The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-01-23

graph 20 which * is attachsa
with the same subject lnatteT ssss
knew thar the NORMAN people sooasys.
nae cannes mat, pS iys9Iny was a ne. ssr.
the enabling act war euuivaie1yt' sion !,
ing yOuf may hereafter believe 70 ssy.
please. and assert sueh opinions es gta
please on the subject Of pol,1o,,'as ytr
poiy saiE0us marriages hereafter 80, aG
prohibited. t..s S''dl D.
Senator Sunderland made ft5s
ton in rsfefencf no The claim t5Hp.aha.
been sometimes made that adsriot h-s
cnurcb believe apa assert thf be}ief N ths
abstract Fightfuinsss nf poivean,,. ~ HE
In the second place Senathr g..
l}hh continued the language M tbe'hs''
ahlHE att is tllat palEgamons na rle en-.
are iGlbiadeY paT ppiFgamaUs cobats1
p0n. i'NgFesS eEileRliF iutcnd-l to vlta-
10 .tlle. stale itself 10 deal with cvtssfe
nolyga1nouS relations rs Il might Htis'ns
fit" See
Practice Dying Out.
The senator then explained that
time that the manifesto was qdon.a 'ae
1920. there were over 300 polycs,., !
households IN the state. When Ibs 9ls
sure Of prosecution was removed pres
hrman nature being the same ~ mon
other human nature. il was ev,.h
though not desired that TO n uraSie-'1
less degree some or these people x,.,
continue with their wives nc nv, "'a3
undesirable situation. but }ue ,;er,.,
had felt th;.s the "nC which tte- v.or ~
airnuS OF ac..lnif HsiN-g was % Ger u,
the Institution Of polygamy. the ceisS.
tion Of plural marriages with the 81.
ton Of the church in the future NJ
tho system was formally abandone6
the church there was little dsposition
the mart Of. the nom Mormon inhabHo..
Of the state to hold the old p0lygarls.
20 a very strict accommodating for 49,
acts so long as their relations were M.
fragrant In general. the feeling w.
that the best thing TO do was 90 bear MIR
the situation i'm patience. and i'm cogr..
of time these old pOlygamists would y.
removed by death.
Few Plural Marriages Now.
In 1890. Senator Sutherland said tb,..
were 2.l5l OF these polygamous hons.
holds They had gradually been dm.
ished by death and removal from M
state until today there are not 90 exca-l
900 of them The situation is rantN
clearing itself. il has been charged E
said. that there are some new cases Z,
poly ganny. He thought that there bal
been some sporadic cases Of this char
ter. Such cases were condemned 81
Mormon and Gentle. alike and he eo,
demned them himself in vigorous .prrs
q pOlygamOus wife since the manifesto oi
1880 ought TO be in jail serving out ~
extreme penalty Of the law.
Senator Smoot, however. by his expres
sious and conduct had always since a boy
opposed the practice OF poiygamy. To-
gether with ether young men In the
church had done much to stop and pu
an end 10 the system. SmOOt had al
WAYS been opposed to pOlygamOus mar
riageS and brought about an investigation
"a inc ., fH..e-
charged with having taken several wives
since the manifesto. These apostles had
been removed from their offices and are
today fugitives from justice in a foreign
jurisdiction.
Gentle George Prevaricstes.
He then took up the question Of church
interference with political and temporal
affairs and showed that In the beginning
there had been more or less union OF the
church and state, nut ne insisted
that since the division on nation
al party lines in 1892 this stua.
ton had been materially improved the
progress being characterized as satisfac.
tory and under ali circumstances remark
able. He said that-there is no dispOsi-
ton on the part of the MOrmOns, az
though they arc in the majority I'm thf
state, to discriminate against Gentiles
upon that ground i'm political matters. "A
fair proportion of the offices I'm the state
are held by Cfentiles.
Whatever may have been the condition
IN the old days. he said, he knew from
actual observation that the Mormon peo-
pie today were as loyal and as patriots
as any people i'm the country. lie called
attention TO the fact that when the war
with Spain was declared and a call FOR
volunteers made. the Mormons as well
as Gentues in Utah freely Offered their
services to their country. The Utah bat
teries commanded by Major Richard w.
Young, himself a grandson of Brigham
Young. a graduate of West Point. and
as loyal, brave and splendid soldier a.
ever wore a uniform, had won for them
selves honor and distinction.
Smoot in the Senate.
He closed his speech by calling atten-
ton to Shoots conduct i'm the senate DO
had served there four years and had
been the daily associate OF his colleagues
and had won their respect and esteem
That no senator in that body can point
to any word or act or vote of his that
breathes any other spirit than that Of DE-
vOtiOn 10 his duty and patriotic regard
for his obligations as a citizen OF the re-
public.
CD Eolygamouspydiy onhr anr aonh'
When you want vinegar that is vine
gar, order, MOUNTS.