Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-18
FIGURES THAT no NOT LIE.


Mormonlsm." which has dcsorvediy OBJ
taincd wide circulation. the author.
who l. not Mormon" gives som"
data taken from the records ~ the
Utah pcnitcntiary. This " for the pur-
pose Of contrasting the morals OF the
'AiorinonH" with that ~ the non."Mof-
mons" and of refutlnE the charge 81
immortality 30 frequently brought
against the former. more particularly
by pfofosscd ministers Of the Gospel.
The statistics are not now. They have
been published before, and they are
authentic nut they are very distastc-
ful to the gentlemen who are making
alphabetically of the now cruz
sade against the I.nticr.day Hainta. one
Of our Elders In Manitoba quoted from
them In reply 10 some ministerial at.
tacka; whercupon a Presbyterian Dr..
wen known In Utah for his bitterness
and Hypocrisy. obtained space In the
Pre- Prcsr for long TRADE from which
We make the annexed cStracti
"Hia statistics give romr information.
lie says there were o. sinners In the
DNnIttutiuINs VI NNNin
were Mofmonn. OF the i.ssi arrests In
Rait Lake city In iss2, iss were Nor
mons. that II Saints. Not Methodist.
baptist, Congrcgntionniint or prcaby-
terrain among them. OF the % saloons
six u them were kept by Saints, not
one ~ them by Christians. The gam
bling houses were all kept by Hinncrs.
but no Christian among them, u II
a pleasure 90 know that the Chris
tan churches were not represented
In the pcnitentiary. the gambling
houses. saloons or brotheln. II would
have been a pleasure To- know that
Mormonn were not represented IN any
OF these places"
The rophirtry contained In the fore
going paragraph. like the figures which
do NOT lie. convey nothing now. The
dodge has been tried before and BY 10.
called Christian ministers. II will be
seen that the community herr at the
time mentioned was divided into two
classes. called respectively "Mormonu''
and IDENTITIES" or n-"Mormona."
Those known as "Mornonr' were not.
by any means. all members % the
Church. any more than all the nom
"Mormonn' were members Of the acc-
tartan churches. The term IL used. aa
the word christian IL used In con-
trast with the people outside Of chris.
tendon.
The reverend DR. says tho persons
arrested IN isss were MormonH, that II
Saints" lie knew that In saying 10
he was guilty Of wlifui deception ana
fraud. Members of tho Mormon"
Church guilty OF such offonaea as those
. 80" ~. ",''""'s "."''.n'a VIZ.
"'..'"' "ou,' w GUY on we Vhufoh
ana would not be counted Ne Saints"
,.,,,,,,' ..,.....,,,.'. 80 v,
s 1870, y ~ "Hu"'p '""''t'i
10 Incl, chnr., .,snr,n. -. ,',,s. ~ w.
schoo, chnar.n 49,. a,,,,., 80 ~.
same cla.ss.- .,A,,,,oan,, 80 w.
..Nn,mo, g nd, an. A., - c.'
Of March !. ISL.
hut IL II n fact that. m the Dr.. as
Fcrtr. none 81 the non" MofmonaH un.
80 N"''.''''n -. u 'he
-" "H'" '" "''"n p'FH"hr OF fuy
christian character, In that sense none
% them were Christians and none Of
~, sT 1''"'-' ~ w ue '''h ~
'"p'"ye' w contrast 10 MorinonH''
certainly u n not fact, for they were
Christians In tho popular sense. ana
rome M them ,y.,.. "a, ,h,. ,tte,....,.. y.
,,.,',,,. ,.,,,. - - u'.'i'n. ~
To urove mi. wa vii, 49, , a. ,',.''
few more statistics. also from penIten.
tlAry records. and these. too. M, mo-,
80. ' NV
psni,sn,, n. 'n, ,i W. w W. uthh
foIlows. ~ ''''''"' ''''''"'' an
'Morinons." a..
ron MormonN' -. -. -. -, ...,.,9e
The Following further details show
the proportion Of professors OF several
local aactarian reiIglous bodies AZ com.
pared with the "Mormoua."
"MoRMoNs."
49,, ,.....,... T..
s.. nu'np T ~ Wv ps,l,.h, y, i'l'
sonment... o., =, 80. :. ....,.',.sO
ih'n nI,,,'. ~ Nl'''' go 80 '''''''''
'''it . .,lhl, ,'.,'.,,.'.,.s ''''''''''
'''' W "o''n'n p'''n'a''' 80 '''l'
CATHOLICS.