The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-18

/ ers. His nomination and election in 1898
| followed, as a matter Of course.
it should be understood that the Mormon
| authorities deny using their influence an
| this way.
! i is held by Mr. Young and those who
| agree with him that Roberts is al heart
"a sincere man, with correct intentions and
| of an unusually religious temperament
| Had it been possible for him to do so, they
| say he would probably have quilted Utah
| Immediately after his first defeat. But
! this would have meant ruin to him as well
| as the severing Of all his family ties. Al
| though he IS in receipt Of a good income,
| he is by no means rich. His income even
| is dependent wholly upon the good VIII OF
| the church being derived almost alto
| gether from the sale of various Mormon
| textbooks manuals, etc. from his pen.
! Continued rebellion against the church on
| his part would have brought about the
| total disuse of all his printed works In
! a recent conversation with the writer, Mr..
| Young explained that his opposition TO the
J seating of Mr.. Roberts and to the present
| programme Of the Mormon Church is not
| based upon grounds quite similar to those
| advanced generally by the anti-ROberts
| crusaders They hold to the view that
| the MOrmons are extremely lax in domes-
| tic morals Mr.. Young holds to the con-
| trary. He is opposed TO polygamy, Of
| course, but mainly because it places wo-
| men upon a much lower plane, socially
| and intellectually, than that to which the
| women of Anglo-Saxon countries general
| ~ attain.
Fears Union of Church and state.
My chief objection 10 the present pro-
gramme of the Mormons'' said Mr..
| Young, lis that it evidently includes their
| old programme of a union between church
| and state My experience has been that
| in private morals and ordinary business
| transactions, the Latter Day Saints do
not maintain a lower standard than the
] rest of mankind. But their basic idea is
| the same as Brigham Young's; they wish
| to maintain the Rocky mountain fast
| nesses what he virtually established, an
| independent commonwealth, a virtual des-
| potism within the republic with its own
| laws, its own customs and its own pecu-
| liar institutions.
| "Polygamy is one of these institutions,
| and a hateful one, but no more hateful
| than the domination of the church in all
| political affairs, such as was exercised
| when Roberts was defeated for Congress
| the first time This is indeed. the most
| dangerous feature Of the present situation
! in Utah since it threatens the chief prin-
| cipes upon which the fabric of the repub-
| lie is founded.
I'm working for the supremacy of the
] Latter Day Church, the Mormon hierarchy
| is utterly interruptions. It's theory in this
/ matter is invariably that the end justi-
| tes the means, and it will go to any and
| all lengths along that line. In this broad
| political sense the Mormon leaders are
| entirely without morals and the rank and
! tle OF the church are ready, of course, to
| follow blindly
In other words though prior to Utah's
| obtaining statehood the rank and file was
| by order divided into Democrats. Repub-
licans, and Independents, they are not
Democrats, they are not Republicans, they
N IVfN 1s.gase III
mons, first, last and all the time. Their
very division along the lines 1 have indi-
| Gated though on the lace of it like the di-
vision of voters everywhere, facilitates
the swinging of the Utah vote to suit the
church, for the Independents are numer-
Gus enough to carry any election which
ever way the hierarchy may direct.
| POSSIBLY no one not living in Utah need
| be specially interested in the outcome of a
| state election; but how is it with regard 10
| a national election? If the outcome of
| any election in Utah can be determined at
| will by the church authorities, they can
certainly determine the complexion Of the
| states electoral votes. These are three in
| number and soon will be four, and night
! prove enough to decide who shall be Pres
ident of the republic in an exceptionally
! close election.
But the strength of the Latter Dav
Church is not confined to Utah. Its dom
ination extends beyond state lines and as
| far as the Mormon Church itself. There
| are Mormons in great numbers in Nevada,
Idaho, Wyoming. Colorado, New Mexico
| and Arizona, and they are steadily invad-
ing Montana and Oregon. The coloniz-
ing bureaus of the Latter Day Church are
pean immigrants for Mormondom is
! steadily flowing into this country and lit
| tie Mormon colonies are being planted in
every one of the states adjoining Utah. Al
| ready it is boasted by Mormons that they
can control three electoral votes and the
senatorial elections in Idaho. and they talk
among themselves about the near contin-
| gency of their controlling the three votes
| of Nevada, the three of Wyoming and the
four of Colorado.
an time both New Mexico and Arizona
viii be admitted, with three votes apiece
They will without doubt be controlled by
the Mormons and wild bring the total uI
to twenty-three. Should the Mormons
eventually control Montana's three and
Oregons four, the aggregate win be thr
ty, enough to decide the pr sidental cleo
ton i'm year that is not very close.
The Unseating of Roberts.
AS 10 the unseating of Mr.. Roberts, Mr.
Young is not over sanguine, for many
reasons which need not be gone into de
tail at this time and place. That a Nor
mon polygamist senator VIII follow tn.
I
Young considers highly probable. Pc bl,
it would be as well fer the ultimat,
triumph of the anti-Mormon idea. n,
thinks, if Roberts is seated. since, wer,
he to he unsettled, the ant M rmon force;
: might consider the victory al eady wor
and the contest ended whereas the rea
. battle would only be begun. Mr.. Younl
expects TO see Mormonism with lis churcl
and state feature eventually a vital poin
at issue in national politics.
Eugene Young oh aimed new facts uro
which he bases his present "a k Of faitl
in the sincerity of The Mormons and hi
opposition TO the seating Of Mr.. Ro' ert
while in Utah on a mission Of invest ga
! ton undertaken in January last for IN
New Yo Herald. He maintains that h
has sufficient proofs TO cow nee any en-
acquainted with NJ rmon methods tha
Iolygamous marriages are now being con
tracted with The approval and, in fact a
the instigation Of the church.
These facts he reported duly to his "a