The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-10-21
NORuONS ~ CiNADA.
Lord mIp,o,, Interesting Report Upon Them.

Lord MInto's Interesting Report Upon Them.
Lord Mimic. Governor General Of Canada.
has recently paid "A visit to IN" Mormon settle
montS near the southwest corner al Alberta.
tic aud hi. party were greatly pleased with
the evidence. thoy saw Of thrift aud content
mont. No piuure~s on the plains O.; Western
canada have made a better record a. good
citizens aud happy and prosperous farmer
folk. What the followers II Jos'ph Smith
did for tho valleys OF the salt Lake region
the second aud third generation after them
have done FOR their little corner OF tho great
Alberta plain,
Within sight OF their eight villages and their
thousands OF acrcs Of wheat and grazing lands
are the Rocky Mountain rang aud the glacier
led stream, from thes" mountains hAy" been
tapped by irrigation canal, and their waters
led to all IN, villages and farm lands Of the
Mormon settlements. on this prairie, dry,
bare and a lew years aGo trnautlr~-. tho Nor
mons raised las. year 5000 bushels of wheat
FOR export. ground all their Aour at their own
mill in CurdstOn, shearcd tho wool from 10000
sheep. and made a great deal OF cheese In their
own factory an1 sent all their children to good
schools Their villages have no hotels or
saloons, hut they are blessed with clean streets,
good dlliulg' aud r'at houses. Tho al-
proval which Lord Miuto's pnrty con.orS
upon the Mo"m1us and th"if work Is in strlk-
ing cpnt'l-' With the suspicion and mIstrrst
they aroused during their early days In Canada
~ ~h ~ m ih' annual reports " the lulrrlpr
DnpartW'ut i'r som" Yeas u't"r lN-h
In June. 1850. twelve families 81 NlrlnonS.
comprt,lps -litV -ouls, arrived on The pIlln
Of southwest Alberta. after long wagon luuru"y
from ltth. lu"y "'r" under the lrndcr,ius
II =. O. card Nho-c wife Wa q daughter Z
brigham NoHnr. W.. and, Mrs. C,1ri ar" .i,ll
now numbering 5000 SOILS. and one 81 ~" re-
ports OF Lord MInto'S visit aav- of Mr.. card,
who is q ro'"ui for" among the immigrant.
the rem trhtblc Iu'!euo" which she wield>
with adm.ahlG intelligence and sympathy for
In the GLOWING year MIR. J. 5. Dennis. agent
uf the Dominion Government, was sent 70 the
c%olnni'tS IT, SEQ W.T., manner 81 people lhr
be- expressed establishment Al tho progress
tury had made in-G short a time but he thought
their immigration IN large numbers Wa- not To
be- encouraged. lic said they were silent when
he asked the % II thy p%ractised or profcssed
I~oivgnnny though iacy Iald lhey would ODE,
them were ugittNn~ from justice in the | nItcd
states, having I,raGll,ed p"lygamy n tab.
ci-ive action should Toe taken 10 prevent the
growth Of y power that. beginning In the same
,nllI way IN. the United states has for years
set the law 81 that country at defiance"
Shortly after this report was printed II WIS
discovered that there was no law In the stat
utr, Of m. Dominion that seeined wholly TO
IAN .' ' N~' w NV. " fNAAA . 90 III -
lost no timc IN raN~ing q strenuous anti-rolvr-
las that i still in force The accounts
~ Lord N'0to'~ visit agree. n one Of the re-
ports pur- 4, IN II not only l. there no polyg-
amy among the Mormon immigrants. bur.
H- visitors to their settlements will find. fhn
practio. Of pOlyglmv l. NOW regarded among
them with precisely the same feeling Of abhor-
renee 1- among .u'n and women N any other
r4rt " his Christian land
Tho l''I'a'v It ih', after statement NAV
b" doubted Tho Mprmon-. In Canada hav"
not violated the lew ~ the land. and there il
reason 10 believe that they have any in
tsution 10 incur it, penalties But no Mormon
in this country or any other has alb urcd IN"
principle Of roivgamy and he could. not 10 SO
without reI ,Idiattng The Articles o. Faith ,9f
bo'iof that tho revelation ~ the right and duty
20 uriCtl q uolyrnmv was a message from tho
Diviu" P1Ier They are dumb to-day wher
asked IT. they heliev' IN polvgamy. az thev wHrc
when Dennis Questioned them This fact
docs not dHt-act from the many admirable
qualities which the Norrnons m Canada have
oylil tied Not the least praisew0rthv feature
IN" ho-' i'nhlo and kindly welcome thev have
fcudci N the Gentile- who have come t.
Ii ' among them with whom they hive main
he most kindly relation
II was several wears before the oh1olal 70
ports on tie Mormon COLONY were free from
n strain Of sl-nicion and unfri"ud mesa hut
finally mc't" away IN face of the
development an irr"proachrh'"
behavior OF the new comcrS Thus an anncNdiV
10 the re BORT ~ the Minister Of Agriculture
in 1871 s7it' "F-Iralitv ard Industry seem
to 20 hand IN hand tie et''eucNt has made
r1rld progress and the laws Of tho country
lnrDt Of the Interior for lsgi spoke in the highest
Of the Nornons and said tho" seemed 10
have 4 real grievance. for, qS vet. no postal
iarIutIe- lad been given To them They have
had no reason to complain Of late wears that
the Government hrs neglected them. and |
llnnd1 now regards the Mormons a. among