Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-05-13

indignant mob lynched him IN prison
| Thus he picked the palm Of martyrd0m
zone can understand that based on
| such principles, the new religion was
| not slow In growing. one big Mormon
might originate nifty little ones. A
wealthy ranchman named Davidson
was converted to the doctrine Of Joseph
J Smith In 1912. lie had IN Utah seven
| fine farms covering an immense terri
| tory He took seven wives and had 81
| children, Of which g. were boys When
| he died the entire family could not
| enter the room 10 assist during the last
| moments and IL was necessary 70 take
| turns IN saying farewell 10 the ancestor
| However the AZ bows, an good Nor
| mons, followed the example OF the faith
! en- and, In due time took four or i've
| wives each with which they had ttty
| children and in ten years there We're
more than 1000 little Davldsons They
founded "a city near Ogden, which ~
called Davidson city and where the en-
fire population, practically from the
doctor 10 the barber and The cabinet
maker, are called Davidson, ana are
brothers sisters, and cousins
however the public powers In
Washington We're not slow IN putting
Themselves In motion on account Of this
formidable multiplication. Consider
that the Mormons who IN 1870, when
Joseph Smith died, were only 1900,
twenty years after were more than $50. %
OeO DrgcOnic measures We're adopted.
In 1859 Abraham Lincoln prohibited
polygamy under pain OF ave years In
prison and S5CO00 One. In 1857, a
BILL the Ednunds-TuCker bin, Waa
adopted, which permitted the seizure
ana c0nAscatiOu OF the property Of the
MOrmons IN 1890 the Supreme court
appealed to for q decision on the quest
ton declared that the Mormons
must be sentenced 10 perpetual mpris-
onment But nothing Of all this sur
feed, and the commission which the
Senate sent TO the place 20 study the
question, estimates that the number ~
MOrmous now existing is more than
100000 OF which one may count about
10000 priests or bishops and Co. 600
preachers The greatest part OF the
representatives, OF Utah, Idaho, and
Illinois are Mormuns and O, the aboml-
ration Of dcsolatlon one deputy, elect
ed for several terms. M. Robert, has
admitted that ne has four wiyesl Aud
az " IL were not enough 20 have a
multitude NJ wives on earth, behold the
Mormuns aim TO have some In heaven.
too. when great man Is about 10
die, " he has lived an exemplary life,
he is married TO some great soul
IN the happy beyond.
Poor Max O'Rell, who died last year
in such painful manner told me OF
his experience when I'm 1900, during Il
visit 20 Salt Lake city he was intro
duccd TO q Russian princess who had
lost her husband q Mormon bishop /
was married twice, said the princess
My first husband was a horror because
he did not treat his other wives with
the same regard, the same love, that
he had for me. But my second husband
was Saint lie did not show prefer.
ence for any one. Therefore we all
shed tears for him and, in the eternal
glory whore he now is we so TO unite
him to 3D."
Well, 10 whom
TO Jeanne d'Arcv
"Yes, ] understand. NJ Plot, that you
do not like To read and hear about such
things But II would be sufficient for
half dozen Davdsons to people at
once an France. For that reason, re-
feet, We legislators You ask for laws,
for pensions, for decorations. for fayors
-Four Mormons with the right
TO practice their cult, would
handle our case much better
We have already recognized so many
religious peculiarties that we can with
out Inconvenience recognize another.
And then, think how rich our French
history Is IN women whom we could give
20 the fortunate ones after death To
those who have led q life OF austerlty
we could offer Nine, de pompadour, and
10 those who have had weaknesses one
could fasten Nine. de seyigne."
The final suggestion Of NJ. Lausanne,
that Mormons' be given religious lib
erty in France and be encouraged TO
revive their now discontinued practice
OF pntrlarehal marriage, as q solution
OF the French problem OF race suicide
will by the readers Of the News" be
considered remarkable, II is certainly
not Impossible that IN due time that or
der OF marriage may be seriously con-
sdered by those who are looking for
a remedy against many modern evils,
II this should happen, II would not be
the first time that the stone, rejected
by the builders, had to be picked up
again because needed as cornerstone
in a new structure We 40 not say II
will happen, but the fact that proml-
nent French journalist takes the Ques-
ton up from this point OF view Is
worthy Of note.