Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-08-07

enforced and it IS an extremely rare
fhfnu 90 500 RI Mormon dfIuk lutuNlo0t-
inr liquor " any Kind. Tho same APP
plies 10 the use ~ tobacco. The tom
pernncc continent OF the community
was illustrated practically recently,
when an application for retail license
IN Cardatun was refused by the CONE
mlssInucra because The petitioner could
not secure the consent % ten out of
twenty Of tho nearest houaohoidora aa
required by law. In Intelligence tho
'MormpuF win compare favoubly with
any other farming community while
many ~ the leading members of the
colony aro mon 81 great nhlniy ana
culture Perhaps the greatest fault
that can be found with the 'Mormon9'
~ th1t They DO not nsaimilittc with the
GENTLE population. intermaulage be-
tween the MOrfnnuF and tho Gontilca ~
rare. and the offending Mormon would
probably b. placed under tho ban o.
tho Church"
There should be- no difficulty through
out the country In having the general
conditions stated in tho foregoing thor
oughly understood Wy tho people; since
900 who hal the desire have had the OPP
p1rtunity ~ learning the truth about
tho "Mormons." ever since tho orRani-
gatlon Of the Church. "Mounma' arc
ready to state the facts about thom-
noivcs and their religion. and certainly
nro better able TO DO lt than are their
cncmicA Hut Interior dcalgns Of the
press and pulpit have produced gene
crnl Misunderstanding. until late
iy and even now rystcmatio
efforts nrr being renewed 90 miaroprc-
sent and iniuro the "Mormons" Thcro
Efforts have Kidnapping among pco-
pie right On tho midst 81 the "Mor-
mons" whose charitable course toward
their drfamcrs 10 without a parallel in
modern history. But the action Of I'M
acripuloua people hero. combined with
the cndcavors Of those elsewhere who,
| Tor higutry and selfish reasons. sock 20
/ iniure the Lnttcr-day Saints, ir failing
Of ~ Intended eject. largciy through
such fair minded publications as that
/ we take from tho Press
| n has always been tho fact that IN
tho minds N truthful and liberty
loving people. the general character u
tho "Mormona" "doos not leave much
room FOR fiult-nndlnR." either In their
worldly or religious affairs. Some bao
people Join tho "MormonH." the same aa
that class unitca with respectable Hoclc-
ties everywhere. but they are not fcl-
iowshirpcd BY tho Mormon" people.
whose chief aim f. to work righteous
ness and shortly the Supreme Ruler Of
the universe hy their good deeds.
In only one respect does tho ProHH
suggest that fault can be- found with
tho "Mouuons'-for non-nralmllation
with nom "Mormona." or the GENTLE
population. aa lt a. called. Perhaps In
this very feature the fault II not on ono
side. Tor none make such Efforts aa do
the "Mormons." by thousands Of mis-
slonnHoH.to remove the barriers of proi.
udlcc. and 20 establish familiar and up-
right acquaintance with othcrH. that
they themselves may be- properly UNDER
stood.
As 10 the intcr1IctlnT ~ marriages
between thoHo or different faiths, that q
not peculiar 10 tho"Mormuns' alone. foi
various religious denominations realize
wen the fact that such marriages arr
productive OF unhapplncsa In families
and surely u ~ no fault ON the part u
"Mormnns' or others 10 urge upon thoi
people the advlaablllty Of family union
that will not result In unhapplucau an,
misery.