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Show SUSAN HENRY'S CASE. In this issuo of The Tribune aro presented sensational articles with their headings as they appeared in tho Boston Traveler of recent dates. Evory Mormon Mor-mon in Utah should read them. Thoy originated immediately in tho case of tho young girl brought to tho Unitod States from Scotland as nn adopted child by ono Elder Bnchman of Shelley, Shel-ley, Idaho, who is returning from n mission and in whoso honor lo quote tho Sholley paper a "big reception" is being given. Readors of the press will recall that tho Scotch girl, Susan Henry, eleven ' years old, was turnod back by tho United Statos immigration agon Is and doportcd to Groat Britain. Tho Tribune doos not roquost tho attention of Mormons and other readers read-ers to the articles of tho Boston '.traveler '.trav-eler for the purpose of endorsing all of tho opinions oxpressod therein, or certifying to the truth of all of tho statements mado. On tho contrary, Tho Tribune does not believe that many ot the Mormon missionaries aro today on-gaged on-gaged in a specially organized effort to recruit buxom girls in Europo to supply tho polygamous marriage demand de-mand in Utah. "Wo beliovo that tho persons who aro proselyting not to say procuring for this purpose aro few. Thero is no nocessity for such work, for it is an unfortunato experience in Utah and surrounding countries that girls of Amorican birth, rcarod in tho church and under its tcachinga and somo of them tho very flower of tho' Mormon flock can bo found in sufficient numbers num-bers to supply tho Tanners and Cluffs and tho Brimhalls and tho Joseph F. Smiths. Tho particular reason why evory Mormon should read theso accounts iu the Traveler is that ho may realizo to what degradation tho Mormon system sys-tem has sunk in tho esteem of tho intelligent in-telligent people of this country sinco tho prophet, soor and rovelator of tho cult and his coadjutors made their shameless .confessions on the witness stand in Washington. When President Smith testified that ho had fivo wives and intended to continuo to livo with them, the pcoplo of tho eastern part of this country felt themselvos justified in assuming that tho purpose for which women were proselyted to the Mormon church was to mako of them plural wives to tho prophets aud priests. What elso could tho avcrago Amorican citizen citi-zen supposo on this subject? Joseph F. Smith had deified his polygamous relations, re-lations, and somo of his colleagues had not been far behind him in thoir idolatrous idol-atrous dovotion to their offense against God and womankind. The Dosorot Nows has for years devoted itself to a comparison of plural marriago with cortain cor-tain forms of social evil. Taking the comparison mado by tho News (and not made by Tho Tribune, except as a , quotation from tho Mormon church organ), or-gan), let Mormon, readers supposo that somo person carrying on' an immoral establishment in Chicago carrying it on notoriously and having publicly confessed con-fessed to his shameless traffic wero to go to the British Isles or Continental Europo and were thero, to urge young women to join Iub society in Chicago. What would Mormon papers say about that man's work? They would designate desig-nate it by just such harsh torms or insinuations as thoso which are used in the Boston Traveler. Having called tho attontion of Mormon Mor-mon roaders to tho startling judgment which is formed of thoir missionary work by ono of tho great newspapers of tho country, let Tho Tribune ask any ono of thoso Mormons if Josoph F. Smith's confession of continuous violations viola-tions of tho laws of God and man is not almost too great a burden for them to carry? If thero wero any service of God in tho matter they might suffer with tho conscitmsnoss that thoy would be rowarded in the horcaftor; but when the sorvico is acknowledged to bo moro-ly moro-ly tho gratification of ono man's selfish desire at tho expenso of tho immolation immola-tion of tho Mormon community welfare upon tho altar of his passion it becomes be-comes a community crimo. Mormon Reader, banish from your mind tho idea that thoro was any religious re-ligious persecution or any religious question involved iu tho turning bnck of Susan Henry. Just realizo this plain common-senso proposition, that, however how-ever good and howovor kind Elder Bachmau mny havo boon personally (and on theso points Tho Tribune gives to him tho bonofit of tho doubt), the confessions of tho president of your church justiliod tho immigration officials offi-cials in refusing to permit tho girl to enter this country, particularly as thero was not a legal papor of adoption. But doos it not occur to you that you are condemned to suffer too much, whon your acts of kindness toward young creatures of tho world aro intorprotcd as monstrous procurations on tho pnrt of your elders; and does it not occur to you thnt tho responsibility for this judgment by mankind rosts with the misdeeds tho flagrant, horrif3'ing misdeeds mis-deeds of tho man whom you rovoro, or pretend to rovero, as tho prophet, seer and rovelator of Almighty God? |