Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-23
pEsERET EVENING NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 49, 1899.

Ing Of poiygamouH marriages. notwith
standing the Utah CONSTITUTIONAL prohi.
billion Of such marriage
The only evidence 1dduccd In SUD
port Of the charge ~ quotation frum
n magazine article written some two
years ago by him IN response Co iuqui-
rirs OF q number uf gentlemen In New
York, who asked on what grounds the
Mormon" Church IN the mast had justl-
flod the doctrine OF plural mnrriagr.
The question wac presented iu such
form that 1t Involved The confederation
Of whether or moi the Bib. sanctioned
polygumy. and my answer Co ih1t quoe-
tluu b. now 80 mlHrpurV uH 90
make ID appear shat ! nm au advocate
~ polyTumy In the sense uf ndvocat h.
Ing plural mnrrlug,a now. whereas
every way I stand committed 90 sus-
tain the settlement Of that question ne
tuition forever prohlhitInr uiur1l mar
ringra. and my article mUr|iy explained
the grounds ON which thH Mormon
church I'm tho uust hlrHl its iuatinvt-
ti0u or plural marriage. Would the
mon trsinr 90 uurrnt ihH uUrHra ut1-
tive from Utah hold that one may not
muio an explanation uf nHHt conditions
without unonsog Ar thrHs snotnrinu
ministers who are nt che hUtfum 1f this
agitation uUninft this rnurDH HrtntivU a1
rausltINr over the fact thai 10 WINS by
the force % rerrcs7ivr and hIfHh lerls-
lntion. often cruelty administered. TINT
Ted to the suppression Uf Mormon
plural marriages rather than their
christian love- the arguments " The
iov. Dr Newman against uulu Pratt
nr their own lltilc pupguu arguments ON
the Same Huhiputwnfr iurF Hu sensitive
ON this matter that thHY ran bear no
explanation uf this unat controversy
without Htuillug their fingers in their
rurH and running through The nation
frrcnmlng ''Thc 'MormouF arc adyocat-
INK pniymuy. the Mormon are threat
pring ihH American huWUf' n would
BE- interesting Co learn whit Views thHHs
routitmru entertain on thH freedom N
opinion and freedom nf speech Whore
were they roarcdl ln Spain ur tusrlI,
or some petty dHgnotiHn uf thD Oflentg
surely they never bronthol The free air
uf the great Western renuhlc' Come
they down from the ninth or tho thir-
tr,uth century, Surely they do not
he,ong To the cionc of he nineteenth
century,
I pa-a by the mnny other niaohools
that have bUuu uttered relative 90 ms
ralf IN this present agitation. knowing
shot the time " near whom those who
uttered them and myself VIII b. ftcH
to Taco. can thor answer Co. the
ctataos accusing mo " being guilty OF
mlsdemeanor in the state of Utah I
can answer tn the House ~ l,eprnseu.
tntiyoH-thc tifst parliamentary body in
the world-lf II can cunHUut tu Hn far
furr,t H. dignity ns tn resolve itself
into 81 police court Co ascertain 10 one ~
TO- members Dr. guilty NJ mlHdnmonnur
ALLEGED tu have been committed 900 a.
dlt i.mt State nnd punishable there. I
could have answered 90 the accusation
year ugu. Tor n d. more than that
las 40 al
IL lskuu, I could have answered then To-
some Justice ~ the peace court In Utah
if ths cumulnlut had hrUn made before
such De- mnTiH ttatr Instead uf before
the whole American people. Hut Co Hp
lHs tile complaint ala not suit the start
rrs ~ this present agitation. bent as
they were upon an anti" Mormon" cru-
Hsd'. " could not have bHun made On
arpenr BY proceeding sn that the
American home DnHhrluod ns 10 Dr. In
the hearts NJ su.Ooo.oo1 20 people. pro-
teCt,d hv the force of Christian"
civilization, and shielded by American
law. including the Utah Constitution
% could not have been made tu appear
that this American home was In dam
ger II this man had been hailed be-
fofo u Justice OF the peace and bits guilt
OF Innocence quietly nHrUrinlund. No.
they must uHe this rara Tor agitation
purposes. "a show the great republic
nll this now, however, ana only point
out 10 part the representations aud
fHlFehoodH on which the agitation
against the congressman from ttnh aud
the people NJ that state IN based. aud
by reason of which many worthy pco-
pie are being mlalcd and Induced to
JON IN hue ana cry over "a question.
the real merits OF which they know lit.
tlr or nothing.
The danger Ia tho American home. In
the protection NJ which this present ngi-
tl'lun e. Invoked, ana which IL urged
us ~ Justification. does not Turk lu tho
uuu-blcss,d valleys OF utah. hllcd with
farming villages. whore domestic peace
and happiness rise every day 10 greet
th" morn and crown the hours with
quiet SOY, The good people of NutV
York Clty and other cities can ind 10
much nearer home. In this city where
I am wrltIng-thc city ~ Helen Gould
and mention that lndy's name with
the prufuundrft respect aud admiration
Tor her good works. her womnuly char.
lty. and. withal. her bruadmlndednoss
and only rrgrrt that she has been mise
Ted iu relation 60 conditions in Utah
hut here 10 tho city ~ her home Within
any thousand fcrt square, may be- found
more that mDulpts the American home
than ever existed, or I hope ever with
exist. in the whole stat. N Utah Aud
knowing this. 10 looks Just a little u-
diCuluus to sru well meaning rrfurmrfa
20 far mlalvd hy instrumentation N
Utah 1nnlrH nf tn b. found standing
knee deep in The HWamps uf social evils
about them. yniuy irving t1 Uptoe
themselves into position where they
can peek over the fuggpd rummits ~
the Rocky Mountains Ia Ind some dos.
pcruto menace tu tho American home'
Leave Utah nlouDt rhc BE- able ana win
work out her own salvation. II. indeed
tho ~ not already HH fnr along that
road or any other state IN the Union.
u. II. ROBERTS.
New York. Nov ~. 1850.