Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-11-26

An interesting volume by Adlai =.
Stevenson. on Something Of Men ]
Have Known" has just boon pun
llshed by \. c. McClurg s. Co.. Chicago.
II contains no less than nfty-one pen
pictures and historical sketches, many
OF which arc illustrated Among the
portraits the reader finds in this album
Of American celebrities are George r..
Hoar. Samuel ridden. James g..
blaine, James a. Garfield, David Dud-
ley Field. Henry wattorson. Levi T..
Morton Mckinley. Lincoln. Grant Ste
phon A. Douglas. lngersoll. Cleveland.
Edwin Booth. Joseph jefferson. Bryan.
aud many others. Tho author intro
duoes the reader to the House Of Repre-
sentatives. and the senate. he tells
Of historical Incidents, some long ago
forgotten but important.
AIR Stevenson devotes a chapter 20
''The Mormon Exodus from Illinois
ana Illustrate this with portrait o.
The Prophet Joseph. The remark is. per
haps. not wholly out Of place here, thar
whilc the Prophet Is considered to have
played a role important enough IN tho
history OF the country to be placed IN a
collection OF pictures Of historical hg-
ures OF this cminoncc, Gov. Ford Is Civ
en- no such place You look in vain for
his picture in this book. Like PLATE
he is mentioned only because Of his
nearness to the principal figures In the
painting.
Mr. stevenson accounts for the TRACE
dy at Carthage and exodus from mi
nois, chiefly on political grounds. lie
says when the Saints came to Illinois,
IN 1889. the Wings and Democrats both
contended for SUPREMACY, and both
were eager 10 gain the Mormon vote.
For time. he says, tho Saints were
inclined to support the Whig party but
soon they changed. When, In is4S. the
last hope Of Whig support was gone,
The Wings joined the ranks Of the anti
Mormon" party, and began a crusade
Tor the expulsion OF the people from the
state. And this eliminated In the trag-
edy, by which the Prophet and Patri-
arch became martyrs OF the Church
They had been Instrumental in found
ing. and the subsequent exodus
The author. TO be sure. considers
some contributing causes. He believes
that the Prophet committed his crown
ing act OF folly when he announced
himself a candidate for President lie
tells a story. on the authority OF Gov.
Ford, Of the Institution OF a priesthood
that was 20 be the mobility" OF the
+, earthly dynasty. and OF the 'Danites'
He adds something, also on the testi-
mony Of Ford, on polygamy. the trouble
with the Laws and the destruction OF
the Expositor, but all these he considers
but incidents" which added quickly
fuel TO tho flame" The main cause
was political And the crusade was
by no means over with the departure OF
the leaders. There was a rnomentary
quiet, but the anti 'AIormons" soon
rallied and organized for the purpose
OF expelling the entire Mormon popula-
ton from the state We believe the
author has tried to be fair and Impair
thai Ia his presentation Of this subject,
but he has. in our view. attached undue
importance 10 anti Mormon" evidence.
Whatever the. secondary causes were.
the chief motive was that which has
operated from the beginning and caused
"a conflict between the forces of good
and evil why was Pclycarp burned az
The stake by the proconsul OF smyrna?
Why we're the victims OF Nero, Domi-
tian. Decius Diocletian. mcrcllcssly
slaine Why were the Huguenots mas
sacredf why did Cain rise up against
his brother7 why did prosecutors In ali
ages rage asllnst their victimsg The
answer to these questions Is tho same.
Just as human nature is the same. The
conflict is between the forces of good
and evil truth and falsehodo. right.
sousness and sin, and Il will continue.
until he comes whose right IL ls to
rcign