Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-23
DEsERET EVENING THURSDAY NOVEMBER go 1899.


standing the Utah CONSTITUTIONAL prohi.
billion OF such marriage
The only evidence uddutcd In sup
port Of the charge ~ q quotation from
magazine article written some two
years ago by him IN response 90 iuqui-
ries OF number of gentlemen IN New
York. who asked on what grounds the
Mormon" Church IN the mast had iuetl-
ncd tho doctrine Of plural marriage.
The question was presented in such
form that It Involved the con liberation
OF whether or moi the Bib. sanctioned
poiygumy: and my answer to that uitoa-
tion " now 80 misrcprc 'onto1 nH 90
make u appear that I am au advocate
~ polygnmy In the sense uf ndvocnt-
Ing plural mnrrlugga now. whereas
every way I stand committed 20 suH-
tain the settlement of that question ua
nNel hr the terms ~ the liIh cuuatl-
tuition forever nrnhlhtlnr uluf1l n1r-
rinecs: and my article mor.iy explained
the grounda ON which th' "NHrmnn"
church IN the past huroI lts iuatlnUt-
tinu or plural marriage. Would the
mon trslnr Co unrrut thH rurrUF1ut1.
tive from Utah hold thHt one may not
mniso an explanation OF ua.t conditions
without unongc3 Ar ihr.' saotarinn
ministers who ore nt fuD bottom pf this
agitation against this renrDasrtativo sn
rnusiuNn over the fact that 10 WINS hy
the force % reurcseiNr uri hlrrh lerls-
lutlon. often cruelty administered, Tint
LED 10 the suppression ni Mormon
plural matrihEgH lAtl.t lhln ll,lr
Christian love- the arguments " the
itnv. ur. Newman against uuIu Pratt.
ur their own litilc ropHun arguments uh
the same suhipCt-Hrr they .l sensitive
ON th|a matter lhht lh.I can Dear no
explanation OF this pnHt controversy
without HtuiilnN hyit UnN'it ln tlnr
cars and running through the nation
screaming sTFlr iAfurmUua' urt HHNuUHfa
ing pnINmuy, the 'Motiun0H orc thfoht.
yring th' American mono " would
hH int resting o. learn Mhli Wow. thnf,
N'ntl men gnt'ftnlh on lh' iiN'lem or
opinion hhd itceauin nl Nl' 'h. Mh'i'
Nrro thcy f,afgdl W. Sr1,n "r llut.ii.
or some p"itN u anousm w lh' pfIentt
purely ihrN mover hfDAthol tn' Ifce Hlf
~ the great western tenuhllci Como
tNoy down from the ilnih ur thc thir-
TENTH century hut y h'y do not
hetons 70 the cloar OF tn' nineteenth
cruiurN'
nasH by the mnnN other inla ohoola
that nave bcon uttered relative t1 mN-
rgf M this present n.iilunn. Knowing
th7t the time " near WhUh nose VINO
at tered them uni mg'cf VIII d. fArH
Go ince. ] can ih'n answer il the
ch1if"H accusing me " BONG guilty Of
o. Wlfdcmeanor IN ne state ~ utnh. !
'in answer y" w" HOUSE or isNNifH'N-
intiNoE-thc iirst parliamentary BODY ln
the World-t " can conacnl lu Hn Tar
iotr'l IT. digniV hf To- receive itHrll
into ct police couft 60 ascertain " one ot
No.. members " guilty ot mislem"hnnr
ALLEGED ~ nave been committed iu q
40 liant state nnd nlhlahhhlr There ]
could hhN" answered 90 the accusation
u year ngn. Tor u o. more than that
lfutlh ~ time sine" tho tlhuuf about
10 l'hun, ] could nave answered then 100
some Justice 81 the pcnc" court IN Utah
it ib' o"mulnlnt had henn made before
fNth @ mag. Nhtr lhNltli ni hNinrN
the Nhnl" American people. hut Co so
l1t Tue complaint did not SUIT the start
ffH "i this present agitation, bent as
th,y were upon an anti" Mormon cru-
fadt. " could not have hHrn made Go
arpcar by proceeding go that the
American home. cnrhrinod hs II Dr. In
the hearts 81 e0.oooooo ut people. pro.
trcltd ~ iho Tore OF 'hritilnn
civilization, ana shielded by American
law, ineludlhE the wan constitution
eouiu NOT nave be,h made &" appear
that this american homo was IN dam
ger " this man had been hnlcd he
ioi" justice OF inc peace hhl me- Fullt
% Innocence qulciN nHerrthlncd. No.
ih"y must uH" TINS cas- Tor agitation
purposes, 10 show ihe great republic
VIVA. danger u u really in' ! PASS 10y
nli ilis now, however ana only point
out "a purt the rgrraentnuunr aud
thlHohnoiH on which TIE hfiiuuon
hsuintt "a" CONGRESSMAN ffum Ilnh ana
ne people ui mat state u based, ana
hy reason oi winch many worthy peo-
o., az, hcihF mlslcd ana induced 10
JON IN hue anu tiN over a question,
lh' t,"l m,iltH OF Whieh thcy KNOW 1t
Ct. or nothing.
sue dnhE'r 10 me American nome In
th. projection 90 which thia present agi..
'u'l.n inNnn'l, 1hd Nh!'h y urged
y. ~ lu-llh.Aiion. ug's n9l ilrk iu The