Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-09

tho lrun ffNNIN nl tN' NNANA'N VT y
births. which were pamdrd in tho anti
Mormon" ofran as proofs That plural
marriage are being entered into in this
state Notwithstanding the solemn na-
furancos % President f.owuza Snow TO
the contrary. There never was more
complete reputation 0f nifoho1d than
that which the fncts we present AFFORD.
exposing the trickcry doublo-dcalIng
and deep-dyod lnfhmy 81 that paper.
IN the nfst place the statement N
that sheet. that the mmra it pnradcd
before tho public wore c0rtIa0l 90 by q
lady whom q "prcaumod 20 be the Re-
cordor Of Spanish Fork" was untrue.
They were NOT taken from any official
rc,ori ana the lady is NOT the Re-
oordar n that city. nor hIs deputy, nor
an ofncIal N the city but ls un aged
midwife who keeps O. private record u
her professional achievements. She 10
a lady Of rcspcctabliity and good social
standing. and therefore cannot be- the
famed "rcliable ola lady" mado TO-
aponalbie for many years Tor the 0f-
color nctlona concoctci By that paper.
In tho next place the liat Of names
contains but one person who has ever
been polygamIai and Dc entered that
relation moro than twelve ycaru ago
before the Issuance Of the msnlfeato.
Al the rcat are OF men who never had
hat one wife. most 81 them are young
people some N thcm are non-"Aior-
mons" only one birth mentioned D. illc-
ultimate. ard that 10 tho offspring Of "a
Chenille" who was prosecuted Tor hla
crime.
In the third place there was not tho
slightest foundation or excuse for the
publication u those NAMES, nor Tor the
Inference that the Children were u
polyEnmoua parents because On most
cases the nurnamca Of the parents arc
different while ia q Few they arr tho
same. Tho fathers f,ili name and the
moihcf'a maiden name are required.
ana are furnished on blanks prepared
for that purpose. and In tho Instances
where the fathers and mothers SUR
name ~ the same. Il turns out that they
were tho same before marriage two
brothers. Christensen BY name. having
married two sisters. Christensen BY
name, tho girls being cousins ~ tho
boys.
m the fourth place. the births pub
iiahed BY the anti Mormon" organ oc-
CURED from aix 10 nlne months before
Lorenzo Snow became President ri the
Church. and yot thoy were printed la
BIG. black typc au evidence that rrcai-
dent Shows nvowal, that mo- plural
marriages had been performed since he
attained 20 the Presidency. was untrue
ana incxpllcablei This ia d sample Of
IT, Idea Of the nature " evidence and
of mo logic and cduslatoncy Of that
dopravcd publication,
In pniaicd essay creep out OF the
hole In which d has PLACED itself once
more tht uuu-"Mormou' organ says
todayi
'nut whit hurts 10 that dinornt
women hrr recorded aH bearing chile
drun 30 the same man. That lH what
proves mo puiAEumuuH living ana tho
births iu polyFumyi ana that N proof
that makes the Ncvu rluirm.'
Whore nrc they thus ryooriodg We
challenge me accuHor 90 point out, in
H. wonderful llat. The name Of one man
married 10 moro than ono OF
tho women mentioned thoroln.
James g. Jensen IN named as
tho husband NJ Anna Peter
ron, and james q. Jensen ns tho hua-
band Of Mabeeua MORRISON. nut these
ofo two different Jcnsena Of the same
given name. something not at AN un-
common in many other eases besides
the Jensen cusromrn, SO that proves
"polygnmDuH living ana tho births la
polymmy." does ite ira poor rule
That only works IN the name 0f Jensen.
let he roniua who invented that kind
Of proof" try IL Ia Dis own case and
tco iia application, n Dec has my vita
left after reading the fun aud tru,
record lu another column Of IA,
puseret Slows. We do not suppos.
u will make him "slulrm." detection
IN trickary and dcooit docs not Seem %
have nuy effect Go that quarter.
ANA now, after IL has been complete
y demonstrated that at tho uuegr,
evidence aiducud by tho nuu-"Aiur
mon organ o. utterly false avs tondlni
TO prove births from pulyEnmoua mar
ragca, win % show ln ospectnt publ,
What proofs 10 would have afforded
even u partly or wholly true. tina
polyFamouH murHag,H have tnltrn plar
since President Lorenzo SNOW succeed
"a 20 hls present ullev2 The conclusion
Of is three column urade aud tabulateO
liat OF Thursdny was In these words.
Thrry 10 am explanation needed %
why thcfe are pulyEAWuuH WlYus ID
lthh that were MOE pulyHnmuus Wlyr
when Lorenzo Snow WAS made pruHl
dent N the church of Jesus Christ %
lntter-dny Saints aud while lt cnuno
De proven whore the ceremony wa
tolcnnizcd, Il ~ either true that thos
women nre plural wives or that the
are living with men without any mar
Rage ut an, and we ask in an cunlnr
the Mormon people Cun stand thn
sort OF thing and hold mp their face
before the civilized World2
No, tho explanation needed H.. VIII
the untl-"Mormon' organ continues I
mako that charge without tho sliHhte,
excuse FOR H.. ana without any nor
proof" than lts latest breakdown an
nafoo, Who are meant by "theao W,
meng" Arc they the ladies' whose nam,
that paper has shnmefully held mp
the world as "polygamoua wlvosi
nnisa a. u,sut, IN saw Thar they ara elfhi