Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-13


SNOW asked Cor the appointment u a
committee to work Tor the admission
uf girls 90 Oh our colleges and uulvnr-
stiles Mrs Martha ~ Tinrcy read
u paper on "Tho Possibilities Of Wo-
man" that would mako the nerves Of
some Of our eastern womcn-foik tin
gle. q.
. when. II may BE- asked. IN the his
tory ~ our government was candi-
date Tor public Office over defeated. or
20 holder OF uilcc ever dcposcd. because
OF yaufant f1uCieH and lawlosH Impulses
In sexual nnnirn7 Who will rise In hiA
place and say that there are no prac.
tUal plunlista in Congress or IN our
State iOglHlnturoH2 what nn interest
ing time o. ahead when ono Of tho
weapons uf party warfare Will boz neigh
uorhJod gossip about the private NE
OF un nHpimut Tor public Office Sex
unl purity Dr. certainly desirable among
tho official elnr1 but how -unngo that
We should Just wake up 90 this fact
nuu draw the line IN such an unaclon-
tic md muudlin flHhluui
Tho charges uguinHt ~ ". Roberts
rcHt on rumora aud inaluuatlona which
Hlyo % false Wow of the situation and
inll Co mnko clear Olther the moral or
the legal Issues involved. The evidence
shows TINT no plural marriages have
hoen contracted IN Utah since 10 be-
came n state. and that Roberts omcnae,
90 the worst b. that he has not nbnn-
dunDi utterly tho women and children
bound 10 him before Utnh'a admission:
ana 10 shows that be- was elected 10
oungrrs by Gentle and Mormon
vote with many OF the highest Nor
mon officials uH hig political opponents.
These petitions 90 CunTfuan against
Roberts aro the work Of couclnyes OF
ccclCinstlc7 headed by the orthodox.
Whor1 onmlty pursued the Mnrmoua be-
Ioto p1lNEluy was any part ~ holr
creed. ana who are moved moro BY tho
nhFry. Jealousy OF 70 prosperous rival.
Than hy fear N tho disruption OF the
homo from that source.
The Christian church IN general nc
crptH the Bible aa itg authority IN all
RELIGIOUS matters. including marriage.
which d holds 10 be- "a sacred rttc. while
u looks on Abraham. Isaac. Jacob. pa
vid, ana Solomon. polyHmiHtH ull ns
the lnnplfcd muuthuloCe1 of God Tor ull
time. And The Same church which la
20 concerned about the integrity u
the home, y the defender Of social cun-
dluonH. which. by denying to man and
woman their Industrial rights, tend
more Co the destruction ~ the home
than all other causes combined.
u " BY no means clear what the
critics and opponents Of Mpfmnnlsm
take De- thClr standard OF Christianity,
Tor while they ug Ho bold IN their do
nuncinuouH ~ tho Mormon system.
they arr silent about the errors and
nupJrHiltlonH of tho other prevailing
forms NJ religion in this country. and
while they express themselves 10 freely
concerning tho Mormon Priesthood
thg} are rctIcunt nH 10 the dnngpus uf
urlUHtrnft elsewhere.
In inHtitutlnE u comparison between
Mormon ana Christian homes and ole
Nillzatlnn. the Imagination uul prcran.
cUlNvl Ideas. Instead Of tho real fact.
ana actual state uf things. arc made
The basis uf the argument. the one b.
pictured in tho darkest. and the other
On the brightest hurs. the one having
no rricrmluE feature. and the other be-
inE without q flaw. No notice ~ taken
OF tho fact that Utah has "a higher
percentage or school attendance than
has most other States OF the t'uipn.
ana o. lower percentage N crime than
any M thOmi that but two per cont N
The MurmonH pructirHd polygnmy when
\ was lu Co., prime, and that Utah. UNI
der Mormon rule. enjoyed an almost en-.
tire exemption from two OF the rrqut.
ct curses ~ our Christian civilization.
puuperlFm and prostitution. that the
mormon women, who nro represented
nH degraded md cuslnvcd have tho
ballot in their hands and ropr,Fontn.
ton NJ their own sex in both branches
of the State legislature besides being
organized lu numerous benevolent and
educational associations which nrr ron.
resented ln the Womnu'H National
Council Of America
An amendment Co the Constitution OF
tho United StItos prohibiting pulyrnmy
b. proposed hy some, ua 10 there wore
mo- other evils in the way OF loose sex.
uhl relations more dangerous Co moral.
and the home, such ns frequent di.
NuI.c' Which iH consecutive polyFamy
Ho 90 speak, and tho social cylI. which
spread. lis moral ana physical poison
throughout society, And such nu
amendment would deny tp any gtlte
thn rirht Co make any variation from
ihr pTut'nt marriage relation. though
demanded boy "a uiuiOrlty Of ita citizens
ui bnh sexes ln tho Interest uf surlul
purity md individual freedom. uut
We must exclude Roberts. although h.
o. nn higher plane than large uro-
portion NJ mon ln public ne. ana 10
may ho ON uH hlrh n plane uH tho Htrlrt-
GET ununElmlHt. LEGISLATION nn mar.
fluge ur the relation OF the saxps should
thfn place under strictly rational aus.
pIcH ana not nt Che brhost of prrju-
dice ana HcctariHniHm.
This essay may nuy conclude with
these lines from u poem on Prejudice
written in the furtloH. by Eliza a. Snow.
sister N Lorenzo Snow President OF tha
Mormon Church today.
It's not Am orb dispensing light
Llh, That which shines In yondor
hpuNcus
MS not a star that gllstons bright.
Llkc those that deck tho crest u
even.
It's not plnion formed IN bear
The mind where Reasons hosts ~.
'TIs NOT ! chart directing vhoro
Investigation holds his court
II lH charm Inspiring deep.
A deadly Hopprinc spell.
which lulH the faculties TO sleop.
Ani aoftly whispers. IAN a. we'll"
II u bolt whose MASSEY weight
The strength uf skill and Truth Do
nUH.
A prison wall before whose gate
Bold Common SenHa nnrlRhtgd nIoai
lostan. THEODORE w. CURTIS.
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