The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-13
WHAT WILL BE DONE.

In commenting upon the sensational
case of the girl, Susan Henry, who was
brought to Boston as an adopted child
by a Mormon missionary, but who WAS
deported by the National immigration
officials the Boston Traveller presents
it's editorial view TO its readers. AS
might be expected, the article Of the
little Scotch lassie was very Impressive
whether true in all particulars or not.
She said that she had never seen Elder
Bachman until the night before she left
her homo in his custody; she said that
he had entered her stateroom on the
ship and had whipped her while she was
nude; she said other things that were
calculated to arouse the most indignant
feeling in Boston and Washington.
The case of Susan Henry is probably
ended by her being returned to her par
ents at Leith, Scotland. But the effect
of the Susan Henry case is only begin
ming. Here are some general editorial
observations by the Boston Traveller!
That Mormons havo been bringing girl
converts for years is well known. What
boconos OF those girls once thoy arc in Utah
ia not explained Thousands of thom ar
rive 20 10 Utah and disappear. Occasion
ly cry comes out from tho Wilderness plead
ing to bo saved from slavery and worse. but
10 soon bubsdes The Mormon church knows
how to look after such matters, and as II
controls tho balance of political power in
several Western States, who would dare to
make troublel
What becomes OF them and why are they
being brought here Ono time when BOSS
Tweed was confronted with proofs OF his
thieying he turned his qucstioner and
said what OF itl What aro you going to
do about it'
ism,
What ARE we going to do,
Americans Of Utah do not know what
the people Of Massachusetts, are going
to do about it. In fact. Americans here
are beginning to feel that they do not
care. Certain New England and other
Eastern Senators have been sitting on
the Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections for three years, during the
tendency Of the Smoot case, and have
done all in their power to protect that
Mormon apostle in place from which
he could terrorizc the small politicians
of the Western States (of which the
Boston Traveller speaks); and they have
thereby afforded encouragement and
help to the very things which the Trav-
eler reprobates. Protest after protest
has gone from Utah TO these New Eng
land and Eastern Senators, and they
have acted as if every American citi-
zen out here was horse thief and
every Mormon apostle was sanctlfied
saint Of God, true disciple OF Christ,
and entitled to assert himself as the
prophetic mouthpiece Of the Divine Will
to an unregenerate Nation.
Americans out here do not know what
New England is going to do about
it, but we know what Americans
here are going to do about it.
We are going to keep up the fight
until there are enough men and women
Of intelligence, conscience and Ameri-
can patriotism in this State to over
throw the Smoot political machine; and
when Americans are triumphant here
we know that some Of the small poll
ticians Of New England md other parts
Of tho East will be quite as deferential
| to the American idea as they are now
servile TO the Mormon polygamous
| hierarchy.