El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-19
The Reverend Mr.. Hill Uses
Some Very Strong
Language.
NOTHING TOO BAD
For the Mormons 10 Under
take, Says He. TO Garry
Out Their Policies
and Designs.

DIR. ]. Wesley Hill, of Harrisburg,
Pa, who has been spending a few
days in FL Paso, began the crusade
against the Mormon church and the
practice of polygamy in Utah. He be-
gan preaching when he was 81 years
| of age. first being sent to Sprague,
Washington territory. He spent a
year there and in 1888 was given the
protestant church in Ogden. Utah.
Il took the Methodist church in Og-
den in 1885, said DIR. Hill to Herald
reporter this morning. AT that time
the Mormons were going ahead unmo-
Tested and not criticised openly by
any one. I soon became acquainted
withe their doctrines and practices and
it was so foreign to the ideas of a
protestant Christian that 1 could not
help but denouncing them. 1 learned
that their doctrines were founded on
vice and Immortality, their practice
grounded in the vices of polygamy
and animalism; their doctrines de-
Tended in blood. forced on every one
who chose to cast his lot even in those
parts: that life was not safe if one
did not coincide with them in believ-
ing. and at least practicing the vices
that were the foundation of their
church; that they had already complete
control of the politics and with their
bloody sword were forcing po!ygamy
and animalism on every new conner.
With these facts 1 went to work.
inaugurated a general crusade against
them and before left there l saw the
affairs of Ogden in the hands of the
gentiles and men permitted to live un-
interfered with by the vile practices of
the Mormon church.
Il was told when began that they
would fight me in every conceivable
way; that l would be assaulted, and
that my life would not be safe as long
as kept up the fight. 1 decided to run
the risk and went into it with vim.
1 announced a series of lectures and
on the first night the house was jam
med. and 80 per cent, of the crowd
were Mormons. l began as if they
were not there and before l finished
many of them tried to reach the pulpit
and assault me. They were kept back,
however. and 1 finished the first of the
series. The usual crowd was there
the next night and the same difficult
ties were met with until the close of
the engagement. On one occasion 1
was assaulted by several men and 1 had
to defend myself. The first man
In
driving the others away. Often af-
terwards they attempted the same
thing and that 1 escaped at all was a
miracle.
I'm the rural districts the people
were more completely in the power of
were forced to practice all the vices
and in many cases committed the
foulest murders when commanded by
the head Of the church. The women
had no choice in their won affairs but
were sold practically, to men whom
they despised.
No such uncivilized, un-Christian-
ized state of affairs ever existed in any
country. The politics were completely
in the hands of the Mormons and ap-
peal was out of reason. Later the
fight against them proved more sue
cessful and the leaders saw that some
thing would have to be done. They
first separted the affairs of the church
and state and sent out news of the con-
version. This was done for power
Things drifted on until Utah was ad-
mitted as a state and the federal au-
thority was taken away. Then anoth-
er change came about. For effect
laws were passed at the suggestion of
the church prohibiting polygamy but
but these laws were placed in the
hands of it's advocates and the con-
dition became even worse. Every law
that other states have exists there but
they are in the hands of the church
and are ineffective.