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Show 28 ANTI-POLYGAM- J t STANDARD. Y tion and what touched me most of all, the anxious and unceasing care, which frail or sick wives reSALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, JULY, 1881. ceived from their husbands. Such are of daily occurrence here. Entered at the Post- - Office in Salt things do not notice them, they are mail People Lake City, Utah, as second-clas- s so much a matter of course. But matter, such devotion is unknown to women in Utah, except it be the reigngened montby bj Tub Standard Pubmuhing Compact. The Organ of the A omen's .National ing favorite, and every Mormon Society. woman knows how certain it is to be TERMS: transient, and that it is pervaded One er, in advance $t.00 50 Six month a feeling of insecurity. 35 by Three months Standard, y REMITTANCES: Remittances may be made by dra"t, money order or registered letter, at our risk. Give Post Otlice address in full, including County and State. The receipt of the paper may bo considered the rctipt or the subscription s.nt us. It is strange that thoughts unut- that my terably sad were aroused hand from the clasp of his, who has shown himself unworthy. Here, when the wife and mother grows old she is not set aside as worthless, perhaps turned out of her home to give place to a younger and fairer favorite. Here, every added wrinkle or silver hair, awaken added devotion and more tender care. She is revered and loved for a life of devotion to her husband. But in Utah in Polygamy, the harder and more successfully she has worked to assist her hnsbaml to accumulate property, the more likely she is to have to yield her place to another. The old wife does not harmonize with the fine furniture ete. of the new house, a younger and fairer must be taken to preside over the establishment. It makes my soul burn with indignation when I dwell upon these outrages! Surely, never was the sacred name of Religion so desecrated as now, when is is used to render possible such crimes! My heart goes out with pitying tenderness to the women of Utah and I pray that light may shine into their minds; that they may see the foulness of the accursed doc- mind went back to scenes, to common every day occurrences I had witnessed where Polygamy holds Not such tender care of Advertisements inserted at reasonable rates, and should sway? of each us before on or loth to the reach month, women, as that I have spoken of, in the succceeduig number. did obedience to the tenets of BrigAddress all communications to The ham Young and his fellow tyrants, Standard, P. O. Box 383, Salt Lake City, Utah. Correspondence solicited from women in all parts of the He ued to whine in Territory, which must have the name of the writer, not produce. necessarily for publication but as a guaranty of good faith. coarse, contemptuous mockery when women came to him with Mrs. Ann Eliza You lg, of Bit: e Creek, Mich, is the general agent of th Standard, and is duly authorized to their hearts over laden with miserreceive subscriptions and comrrct for aivertisemen .s. ies, growing out of Polygamy, and sent them away without one Officers of the Womans National word of comfort I am not speakSociety, Salt Lake City, Utah. ing of his wives, they soon learned not to go to him for sympathy.- But Pabah A. Coke, President. tKSTH. fv P,.,id,at,. hundreds thousands of. women Mat KJames, R cording Harriet Rans, torrespondl tg Secretary. yet living in Utah, can testify that trines they have been taught: that Jeannette C. Lawrence, Treasurer. Mormon teaching withers and de- moral courage and strength may be EXECUTIVE COttMITTEE. Jitlu A. Kimball Liura C. Douglas, stroys those sentiments which lead given to break the wicked chains A. Lloyd, Cordelia A. Smith, Mary , a true min to show respect und which bind them to wretchedness. E. M. Fisher. Selina Woman's National Society. courtesy to his wife, to care for her I know, my sisters, that in your Meets on First Tneeday in et:h at ladmiadeit inti Hail at 8:30 p. m. though htr health may fail and her most secret thoughts you regard the beauty wane. How my heart ached, family life which prevails outside EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE. of Utah, as far brighter and happier, and aches, to think that the n I had left behind were rob- than that which results from PolygBattle Creek. Mich. June. 1831. bed of such blessings, by the cun- amy. I beg of you, do not think Ever since my escape from the ning falsehoods of coarse and evil such thoughts to be wicked. They dark prison-hous- e of polygamous men. How rich in love and happi- are not Cherish them strive to into the of freedom light ness were the lives of women every- attain the freedom which, from afar slavery and Christianity, one thought has where in the United States, except shines with the radiance of Heaven! in been very often my mind. It is in the fair territory of Utah! There It is a Heavenly radiance. It is this: If I could only show to every they were barren of all that makes Gods assent to the deepest and woman, the contrast between the life dear to a true woman. Riches truest yearnings of your womanlives of women in Utah and those can be cheerfully dispensed with, hood. Not the good God, but in all other parts of this great land privation and toil do not drive out false Priests have put upon you burif I could make them understand happiness, but - to have poverty of dens too grievous to be borne. And sense what a glorious of freedom affection and of sympathy that if you will help yourselves, he will one feels who, breaking away trom spoils and ruins the lives of women. help you to escape from your bond the gloom, the enslavement, the And to have this evil result age, into sweet, pure Liberty! of an existance lived accord- brought about under the misery Mrs. Ann Eliza Young. pretense of the Mormon of religion and religious ing to the teachings duty that and sointo the conies is the saddest and most hopeless priesthood, CLERK ADAMS. civilization the is which based case of all! That there are coarse We had ciety, always