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Show HOW MTJOH THEY DO CONCEAL! Tho Deseret News last niebt had a sentimental sort of an editorial auec- 1 dot showing how a young Mormon, "proud of his Stato and loyal to its interests," in-terests," took a friend around and showed him, as far as circumstances would permit, tho attractive features of Utah from a business, social, and religious re-ligious point of view, with tho result that tho stranger invests money here ond oxprcsses a hopo to become a future settler. And the News pronounces that as "tho kind of work tho Mormons are doing for Utah every day at home and abroad." That is rather a mixed statement state-ment tho wa3 tho News prints it, and a fake on tho face of it, but no matter. The idea evidently is to convoy tho impression im-pression that the Mormons in showing peoplo around hero, tako pains to put tho best foot forward and conceal that which would make tho stranger hold his nose, of ecclesiastical foulness. Aud the News contrasts that incident (whether it bo truo or false is no matter) mat-ter) with tho public speaking at the recent re-cent American convention; tho Ncwb's version of which is that the speakers "in the most violent terms denounced tho groat majority of tho people of Utah as serfs and slaves, stooped in barbarism." barbar-ism." Which also is untrue. Tho contrast is instructive in more ways than the News would wish to allow. al-low. For it shows that tho American here, recognizing the abuses that exist, wishes to appb' tho remedy and to cloanso tho State from the foulness imposed im-posed upon it b3' the law-breaking, lecherous priesthood, so that wo can without deception, unreservedly commend com-mend Utah to overy visitor. On the other hand, tho Mormons aro constantly endeavoring to conceal tho foulness which underlies the acts, motives, and purposes of their leaders, and to keep visitors from understanding tho despotism, despo-tism, tho robberies, and .the law-defy- . ing course of tho hicrarchs. And in thus trying to conceal the foulness in this, that the3' know to exist, and which is in fact so notorious, these Mormon Mor-mon concealers have the worst time in the world to cover up tho foulness; for they have such an awful lot of thiugs to conceal. |
