Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-23
A NeN."MomMoN's" VIEWS.


\ friend at pocntello fends ~ en-.
couraRlng words 81 appreciation. par.
ucularly on the stand We arc taking In
defense Of ouf people ana principle
from the attacks ~ their foes. Ito also
forwards the following letter from a
lawyer now practicing In Montana
We publish II that our readers may
have sample u many that reach Us
from Mormon" and non-"Mormon"
correspondents.
Dlllon. Mont. Feb. Is. 1899
Dear Friend.
I received your marked copy of the
SCml- Weekly DcHcrrt News and am
Glad o. see that some newspaper "
taking such n stand. n roiteratea my
sentiments ON this very much abused
subject untii lately I have taken
three dailics. and three weekly papers
beginning with the present year I have
stopped them nll but the Porateliu and
our weekly here. ! was utterly dia.
rusicd with Newspaper methods. and
could not distinguish between "a chronic
liar In print from one out % print. ~ 1
Just uuit reading newspapers. and rare
~ look into them. I, like most 9th 7r
people. am Elnd 10 got the news ~ the
MNNNNf NAA ANNN W NWHN MWNA y NlI nNA
get u was anything hut the news and,
ns I would have done by person whom
I knew never, ~ seldom, Ia tell the
truth. I listen no longer 10 them.
ON the Roberts question I am propnr-
inr an article which appears 10 me TO
be- the correct solution ~ the question.
n the people ~ Utah desired MIR. Rob
crtH ~ their representative In the Fcd-
rrai Congress. and they appear g. -
NNmNF. Nh0M lWNHsa ali - him
then II II their right 10 have him. aud.
! npprchend. that he N aH good a man
an those who attack him.
! have lived among the Mormon"
people for some few years. My opinion
~ them Il. 40 I have many times cx-
pressed, u very favorable one. have
said ~ brigham Young. and DO yet Fay
u. that the builder ~ an empire. a c1n-
tfOlcf Of people 10 the upbuidlng nf
such n city AZ Salt Lake. such u coun-
trY CO. surrounds II. extending into
0thor States than t'tah, must have
ppHTcHrvl wonderful qualities. We are
taught a. revere our great warriors be-
cause they tore down. depopulated.
devastated countries. This Is not my
iden ~ good 90 mankind. I have far
greater reverence Tor one who builds
up. and especially under an the clrcum-
stances which attended the work of
brigham Young.
1 have hcon reared Protestant: my
lncllnutluna follow that ~ my early
training. this ~ true 81 % per cent ~
all the peoples of tho Elohr. ~ natural.
but I have never blinded hyfeif 90 tho
fact that IN an religions there ~ much
good IN an there b. some evil. and
above an have thought mankind a
prnatltutnr ~ religions good ~ selfish.
individual, motives, The great mass %
hoWlera against "Mormoulam." 40
AGAINST other religions. are those who
follow religion nH vocation, and. while
not willing 20 attribute 20 any upcci, i
of religious doctrine. any particular
manner ~ worship. those cQntcntinna
we NO oftfn Hcr, ! can hu note that Il
" mostly strife ON the part ~ tho small
minds who follow religious vocntl0na nH
means NJ getting bread and butter,
who cry out against others who fnlluw
the Same trade or businefH These )
by ins would do the same by. and carry
into any other branch ~ vocation ihay
followed, tho same narrow contentious.