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

same spirit NJ In othcr parts 81 the
country. and resulting iu Republican
and nt other times in Democratic VIC
tory. Tho new state restored 90 WOO
man the right of suffrage, N which she
had been deprived by Federal lcEisla-
tlon. and each branch NJ the state
LEGISLATURE has a woman on its rolls.
Now. II is said. a polygamlst has been
Hcut TO Congress. and The nation ls Co
be- aroused 20 the danger that threat.
ems the home and civiIzutiuni Tho frst
alarm comes from the Presbyterian
and Methodist missions lu Salt Lake
city accompanied by an appeal Tor
funds. and the cry gathers volume MOI
10 travels eastward and breaks un the
Atlantic coast with o. delfening ruur
drowning, MS ~ wcre. The lingering
echoes of the spanish war.
and uritnting the placid surface ui poe
cial l'fe from Plymouth Rock Co the
Texan Plains. and even to the Golden
Gntoi The pulpit serves nn the sound
lnr-bo1rd Tor the rcyDrhoratiUn ~ tho
peoples wrath; us II hn1. on course.
in overy national crisis. aa the student
of history 10 well knows' Petitions pour
into Congress calling Tor Immediate
action. hut these petitions are almost
without exception from 0cClUHiiuticll
bodies. The press hHF been utilized.
The Associated prcHa serving aa the OBJ
rouui0ua agent Of this uprising of the
CLERGY. tho iightniuga ~ heaven srrv-
INK aa "a strict partisan in the Interest
OF purity and pictyi The legislatures "
some Of tho Htnto1 hayo passed roaolu-
tiouH drafted Tor them by an naHcm-
bly, ~ diNluoa while others have ~
fused 90 obey such mandate. thinking
n doubtless "a rather cheap way Of
spreading tho fame Of their own virtue
And what no tbrsc charrrrq IL r.
said that Conrrcaman-oleCt brigham
" Roberts iH ma open and defiant poo
lygnmlat. living with three wives. one
Of whom he has taken since Utah be
came state. and another N whom
has recently given birth 60 twins. that
his election was "a Mormon device Tor
folstlnr pulyEnmy on the nation and "a
proof OF Mormon pcrndyi and that HE
admission Co Congress would Comrrua
mise that body and lower the standard
~ public morality
These charges appear 20 boz h1aoleHH
n we except tho fact that Mr.. Roberts
was n poiyEamist before utah'H admi7-
sion 10 the Union, and that he be-
lieyoa h. has certain moral obligations
TO the women he married ana their
children. from which neither church nor
state can ahHnlvo him. Mr. Roberts
ran for Congress once before ana nuth-
Ing was said about hiu being lave
breaker until during hiH second cnndi.
dacy. u appeared that he was coming
out ahead ut tho polls. Ito had hcen
nominated because he was "a good
Democrat, an able politician. o. strong
silver man, ana a gifted orator Both
ucntllUH and MormuuH voted Tor HIM
many OF the most prominent Morm1ni
being nrruyod against him. - Tho
United States district attorney Tor
Utah says be- does not believe 20 single
plural marriage has been contracted
since Utah came into thu Union. Rob
ort'H domestic relations had absolutely
nothing 90 do with bis nomination.
The reports I have mentioned. have
made o. fixed impression un the public
mind ut variance with tho facts uf the
cnrc an impression easily made AMI
fuHtercd because ~ nnu-Murmon pre-
iudlc0 and lta control ~ The avenues
~ intelligence And these reports have
been made stronger by nll sorts "
stories and cunning manipulation ~
various occurrences.
A picture 81 Roberts nH tramp scat
ed on Che stump Of n tree has hosu
going the rounds Of the papers, with
these aubioIncd remarks mr. comments.
m there ure any who suppose that
brigham N. Roberts ~ Utah lH going
Geo give up the nFht he iH making Co
secure scat lu CunrrcHs and resign.
they mistake the desperate character of
the mru, one incident IN hia career
shows his bulldog tenacity.
"WuhortH. with two other Mormons.
won't Co Tonncsare 60 DO missionary
s,Fera.=-ifls scnmun4iUnH were killed hy
uurfy citizens when the nature N their
mission became known. and Roberts
himself barely escaped with hiH ne.
DETERMINED Co secure the bodies ~
hia c1mrldcr and knowing upon his
return tn the scene ~ tho trouble that
recognition would mean instant death.
he disguised himself uH n tramp. A.
such be- urnln invaded tho ouvmy'H
country. secured the missionaries bod
les and carried them back 90 Utah"
Would such an act on the part M o.
missionary ~ any other Christian scot
Doe proof Of tho desperate character
and "hulll1E touacity" ~ the mun'
Would 10 NOT rather be spoken % in
terms Uf the highest praise. 900 uu act
of hor0ism showing tho power nf the
Christian fnith2 Hut mark the covert
approval of tho other decd. the KILLING
of Mormon missionaries In these Unit
90 states' n Methodist or prcHby-
terrain missionary be slain ln China. the
whole % ChHstcndom IL shocked and
our ambassador of Pekln addresses
protest 10 the rulers ~ the Celestial
empire. liut suppose one ~ these
preachers of nurp Christianity. u Uul-
tartan. an EplHcopnlinn. % catholic. or
baptist were killed IN this way IN any
of the States of tho Union' Ana what
n their blood were spilled In tho state
NJ unhl
Another cartoon going the rounds
purporta 90 picture a Mormon family
~ about two Hc0ro members, and "
inscribed, "aN families run In Utah this
a. small one" The idea meant 90 Doe
conveyed f. that most OF tho Mormon
families are polygnmous ana that the
average iH r. large one, Nuw not moro
than two per cent N the Church mem.
borshlp prncticrd nolygamy IN tho days
~ lts prime, and hut n small proportion
of tho polyEnmiHts had moro than two
wives. ln this picture nftron out 90
tho twenty-five are males. ana five arc
little EirE Ho that the pulyrnmiC folt-
uro a. not very marked. ~ ls worth OLE
serving in this connection that three
thousand francs were given in Paris
the other day aa "a prize 90 the man
with the largest family, n vito ana Hly-
tCtn children, Some women would
prefer dividing such n responsibility. hy
sharing their husbands affections with I
"a SECOND or third wife. How long Will /
it ~. judging hy the way things are
going In our civilized society. before !
it will Boz found oNp0dicut 90 onor prizes !
for the largest nud bcHt fnmily of chill !
dron7 How many now cyule tho ryafOn- |
Hbility Of children. either from uecHssi-
~ or choloc2 Bishop Potter OF Now
York said lately, 10 some women those !
ministries Of tho home are denied hy !