Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-08-07

strut through the land declaimng
against the "Mormons." either know
nothing OF social conditions IN Utah,
where plural families are now the rare
exception. and where they exist are
as different from the common concep-
ton concerning them as truth Is from
error or they wilfully misrepresent
facts, and repeat with a relish the mis-
cradle trash that Is pamed Off ON the
American public as exposures Of Nor
mon life.
The statements she makes about the
Mormon" woman who denied her mar
rage, and the other Mormon" women
who wanted Gentle woman TO marry
their husbands, bear on their face the
evidences OF their falschood who was
the Mormon woman who "at the
Smoot investigation chose to deny her
MARRIAGE" Who were those other
Mormon women who figured In the
story said TO have been told by a Cen
tile physician? No such woman APP
peared at the investigation, II the on.
cial report is to be relied on, and no
such circumstance as is described I'm
the paragraph we have quoted could
have occurred, because It is utterly for
elgn TO Mormon faith and practice
and is evidently a whole-cloth fabrica-
ton. 1t was not woven By Mrs. Weed,
however FOR she offers nothing original
to any audience or any paper It isa
poor copy Of an old novelette,.
As to the record OF the tombstores
in various parts OF Utah" they win
speak for themselves. Neither Mrs.
Weed nor any other anti-"Mormon"
perverter of the truth has ever seen
such record and again she is mere
ly echoing another vile SANDER or she
revels IN the nastlness which her ut,
terances suggest. AS an offset to her
repetition Of stale stories Of the kind
she most rellshes, We here copy one
truthful utterance which gives the lie
TO the rest Of her contribution. She
says
The Mormon creed Is system Of
ethics whose pEme motive Is self-sacri-
nee II demands abstinence from cof-
rec tea, alcohol 1t requires doing FOR
me SICK and afflicted, and enJolns many
other honorable virtues"
il is a shameful reflection on the
society that pays this woman 20 inl-
pose upon the religious and literary
people Of the United States that It en-
dorses her stupid stories, There are
three ayowed objects before her and
those whom she represents IN parad-
Ing these deceptions and thus impos-
ing upon good people one is the ex-
pulsfon OF Senator Reed Smoot from
the United States Senate and the
other TO obtain the passage Of con-
stitutlonal amendment against polyg-
amy The third and greatest is the sup-
preston of 'Mormonsm." II two OF
these desires Of some very good peo-
pie were accomplished, II would have
no mora effect upon the advance OF
"Mormonism" IN the world than would
tho nootlng Of owls or the blare OF
innumerable trumpets.
To cNpel Senator Smoot would be 10
violate every recognized principle Of
political ethics and all precedfnts and
rules that govern the lawmsking de-
partment OF this Republic. It would
be simply bowling TO religious fanati-
cism and permitting ecclesiasticism 70
dominate the senate To pass the con-
stltudonal amendment proposed. unless
1t should include national regulation Of
morality In general and provide against
sexual Irregularities Of all kinds, would
| be nothing but labor I'm vain. As a
matter Of fact, the polygamy that
alarms so many good people is almost
extinct in Utah, while immoralties OF
the ylest Kind run riot IN the great
centers Of population and seem TO have
no disturbing effect on the Weeds and
other pretended reformers, who do not
even smell the odors which faint the
very air they breathe
We have given so much attention to
this person who is paid by a Chris
tan society to repeat her wretched
rubbish throughout the country, be-
cause there are others who echo the
sentences she has learned and many
people who think that they are true.
There Ia only one good effect arising
from the publication Of the falshoods
we nave briefly noticed, and that Is
the attention that Is drawn to Nor
monism" because OF their circulation
There are a few good honest souls who
perceive the fallacy Of such stories and
are led to investigate the truth the
result being their acceptance OF the
system called "Mormonism,' TO their
own Joy and salvation and the glory
Of God. This Gospel must be preached
to all nations and the Lord has His own
way OF accomplishing His work
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