Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-05-05


THE News stlii slaefcrs On Heber
| Grants admission that since State
bood was ohnincd there has been no
chang In tine customs and habits Of
| ,,,ivr. NOUS families That was n
,c,,rb blow the Apostle gave the
Elder
The foregoing from the source u
,,os, N the sianderous stories now be-
Ing calculated throughout the country.
ought perhaps to receive some notice.
In the nrat place. the gentleman
named made no such admission as
that stated. And IN the second place.
what ~the Apostle did say was not
different In its assertion or Identification
10 that uttered by "the Elder" There
fore there L. no blow aud consc-
qucntiy no "ftaErer'
That there may be no excuse FOR
dodalng on this matter. we take the re-
port u the Apostles remarks Ne print
ed In that paper
Il have never yet met q man. not one.
that was sufficiently lacking IN gencr-
oslty 10 say that the pulyEamour re-
inil6na that existed then. " there were
no morn iNNNfN NNAiAAhN'rf ''NNf 49, ~
BE- allowed 10 exist"
Il say that In Sal, Lake city the
leading conservative Geniilet viii
stand np and sly that existing relations
ought H. stay ua they are today. thnt
no woman should gcok home IN an
asylum erected hy our country. but
-hsY will say that woman should seek
an asylum In the home ~ her husband.
/ sav that d husband should be true to
NJ wives and true 20 bis children"
The Elder referrcd TO above l. the
present editor " the News" who
on SEPT. 4. isss. replied. through this
paper. 20 the faisehoods % the rresby-
terrain conciave held In Minti August
p is1t. In reference 10 the same sub
set recently touched uron by the
Apostle" these remarks were made by
the Eider."
and now a word about the condition
u family Affairs among those who. ~
gut.d faith. many yearH ago. contracted
plural marriage nhder church rrgtiin-
tons AMI aaUf,d covenants. binding
upon them. as they renarientlnuHly be.
ll,,e. both fnr time and eternity. When
rtah was admitted ne a State In the
Talon, II was with the understanding.
not TO say contract. except BY the State
Constitution, that polygamoua mar
riaRca In Utah would cease
Al the same time there was n iacit
understanding, not 70 thy contract
that tho dead strife should he buried.
that family OBLIGATIONS already entered
into and maintained for yenfH should
not b. disrupted that men should be-
permitted without legal jeopardy 10
care Tor. support and recognize their
plural families, educate their children
and perform n manly and humane duty
10 those thus dependent upon them"
Nov where 3. the conflict" where l.
the blow" and where the "siaEger'f
day or two aFo sentence from the
Manti resolutions. one from the reply
and one from the Apostles discourse.
were usieniationrly paraded. In So
quencc. In the orEan u SANDER and
malice. for the purpose Of creating an
apparent conflict between the two lat
ter quotations There was no connec-
tlon hetwecn them. They were cited
ilie two quotations from scripture
were once made In support Of suicide.
thus
MI suAM WIN "Nf ""' ''N''
himself
'uo thou and Do likewise"
Now. observe. the Apostle has not
said that "ihsrc has been no change In
the customs and habits Of polygamou-
families" nor has the Deucnct News
con,radic,sd the Apostles remarks; nor
have "the Apostle" and ",he Elder"
taken a different position on this sub
jec,. iut the organ Of deceit, and false
witness. and impudent libel. has de-
libernlely and Intentionally misropre-
rcnted both. a. demonstrated by It's
own columns. n II would serve amy
good purpose. We could stiil further
prove IL psrndy, leaving the public to
Judge II out ~ its own mouth. but this
will Huiiice Tor the present.