Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-10

r, tolloylng report Of a special COM
'a., consisting Of the Reverends ME-
, pu', and McNece was submitted at
,.g,lar meeting Of the Salt Lake
'',.l,,srs' association this morning. 1t
booded Report on Mormon Teach
ana Practices" and was adopted
T.omousy. II is intended for gem
=, dlstrIbution In the East IN the
~ .1,ntlonal amendment campaign
now under way
THE REPORT,
rho narslstent efforts made by Nor
aS mlsslonarles TO mislead the peo'
wv" the East and South concerning
pA,,lons I'm Utah and certain highly
,rrsct statements recently made by
nsomnent eastern politician perry >.
asathl render II imperative that an en-
tor he made to counterfeit these mis-
representatlonS :.
Tbs gentleman above referred IT, in
=, iAeylew widely published, said
rcernIng affairs in "Mormondom,"
VI hayr been out there intermittently
hr A little over a year, and recently
have taken up my abode In Salt Lake
NV / have met d great many Nor
moas and have nothing but praise
lor them. believe they are living real
American lives as regards marriage.
uThe Mormons' had revelation that
tbey should make no more plural mar
rlaees and they always live up TO their
rogeatons. Those who already have
mural wives were not compelled TO be
considered divorced but they practice
ally went to this extreme. They do
mol i've with more than one woman, al
though they provide for the others. No
more plural marriages are made, |
think this speaks well for the Nor
mons
These statements which appear so
grotesquely and absurdly untrue that
hey but create or incte among all who
know the facts may, II uncontradicted,
become a serious addition TO the large
amount Of transformation constantly
einanatng from Mormon" sources,
Therefore; the Ministerial association
Of Salt Lake city has instituted inqulr-
Ia 10 ascertain precise conditions and
tendencies covering the following four
points VIZ
J. The continuance Of polygamous
cthbltatlon IN cases where plural mar
rAgw he'd been entered into prior to
he issuance Of the famous manifesto"
Of The President OF the Mormon Church
In lSl and In granting of statehood In
January, 1896
z Plural marriages entered into
since The manifesto professedly "sus-
pended the practice.
: Present day teachings OF Mormon
authorities on the subject Of poly
gamy
Purposes of the colonization
schemes now so vigorously prosecuted
by which settlements OF Mormons are
being established in Wyoming, Idaho,
Oregon, Mexico, and the British possess
sl0ns
Correspondence on these points was
solicited from well known citizens,
mlnistersl, and others, in Il number OF
the chief centers Of population in the
sAF anu as result lacts IN apun-
usuce nave peen Drought 10 the nouco
W your committee Whlch more lnan
tuglrlh al that thls association mas
eesoIe ueClafed concerning the perpe-
luauoh OF the SIN ana crime OF poly-
gamy and polygamous cohabitatlon
and show the utter ignorance or dis
regard Of facts In the statements re-
isirea 10 IN the opening paragraphs OF
uim paper
me returns, coming from parties
whose reliability In every case can ho
youched Tor by members of this body,
snow me following conditions prevail
ing al the present tlme'
l. Folygamous cohabitation, as evil
oeneed by the birth Of children, or the
acknowledgement Of parties concerned,
Or Inc concurrent testimony OF neigh
porS ana sometimes by all OF these, Is
proven to continue In multiplied In
slahees In salt Lake city, Logan, Brig
nam CITY, Provo, Payson, Smithlield,
american Fork Price Sandy, Tooele.
Seg IN Utah. aud also In Paris and
@ohilpeller In Idaho.
Ihat plural marriages have been
NhllaCted since the "manifegtO' was