The news-herald., 1902-05-31
SOME FOOLS
YET SURVIVE
Eastern Missionary Societies Certainly
Need Few Arizona Missionaries to
CiviIize and Christianize Them.

east. Some of these mind
ed, holier than thou, touch-me-not
mis-named christians, seem to have
the idea that Arizona is a bowling
wilderness, inhabited by lot OF
cut-throats and muchly-married
M0rmans. when the truth OF it is.
most of us haven't even one, and a
mans life and purse aremuch safer
here than any portion Of the east.
Wickenburg is supposed to be a
tough" mining camp, yet during
the past year not one single man
has been killed, and there has not
been a highway robbery or hold-up
in the memory Of the oldest in
/ habitaAt. And still these various
religious organizations go on re-
soluting and bewailing the awful
state of affairs out here, without
even having the charity to come
out and learn for Themselves The
NEWs-H office has never been
locked since it was built, and we
have vet to miss the first piece of
type. Where in the east does a
similar condition exist? Notice
some OF these resolutions being
passed in the east:
The womens Baptist Home Miss
ion protest as follows: "We com
mend the action of the women's
board of home missions Of the Pres
byterian church protesting against
the bill H. r. 1858, now pending
in the national house Of represen-
tatives, providing for the eadmission
of the territories OF Arizona and
| New Mexico to statehood. We agree
with them that. those territories
are rot ready for such duties and
res possibilities, beingcomposed too
largely Of illiterate whites, Indians
and persons who have embraced the
Mormon religion"
The Presbyterian, through the
secratary of their boacd OF home
mission, also take a hand:
"Four territories are at the door
of Congress demanding admission
among the family of states. Con-
gress hesitates on account Of their
unassimilated population. Con
gress does well to hesitate. There
are among the population Of these
territories q great percentage Of In
dians, Mexicans, and Mormons.
Congress admitted to statehood one
territory inhabited by Mormons5 and
it has had trouble ever since"
1t is evident that christian home
missionary work never gets out OF
the front yard back east. This rot
about Mormonism is all tom-fool-
cry. We have been with the Nor
mons in various parts of the terri
tory q great deal at various times
and have never yet seen a case
where a man had more than one
wife and we never saw q Mormon
woman who was such a ranting, ra-
wing. idiot as some of these eastern
females seem to be. The Mormons
are among the best people in Ari-
IONA today, quiet, peaceahle and
strictly law-abiding. They have
settled in various portions Of the
territory and invariably transform
ed the wilderness into fertile fields.
They raise their crops and their
children. build churches and schools
and live home and religious life
in quiet, mind-their-ownb business
way that it would be well for the
members Of some Of these eastern
"missionary" societies to emulate.
George B. Upton, Manager Of
the Orc Grande and Geo. e. San
ders, Manager Of the Angel and
Bess groups, will leave for the
southern part OF the territory some
time next week, where they will
visit some Of the leading mines for
the purpose Of examining the work
ing qualities OF different kinds Of
power drills. Clifton, MOrenci,