supposed the Clerk which protects and unfeeling men outside of Utah' of the House upon Christianity of Representatives to the family and honors woman- is most true, men who their be a transcribing officer, a neglect person hood if the women of (Jtah could wives, who wrong them, who are whose duties are purely mechanical; only see and feel, even a little of cruel and wicked. But though husas much so as those of a copythe wonderful difference in the band be unfaithful here, the wife is quite ist in a lawyer s office. It appears two cases, as I soon began to see not forced to have her rival brought that we have all along been in error, and feel them after my deliver- into her house, and in her very and that Clerk Adams unites in his ance it seems to me they would presence, see her husband lavishing own person the prerogatives of the make every effort, run almost any upon this usurper the tokens of his Governor of a State or Territory, of to break chains their and find affections. The wife here, is not a risk, canvassing board, and of the House true liberty! told from the pulpit, by her relig- Committes on Credentials. When I first began to travel, and ious teachers, that it is her to Armed with these various powers duty to go into the houses of this country, submit to this ontrage upon her Clerk Adams gives Apostle Cannon I was filled with new sensations to wifely love. On the contrary, the a hearing and then, calmly ignorsee the respect and courtesy shown hurband tries to conceal his misconing the certificate of election held by by husbands to wives; the affec- duct. Discovery is the one thing Mr. Campbell, puts the name of the tionate solicitude for their comfort, he dreads. And if it becomes alien polygamist on the roll of the welcome giveu after sepera-tio- known, the wife receives the sym-- j House as Delegate from Utah ! the pride which husbands seem pathy of all good She also If the printer has any exclamation to feel in their wives, was all so has redress for herdeople. wrongs. She is points to spare, we hope he will put wonderful and new to me! How not made to believe it is a religious in several of them here,, as our wontimes did tears many, many spring duty to bear such and that der at the feat accomplished by into my eyes when witnessing as the rebellion of hercruelty womanly nature Clerk Adams is only equalled by was so otten the case, in my conis against it the proof of her sinful our admiration of his matchless efstant journeyings the sad partings nature. She is not compelled to go frontery. of husbands arid wives, sad, only, be- to the altar and A few when Governor place the hand of cause it was a parting for a few another woman, in the hand of her Woods years ago, ventured to make a miid or the joyous greeting of husband, thusstifliug her truest indays- to the Utah Legislature those who seemed overjoyed to stinct, but instead, if she desires it,1 suggestion with regard to the suppresion of meet again after a few days separa the law is prompt to unloose her polygamy, John Taylor sprang from iusureMu-sertio- n Anti-Polygam- y Antl-Poly-ga- m - Secr-ta-- y. Boukof-kt- AnH-Pnlygm- y sister-wome- the-gla- d n, ! j ! his seat in the Hall of the Legislature exclaming: The Governors ignorance is only equalled by his We impudence. beg leave to change this expression slightly to fit the present case. The illegal features of this action of Clerk Adams are quite by its collossal impertinence. It is to be hoped that the House of Representatives, when it assembles will teach this presumptious clerk a lesson, and while engaged on his case we also trust that our legislators will endeavor to find out what consideration induced him to commit such a flagrant breach of law and order. We know that within the past few months enormous sums of corruption money have been squeezed out of the poor Saints, and we should like to hear how much has fallen to Clerk Adams. Perhaps the history of his defalcations will explain. over-shadowe- d TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS. A half dollar, or a dollar is a small amount to the majority of our subscribers, neither is it a large sum individually to the publishers of this journal. But when the hilf and whole dollars are multiplied by two or three hundred, it becomes a sum of greater importance, especially when we are depending upon those amounts for the running expenses of the paper. Fully two or three hundred of our subscribers are in arrears for six months or more, and a large number have not yet sent in their subscription for the second volume who continue to take the Standard and have not ordered it to be stopped. Friends, if the paper is worth reading it is worth paying for. Please settle arrears and renew your subscriptions, and we shall do our best to make the Standard more worthy your patronage than ever. City subscribers can pay at the Tribane Office or send direct to P. 0. Box 385. What Utah Wants. Realizing the fact that George Q. Cannon late delegate from the kingdom of Utah to the American Congress, had during the many long years of his administra-tion- , effected no legislation other than for the benefit of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Da- y Saints, we, in common with many of Utahs citizens have had a desire to know what our present delegate, Hon. Allan G. Campbell will ask of the general government for the forwarding of Utahs interests. This desire led a Southern Utah Times commissioner during the week, to pay professional respects to our delegate, at his residence on Grasshopper avenue, for the purpose of obtaining such points as our h could bring forth. The establishment of a government assay office and mint at Salt Lake City, having been agitated somewhat) our first interrogation was framed with the object of learning his views lir regard to the question. His reply was, that Salt Lake City being the geographical centre of the richest and largest mining region in the world it is certainly the most appropriate place in the United States for the testing of the various minerals found in this pmn-pograp- -- |