Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-10

most Taoient In ua drnlnlH - any |
,yronrdoing by hlrh church ohclMHi"i /
d whole year. and gncrrlnFly 'hhN'nt
Ing anyone who thought ih'fg Mhh Wy ]
such wronrdolnr 90 bring me mhll.l ]
90 trial pointing Out that thr Guy
were open and 40 the machinery nl 'N'
cnufis were In working order
There IL no need Co. Gay whore tho
foregoing paragraph Us takon from |
There "a only one paper in tho country |
that would porpctrato unythinE llko IT,
Tho falsohood Il contains DO put i'r-
ward In paillatlon u the attempts that
have been made 60 lnIura Utah ln the
cyoa Of the country. Tor tho palirr7t
~ uurposcH. The organ of Islander 10
thia city IL allied with the preachers
In their ncfarlous work ana The GO"
crusade goes mcrrly on. iolt ~ the
moving spring OF the whole concern.
and upito and maloyolonoc give force
10 the machinery.
The beginning OF the controversy ln
which the "Churrh organ" has oooa-
elonally taion some part. was the nH-
sertion that plural marriages were boz
lnR contaminated In Utah. In violation
Of tho agreement said 20 have been un-
tered into with tho United states. The
anti Mormon" organ stated, repeated
~. that this State was calling up
with wives who were not wives prc-
vious to the manifesto" or the entrance
Of Utah into tho Union. II WIS that
assertion that the Dcsorot News denied
and which u stln denies.
Tho church organ has not touched
NJ all on tho question N "wrongdoing
by high church officials" nor chai-
lcnrcd anybody 10 prove "wronEdo-
ing" or 10 bring the matter 20 trial.
We have challenged proof ~ recent
polygamous or plural marriages 10
utah. and have quoted the Views Of
other papers that II such proofs cx-
listed they should be- brought before tho
courts The machinery Of the law has
not been got IN motion against the
oncnac lcglslated upon In the state
Constitution. and referred 20 IN the
Enabling Act
In answer 10 the challenge Tor proofs
Of recent plural marriages. the public
were treated TO % romance or two
which were rchnsh u Ola md yarir-
gated stories. ana the hazarding N
FucHse4 about other matters that slim
ply showed the Ignorance Of the ac-
suser and its failure 10 obtain reliable
data on which to predicate a case.
Chagrlncd and banied In ia attempts
90 give rome color 10 IT. rash and
FroundleaH Wholesale nrrnlgnment ~
the Mormon" church and people. the
organ of maluyolonco engaged q mis-
cradle tool 10 work up what IL thought
would prove great anti Mormon
sensation. Records of births were
r,immagcd FOR evidences of supposed
polysamous offspring. and the now
notorious spanish Fork nzzlo was tho
consequence.
A score of reputable citizens ana thcli
wives worr uoandailzrd by an infamou.
libel. which was thoroughly and don
nitcly exposed by the Dcscrvt News
The antl-"Mormon" organ, thus prove,
20 be- engaged IN the work of dcfhmlnI
reputable people. mover acknowledge
ita error. apologizod Tor its Islander, %
tried 20 undo ~ dl.holcnl work
II n now ondcayohnF 10 dodge ava,
from ltH part In the recent aud intcs
"aonaatlon." That win not avail No
viii n count In the crusade. u has %
bearing on the main question. The dis
putc has not been that some "Mof
mons" who married plural wives year
aEo retain them, recognize them a
wiyen for time and all eternity an
regard thctn In that rotation no matte
what other people may think. or sn'
The contention IN over the false chnra
that utah 10 nlllng up with polyg,
nous wives who were not such whe
Utah entered tho Union na "a state
That r. the impression sought 20
made upon the people ~ this great M
ton, both by the Utah preachers WI
have been raising funds upon a. IN n
East aud by their ally tho nnu-"Mo
mon" organ In this city
A. Co tho case which has been 81
lectcd for tho present sensation, th
will have Co stand 900 lt own merits
dement's us 10 may De- different
viewed. II proves nothing In retoren
TO the original charge ~ mt
other cases M the kind rnu
be actually mbstoutiatul th,y wou
not touch the main question. We rrpe
once more. the pyscrDt NcWs has %
denied, admitted or defended thcm.
said anything concerning Thorn, oNce
that II was understood boy sensible a
Influential people. when polyEomous
plural marriage ceased according
thu terms of the Enabling Act, III
existing relations would not be violet
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