Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-06-27
pressed similar protests against the
slnnderous utterances OF tho Presby-
terlan gentlemen. To quote again

klnnderous utterances OF tho Presby-
terlan gentlemen. To quote again
THE Encouragement who refuted
the charges with good deal OF
warmth and vlgor, said that after
reading Or. kilpatrlck's letter he took
occasion 10 estimate the number OF
crimes and offenses committed in the
various parts Of the province during
the last year, and he found that there
was twenty-five per cent less crime in
the Mormon district than In any Oth-
CIR similar area In the whole province.
'Polygamy Is crime. and no charge
or information has ever been laid
against the "Mprrnons' In Alberta, :
said the speaker If the charge would
be made and information laid his de-
partment would attend 10 1t. He also
referred TO the strong temperance sem
tlment in the Mormon district, which
was the only one IN the province that
had carried local option. II the people
or the province were as much In favor
of local option and carried il out Ike
the Cardeton district it would b. an
lnestimable boon for temperance re-
FORM
The interesting debate was closed
by Mr.. Woolg, the member for Card
ston. and he was received with cordial
applause. The report goes OIL to say:
"He denied most COMPATIBILITY tho
statement Of Or. Fitzpatrick that po-
lygamy or disloyalty was taught to
the children. one of the principal te-
nets of 'Mormonism was fidelity and
loyalty 10 the chief magistrate, and
quoted from an article OF the Nor
mon faith as follows We believe in
being subject to kings. presidents. rul-
ers and magistrates in obeying, honor
ms and sustaining the law. This doc
trine was sodulously inculcated Into
the minds Of the children. and even
little ones Of eight years could recitc
them and were taught them al school
and at their own fircside
THE fundamental textbook OF the
Mormon" Church. said Mr.. Woolf
Is the King James version OF the Ri
bic, and II there Is anything wrong
with the teaching OF that book it Is
az much the duty Of Mir Fitzpatrick
TO change It as It is the duty OF the
"Mormons." There was no other
text book used that differed In any re-
spect from the King James translation
NJ the Bible
In conclusion. MIR. Woolf held that
the claims Of the Mormon TO be loyal
and moral people have been fully
proved He WAS pleased with the man
ner In which his fellow members had
referred TO the matter, and that many
If his closest personal friends were
non 'Morinons, 1t was the duty OF
those who made those charges to
bring them to the light OF law"
1T was not the motive of any Nor
mon to find fault with the religious
Views of other sgcts. but 10 grant lib-
erty OF conscience as freely as they
claim IT, He believed the people OF
the west were not concerned with mill
or divisions Of scots, but desired to
live In peace and build up great
commonwealth"
After such singing rebuke in the
Legislature, the mallgners turn to
religious assembly rs n proper forum
in which to make their malicious state
ments. They do not fear contradic-
ton there why Will not our religious
friends desist from creating a Nor
mon problem" where there Is none.
and join the Latter-day Saints In an
earnest, patriotic effort for the build
Ing up OF tho country and the prsva-
lence Of truth and virtue? They can
never destroy the Church They may
as well accept the fact OF it's exist
ence as moral force In the world
and in the spirit OF brotherly love Join
It's members IN doing good as far as
cooperation In the work OF redemp-
tion is possible, or leave them unmo-
Tested. IL they can do no better. That
would be the spirit Of Christianity.