The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
Even Children Lie.


easily.
Even Children Lie.
cit sounds like harsh thing to say,
know, but it is absolutely fact that
the very children Of the Mormons are
taught to lie to Gentiles on subjects Of
are adopts in it, and the men and wom-
en- practice lying for religions sake
in their contact with Gentiles. If a:
Gentle passing thru Utah should ask
fifty people in each town which he Wis
tied IT any polygamous marriages had
been contracted since the manifesto, it
is probable that every reply would be
in, the negative. And every person
ate falseho0d.
HSince my return from Utah I have
been often asked why the intelligent
Mormon women do not refuse to sub
nit to the degradation Of polygamy.
There are several reasons. One is that
tygamy Is their religion. But the chief
reason, in my opinion, is that to de-
nounce polygamy would be cast refec-
tions upon the virtue of their mothers
and the honor of their fathers. In
| view of the revelation of Joseph Smith,
the founder of the church, that the
practice Of polygamy is /, obligatory Upon S}I.
that they are going to abandon it when
they can practice 1t with impunity.'
"Do the Mormon men believe that
polygamy could ever be made prae-
tical and peaceful domestic arrange
ment9'' -4@ aSz...
"They seem to think so;. / asked
that question of Mrs. Amelia Folsom
Young, who was the favorite wife of
Brigham Young, and she replied that a
more harmonious family could not have
been found than that of her late nus
| band, who had over a score OF wives.
While the first wife usually possesses
more Of prestige, tho scarcely OF au u
h is generally the {. fay V'r of her hus'
~ remember one Sunday in a Nor;
mon village church seeing two little old
women dressed exactly alike, sitting
together in a front pew. In quiri!ne
| whether they were twins. was In
formed that they, were plural wives YVES,
that neither might be jealous. Of the
others attire. This custom is quite
common in polygamous families.
Mrs. Wilson in Duplicate.
ct had a somewhat amusing expert
ence at luncheon in Ogden, to which
T was taken by Gentle friend. BE
fore assembling at, the table, which
by the way, vas as beautifully H uaGn aPpo I'M,
| introduced to the other guest as Il
Young woman from the east, here fo1
| her health During this ceremony my
hostess brought up two young women
introducing each as Mrs. j. B. vii
son. They must have seen IT. the a,a sur II
lprise depicted on my race, Tor 2ae O.
"tOh, yes, we are a polygamous tam
ily and we are not ashamed OF 1t
e1tARgP5 od1yeamous wives wives Ears, received /
the so-called best society Of Utal
cities. Indeed, the Mormons natural,
fix the fashionable standards in Uta!
and any Gentle who should be out
spoken in opposition to Poiygamy 70 o
happy time in society. Ostracism i,
society and business is the lot Of thos
who criticize the church. The day o
actual physical violence upon Gentle
is past. But the Mormons have ,othe
and even more effective ways, in tn
long run, Of Furnishing. their critics
They ruin their enemies business thr'
the agency Of the boycott; they driv
the Mormons in Utah today and re
main there in business. Many hav
tried it and failed. u -
Mormonism a Menace. r
"When I first went to Utah. con
cluded Miss Bonsall, IT thought tn
Mormons were a very much maligneC
and prosecuted people, but after living
for months among them have changed
my mind. Mormonism is a menace
the magnitude Of which one can hav
no idea Of, unless he has studied tn
subject thoroly at first hand. TIL
United States government is going t.
!. have lots Of trouble with the Mormon
before it gets thru with them. Utal
is practically bit Of foreign territor..
in the midst Of our country. At least
one feels that that is so when travel
! ing thru the state. In my articles il
The Housekeeper I shall try to sho1
something Of the Mormon woman Is de
, graduation and the suffering she i
forced to endure under the iniquitou
) present system Of polygamy. In al
, the discussions Of the subject in news
papers and magazines and in the legis
1ative halls at Washington, little ha
) been heard Of the woman s side Of thi
great question. This is where the hear
r interest lies, and it is this sad an
thrilling story which my articles wi
tell"