The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-05
PROOF OF NEW POLYGAMY.

While it may not be in possession
of convicting proof from a legal stand
point, of the certainty Of new polyg
anIous criminality, the public is gen
orally aware of circumstances which
are quite satisfactory TO 1T in confrma-
that hundreds of polygamous marriages
have occurred since the manifesto.
Being better acquainted with the
real situation than any copperhead i'm
portation could possibly be, the pub
lie could present its knowledge to
the officiating ecclesiastical Mouth, to
a complete demonstration of the
hypocrisy of the minor church organ
IN its demand for ''proofs. Almost
any citizen could recall, for the edifca-
tion Of the all.wise Smoot agency, the
case of one John w. Taylor. To be
definite, The unpretentious resident Of
Utah could say that the particular
Taylor to whom he has reference is
that one who, as an apostle Of the
Mormon church, "boosted' his State
by making very apt apology to the
Mormon tabernacle choir for having
traduced the good young women (mem-
bers of his church) who composed
the greater portion of that musical
organization. He is the same Taylor
whose cowardly assault upon the repu-
tatlons of these Young singers caused
some men within his own church TO
feel like shaking him clear out of his
apostolic robes and presenting to him
enough feathers for a pair Of angels
wings. This Taylor is the one who was
to have been furnished by Joseph +.
Smith as a witness before the Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections,
but whose fiery disposition prompted
him to tell the prophet to "go TO.
For the instruction of the Smoot
Mouth, one could recite that this Taylor
is Of the home ubiquitous and of the
residence omnivagant. He is the hero
of love, or rather loves, numerous and
romantic; the victim OF Utah all
mcnt commonly known as "scoot -
This is the John W. Taylor who
once was an apostle in the Mormon
church, enjoying several of the apos.
tolic prcrogatives, whose ecclesiastical
scalp WAS sacrificed in behalf of the
political head of his beloved brother
IN the gospel and fellow-apostle, Reed |
Smoot. And all ON account of the con. |
ressed existence Of the polyoamous |
proofs which the comfortably-inano |
Mouth at present so bravely |
demands, One of the prerogativcs of
this John w. Taylor was to have more
than one place of residence in case of
1t is jocularly stated Of
This gentleman that he never had to go .
no matter what stake of
Zion he happened to be laborinp in
Ting, OF course, is An eXaegorativc
There arc over fifty of
these stakes Of Zion, and at the
highest calculation John w did not
more than six or eight do.
nestie establishments, and possibly no
moro than five. But whether his ap.
sregate home were quintaDgular, or
'e@taDgular, or octangular. one or the
other of its individual hooks was never
lost to him-even if eventually he him.
self became lost to the Senate com.
nittce.
Mr.. Taylor is the man Of whom If
was told before the committee al
that when one of tho ladies
u his household (thc one who resided
n Davis county, was fortunate enough
% md female help in her domestic
arcs. he discovered in the same charm.
ng individual an additional hclpmeet.