Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-06-08

land The editor OF the nuU- MORMON
orean In The asylum nt proyo7 The
logic and arithmetic involved In that
proposition, are ns conclusive and
mathematical as the deductions u that
writer, In a treble column array % fg-
urcs and attempt at reasoning which
appear IN that paper thia morning
They are offered IN proof of the orsan's
fcharrcs that President LORENZO Snow
and the whole Mormon" people know
that polyFamous or plural marriages
'aro being solcmniscd IN this State. aud
that Mormon Bishop in Ecyier
County has recently married a plural
wife IN Utah.
Now. what do the names and figures
given by the antl-"Moumon' paper pro-
tend 10 shnw7 simply that In "two or
three southern towns ~ this State"
not named. there were twcnty-ono chill
dren born between January 9. 1895. and
April g. 1895 out " these thc nantes
and rrx of seven of the children are
given. In sixteen eases the names Of
the ailcgcd father and mother are not
the same. II IL stated Ia ycrihcatlon II
this record"
''Tho above arc cortln,d 10 hy Mrs.
MARY BAKER. who We presume d ilc-
rordcr Of spanish Fork"
Observe. Il IL not stated where tho
parties reside whose names arr parndrd
IN print II r. only presumed that the
"Mrs. BAKER is Recorder o. spanish
Fork n the presumption ~ correct. It
does not appear how the Recorder Of
Spanish Fork ccrt.nca % tho birth II
children In 1.-TWO or three southern
towns of this State" II ~ not even ns.
serted that the children. seven only Of
whose names urc given. nro the on
rpring u plural wives. on the contrary
this admission n madci
I'VE could not prove probably BY any
known record that there have been chill
dfen born Go polyEamouH parents In
some towns IN Utah. but We have "a
COPY u the rccord " births IN two or
three southern towns VI this State. etc"
II these .lrths thus made 10 much of
nrc not "ohlldrcn born 60 poiyFamouu
parents" why are they thus rpfcad be-
fore the public IN large print and tahu-
lated form The inference r. evidently
conveyed, that ais In sixteen cases out
Of tho twonty-one the name 81 the
mother "A different from that Of the
fathor. The child must be- tho Offspring
Of ''polyEamous parents" That l.
another specimen u tho legal logic Of
our antl-"Mormon" jumper nt irrauon-
nj conclusions.
u n q well known fact that In tho
publication OF both birth and death
noiicca Il r. customary Ia Utah 60 give
The fathers full name and tho moth.
ers maiden name. More than that. n
The anti-"Mormon" logical ana mathe.
NAUTICAL genius viii BE- nH anxious Tor
facts as for nctlon. Il will learn that
the official blrlh-blankH require the
fathers mll name and tho mothcra
maiden name, but that IA romc cases
that form ~ not fully complied with
and thc surname Of tho parents ~ oc-
caHlonally given aH tho same. That H.
no doubt tho case IN the wonderful Hot
u has made 20 much o. It, latest
"marc's nest discovery entities Il 10
leather medal from tho state inatitu-
zion at Provo.
fare after page Of tho same kind
with the fathers surname ana mothers
maiden name, can Do read Ia tho
records NJ the County Clerks ONCE In
this clty3 Why go on 10 some un.
named southern towns" for such a
llai, when one containing hundreds
could be- had al homer whyl Because
that would bear on its face tho cxpo-
ure Of the fake that the anti.
Mormon" organ haH sprung upon tho
public. for outside deception. II o. ono
81 the most Infamous ana contemplate
tricks ever tried by o. public journal.
It's tupliudo cannot De- described In
proper Language.
But Huppose that tho twcuty-one
births, IN southern towns of this state.
not directly alleged 90 bo ~ 'polyga-
nous parents" were an of that class.
VIII some sane person ur paper show
us what proof it would afford that
President SHOWS statement. which
has occaslonod this display of alleged
Statistics, b. falaehood. known Co by
90 by every Lattor-dly saint from ht
President uf the creed loWng'
President Snow said iu reference 10
the charge that plural mauluBca ard
ffffNa NffHh"f
~ win now Say that the principle Of
plural marriage e. not pnctlccd.
have never. In one single Instance al.
lowed any person TO have that core,
mony performed, and there are no such
marriages at the present Time nor has
there been during the limo OF m,
prelldoncy over the Church."
10 prove that false. the lumnary OF
the Gutl-"Mormon' organ gives IN,
public a list OF twcnty-ouc nlicgo,
births, not claimed 60 be- "polyga
NOUS" I'm some southern towns" dur
ing the early part OF 1885, the latest OF
April 10th. Lorenzo Snow becam
President OF the Church on septembe
-. 1895. That Is the kind OF proof
usually brought In support OF IN
charges IN that paper. IL Il 10 be at
trlbutcd 10 lunaoy or incbuoty2
In reference 20 the requirements b.
the Church as wen as by the stat,
that no marriage ceremony shall b
performed without the license pre-