The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-10-25
THE FIGHTING OF MORMON POLYGAMY

| so, by Gentle influence and customs II
| has been like the struggle between dis
| tlnct civilizations with antaGOnlstlc forms
OF government The jack Mormon is the
| Gentle who has become SO affected with
| the culture OF the Mormon priesthood.
that he no longer disccrns any inconerlitS
| of harems and the normal American home.
In general, IL may bc said that this in
| Cludos all OF the class OF Gcntiles who
have been greatly affected by Mormon
ISM and Its approach Is always insidious
and lethal This class. VIII not fight
polygamy-thcy arc supInc to the pas
sions OF the Mormon sultan.
Those Mormons, on the other hand, who
have been so profoundly affected by
American civilization, are ready TO throw
off the ecclesiastical yoke for the free
dom guaranteed by the laws OF the land.
The school system tho advent Of law.
the abolition of blood atonement-thesc
things bcncfiting the mass OF MornonS.
but has been bane and trihulation
10 the polygamous priesthood who stand
for a return 10 all OF the old and dread
ful rites,
The appreciation or disapprobation OF
doemns and actions Of men is at the foun-
dation OF society and law. EVIL actions
must receive disapproval or hoti- la"
and society become dcmoralized- The
heads OF the Mormon church arc polYc-
amous and must receive the active sup
port and appreciation OF all other Nor
mon polygamjsts-all approving aud ad
miring each othcr-and have the 'sus-
tanning OF the conferences to keep the
political body intact. OF course, polyg-
amy indicates wide range I'm the So
cial strata of the Mormon people. From
a Mormon standpoint. the Mclchisedec
polyCamist is the highest being on Garth;
highest in every sense, cducationally. In.
tellec,ually and spiritually. a superficial
observation only will convince one OF
this facr, PolyEamy cannot exist with
out a considerable class from which the
polygamous chicftains must draw the
means for raimcnt and nourishment for
t,,. hnr o. nd 10 hn1
is a phenomenon In nearly all tribal re-
latons. and II Is true of this Tribe OF
Joseph
mcnr, a militant sentiment. against po.
lygamists. against the supporters OF po-
lysamy, against the condoners of polyea"
my and against the political orSaniza-
csts of. or for, the condoDing OF polyga'
my. Political appreciation is probably
the greatest asset desired by the Nor
mon polygamous chicftains. Any oh.
server could not fail 10 see the animus
of the Mormon priesthood and the fed
cral Mormons during the visit OF PreSi-
president would bo valuable asset. The
present representation Of Utah in con-
sress is such an asset 10 the Mormon
sultan. a resource OF polygamous power.
There should he a firm political scnti-
ment inculcatcd against all OF these bull
warks Of political power.
Possibly H. has been observed by the
reader that tho Mormon press Is eager
Ia seize upon every scrap of literature
that tends to throw appreciation upon
the practices of their sect. This only il
lustratcs how valuable appreciation is
considered. yet il is only an 'caemplih-
cation OF a common trait of human ma
turc.
Then to derive dollars and cents from
business relations with a nolySamiSt is
not very great approval OF polygamy.
II he is hungry, or i'll, or death has in
yadod his home, humanity will not with
hold n helping hand But to place him
in place of honor, either elective or
appointivc, is To give appreciation that is
higher than any money value. 1t is the
giving OF honor. or tho symbol OF honor
to n lawbrcakcr-to a bad example in
ciety.
AS the Mormon church is an active po-
litical body IL is the duty of every Amer
lean citizen TO show his political dssp-
probation. Without this disnpprobation.
the battle against the polygamous stan
Civic improvements. schools. law, bet
tcrmcnt of labor conditions and society
are natural sequences of the political vic
tory and a subMgatinn of the forces now
arraycd for the protection and defense
Of the Two active essentials of the Nor
mon church-poygamy and political pres
tigc, symbolzed by the cock (for poiyga
my) and the beehive Gor the. seat of
power),
Let every American stand firm by the
nag, the symbol OF Amcricanism so need
ed in Utah. for The oppressed OF the
earth To that standard shall fly. wher-
ever it's folds shall be spread" And
should not Mormons he set free?
O, 1. SEYMOUR