Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-13
No rEiIuENr ~ san LAKE.

Tho Don'or News. like number NJ
other journals. has Special from
Salt Lake about tho cannon case, ana
In led 10 believe that this city iH wun-
dorfully stirred up over the 'fcnHailnn.'
when the subject matter ls old and cold,
and would have bcoen dead II it had
not been boiled up and Hplced by an
anti-"Mormon" Newspaper. The prose-
cution. n ~ true. caused something 81
furry for little WHILE but tho linz
imagined furoro ls but common "tcm-
pest IN n teapot" except 10 the prime
movers In the cndcnvor 10 work mp
paper war Al kinds of apcculntlona
are INDUCED In na to what will be the
consequences ~ the new crusade, ana
these are duly reported In the
"'apocinls" sent out from this city,
which appear under such headings oH
"Mormondom In stow"
That does not matter much. hut the
impression IA created outside N this
state that the prosecution h evidence
the performance OF new plural mar.
ringos In utah. Notwithstanding the
provisions of the State Constitution.
Tho Denver News. for Instance, oou-
cluden lengthy but temperate editorial
on the subject with this paragraph.
'"rho News. ne ntaunch opponent of
polyguny, was prompt In accepting ln
good faith tho pledge uf the Mormon
church that. u Utah were admitted Co
the Union, the practice of plural mar
flngoa would be abandoned, Tho cuuu-
try at large accepted this pledge, ole
though Il was freely asserted that n
was not made In good faith, The uuDH-
ton Tor the Mormon church leaders Ca
determine ~ In what position they In
tond to place those who accepted their
pledges Were their frlondH Wrung and
their enemies rirht2 This De- Just tho
point 20 which the alleged secret prag-
tico Of polygnmy " leading ln ihrlr
own Interest the church leaders should
do their utmost 60 stamp out ull RENE
nants of the practice
Tint paper ~ clearly under the mise
apprehension that the pledge that
plural marriages would cease with
Statehood has been broken. That ls
exactly what tho anti-"MormoW' sheet
IN this city. IN league with the preach
ors who have ben trying 10 raise money
over Il In the East have been laborlng
Ia make the public believe, II iH ut
terry false, ag those who have ciruu-
lated II well understand 10 70 that
untruth which the Doaortt News has
20 frequently denied. and q ls because
Of 100 repetition that We keep up the
contest,
The ogden standard, u0n-'Mor-
mon" paper, remarks. IN response "a
the comments of the Denver Nvwa'
"The "NcwH apparently draws dis
tinctlou between ppiyr1mouH relations
and plural marriage but Dr. lrl tu hts
lloVe that Angus Cannon Inns been
guilty OF taking to himself u now wIt0
since the manifesto prohibiting ulurn
mnrrihrrs WINS Issued and SWtnhHn,
obtained, m that Dr. ih" uulUrHipulIn.
tho News has of the Clso, uui lf thu
lH the impression which hlH been nrH
nted by the Hturm-Ht1rl"r1 iu SOU
Lake. then tho people uf lilh NIl
placed iu 70 false light Angus 49, can
non h charged with buiug lhr hhr
OF IA child born iu Matte Hughes can
non. "a woman tn whom hu was uultul
In accordance with Mormon pucug
and belief many years before the man
ifcsto was lsHuyi.'
Another false impression conveyed b
specials" from this city ls that n
convictions can Doe had In polywm
cases. because tho majority ON iurlt
would be "Monnona." 10 is asserted o.
those dispatches oa published east ann
west that such jurles will rlthor acuuI
or fan 10 ugrce Thus tho work o. o
again Of stirring mp the country again.
the "AtormonH"