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Show LATEST TELEGRAMS. ASS ELtZ.l AltOlSED, Aud TuUcs Another Tilt l Hie Chicago, 6 Ann Eiizt YouDg has written from AppMon, Wiacunain, a letter fj ilra. U. U. Hayea, which, by tier rental, i pubhshtd in the Tribune tins rnurniui,'. Sou alludes to the reat call on Ih. Hayes by two Murmon wuuitn, a biu; enianglfd in the loiliol a evatrm which ia iho dislrojer ot buine. titiu urea that: Alts. li.yta use her eulire influence 10 tiriny to an end that uystcro. She aavs: "Kmrneline Wells and Zina Wil-huiua Wil-huiua ciiine witli patuttic pleadings, to touch your heart with Hie picture of what would be the cruel condition , of Mormon wumeu and children if the Uw against polygamy should bo enforced. I recunuixe the injustice of the law as it now stands, nud adroit lliat to enforce it would be iuequita ble, and produce great eufluriu; but these tv,o women tame to you with falsehoods in the their mouths, l'ulygamy has no brightness such as they described, no exctlluiiciea such aa they claimed. I touid chow you a picture out ot the polygmous Uvea of ihtso very women which would make you shudder, and turn heartsick. I knew both uf them intimately for yeara, and know that liity both have experienced their share ol the evil of polygamy, the envy auU jealousy and heartburn-ind heartburn-ind which are inseparable from that ayatem. Your late visitors and Geo. t. Cannon, tho husband of six living wives, ataert that there is entire harmony har-mony in polygamous familieo. The assertion ia absolutely faiBe. 1 here is not a polyamist husband in all Utah who does not have a favorite among bin wives, whom be lavora far above all the rant. Hia time, meanB and a flection aro expended upon her whilo the other poor toula are left in loneliness and usually iu destitution. This fact alone furnishes one ot tue strongest argumeuta against the system." She draws a pitiful picture of the desolation and uuhappinets of the two Mormon women above named. She contiuuoa: "Nor did these women speak the truth when they eaid polygamy gives all children fathers and all women husbands. As a rule the men care ouly lor tho children of the favorite, and those ol the other wives look wistfully or jealously on, seeing all favors and careseee be-a be-a to wed upon the others. This partiality par-tiality awakens most bitter and evil feelings in the hearts ol tho Blighted mothers and children, and losters a feeling ot superiority and arrogance iu those who are f.-vored. Can it be a holy ay b tern which fostera such vile feelings aa this system of polygamy does? If properly permitted, tales could be toid that would turn every pure-minded person eick with horror and fill them with pain to think 150,000 people were bo deluded and demoralized. Has thia system kept women Irom the insane asyhim and tho suicide's grave? Has it made women cheerful, happy, healthlul wives and mothers, and kept despair j And utter hopelessness from creeping into their hearts and face;? To those questions I can say no a thousand I 'times, and know what I say is true : in God's bight. It haa utterly crushed 1 the lives and broken the hearts of thousands of men, as I can speak from personal knowledge, having barely escaped being one in the gen-oral gen-oral ruin." She declares that the right ot suf-. suf-. frage only rivets their chains by causing caus-ing them to vote as their master dictates. dic-tates. She concludes: "Polygamy desolates every home which it entera. Surely it will neither be imoroner nor i unwise or you toexert your influence against that vast and increasing crime. It is opposed to all that you prize in domestic and social life. It makes the civilized Christian home impossible. Even if you can only do but little, though jou can only speak words of sympathy, such words will speedily be wafted westward to thousands thous-ands of aching hearts and will be refreshing re-freshing as the dew of morning to many ft weeping Hagar, wandering in woree than desert lands. I am, dear madam, respectfully youre, Mks, Ann Elis! Youxq, |