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Show the mormons unhappy. ,chn H. V.liBo of Salt Lake city States His Grievance. ,malia world-Herald. yjr. John H. White, of the firm of Uitc & Sous, livestock dealers of Salt akc Citj', has been iu Omaha for seven sev-en a.T3. an(l lnft last niht for tho ,st. Mr. White is going to AVashing-,,n AVashing-,,n to do what he can to defeat the bill iirv-diiecd by an Iowa congressman, ,ich disfranchises . non-polygainous brinons. Mr. While bulieves m tho faith of the lrmou church, but is opposed to the Mtico of polygamy. Ho very istlv says that he believes thnt he honld be allowed to enjoy the rights of oitizcu unmolested, as long as ho lievstlie la" of tho United States. Ho ivi lltat plural marriages are no lijcr tauglit in the territory of Utah; Kit out of the territory's population of (ii,0O peoplo where five-sixths of them re ilorinmis. but 9 or 4 per cent of jieui have indulged iu plural mar-jiwt:, mar-jiwt:, and that for two years past there Miot been one single plural mar-ifc, mar-ifc, and that tho people of his Unroll are generally in favor i discontinuing that custom. Mr. iliite says ho knows that it is the rovinw of the people-to define crime nd enact laws to punish crime; but he Is ui see why his rights us a citizens wu'il be destroyed simply because ho lieved in a religions creod, portions which had been declared unlawful, mi. John T. Cainc. the member for tali, had (liven tho Mormon people to nilerstand that the bill by the Iowa inpvssmaii was a mere political foot-ill; foot-ill; that to disfranchise tho Mormons cant increased strength for the one irtvaml decreased for the other; aud ms iinlignaut, as he well had a right . he. The secies of revelations which Jos-!i Jos-!i .Smith claimed to havo received dirt di-rt from (iod sanctioned the plural aniage ami for years it was prac-cd, prac-cd, But time showed that it was not t; it was only a religious privilege ui not a command; and accordingly i y had discarded it because the ma-illy ma-illy believed it best, and even if pre had been no law against it, the actice would soon have become ob-Me. ob-Me. The grand jury of the federal court nil in Utah was not composed of I'lmons, but was made up of Gentiles, A they failed to find any violations law lor over two years. Mr. White was born iu South Wales; has lived in Utah for lifteeu .years il hits traveled " exforisfVely iu this nntry where his vast business ititer-is ititer-is had called him, aud while he knew "thcr churches and creed, he would far remain a Mormon and proved pro-ved to do so. Ho saw in tranchisemeut of the members the church much confusion and cw it would work against the inter- of the territory. "For instance," J. he, "the board of trade; the differ-i differ-i interests in a growing city like Salt ft1- Suppose a frauchiso was to be wlon. The Mormons own large iu-ssts-have property. The Gentiles ne in and vote, the Mormon is al-ed al-ed no expression, yet he is guilty of iriuic. It would teach the Mormons believe that they were prosecuted no just reason or excuse and would disaster." Ir. White was willing that polygamy uld be wiped out but he coiild nrA ny a Mormon could not worship i m his own way, so long as he corv wdwith the laws of the country. I herein is some food for thought.. |