The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-10-21
BOlCOTT BY MORMONS.
Trade Relations IN Utah Affected by the
Movement Against Roberts.
From the Dcnrcr Times

SALT LAKE CITY. Oct IL The recent Nor
mon conference, Just closed, was the largest at
tended Of any conference in the history of Utah.
So larhc was tn" attendance that htcre was XXX
So large was the attendance that there an over
flow" session. which itself an assembly OF
about Z, 900 The tabernacle will seat $1,000 and
the huge oven shaped building was crowd.d to
its utmost capacity. extra seats being provided
and hundreds standing in the aises This in
creased zeal on the part Of the Mormons Is due
mainly to the recent all gcd prosecutions Of some of
their leaders who arrested on the charge OF
bieamy, and naothcr cause is political national
and local The apostles and elders who are under
arrest on he charge OF higamy crying "pcrsc-
cuon." and, Of course, that rallies the faithful
to the standard II the church.
Pulygamists hold that they are peacefully
living their religion, they understand it," and
that the ,icntrS have no moral riEht To- interfere
though they may have legal night They also
hold that they have as much, right to political
representation as the Grn1eS have, and for that
reason have elected u pOi}gamlst TO Congress,
and propose to stand firmly upon that ground.
As elsewhere the few leaders control the masses.
and they do not prupns to compromise by sending
u Mormon non pnlyghmSt They have elected
a full ilcdgcd polyEamist and Will make the hSh'
ON the issue whether or not Il mans religion dis
qualities him from holding an Office he con;
sttution Of the United So ties says that it shall
not but the Grntilrs holm that MnrmUusm, or
Mormon non @sE What religion" They wan,
congress 10 utllnt II, l ne mousse may IeluHo
to seat Roberts on the grounds Of ms convictions
for this crime, but thc Mnrm"nS will then send
another polygamist who has not been convicted
However they believe that Roberts VIII BE- seated
In the local Campainn the lines are more StnCty
drawn III consequence 81 the national poliuChl
troubles, and these are the man reasons why tho
conference was 80 largely attended he masses
come to receive political uN(tuCt!on as wei us
| spiritual advice. They al" lDl To i've your
| religion" and obey counsel The counsel is
to vote the straight ticket ~ MS We DO IN our p"-
htiCal parties, generally, Hey propose TO carry
| the war farther by Withholding patronage from
| the Gentle rings, who are urging on thes" at
| tacks upon the walls oi Il"n lhcN nave touh-
| seled"" the faithful to patronAc only the stores
| kept by MurmOnS Tins Will be seriously !tlt,
| not 80 much in Salt LAX" 'itN as in the interior
towns, for every town or village there IS one or
more large department stores kept by A"rmunS.
| known as "ZlUn'S Go operative McrcahtlIe Insll'
| tuition"
| At these stores the Morm"nS d" the'r princiISl
buying. Ordinarily there IS considerable C"nln-
| titun i'll these growing towns from thc tcntlIe
| stores While III" Mormon. are expected TO give
| preference to merchants Of their own faith, tho
| rule is not strictly observed, especially when
} the GcntilcS put up new cheap cash stores lini.
| when there is war on or the GrntllcS renew tlrlr
| "pcrSrCutinnS.' then the Chief priests and elders
| throughout the kngdum" strictly eniorc" I'll"
| rule. They notify their congregations not 10
trade at the store. OF the enemy. ana II they l"r.
! sst in doing So they ARE cut oil from the church
| At the recent cpnicTchc" TINS order was issued
| by one Of the apostles as coming from the head
| Of the church, and II is now hcinE preached IN