Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-10

The san Francisco call h1a 1000 oiI-
tofial article ON "sultnns. suIu and
Utah" which % dUuhtssa intends 90 Do
funny. but which D. ridiculous ode
mixture ~ urlminaliiy and folly 10
takes up tho statement that in dealing
with the sultan Of sulu, Che United
atatra arroed tp lsuyr that ruler Ui "a
portion 81 the Philippine uuiIfturhoi
In the religion and institutions VI Die
people. and Says.
''rhnt raIie.0n lv M1hnmrtnH and thg
Institutions HrU uH'YEtmN aud UhHll"l
slavery. while we extend our lurIHli'.
ton over the Koran and uolymmy ana
salary the sultan who believes in thH
one and practices The other th0 stars
and stripes. protecting the hlrema ~
aulu. waves uH u banner or NifiunuH
vengeance 90 strike terror into The
hnrums OF Utah. The Book Of Mormon
and the continuing revelations That
project u. like the Koran, teach p1IyH.
amy nH ~ religious duty, not assumed
exactly ns burden hut rather nH re-
means of onacttluH certain nuaiorltlUH
IN the Observance Of creed ana fit1nl'
or courso there are no harcmh IN
Utah as the term is applied. there nre
no Moslom institutions connected with
the "Mormons." though there would be
no difficulty IN the can finding the
HeraRiio ns an Institution In San Fran
cisco. Hut we will not IND further
fault with ~ use ot tho term, since II
seems 10 please u, and perhaps IL knows
no better A. 10 itH assertion NJ what the
Book Of Mormon teaches. however. that
being % statement which no one with %
regard Tor truth would make without
some reasonable foundation. we suggest
TO the call that an error has been made
IN naming the book that teaches poly
gamy. II should have said Bible. 10 be-
accurate; and then the doctrine ~ not
20 "onset certain nuatcrltlcH." tho ylo-
iatlon OF which pharlahical morallsta
assume IL necessary.
The Gail also says;
but the United states. which looks
upon plurality " wives in the SuluH
and calls n good. looks upon the same
IN Utah and calls u an ahumlnation be-
fore the Lord when Utah was adj
mittcd o. n State the United States
made a contract with her which bears
the Aulu sultan. Congress bound Utah
20 observe the principles Of the Declare
ton % Independence ana 10 forever
abjure polygamy or plural marriage"
Yet the United States does not call
plurality Of wives In tho. suluH good.
though II may Ind II necessary 10 per-
nit Il. nor does u call the same In Utah
an ahominntlon before the Lord. Tor the
reason that the United States Congrcfs
II not the Interpreter of the mind ~ the
Lord. The United States merely says
that polyEamy IL an ononse against the
law and against the sentiment OF the
nation. aa tho people thereof look at the
practice. Nor H. there the romotoat rrt-
crence 20 II IN "thc principles NJ the
Declaration ~ Independence" The
CARS Ignorance ON these matters sure.
~ IL IAN ahominatlou" TO nll Intelligent
people.
Here IL another excerpt
IN Utah there are twelve sultlus
They are called the First Presidency uf
the Church, ana uro sometimes known
a. the Twelve Apostles, one OF them,
the sultan Angus Cannon, determined
10 live up Co bic religion, ana obey the
spirit rather than the statutes. has been
getting married ut every drop of the
hat Tor the last year or two until his
harem numbers Dix ladies'
In Utah therc are no aulmnr And
Mr.. Cannon has not boon getting mar
rled at the drop Of the hat Tor tho last
year or two" or at an In that time.
lie was not accused Of polyrumy ur
plural marriage In the arrest the can
refers to. Are Callfornlnns 20 unso-
physically gullible that they will re-
,eiye as news such stun us our contcm-
)0rary giyes them regarding Utahf
one more paragraph from the can
'intelligencor."
"Thc Utah battery has just returned
rom the Philippines IN II are many
Mlrmons' and grandson ~ brigham
Young, They lee tho sultan N Sulu iu
rood health, well ana uhundantly mar
lied and paid % SALARY. Thry aud wuo
u the Huunua uf Utah. also well aud
ibundntly married, plulus Boz 70 dun.
feon therefor They also nud the ramH
Ing over the Utah ipll that they have
been engaged lu mailing tn thu Philip.
pines May We not expect grHut emit,
gratlon movement from Salt Lake "a
sulu2'
The Utuh battery boys will not nrd
inythlug like H. said ln the foregoing,
here Re no "abunl1uuy mlrrlod' man
ma Utah prison, though " one wore o.
'ommt the unnuHo Ot uplyFumy d,
would probably got there much quicker
han In California. Truly tho can man,
tgemcnt ourht 90 BE- 1IsguHtol with lu
EDITORIAL writer's on Utah topics, sine,