Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-27
gooD WILL SURELY RESULT.

The Boston Herald. commenting on
the letter ~ Captain John Goldman on
the day following lts publication. cdi.
torially expresses the opinion that the
Importance or the entrance into Con.
grcss or "A polysamist Is greatly over.
rated. It also thinks that under the
circumstance and considering the
progress Of events In Utah. the present
crusade against polygamy II unnccoa.
sary. II rccognizca the fuct that as an
Institution that system OF marriage IL
IN It, dccndcncc. and never Was a.,
powerful an element 40 has been gem
orally supposed. The Herald makes
these remarks In reference to tina, ducg.
ton:
"our Impression IA that crusade
against polyEnmy iu the Mormon
Church would b. waste of effort aud
perhaps WORSE. n left alone. unlyramy
II sure to die out there. ~ u ~ dying
out already. II the House Of Repre-
ronta,lycs cNerts Ito authority TO turn
"a man out of his seat ON this ground
the natural cry IN Utah will b. that u
Il case 81 persecution, and II Nv to
hn remembered that the Mormon
church has In tho past thfivod on per-
necutlun and may ind u convenient To
use acts OF persecution to sustain Ito
power IN the future. There IN not
cnough 70 be gained IN oNpelling the
present member to risk giving that
church this advantage. We ind In
the Mormon Church the worst feature
~ Mormonism. ana the most formid-
able embarrassment 10 the success OF
republican Institutions In Utah and to
her harmony with her sister states Of
the Union as member OF the United
states confcdomcy. II q public sontl-
mont IL 20 be- created In this country
10 opcrnte upon 'Mormonam.' this IN
III. point. as 70 atriksa Us. against
which u should be directed
We understand that by the worst
feature" Of "Mornenlsm.' the Herald
means the alleged Interference by the
Church In the affairs OF the state. n
that paper and others which still harp
on that mistaken string would invca-
tlgato with a real desire to find out the
truth. they would learn that there IL
no more danger Of union OF Church
and State In Utah or or the domination
Of any Church In political affairs here.
than there H. In Boston. church aud
State are expressly separated In the
Constitution of Utah. and In the tcncts
and practice of the so.callcd Mormon
Church" The supposed amnigamation
Of the twain Is ~ much OF myth as
the story about solomon spauiding be-
ing the author Of the Book 81 Mormon.
Il Is strange that No many writer's
aud public speakers who are interested
enough In "Mormonlsm" 10 dilntc upon
II for public instruction. will not take
the pains TO md out what II Ia for
themselves, but depend upon tn" state
mcnts and sentiments OF others and
echo. In parrot-llke phrases the errors
and mis-statcmentA Of pronounced op-
ponents OF the "Aormon' people and
the Mormon" Church. Some day. per.
hapu. they viii wake up TO the fact
that they have been mislcd and hood
winkod nnd made tools OF by wliful
decciyers.
OF one thing We arc sure. aud that IL,
that out OF the present astonishing and
absurd commotlon over the election OF
a Representative from Utah TO con-
grcss, viii come that inquiry which the
Lntter-dny Saints desire. from many
thousands Of people, into the facts In
the ease and ultimately Into tho truth
of the doctrines and principles which
God has revealed from Heaven In the
nineteenth century, to usher in the
great and last dlspcnsauon. Thus.
good will come out Of apparent evil.
ana truth VIII eventually be victorious
and triumphant