The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-22
ANNON TELL IS HOW MORMON HIERARCHY
RESUMED ITS DOMINATION OVER POLITICS
Writer Declares Temporal Sway
Was Resumed When Public
Mind Was Lulled.

In his dry way. .'have the Mormons
stopped living with their plural wives ?
And Will there never be another case of
plural marriage among them?
! remembered the lesson OF my inter-
view with him at the time OF the cam
paisn against the Acknowledgement bill,
and | answered: mo. Not all the men
of the church have complied fully with
the law. So far as know. all the gem
eral authorities Of the church-with two
or three exceptions-are fnlhlling the
covenant they gave, and so far as ! can
Judge, there will never be another plural
marriage ceremony with the consent or
connivance of the leaders OF the church
But human nature is very much the same
In Utah as II Is in Connecticut Hero
and there, no doubt man feels that he
Is under an obligation TO keep his cove
nant with his plural wives In preference
to the covenant of his accepted amnesty;
and here and there. possibly. in the fu-
ture. some man Will break the law and
defy the orders OF the church and take
a plural wife But the leaders OF the
church do not countenance either proceed
Ing. and any man who violates the law,
In either respect. offends against the
revelations Of the church and I believe.
Will be dealt With as an aDostate. /
come direct from the presidency OF the
church. and ] am authorized TO pledge
their word of honor that they Will them
selves obey the law and do all In their
power as men and leaders 20 bring their
people into harmony with the inst!tu-
tions of this country as rapidly as posi-
BILE"
Platt Indignant.
Senator Platt had slowly unwrapped
himself. rising from his chair TO his full
and alarming Indignation. There he
said. strding up and down the room.
That's 1t. That's just 1t. These people
have been telling us that you were obey
and would always obey 1t. And now
you come here and admit. openly. that
some OF you, to whom we have granted
that possibly others. In the future. will
do the same DllngH'
Senator" I pleaded. what confidence
could you have in me il l were to tell
you that the Mormons were so superhu-
man that In a single dav they could elimi-
nate all their human characteristics? I'm
asking you to recognize that the tendency
impaired to whole community is more
important than any one mans breach OF
the law. Believe me. II you grant us
our statehood. there will never be any
la lawbreaking sanctioned or protected by
the church leaders. and lust as speedily
as possible the entire system will be
brought into harmony with the institu-
tions OF the nation I'm telling you the
truth
the polyganlists had adjusted their family
affairs.
"Uncle Angus Extreme.
answered that in nearly all cases
within my personal knowledge the polyg-
amist had relinduished coniugal rela tious
with his plural wives with the full acqui-
escence Of them and thoir children He
them. cared for the children
and in all other ways acted as the guar
dun and protector OF the household In
a few cases men had gone to an e1-
treme. For instance, my uncle. Angus NJ
Cannon-president OF the Salt Lake stake
Of Zion"--a man Of most decided charac-
ter-had declared that he had entered
into his marriage relations with his wives
under covenant that gave them equality
In his regard; and In order that he might