Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-17
now rur n,rrLE CONS.

DR. \. y. Wiahard. one 81 the con.
clayc 81 disappointed preachers who.
failing to make converts 81 the "Mor.
mons" have apparently determined to
make war upon them. has been lectur-
Ing In the East, especially TO ministers.
and reports of his address come 10 NJ
from the newspapers. The latest We
have seen l. In the indianapolis Jour
nal. II occupies nearly two columns of
small print, and contains the same un-
truths aud peryerrlons of fact and doc.
trinc. which were used Tor u similar
purpose under the old and long con
tinucd crusade against the Moruons
previous to statehood. The burden ~
the discourse In disclosed In the head
lines ~ the account In the Journals
Increase Of PolyEnmy." "Mormons
Heiuriing to old-Timc IioldnesH In
Utah" etc.
n would be waste of time and space
10 take up the numerous falHchoudr and
distortions ~ Mormon" beliefs and
dolnss which form tho substance Of the
address. and we would not have made
mention of II but for the publication. In
the same paper. of the following letter
from nom Mormon. who has long re-
sided In this city. where he lH wcll-
known and respected. His numerous
friends viii commend the manly posi-
iion he has taken TO offset the mlArcp-
reservations II the notorious Prcaby-
terrain pcrvrrtcr of the truth. The
communication Is headed. Present
DAY Murmons;"
ITO the Editor of the indianapolis
journal;
Having read the article In your Issue
~ the 18Th Inst. In relation 10 an expo
ritlon Of the Increase of polygamy In
Utah. by Dr. \. n. Wiahard, I desire Ia
enter u protest against u. While IN"
doctor has spoken some facts. he has
juggicd the truth In regard 10 others.
In the first place. the Mormon people
nre not prnctiolnE polyEainy AZ rel'
Hinn, hut, On the contrary, have re-
nuunced II publicly IN their ward. stake
and general conferences. In the second
place. their missionaries urr mol
| preaching the practice ~ polygamy
among pruH.lytcH, but are expressly
/ forbidden by the Church ordinances
under penalty ~ dismissal. from doinr
I ~ " INV ~ may Wv NNWF AWNA NhNiNf VI
the former poygamlEts are caring f0i
/ their plural wives. ~ the laws Of hu'
man Righteousness ANA morality de-
| mand. SIN mono are contracting new
marriages except with one wife. and
that one under the Jurisdiction ~ th'
law. which requires license TO marry
duly issued and recorded In each coun
~ NJ the State. what should a man IL
with his plural wives, with whom h
lived IN happiness Tor many years prlo
to the manifesto Ut which he speaks
Does Dr. Mirhnfd want thcmf Surcl,
not Npr any one else. Then, wha
shall become NJ thont, To east then
IN would be infnmyi hence their ne
ton IN looking after them and cnrlnl
Tor them w Cnmmundnble. WAS
strong l.iheiai during the anti Mormo
crusade. ana l assert that the Mormo
people urc now living only tho tonets q
their revised religion, and not interior
Ink with the social political or mora
urhtH NJ amy ones nru peaceful, prof
poruur ana lnlN-nhlding citizens, an
should. like the rurltanH ~ old, l.
piiNilorod the freedom To- worship DO
and not be- subjected to the upheavnl
| OF politics from time To time,
III. =. JOSEPH.
"A ucnulo Republican N salt Lab
CitN.
"Noblcsyille. Ind, Dec. a."