Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-06-25
PROPERTY IN WIVES

The recent trial in New YORK Of yn'
parser.Eeller case. in which the u',
tondant was convicted Of snoo''''s "
i'"ua ,or hut not fatally, has oc'a'
-, ,na come curious comments BARKER
aonnssd Keller of endeayorlng 10 G0l''
uV.'s, assault upon his wife ana al
, ,,a' o. ,Ms az the reason for the shoot
~, rho general belief among the mem.
, neys Of the church to which the 'au. .
80 onpcars to be that she was
,.a,o0 nv hysterla, and made a ialse
occpsatlon against the minister wa
$50 - have the fun sympathy OF ms
go ,...a,t,on The Brooklyn Eagle mas
son9 editorial on Property In
w,yesr II takes the ground 'hat y"
,sa dseonses set up by injured nus
nands who XIII or try to kill those VINO
noltreat or mlslead their wives are
founded on the proposition Of VIE
property 49,. a,os.
We do not care to discuss the CUES,
lion raised by this proposition ana
would NOT have mentioned the editorial
in the Eagle, were it not for the asso-
c,atlon of this incident with the Nor
mon propaganda in New YORK. mace
no ms, paper in discussing the subject
sneakine of 'the desire Of men to de'
stroy or to drive out Mormon mission
aries wherever they are making pro-
selytes OF married women" Il argues
that from a Mormon propaganda a
whole community may deem Its entire
property IN womanhood put in peril. A
general uprising against the propaganda
lists then becomes easy natural and
effective
The desire here supposed does not
exist where people are well-informed
and entirely sane II is only among
men who are densely ignorant Of Nor
mon" doctrines and teachings or VINO
have lost their reason, that such de-
sire Is xhibited. Why should there be
any objection to the reception OF re-
llglous truth by married women
more than by single women, or
than by married or single
men? "Mormonsm" does not
interfere with the property in woman
hood" either Of community or OF an
Individual. 1t does not attempt to take
the wife from the husband or the hus-
band from the wife. 1t enjoins COM
plete and perfect fulhllment of the MARI
rage contract. Missionaries sent into
the world to preach the Gospel as held
by the Mormon" Church. are instruct
ed not to baptlze married women
against the objection OF their husbands
nor minor children contrary TO the
wishes OF their parents,
"A general uprising against the pro-
pagandlsts" may become easy" be-
cause Of Misrepresentation and the in
flaming Of the passions Of ignorant peo-
pie, but there is no excuse for It in
reason, because there is not the slight
est danger either TO the community or
to any person from the preaching of our
Elders, or from the acceptance of their
teachings by man, woman or child,
People who embrace the Mormon"
faith are not required to violate their
family relations, nor to leave their
homes, nor to do anything contrary TO
the most rigid rules Of virtue and pro-
prlety. Any statements to the con-
trary Of this are utterly false and with
out shadow Of foundation in fact
The notions Of the majority Of man
kind who have not investigated the
doctrines of Mormonism" are Of the
yaguest and crudest character Even
the clergy Of the various sects and the
editors Of prominent newspapers, en-
terrain ideas on this subject that are
as far from the truth as Saturn is from
the sun; and usually their minds are so
clouded with prejudice arising from the
mlsts Of rumor, that there is little OPP
portunlty Tor the light Of truth to
reach them,
We regard the Brooklyn Eagle as a
fair and able paper. far above the aver
age Of prominent journals IN this coun-
try, And yet the tenor Of rs remarks
on this subject shows that us editor Is
tinged with the common notion about
"Mormons' and the family relation.
When the influential journalists Of this
country reach the understanding Of the
truth on this question, there viii be
some probability that the masses Il
the ngop'e Wll b.cJme better informed
and ue "degire' 10 KIN" or drive out
Mormon missionaries viii cease to
rankle In the boslmy u men.
There are no people under the sun
who are under such stringent obliga-
tons before Cod and the Church 10
which the} heIons, 20 preserve person.
Al chastity and 90 refrain from lnfrng-
Ing upon Vie rights Of others IN refer
enc. 20 he marriage relation, as are
a.