Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-01-18
THEY WILL NOT LOOK ct HOME.

lhkI WILL rul LOOh a aN1~As'
A friend writing from Galesburg. H.,
sends US paper from that point CIV
sng an account Of the fluctuations Of a
lady residing there in a house which
row Is In row inhabited by denlzens
OF the half world" The property has
descended 10 her from her ancestors.
II contains many more rooms than she
can make use %. yet she cannot rent
them to any respectful bic persons and
others she viii not receive as tenants,
nor can she dispose 81 the property 10
AZ 20 be able 10 move 20 another locali-
by. The description u the scenes that
occur both dag and night IN that dis
reputable neigbborhood are such that
we do not care TO reproduce them They
are sufficiently shocking to arouse the
attention Of the police authorities and
to place the lady IN a most wretohed
position.
Our correspondent presents a terri
bic picture Of the social condition Of the
city from which he writes. and names
such a large proportion as the number
81 fallen women that we can scarcely
credit the correctness OF his lnforma-
ton But he says there are fifteen DIFF
ierent "Christian" denominations there,
numbering very large congregations, all
imbued with bitter antl-"Mormon'
spirit. and he wants to know why il IL
that ladies viii sign petitions against a
pure, upright man like Senator Smoot.
desiring his election from the United
States Senate. while condonIng or ig-
notlng the conditions existing right UNI
der their own oyeslght. He has not
been very long IN that city, and IL as
founded at what he has seen and heard.
The intemperance. the stealing. the
gambling. and other evils existing there.
added 20 the numerous murders and su-
lcides, provoke him TO writing very Wig
orously about the hypocrisy that de-
claims against Utah and passes by the
Tlaring wickedness of the city where
be writes
Our friend should understand that all
those abomlnations which are tolerated
In the large cities Of the country. are 30
common that they DO not attract spe-
rial attention from the good people
whose Christianity chiefly conalsta Ia
going TO place Of worship once a
week because that IL the fashion and
the custom But reports OF alleged ma
iifmonial excuses away out IN Utah,
carried by professed ministers OF the
Gospel, arouse them to such righteous
Indignation that they have TO join in
he protest which those pretended SER
ssnts OF the great Master set up 10
arouse prejudice and gather funds
He should also understand that when
This Inconsistency is pointed out, aud tho
religious men and women Of the East
are referred 20 the parable Of the mote
and the beam, and hint Is given them
that they had better mind their own
business and also cleanse the inside OF
their own platters the cry Is raised AT
once that those who make such sugges.
tons are trying 10 justify one wrong
by drawing attention To another. OF
course that Is not fair argument, and
Is no justification Tor the SNUG COM
placency with which the yleness OF
evils close 90 their own domlcllos are
wlnked Mt, while horror IL expressed al
AFFAIRS alleged 60 exist IN Utah, and
which are not TO be compared for In.
iquIty with the real shameful state OF
their own towns and oitias.
When attention Is drawn 10 the cor
ruptlons existing IN places where
great noise Is made about Utah and
The "Mormons," It IL not for the pur-
pose OF hellttlng anything eva here or
making excuse for IL because OF IN.
iaulty elsewhere. II Is simply 10 sug-
gest 10 people who do not know what
they are talking about, the propriety o.
giving time and attention to actual
and undeniRbIe evils, witch Il Is their
business To endeavor TO eradicate right
where they live,
But we suppose such efforts will be
tabor IN vain. for II Is SO much easier
and plesssntoF to shout against Utah
and the "Momons" than to take no.
toe and work for the removal OF the
focial foulness that feeks TO heaven
from every center of Christian" pop
ulation IN the land The dust they
kick ~ about the 'Mormons" dlverts
attention from the foulness Of their
own surroundings.