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taken from them. Such was the
feeling aroused that the Mormons
found difficulty in renting any hall in
which to meet. Almost every news
paper in England printed more or less
Of Joseph +. Smiths testimony.
wherein he admitted that he was liv-
ing in polygamy, that he was a Grim
inal and that he violated the direct
commands OF God to him as il suited
his convenience, Whatever impetus
the election of Smoot had given to
Mormon missions in England and
whatever impression it had made in
regard TO the non-practice of polyg-
amy was swept away in the publicity
given To this sworn testimony Of the
head OF the Mormon Church in the
Smoot trial.
About three years ago the London
Daily Express published a letter of
protest from passenger on the
steamship Laurentic, signed by the
chaplain Of the ship. A. l.. Hayes.
and six other persons on the
ship. against the propaganda Of
the Mormons on this ship. Here
Is a copy of the letter-'a party
of about forty aboard half of whom
are young girls between the ages Of
l6 and %, ostensibly on the way to
Ctah'-'The girls are afraid to be
seen speaking to any other than a
Mormon. and are completely under the
control OF these scoundrels'-'These
young girls are being lured on To de-
struction. and every one on board is
alive to the fact that it is nothing
less than white slavery under the thin
disguise of a fanciful religion
eve secured an affidavit from z.
Brewell of Lawton, Pudsey. England.
which told this same story. hut from
the inside point of view, for he had
gone to America with a similar party
OF converts. He went. with his little
boy, because his daughter had gone
to Utah some months before and wrote
to him such discouraging letters that
he believed that she was home sick and
blue and seeing Zion in the wrong
light. and he wanted to join her. and
to see the place that had been pic
tured to him as the most desirable
place this side OF heaven when he
was converted as a member OF the
Mormon Church.
He declared-here is q copy of the
afiidavit--that the eye opening process
began from the time the party set
sail from Liverpool for Utah. ON
board our vessel he states, were
about one hundred Mormons. all bound
for Utah. Seventeen nf them were
elders of the church, and most of the
others were women and girls collected
from all parts of Europe. The married
elders seized the opportunity for hav-
ing gay time with the girls. and all
bheir preteXts of morality were thrown
to the winds-l sa v things which |
blush to relate. The ships passengers
talked about their conduct, So that
the leader of the band was obliged to
call the elders together and admonish
them to be decent Had it been
possible j think | should have turned
back on my arrival in America, but
determined to see the matter through,
and on my arrival in Salt Lake City
l found my worst fears con-
firmed. Polygamy is being practIsed
to a great extent, There is no attempt
to deny 1t in Utah. 1t Is only when
the elders come to Great Britain that
they deny IT, OF course there is no
legal marriage. These extra wives are
only spiritual wives, but they have
children like the legal wives. AS soon