Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-30
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Tho San Francisco can uppolp 20
have boon irrltltsI ny romo comments
Of the peserct NoWs % week or two
aro. on tho atrIctur,H uf the coll roI1-
tive o. tho treaty with The sultan ot
Puiu. Perhaps those rcmark1 we're
a little Zoo rauHtic. but the poinia cone
tended Tor by tho "Nowa' have not
been turned aside hy anything which
our respected California contemporary
has advanced.
Tho treaty entered into with the
dusky putontatc f. worry different az
fair 60 the enforcement 81 law within
che United States II does not follow.
because % treaty has been entered into
b.tveon this government ana the sulu
potontntc. that tho United states 'Au-
thorlzoH and protects the ppiyglmic or
other cuatons that prevail IN hia do
mlnlon. Nor ls u correct 20 Infer That
this Government doce 90, n at all, be-
cause polyrnmy BE- taught by the Ma
homctan religion. n tho call will look
nj the matter calmly and without ocor.
blty and an effort 90 treat II with
doriaion. Il will perceive that the
"Nowr" hn. not taken the ground
which tho can assumes n has occupied,
and therefore that much ~ tho lattcr'e
anger r. uncnllod-for and wasted.
We may BE- permitted. perhaps. 20
point out among the mistakes of the
Call. oomc that ought to b. corrcctcdi
"a for instance. tho notion that the
hook 81 Mormon teaches and cniolnH
poiyrnmy: that Hon. Angua ". Cam
non IL "a member Of the First Prcsi-
dcncy Of the Mormon church, that he
4. awaiting sentence for polygamy' that
he was placed ia jail. that thcrc IL no
difference IN tho eyes N the law be-
tween rho offence Of "polygamy' ana
that with which DO was chnrgedi that
thia paper Stands for tho contention
that "a GENTLE vice "a transmitted into
a virtue by % canon of the church,
and that the head ~ tho Mormon
Church ia careful not 10 deny that
poiygamy IL again praeticod IN Utah..
All the foregoing assertions and In
fercnccs 81 the can are crronepuh Tho
gentleman who II nut named ~ the
preceding paragraph. Is not one OF tho
First Presidency but a. "a brother Of
President George Q. Cannon, 20 whom
the call undoubtedly refers. The nc-
cuscd was not put In jnil, he was not
charged with polygamy; he u not
awaiting sentence. he was nnod one
hundred dollars some time ago on the
entering by his attorneys of "a plea OF
ruuty 10 another and different offence
The difference IL essential and was con-
aututcd and defined originally by act
OF Congress. one lH felony punish
able by imprisonment for hvo years
ana a nuc Of i've hundred dollars tho
other rs "a simple miHiem'anur, the
maximum penalty Tor which ~ impriH-
onment Tor six months and fine not
exceeding three hundred dollars. The
Cal Is therefore Incorrect oa Go 'tho
corpus deficit"
SO IN regard 20 the Gentle vice. II
f. not supposed 90 be- changed Ia any
degree n practlccd by a Mormon cN-
cent that he would b. considered by far
tho greater sinner, and there iH NO Him-
uarlty between lt and Mormon mar
rlngc.
and cmphntlcally made that 'polyEamy
IL again prnctlood In Utuh,' 81 course
We use tho term as established 10y law
ana presented IN tho Utah Enabling
Act and the state Constitution.
And now we suggest To the cnll that
the nccdicsa introduction ~ the name
OF the Trustec-ln-truHt of the Church
In this connection, r. not one of th"
amenities OF high class journalism "
the Dcserct News were 90 attribute the
article which We now briefly notice.
to Mr. John u. sprcokols whose name
appears at the head OF the cat 10
would no doubt De very unjust lp that
gentleman, IN Wow NJ his known nhll-
lty. and IN very bad taste also. lf any
body IL 10 be- held personally rr-pnn-
Elblc for editorial utterunyuH 10 is the
editor. nlthuurh tho article 10 which
the can responds was written ln his
temporary ubsouuyi and even then u i7
not common courtesy 90 assault aud play
on the name or uu editor when carrying
on controversy with a public Journal
We have mo- desire Co quarrel with the
Call hut our surgeHtluus are offered ln
futyruu spirit, and with tine desire
that the truth may prevail ln reference
to the matter treated upon. There are
very Few public writer's who really
know anything about Mormon AFFAIRS,
except vhot they CLEAN from rumor
and the Misrepresentation OF It's oppo'
uenta and they arc unsafe guides 20
conclusions ON most important sub