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


"There Is a strong likelihood that the
large body Of Mormons who are prepar-
ing to migrate from Utah TO Mexico VIII
meet with far less hospitable reception
beyond the Rio Grande than they have
been led TO expect. The movement APP
pears 60 have been prompted by lnfor-
nation THAI poygamy Is tolerated IN one
q the states OF Mexico, and that the
Mormons would be heartily welcomed
Advces from the Mexican capital how
ever, report a strong public sentiment
against the threatened Invasion from
Utah,and il IL distinctly intlmated that
the newcomers viii wish they had re-
NAMED away. In view of MexicO's
splendid progress In morals and learn
Ing together with the fact that she
abolished slavery long before we DID,
ii is remarkable that the polygamous
Mormons should hope to find an asy-
lum FOR their peculiar institution with
In her borders
That appeared In the New York Mall
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 contradicted, but that does
not count with the papers that print the
canard. Nor does the fact that no
such heglla as that described ever takes
place, seem to weigh a feather against
the fiction which they repeat Never
theless we once more inform our con-
temporaries, East and West that there
Is nothing in 1t.
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 home Of their own on
land OF their own, move out as oppor-
tunity offers to less thickly 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 liKeiy 10
be, because there is no need for IT,
As TO the 'polygamy' idea, that Is
simply nonsense 1t is not permitted
by the Church to say nothing OF the
state. II exists now only In what re-
mains Of the obligations OF the past
and IN the perverted imaginatlons OF
ostrong minded women and weak
minded men, who are oblivous to real
evils Within touch, but are agitated
over remote horrors that fade INTO
nothingness on near approach The
Mexican people do not fear the advent
Of .Mormons," but welcome them'
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 minu
their own business and set an example
which their professedly "Chns'lah
friends would do well to emulate
We presume the Mall and Express
IKE some others, has been misled by
reports published in Los Angeles papers
and in Mexican journal. II Is there
asserted that Or II +. Gray, repre-
sentirg 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, 10 develop that country's re-
sources" Also that "The Mormons
from the state OF Utah are among the
principal emgrants;' 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 10 emigrate 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, OF con-
nected In any way with proposed
OF "Mormons' into Mexico,
Every once In a while some Spectator
seeks TO obtain concessions of Mexican
land, under the plea that he can col
onize n number OF "Mormons" upon IL.
our people are sought after as valuable
colonists, and therefore the idea Is held
out that they can be moved into Mex
leo In great numbers. The proposition
Is false, the scheme is fraudulent, and
the news published about 1t Is a decep-
ton. by this time the influential jour
nails OF the country ought to know
enough not 70 copy the nonsense, and
thus aid IN misleading the public by
these repeated foundationless reports.