Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-06-16

l have been GOING against the puallc
sentiment OF the state, would he not?
Mr.. Booth--Yes
Mr.. Worthington--Gentles and Nor
! mons7
Mr. Booth-Gentiles and Mormons.
would say In that respect that where
/ polygamous relations were carried IN
In such a way as to outrage public sen.
timent In those cases, OF course, a
prosecution would have been demanded
@; III, rs, 1879.
Arthur Pratt. who was deputy Unit
/ ed states marshal IN Utah from 1874
4 until 1852 and again from 1856 TO 1880.
! aud who probably arrested more Nor
mons charged With polygamy Or poly.
/ gamous cohabitation than any other
man, said that he had heard Mr. White.
| cotton and Mr.. Booth testify on !h.s
subject, aud that be agreed with them.
! Tor the reasons stated By him-uut out
/ OF any pity on sympathy for the me1.
but out Of sympathy and out OF he
suffering that would be entailei ON the
women aud the children e; 1in.
=. ID. Il. Thompson. a non Mormon,
/ who has lived IN Salt Lake City since
! 1889 never been a Mormon. and VINO
has taken a leading part In Republican
| IotAl's III NNul Etdlt. IfSilUtl.
! Wen. the general iled has been hat
| this condition Of things would gradual
! ~ die away by the lapse OF time. IL
has been generally repugnant to most
| people who take any position as against
the Mormons I'm this matter sgbi,n
| would imply either prosecution or per-
| secution. In other words. they did not
care to be informers @, sgi).
Charles De NOISY "a non. Mormon.
who Is a commissioner OF the state
| bureau OF statistics OF Utah. and has
never been a Mormon. says. In regard
| TO the sentiment among gentiles IN
| Utah as TO punishment Of those who
live In polygamous cohabItation where
the marriages were celebrated before
the manifesto. Il think there is mat
ter OF Indifference about it'-thst he
himself thinks-"ihe less said about
those things the better" 70: i003l.
Glen Miller, a non Mormon, who was
United States marshal IN the Territory
Of Utah for four and half years. and
had been a member Of the state senate
for two years after Utah had been adj
mitted into the Union, when asked
what is the sentiment Of genties In
Utah In regard 10 prosecutions for po-
lygamous cohabltation between persons
who were married before the mani
festo, answered:
We'll. there has been a sentiment
against that, as there has been against
any informing against any OF the in
fractions Of law generally, They have
felt that Il was only question OF time
that the practise would Gle out through
the death Of those who practised Il and
the removal Of that generation g;
1907
John W. Hughes, who has never been
a Mormon. and is the editor Of week.
~ paper IN Salt Lake City, whea
asked the same question. replied,
well, the sentiment has been right
along that these old fellows that are
In polygamy-to let them alone and
they Will soon die out. Very soon none
OF them will be left. The great point
with the gentiles is that there Will be
no new plural marriages g.; 1881.
Mrs. Mary @. Coulter. a non-Mor.
mon, whose husband is a physician in
ogden. testified:
Those Of US who have witnessed the
old.time antagonisms and who are llv-
ing and working for the new growth
and progress do not believe In indus.
torial methods. We believe that the
work OF education, the establishment
n industries the development Of tho |
mining regions, the building OF rail. /
roads especially, and the influx OF peo.
pie. owing 10 the colonization schemes /
which are succeeding there, will In time I
eradicate all Of the old and objection /
able conditions g; 100.
Polygamy In Other Countres--How |
Dealt With.
A situation analogous 10 that exist
ing In Utah after polygamy had been
forbidden by the law Of the Church, a 9
well as by the law Of the state, arises
In countries where>polygamy is lawful, |
when missionaries have converted po-
lygamists 10 the Christian faith. Tho |
question then frequently arises whether /
polysamists shall be admitted to the |
church. and IL 80. whether they shall |
be required to put away all OF their 4
families except one. In the argument |
Of the case. counsel for the respondent |
has referred 10 certain publications by /
various Christian churches, showing |
the proceedings that have taken place |
In some such cases and the results
The Presbyterian and Reformed Re-
view, vol. = for 1926, contains an ar
iicle on The baptism Of polygamists
in on-Christlan lands" from which the
following extracts are taken:
AT the regular meeting Of the synod
OF India, held In Ludhiana, November,
1884, among the most important ques-
NH 10 -. !
this: Whether IN the case OF a Moham-
medan or Hndoo with more than one
wife. applying for baptism. he should
IN all cases. as condition Of baptism.
be required 70 put away al his wives
but one. After a very thorough dis
cussion, lasting between two or three
sessions Of the synod It was resolved,
by a vote o. 20 20 10, 20 request the
general assembly. IN view OF the OK
ceedlngly difficult complications which
often occur 81 the cases OF polygamists
who desire 10 be received into the
Church. 10 leave the ultimate decision
Of all such cases In India 10 the synod
Of India The memorislists add: II
Is the almost unanimous opinion OF the
members Of the synod that, under some
circumstances, converts who have more
ANdu hIt VIE NNktAuti WIN Nl'll fN-
tire families, should be baptized
Not only Is II thus the fact that
more than four-hfihs Of the members
a. the synod Of India believe that Il may
sometimes be our duty, under the con-
ditlons Of society IN India, TO baptize
a polygamlst without requiring him
first to put away all his wives but one,
but when the missionary ladies' present
during the sessions Of synod, DESTROYS
Of sscertainlng the state Of opinion
among themselves on this subject, took
vote thereup0n, % these IS ladies,
many Of them intimately familiar with
the interior Of zenana life Tor years
all feeling no less hatred Of polygam- I
Gus marriage than their sisters in
America, all but three signife1 their I
agreement with the majority ~ synod I
OF which minority OF three two had
been only few days In India ana were
skaV.fa,a without any fNrariaUFe fUUrI- i