Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-03-08

owns the banks, mines and all In
dustrles;" that strangers must stop
at the Church hotel and ride on the
Church street cars" II would be very
easy for tho Gail to And out the fact
that the Church does not own any ho-
tel or any street cars and that banks,
mines and all kinds Of industries here
are controlled by nom "MIormons"
Tho conclusion TO which the Call ar
rlyes after turning It's several somer-
saults, is that all these fantastic pol
lcles OF the Church are for the purpose
Of encouraging and perpetusting
polygamy. That is the great bugaboo
Of all the anti Mormon" writer's and
preachers IN the country The truth
ls that there have been fewer cases OF
poygamy, that IL, the contracting Of
polygamous marriages, In Utah since
the Manifesto proclaimed by President
Woodruff than In amy other State of
the Union. Notwithstanding all the
furore that has been raised by the In
vestigatlon before a committee OF the
United States Senate. not one case has
been proved by evidence that would
convict the accused. And IL We were
to grant the truth OF the charges that
have been brought forward, oven then
the instances Of such onenses against
the laws OF the State and OF tho
Mormon" Church are 30 few, that
rational people are surprised that In
the period of fifteen years there have
been no more Of such alleged infrac-
lions OF secular and ecclesiastical law
on that matter.
AS to the testimony before that COM
miltee, In the admissions of men who
married plural wives previous to the
Manifesto, that they still regard as
wives the women who were united to
them by religious covenant regard
ed by all the parties as everlasting
for this world and the world 70 come,
there may be a difference of opinion
Sensible and broad-mlnded people
throughout the land, when they fully
understand the situation. commend
those men for the stand they have
taken. Marrow, contracted and severe
~ purltanic souls cannot comprehend
the matter in any other than a lurid
light, and therefore may be
pardoned for their lack Of
fairness and charity As to pun
ishlng BY law the husbands Of those
plural wives which some papers so
glibly advocate, close investigation
would show that IN nearly every case
the statute of limitations would inter-
vene, and the efforts OF the would-be
prosecutors would prove an utter fall
ure.
The idea OF newspaper published IN
San Francisco, with the kind OF popu-
lation that city has, its moral status
It's dens OF infamy, its laxity in mat
tiers that shall be nameless, its crimes,
vices license and ribaldry attempting
to find fault with the condition OF af-
fairs in Utah, is sufficiently preposter-
Gus to be laughable to everybody that
knows.
What is the matter with the Call any
how? What has the Mormon" Church
done to excite It's wrath and cause II
to be so ahsurd2 What good will 1t do
to poison the minds Of It's readers with
the virus contained in It's editorials In
reference TO that Church? Thousands
OF them know that It's statements are
untrue, and are filled with wonder at
the ignorance or dupllcity which
prompts the utter falsehoods contained
in those attacks, The article which
we have here briefly noticed Is brim-
fun Of untruths, so utterly ridiculous
as TO cause establishment in the minds
OF people who are posted.
We challenge the Call TO produce
proof Of any OF the statements It has
made concerning the Mormon" Church,
It's control OF business Of any kind to
the exclusion cf competitors, and any
other OF the accusations thatsappeared
in the editorial Of last sunday. II that
paper has any facts to substantiate its
Wild allegations. let them be brought
forward. II not, common sense, to say
nothing OF justice, would suggest that
II cease from its ibelous assaults and
pursue more consistent course and
one compatible with honest journalism.