The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-03
PIN LEADS
/ IN DIVORCES
mage of Separations De-
Jared Highest of Any
civilized Country.
I'm STATES SECOND,
rITH GREAT BRITAIN LOW
'..lean Lawyers Assert That
4. Marital Misfits Are Con-
,.eted With immortality.
nv PAUL LAMBETH

- al
y lu'DVtS : The number of divorces . with with
= n,;tsa = States q poor second. rms
srouehs out in the testimony; no Sy;yorse,
s'tS tSs royal commission snon on u1'oi r.
~ US Sss resumed Its session. ~,
~ psr srsna. member Of the feaelal
Htcn. -. S.HT United States and also OIL
= q i;ab snd bar, gave this information.
gsstsS Sssss y 6sr 100000 Of population
vl us; United States, 10; swift
40. france, %; Germany, 10, 10,
e ~, Sn,,d Wales, Q. He gave Inc
Ing sA mueh other interesting IN
,SOA 49, concerning divorce IN the
kasSrsd ka osS TO be fairly well estao.
y ri hs said, that at the Presehs
q = sns marriage in every hfteen, OF OF
tnar y sixteen, in tho United states
3, ,,,t;rataly be dissolved by d1-
n ali the states adultery was
"a for divorce. but, independently
6.naw there was variety OF otn-
arsSs DeseYtiou and cruelty, In
NO forms and degrees, were com
grounds for divorce: In sixteen
shs desertion need be for only
sssy in seven states it must be
It!o yaars. and in one state for hye
IL eTneifv was n cause in nearly
= tate and in some of the states
Erecs rendering life together IN
Er.sbIe.u "indignities rendering
Si;or intolerable," " personal abuse
: rsSust rendering life burdensome, -
ireatnent endangering health or
.u were also specified grounds.
Sirty.6ye states habitual drunken
v,s a cause for divorce. In very
majority of the states convection
{slony was a ground.
Felony a Ground.
Eve states conviction for felony
u 10 marriage and unknown to the
party. and in one of the states
If,et that spouse was q fugitive
Justice, was a sufficient cause.
&isted with drunkenness in some
n states was habitual addiction
Hnous drugs, such as opium, NOR
and cbloral. Insanity in varying
ss. from mental incapacity to in
@hle lunacy, was a cause In nine
y Fagrancy was ground In two
3 and neglect to provide for the
and children Of the marriage was
nss in nineteen states. In Louis
"public defamation of one party
q other" in Florida "violent tenn
4 and in kentucky 'violent and
Fsrnable temper" were causes.
Operates Automatically.
spite the widespread belief in Eng
70 the contrary, In no state wes
hnpstibility of temperament g
Tor divorce, with the possible ex-
n1a Of the state of Washington,
the statute authorized the court
nlf decree when it should be
lsd that for any cause the par
isould no longer live together. In
least, of the states divorce oper-
dramatically, and without the In
non OF legal proceedings therefor,
ss rs OF a sentence to imprisonment
view was spreading, he said,
a an unhappy married couple de
70 nave their marriage dissolved,
Q matter which was peculiarly
own affair, and one with which
guollc had nothing to do. OF nearly
non divorces. only about Is per
sse defended. He was of opinion
The fYeonenoy ~ 5;,o,.o a..
y states and the growing indif-
= 70 the duty and obligation OF
~ we're primarily due to the fact
anage IN America was defined
SsuIe e to be merely a civil contract
snAI no form Of solemniZing the
10y was provided or required.
~ we're too many causes for di.
n america and too few In Eng.
iae health OF tho race. from q
point OF view. was imperiled by
woman to hive in marital re
sNn husband who was q con
tunkard, at or was subject to re
sttacks of insanity, or who had
msae seeds OF an incurable dis.
"nen the strain TO which either
was subject by the continuous
VI the other had reached the
ts point. 1T was wise not only in
y sssts wts OF the parties themselves
ar 'ne state and the church that
~S should intervene
~ Divorces Are Cheap.
elsne added that tho greater
VI diVorco cases in tbs United
80 compared with England die
mat there was greater immor
.he states. it was due rathel
iesity with which people re
ibs marriage, and legal laxity
hpalfett, another American bar
Of fggavht g the comparative cheap
@Vorce in the states was u,
i,rear1is dns of avoiding n great dGa
mss.;arity. The statement tina
lI,saI,gc Ill fifteen was likely Il
ieaea wns true only 30 far a
/ihs,u marriages were concerned
,,e were thousands Of maria pe
tbe never registered ut all. 81
N dgure was misleading. Tn,
N 'Vorce were as numerous an,
"a 81. othcr countries as in th'
sas 'ates. In Formosa Hloauac
e eba;as cause of divorcing a wife
rman asked: "Do you thiul
ia H. very high standard of NOR
.uc United States?'
Hard no doubt whatever that tb
IA g., morality throughout tn
ma nr ates Is as high as il is il
IL" IN any other civilized coun
numS your general explanation
boz lumber Of divorces7I
Hnlitr e argciy unconnected wit
|tiou9,; anu largely associated wit
Cause Of divorce was th