Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-16
A "srl. xpAnp. DEFENSE.


The great mistakes which are made
b. most u the ioading journals u the
country. east and west In commenting
on Mormon" hnsirs. IL fariy and
clearly shown ~ BY the ogden stand
ard. That paper. which ia nom Nor
mon" but vofy conservative in ita oS-
preaaions concerning tho situation 10
Utah, has maintained consistent at
utudc aa 60 the recent attacks upon the
Church. and also IN reference 10 the
sealing Of the Congressman from Utah.
For this II has drawn upon Itself some
uudeucrvcd criticism from anti-"Mor-
mon" papem. but the standard holds
IT, ground mnnfuliy. and H. not moved
frUm its position BY anything that IL
brought against Ii.
Recently the san Francisco bulletin
had an odltorihi which. while 10 no
doubt Intended to bc fair. showed thpt
It obtained ita information from the
circular sent from this city TO ministers
aud editors. and which contained CRATE
ny wordcd uontcncea intended TO put
the subjects ON which 10 treated lu a
false light The article concluded with
the statement that Roberts ID there
fora IN a iisht hos and absolutely with
out a lex 70 stand on."
10 this the Standard makes 10 strong
reply. tho substance ~ which ia that
the statement put forth la the minis
turini circular referred 60 was ga
studied efort on the part Of the minis
tiers 10 deceive the American public"
and that a. u. Roberts ia not 10 "a
tlEht box Tor he has not violated tho
ant. polymmy laws Of this State. A.
20 that gcntlcmunH alleged defense OF
polyEamy which has boon made % much
" the Standard draws d contrast be-
tween belief In "a principle and carrying
It into criminal practice. The
standard shows further that In an
the orrvsta lately made Ia Utah whore
BY sensational material 10 10 be- fur
nished yellow journalism. not one rnse
OF plural marriage has been developed.
Those who have been arrested were
charged with unlawful cohahltauon
with tho women they married ycau
ago."
We clip the following from the stan
dari NJ the risk Of ro-nwakcnlnr some
feelings that Il would De better % sup
press, Hut coming from "a nom Nor
mon" source, Il ~ too apropoa 10 present
issues TO let pass by without rcproduo.
tlon;
We desire 10 make one thing plain
60 the hulletln. In Utah IL u pront-
chlc Tor some papcrn ana come minis
tors Ia keep uD tho old anti. Mormon
hght The cnrpct-bnrEcra N the south
were The last 60 givc up the waving ~
the hlyudy shirt. they went coullus
tears when tho South gave promise I'd
bow inH down TO the mandate OF the
North and ~ accepting wc1nHiructlun.
Like othcllu, tholr occupation was
zone, or nt least, was passing Well.
inet such class OF men have Infested
Utah. They came hero with good re-
tplNo, no doubt. they tasted OF the
sweets that flowed ln upon them ha-
chunc OF thelr nntl-'Mormon' crunadri
they enjoyed tho conflict and fattrnri
ON a, Then came the accommodation
period Tholr principal mnuihploco
fought tho change most bitterly. but "a
last resigned itself 90 thr Inevitable.
hnNlnE been tuDthed Into "a pacinsd
frnmo Of mind hy tho expectation III "a
penntornhip-T which ala not material.
lse. several years OF quictudo made
ne agitatotu long FOR che daya when
thoy grew TAT aud lazy ON the revenue
that flowed TO them from the outside
'Nrfy time an anti-'Al1rmon' ainrun
Naa sounded IN the nation. They saw
VI WIS mofv pfoftabl. 90 have Utah a
storm contor and force every other
interest but their own, 10 suffcr. than
90 ala IN retaining peace and develop.
"a
trhic the matter, We give an editorial
expression from tho salt Lake Tribune
az the time aountnrship was expected
- That organ, and also a pnrnFfhph
from That same paper when ID ca,rad
20 he profitable 60 have peace In rtnh.
Here u iia 'aenatorHhip' editorial.
Mrt',n Wren Roberts fan the hrst
time Tor Congress.
Again in considering this m,tt.r
thuughuui people viii not lois slrht
or the fnCt that human passion. e.n-
not always be- killed by "a prnoinmntlon.
or the habits ~ ycara made fo IA.
their iniiuencea. Beyond nii that me
matter or faith was not touched upon
'g the ptvuuncllmento. 10 went only
60 me point or plural marriages.. which
hnd been taught as a holy SACRAMENT
must not hereafter De- roi6mnis,d No
helove that tho rule thou ina down
haa hv'n uH fucrcdly kent hy thia pa1.
PIC o. v would have h,ou hy any other
people that thc M1rm0nR ana 'gpu.
Nlea nave rlrht 60 say that ths
'hanEe amounts 90 u transformation
liele y q paragraph taken from th,
name phiri, now that II iH moro urUf,
liable a. De- "a 'carpct.baEFor than 4,
uphold The best Interests ~ tho Hipt,|
Inc Mormon people nre Anntlc tH
sentiment and action and never wtt.
loyal 60 the nation