Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-04-20

characterize his written communica-
tons, He stil 6ourishes his big re-
ward, offered for any case Of plural
marriage in Utah soemnisod by the
Mormon Church since the promulga-
ton OF the Manifesto OF 1890; also
for any authenticated case OF DONNA
ton or interference In politics by
President Joseph +. Smith.
1t Is worthy OF note that notwlth-
standing the wide publicity given to
Peet's challenges, neither OF them has
ever been taken ug. Even Senator
Fred 4. Dubois, whom Poet met in pub.
lie, when dared to produce proof Of
his violent assertions, had to back
down aud retire before the little mans
notes OF defiance
1t should be observed that neither Mr..
reet. who IL not a Mormon" nor other
persons and papers that have denied
the accusations so frequently levelled
at the Latter-day Saints, do not UNI
dertake 10 affirm that the law concern
ing plural marriage has never been
violated since the date mentioned. for
that Is negative that no reasonable
person would endeavor to prove, But
they do affirm, and with the best Of rea-
son, that II any such attractions OF
the law have taken place, they have
not occurred with the sanction, APP
proval. advice. consent or connvance
Of the Church or It's President.
That Is all they could vouch for and
all that Is necessary under the circum-
stances What anybody may have done
or not done OF their own volition and
contrary to the authority, permission
and prohibition Of the Church authors
ties, Is not to be charged against the
Church, nor can It be proved that the
Church is IN any way responsible for
such alleged occurrences. Mr. Peet
Is perfectly safe in the challenges that
he has made IN his offer Of $4,000 re-
wards. From an account of his cture.
which appears IN the Camden Courier,
we clip the following;
mir. Peet said Utah had the hest all
tho-ycar- climate and was one OF
the hcalthiest states In the Union, that
l'tahs mountains contained all the
minerals known ia biologists In paying
quantities with the exception OF TIN.
Iron, coal, mineral wax. sulphur as
phaltum. satpeter. soda. n!tre and
pypsum, were a few that were mined
in large quantities. The farmers Of
Utah were very prosperous, many of
them clearing s65 per acre on thelr land
by scientific irriga tIon-farming He
described the scenery Of Utah as the
finest to be found anywhere, and that
Salt Lake was the only body of watcl
on the globe whore q person could take
q rarefed sea salt bath 1900 feet above
| the tide Utah, he said. stood third IA
| education, although the youngest state.
and that she had a greater percentage
| Of students attending school and better
| high schools than any other state.
"In comparing Utah with New Jer-
| sey he said New Jersey had nearly two
| saloons per capita to Utahs one. He
said that the five societies In Philadel-
phia who are distributing untruthfui
| anti Mormon tracts TO lnjure Utah had
/ better work at home for they could IND
| NOR" 10 RETURN anu ilutt HiuulNS J"
! five blocks square In Philadelphia. than
| they could IN the whole State OF Utah
| lie severely censured one religious pub
| ication that pictured Utah homes as
| novels and her schools as mean and
| In, utiicient, He stated that If the pa
| per had been honest II would have pic
| tured By their side one OF Utah's bes'
| schools anl homes to show the grea'
! progress Utah had made in home build
! ing and schoohouses.
| "Mr. Peet gave the Mormons an ex-
| celent character for virtue, thrift, In
| dustry and hospitality. He invited the
| people of Camden TO visit Utah and see
| for themselves what he called the best
| the most progressive and the most
| standard state IN America,