Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-26
As rnEy SER US.

we have received copies OF a mum.
b'r OF newspapers published NJ dlnor.
oni points containing favorable reports
of the visit % the respective editors
10 Salt Lake CITY. We have no, space
To hparc for the reproduction of many
Of them, but VIII make extracts from
one or two which may be taken ~
samples Of others.
a Mlnne'ota paper called The "Bluc
Earth County Enterprise gives
very graphic description Of the prn.
clpoi obj,cts OF interest In this city,
and fairly continents on l,s business
rcllglons and educational establish.
Incnie, omu6emcnis, Sc, and while OBJ
leotlng to some features OF the "Mof.
mon faith deals with II m q spirit Of
Justice and tolerance, The editor re.
marks,
BEFORE reaching Salt Lake CITY, the
home ~ the MoTmOna, an omlAaafy %
tho tlentiles boarded our train aud ems
dc0yorcd 20 prejudice the party against
the f.attor.day Saints, How he succeed.
I'd we do not know but are convinced
thnt he made rather poor impression
with some people, at least, IN the party,
our stay al Salt Lake WAS entirely too
short 20 form any opinions on the Nor.
mon question other than that they re.
ooiyod w with true hospitality, and
that their dcncnnor IN every way, was
that Of ladies' and gentlemen In fact
We are inclined TO believe the Mormon
question has been ovorworked that
| they are cndenvorlng to live w 10 tho
lava and that In many ways thoy i've
| lives more exemplary than those who
are prone 20 crltlciso, Liquor and tobao-
60 are OIL the black list and ite public
| schools arc OF The very best all books,
etc, being furnished by the city, NO
| That Tie poor and those OF nffluencc
| are on nm equal footing, Among the
| boIng recognized M a man who pays
| his debts and whose integrity N Of the
| best, There ara undoubtedly VIOLA
lions Of the law but II II questionable
| II they are any worse OR far NJ poly
| gnmy goes than the attitude OF many
| who nuke greater pretentions
"rho Daily outlook" published az
Santa Monica, California, speaks IN
deserved terms Of praise OF the tour
around this city IN the Sightseeing car
generously placed at the disposal Ql the
| California oaiiorR and expresses In
| glowing terms their admiration of what
| They saN, The editor Of the "Ouuook
| thus relates AN experience that u com.
| mon 10 nnlnformod visitors To the land
| OF the "Mormons"
| "Of course much IN heard about the
Mormon element and Its efeet IN pon-
| Ties and on business and social oondl-
tione, hut the complaints seen, 10 come
| almost wholly from disappointed polls
| tIcnl interests, and the movement
| ogalnnt the lAiter-day Saints IN utal
r. about ON u par With tho rldlcu'
ious A, T. A. movement throush'
| out the country n Few years
ago. No doubt there are Isolated
| cnaCe where the laws ~ the countr,
| arc being transgrcsspd, but II " VOL
known that the strongest element
An tho church ~ opposed TO plural mar,
rlag0s ana has nv IN one great ohjeo
the dlVoroing OF the church from buel
mesa and politics, II takes time to of
feet these changes hut the Younger
generation In the church IL general,
lined up ON that eide and prnducalli
mas tho battle Won However, M muol
ms hpen said aud Written about th'
Mormon that ho has been held NJ u
| view FOR years nv M nwful monster
ono gmnll boy In the editorial party
nrlnned with delight M the prospect o
peNlnp IA Mormon woman, ana II wal
pnlnf,l 10 zee hie utter disgust when !
henutIfu woman, handsomely gownod
was pointed ont 10 him ~ 4 Mormon
In hls imagination he had pictured
some kind of a hIdcoua specimen no
even told Of IN books and II was az
ncut 90 mako him believe that thu
handsome woman was Lnttorsda,
saint. nut she was and now that h
has seen with his own eyes, he doe
not consider tho present day Latte
pay va terribly owrul after all
II Ia not surprising that people com
Ing into Utah are under the impression
that mMormonp' are different rae
To the ordinary white folks" whel
some newspapers and magazines an,
male aud female locturere ana preach
crs, are etlll holding up the Lattcr'da
Saints 20 the loathng Of mankind am
arouslng hatred and violence osalns
the Mormon" leaders, II takes muo
labor, time and patience TO remove IN
effects OF prejudice and ignorance, bu
the work OF onlghtonmont proceeds,
slowly and, thank God, the truth I
mighty and II viii prevail l
.s.,s--s--vs..s-fs-s-sss.saes,as
GAR AND KAISER.