatlon exists there In little or
:. r.esltlon to engage In a crusade
~, the "Mormons." They have
w. ehsckcrod history from the In
-, n their community, In 1880. but
s'-,i,s 10 understand their present
~, n il only necessary TO deal with
y, oareer Of later years.
r,en a period dating back to a time
,,,ly suhseduent To the founding or
:. ,uomon" church Its ndherents be-
~ N. and limited number OF them
-.s.a,a,ed at not moro thnn TWO per
,.,-pfacticed natrlnrchai COR plurnD
s.-,'se believing Il to be n divine
.stullon. in 1862 an anti-polysamy
!. -. passed by Congress. II pro-
"a psnaitles for the punishment Of
=. vho married women while they
M tvsl wives living and undlvorccd.
n statue remained practically a
at..taa tfUan che hOnllU
hiVi.. the subject was revived. and
Il, January iG Of the latter year what II
80 a. The Edmunds law was passed.
=, uas followed later by the Ed
~. Tucker act. The two statutes
rrhssl provided for the punishment
NO who committed the offcnse OF
r5pmy by n tine Of not more than
X, hundred dollars, or imprisonment
!, rn more than i've years. or both
"A hne and imprisonment. The offensc
4 uslawful c0hnbltntlon was Included
ia measure. This was not aimed at
4, acl OF plural marriage, but the liv-
nd husbands with their plural wives.
tisftlons were made punishable by a
Z, Of not more than three hundred
,gis and costs. or imprisonment for
n more than six months. ar both fine
ri Imprisonment. Under these
rauf,s polygamlsts were dlsfran-
"a. the Church was dlnincorporatcd.
~ 10 property. with certain exemp-
IA was eacheated to the United
siiH
n crusade opened with the arrest Of
hlrr clawson In April. 1854. and was
ttlgcted with extreme rigor for nearly
a J,1rr. In almost every cnsc the
NJ penalty Of the law was inflicted,
y steep,ions being where the accused
F'ri',d to obey the law las construed
ne courts"
70 most people the making OF such
promise would seem u very simple
riiisf easy 20 be compiled with. II
VA however. an exceedingly difficult
~ AFparentiy impossible condition for
~ Of the accused to engage To con-
In To- for several reasons. They con-
ssailously thought that some OF the
ttfifuctlnnn OF the courts were not
~ strained. but extra judicial. which
d-getlon was subsequently verified by
-,l'lons OF the United States supreme
lTt They likewise took the ground
NJ hey could not consistently enter
- such q contract In opposition to
hiuiuti0n they deemed divine. UNI
ne Lord should Justify them In 10
- and the Supreme Court rendered
it'll decision ns TO the constitutional
q Tie laws under which they were
fHscuted.
Aqiher formidable obstacle that
- y the way OF making the promise
sedlcnce was that II practically In
l.'r1 tue casting aside OF wives, with
,t'u, IN the minds Of the husbanda u
hdd contract. which could not be
.eoably dlsregardcd. had been en-
w upon. The required pledge like
~ meant the casting OF a blight upon
lleh born under that contract.
.noefp OF those men who preferred
Ati imprisonment. involving asso-
.inon with some OF the vllest Grimm
sA NE earth, would also have sur
~ themselves TO be shot to death
..u Than have secured freedom at
"hht the judiciary pursued their pur-
~ une suppression OF polygamy)
M unrelenilng determination. they
,.sHehtly paid u tribute to the in
NV OF The genuine Mormon" char
Wy onering comparative ana. In
r, $40 ot cases, entire immunity from
,,.,in'heht on the basis of n personal
.I%, HAD the accused been Grimm
~ we ordinary sense, they would
a.. Il "H9Ailnk IN ofutf 10 tH-
W., gag not believed that such per-
~, quotation ns the one asked for
M nave been sacredly kept. they
b, mol nave made the tempting Of
~ several years n reign OF terror
sl-iamlles werc temporarily
/ nrsNui men who stood well In the
t,,l.s. were herded into the peni-
.tr., W scores, the aggregate being
t,,assaa eight hundred and nine
ran.sa , Among the extraordinary
nuaa ., NE Judiciary was the segre-
hsI,s,ot The offence OF unlawful co.
p.nln In this way II was made
A,,.,n py a minute divisional process
,nalofe unknown to civilized juris-
gnls 70 imprison person accused
| Nat na,Nul oohabltation for a term
Lia,sl' No cover the period OF his
al a Nm XIX and place him under q fine
M number OF men Accused Of