Show ON THE MORMON QUESTION yot a little excitement is being created just now in washington circles by a series of lectures being given by mrs belva A lockwood on the mormon question the other side As all are doubtless aware mrs lockwood is the first lady lawyer who has ever been admitted to the bar of alie supreme court of the united states and was candidate for the presidency of the united states during the last campaign receiving quite a sprinkling of votes for that office consequently this new action of hers brings the lady back again as it were into public light especially as she has seen enough in the mormon community to arouse her sympathies in their behalf and to do all she possibly can to stem alie tide of bigoted persecution that is surging against them in conversation with a national jie publican reporter she stated that her latest production for the lecture field is a summary of her experiences information and views on the mormon question particularly aa it relates to her own sex on this she has the advantage of personal investigation on the spot her opportunities port unities for obtaining authentic data and a true insight into mormon life and character have been unsurpassed by any gentile woman who has ever undertaken a thorough inquiry in response to the reporters questions mrs lockwood read a number of passages from this lecture which she calls The mormon question the other side they certainly convey particulars which will be novel and entertaining to the general public and are presented in a most attractive manner wit anecdote and sparkling Bpark ling sentences sufficiently mingled with more solid to give pleasing variety and flavor the instruction imparted the facts that the women of utah are not polygamists and that only a small proportion of the men have engaged in the peculiar practice are clearly set forth with statistics mormon family life the desire of the women for children in contradiction to fashionable social tendencies their singular views of marriage as it relates to the life after death and the devotion they exhibit in the principles of their faith form a striking etri king part of the lecture tho school system of the territory where none is popularly supposed to exist is briefly but explicitly presented it appears that over per annum from taxation is spent on the public schools which are nonsectarian non sectarian and open to children of all classes and creeds and which numbered at the close of last year when the value of school property was the effects of the recent congressional legislation in tho disfranchise ment of all the women and the hardships inflicted upon many of them through the prosecutions instituted depriving them of the care and support of their husbands who go to prison rather than promise to abandon them are portrayed in graphic style and it is made evident that there is much on the other side worthy of the thought and candid attention of the american public particularly at the present juncture when that portion of people who have never violated the law are seeking to secure political liberty on the basis of an anti constitution mrs lockwoul Lock wool is judt as lively and vigorous as ever and anticipates a stirring time on the platform during the winter |