Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-27
"THE MENACE OF MoRMoNIsM'

OF days sojourn by the way IN SAT-
Lake city consider themselves authori"
ties on the subject Of "Mormonism'
was Rev. Robert c. Hallock of Clinton,
Oneida Co, N. Y. He his been edify-
ing (?) his congregation In the stone
church there, on "The Pi oblem of Nor
monlsm," and this was rported in the
Clinton Courier as 'Tie Menace OF
Mormonlsm," which the preacher en-
dorses in long letter to that paper,
But the minister says he does not
attack "Mormonism" as preacher, but
as a patriot, for the menace Is not
that II IS a felse religion, for there are
many such and "these must be met
with spiritual weepons' He wants
''Mormonlsm' attacked with other
weapons. of a carnal character, and as
mis- excuse he declares that II Is "a ny
brid OF religion and crime" OF course
by the criminal part he means poly
gamy;'' IN fact. he says so. He boldly
asserts that:
1.-THE Utah Norinons continue fraudu-
lently 10 practice and preach polyglmy.
while enjoying the political advantages
purchased at the price OF ostensibe re-
pudiation OF polygamy In other words
the Mormons are both religious and
political frauds
The only evidence that the Presby-
terian preacher offers TO substantiate
his foul charge Is quotation from a
pamphlet, published in this city con-
taining assertions which the recent re-
port of the. grand jury, empaneled for
the purpose OF inquiring into them, pro-
nounced entirely without foundation
and proceeding from gossip and scau-
DIAL. But the reverend retailer Of that
SANDER raves on at great length az TO
the wlckedness OF the Mormon
Church, forgetting his hrst declaration,
that It was not to be assalled from q
religious standpoint, and then con-
tinues;
AS a system OF religion, Mormonism
IL a hIdeous caricature Of Christlanity:
heather apotheoeis OF lust With
Christian nomenclature. Against Il /.
as a Christian, must protest with all my
might"
Now what Is the nub and purpose
and end In view OF his TRADE? Why, he
sums il all up as follows, in the closing
sentence OF his wasp-like attack which
carries its sting at the end.
"And the first. most definite and
most Immediately pressing necessity. is
the exclusion OF the polygamous Nor
mon Apostle. Reed Smoot, from the
seat IN the Senate Of the United States
TO which he has been chosen by the au-
,ocratlc viii OF the Mormon hierarchy
a newspaper man residing IN Clin-
ton, who has travelled extensively
through the country. followed the
would-be Mormon" destroyer with a
pertinent rejoinder In the col
umns OF the Courier. which
that paper was fair enough TO print
entire. W. reproduce It, and leave the
matter for the consideration Of fair
minded people; others viii remain in
the cloud OF their own prejudices, and
Il IL probably waste of time at pres
ent to attempt to pull them out into the
light. The response is entitled Another
View OF Mormonlsm,' and is as follows;
10 the Editor of the Courier:
The Somewhat careful lnvestiga
ton upon which Or. Hallock based
his strenuous sermon on the Men
ace Of Mormonism' was, | believe. "a
Sunday layover IN Salt Lake city. Such
an experience might well be compared
10 sermon on the evils of Utica as
seen from a New York Central sleeping
car; In other words a plausible oppor-
tunity for statement Of precoucCived
ideas, as II were. by authority"
Il have seen a little Of Mounonism
myself: IN Independence, Mo-, where
they expect in time TO gather and erect
their tabernacle, on The plains ana
among the hills OF Colorado Wyoming
and Utah, and IN Salt Lake City. And
my conviction is that no stronger Amer
Enberer. more useful class of people
exists IN the United States today. nor
any class more essential. Numbers con
si1ered. to the progress and prosperity
OF the inter-mOuEtain country of our
great West They are oolonizers with
out a peer business men. readers and
leaders, well fitted 10 bring out the
best that that erst-while desert IS COM ,
ing TO AFFORD.
A correspondent OF the Dcseret Even
ing News (the leading newspaper of tilo
Latter-day SaintsD nlght come through
here and get up as Sensational matter
Oh our modes 81 life as we sometimes
do about theirs. Polygamy does exist
"a relic Of a departing generation
gradually dying Out, for 1t is uoN
against the law Of tho church itself
ss Il Is against the civil law You oau-
not hasten this process tannulNng old
slliances) without prOclllmmg social
anarchy, which is worse Than The dis
ease. What they want most Of all Is
fait play and a good letting alone rhc
government has taken che proper course
fixing just laws and leaving the Nor
mon people to work things out for
themselves The idea VI the election OF
one OF their number To- The national
Congress marking the beginning OF
Mormon domination in our government
n TOO absurd for a second thought
Sore very large human and uni
versal Interests sDan thg American
continent that do not lIuc ug with q
fofe-hxsd ecclesiastical opinion This
Is one Of them. RIB.
BY the way. our friends at different
points who desire to present facts 10
me public. IN opposition 10 the fiction
so ffecly circulated about the Nor
mons. might saffly follow the exam-
pie Of the Washington Post, which