Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-10-24

ing controversy. iiut occasionally 20
oppcafa 90 be- noccaaafy tn notice aarl-
ouh charges made arainst the church.
and against tho people ~ che state of
Utah. The invrctto1 Fruu pura1ull
attacks and ili.rlturcd and unjust bee
marks INDUCED Zoo by angry oppunonts.
cannot bo noticed in ihe way VI rcialI'-
ton. and are unworthy W reply or Dr..
tort.
For SOME time ondoav0rH have boon
made 90 impress che people OF ihe Ea7t
with The untruth. that since Utah enc
tered the Union The Implied contract
with the nation. IN tho clause 90 The
pintc Constitution forever prohibiting
pnyflmoua or plural marriage, has
been rofflstontly violntod.nud that such
marriages are eth r1irmnized or por-
mlttod By the Mormon" church ThoHo
ISLANDERS are often repeated. and when.
ever the Dooorot News denies thcm. it
r. asralcd with cplthots that are unit
10 be- copied hy a respectable public
Journal
on Friday lnst the ogden standard.
IN a temperate and candid editorial, d.
yidcd the row pcfnona ia Utah who may
be called polygnmlsis into two classes
hnt 10, those who contracted their
plural marriages PREVIOUS 60 statehood.
for whom ii claimed confederate troit-
mcnt aa they were not 60 be- called
criminals. and those who had broken
the constitutional provision and thus
violated that obligation; Tor them th'
Standard desired proper penalties Tho
Durorct News approved Of the position
taken by the standard. but said;
'rho iast sentence In tho foregoing
would BE- an fiEht, n it aha not leave tho
Inference that thrrc are Ia Utah 'thuHe
who violate tho pledge which brought
statehood Tint NO doubt d mat
Ter OF doubt 90 tho minds ~ many iuIt
aud Intelligent peuple, because 81 ihr
chareca that have been made 70 boldly
and that have BEEN spread abroad 20
diligently And there are rline who
really aolirve that polysamoua mar.
rtarea are stan celebrated or permitted
bv the Mormon church. uotWlih-
standing the e0irmn deniniH Of ita le1d-
or. who know thc truth 81 the matter
and the falaity of those ALLEGATIONS,
"Thuro IL nothing Tor the Mormon
people 90 do except 10 repeat those de-
malls aud protect against unsupported
accusations. Tor u H. imporsilhle for
them 20 prove q nEaf'vc."
Earor 10 ana excuse Tor aasaillng the
Dcaorct News. che salt Lake Tribune.
on Sunday. announced that The 'eN-
tract referred Co In the comments Of
the News" was taken from Tribune
editorial" and then proceeded To pour
out tho walls Of iis wrath Ia Go accuH-
toned manner. roitcrating lia story
about on Apostle. who has been dead
for several years. having married 70
plural wife since tho entrance OF Utah
into the Union. no this was added a
number of assertions that aro totally
untrue ana which ore supported by
nothing more than cEplctlyca donuncia-
tory OF the "Ncwa."
In the nrat place there was no juatlh-
cation Tor the statement that the para
graph We tool, from the ogden standard
was In a Tribune editorial 80 such are
tloie appeared IN tho latter. nor dld we
make any alluHlon 60 A. hut that ua-
sumption was not farther from the
truth or more rtHklngly misleading
than the argument 90 based upon the
error. ana tho accompanying assertions
a lndy's name IL mentioned who "a IA
claimed. has a young child NEATLY thtc
years old" and that she was married
TO an Apostle " tho Holy church ~
Jesus Christ OF Lntlcr-dny saints
when. whore. how. H. not stated. Som,
timc ago the story was told In the Same
paper but with many variations and d
number Of ALLEGATIONS which we have
learned were entirely untrue. but this
time they are not repeated. However
the Tribune asserts boldly, after som,
explosive optnotHi
"Tho Infamous hluHphcmor against oil
that honest men hold HACrgdl tn
hrothern ~ the dead apostle admit hu
marriage. tlls father admits W. JOSEPH
~ and John Horny Smith admit 10. th
dead apostles other wives admit 10
tho lady whom he married VNplnlno'
how and where and to whom she wa
married. TO Mrs, Anthony ioly Piyh
We have takcn the palms 90 inqulr
about this and learn that neither OF 90
persons aal1 60 have admitted th
marriage have douo anything of 90
kind. They have not made any sue
admissions 90 the Tribune ur oiho
uccuacr. The lady alluded 90 declare
rho refused absolutely Co talk with Oh
'pry" who called on her ana wantu
her 90 answer questions. and that "'ry
went away evidently disappuluto.
There o. not oven 1s much truth Boo th
story that person printed ON this mat
ter. as there was iu the very loIleat
romance she connected concerning hr
puportcd interview with tho FIra
Presidency. which contained gfalu d
ft., az f4Gt HfnUuu fuHut IafU.IIYa az NU