Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-12
FROM UTAH TO MEXICO.

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| large body of Mormons who are prepar-
ing to migrate from Utah 10 Mexico VIII
| meet with far less hOspltable reception
beyond the Rio Grande than they have
| been led to expect. The movement APP
pears to have been prompted by infor-
nation that poygamy Is tolerated In one
| Of the states of Mexico, and that the
Mormons would be- heartily welcomed.
| Adylces from the Mexican capital how
ever, report a strong public sentiment
against the threatened invasion from
Utah.and IL IL distinctly intimated that
the newcomers win wish they had re-
mained away In view OF Mexicos
splendid progress In morals and learn
ing together with the fact that she
abolished slavery long before we dld'
Il Ia remarkable that the pOlygam0us
M0rmons should hope to find an asy-
lum for their peculiar institution WIN
IN her borders"
That appeared IN the New York Mail
and Express of April 9Th, 1t sounds
like an echo Of the past Every year
something Of the kind Is sent forth
from the press Of this country. 1t is
as regularly contradlcted, but that does
not count with the papers that print the
canard. Nor does the fact that no
such hegira as that described ever takes
place. seem to weigh feather against
the fiction which they repeat Never
theless we once more inform our con-
temporaries East and West, that there
Is nothing in It,
There Is no large body Of Nor
mons preparing to migrate to Mexico
or any other place. A few individuals
who expect TO better their temporal
condition, and some young folks who
want to make a home Of their own on
land Of their own, move out as oppor-
tunlty offers to less thlckly settled
places north, south, east or west, but
there is no movement Of 'Mormons
to any point like that mentioned In the
New York paper nor is there likely to
be, because there Is no need for IT,
As to the "polygamy' Idea, that 10
simply nonsense. 1t is not permitted
by the Church to say nothing OF the
State. 1t exists now only In what re-
mains of the obligations Of the past
and in the perverted lmaginations OF
"strong-minded" women and weak
minded men, who are oblivlous to real
evils within touch. but are agitated
over remote horrors that fade INTO
nothlngness on near approach The
Mexican people do not fear the advent
OF "Mormons," but welcome then'
whenever they settle on Mexican soil
Nor do the "Mormons" either seek or
need an asylum anywhere; they are
all right at home, where they mihu
their own business and set an example
which their professedly 'Chrlselah
friends would do well to emulate
We presume the Mail and Express
like acme Others, has been msled by
reports published in Los Angeles papers
and in a Mexican Journal 1t Is there
asserted that "Dr. II. T. Gray repre-
sentlpg the Mexican Colonization Land
and Development Bureau has been
engaged In obtaining franchises from
the Mexican government for his COM
pany, under the pretense that he can
start six thousand people at once into
Mexico. ito develop that country's re-
sources" Also that "The Mormons
from the State OF Utah are among the
principal emigrants," that they are
anxious to leave Utah, and many have
negotiated with his company" He also
is reported as giving his views OF the
Mormon" religion and the progress OF
the Mormon" Church. II his claims
as to Mexican concessions are no more
reliable than his notions as to the
"Mormons," and his statements about
their desire to emlgrate from Utah, the
whole reported business is fraud.
There Is no "Dr. Gray" authorized to
speak for the Mormon" Church, or to
act for the Mormon" people. or con-
nected In any way with a proposed
movement Of "Mormons' into Mexico.
Every once in while some Spectator
seeks to obtain concessions Of Mexican
land. under the plea that he can coll
onlze number OF "Mormons" upon IT,
Our people are sought after as valuable
colonists, and therefore the idea is held |
out that they can be moved into Mex
ico In great numbers. The proposition
il false, the scheme Is fraudulent and |
the news published about II is a decep- |
ton. BY this time the influential jour
nails Of the country ought to know
enough not to copy the nonsense, and |
thus aid In misleading the public by |
these repeated foundauonless reports.