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Show SOME NEW POLYGAMISTS. The Tribuuo has been requested fo again print a list of tho names of men who arc reputed to have taken now plural plur-al wives since the issuance of tho manifesto mani-festo of 1S90. This paper deems compliance com-pliance with this request fo bo a duty which, though unpleasant, is ono that must bo pecfonued. It must be understood, under-stood, however, that if wo' were fo bo callod upon for convicting proof ofi tho cbargo in each instance wo would 1)0 unable to furnish that proof, becauso it is held exclusively by the men and women wom-en themselves and under the control of tho chief priests of the Mormon church. It is not pleasant to say corfiiu things of tho dead, but there arc some duties"" that aro higher than even an exhibition of charity for the shortcomings shortcom-ings of those who have- passed away. The community welfare, and the protection pro-tection of morality in Iho commonwealth, aro of more value to the citizen than tho mcro hiding of offenses out of consideration con-sideration for the dead. Theroforc, wc aro compelled fo name tbi late Apostle George Tcasdale, tho late Apostle Abraham Abra-ham JI. Cannon and tho la to Apostle Owen Woodruff as being among those who transgressed the law in (Mr respect. re-spect. Then there is President Prank Y. Taylor of the .Granite stake, who is retained in "his position of authority despite his lawbrcakiug. Apostles John W. Taylor and Malhias V. Cowloy arc notorious for their escapades iu family affairs; and they arc also well known to have been particularly induslrious in performiug -the polygamous ceroraouy for others who expressed a desiro and showed a delerminatiou lo defy tho law. .JOseph' Marion Tanner and Henry S. Tauncr aro particularly brazen examples of the lawdofying priests, ,tho former being said lo have cqmniittud more than ono offense in contracting con-tracting unlawful conjugal Irclalions. George M'. Cannon, Samuel Newlon, Lewis M. Cannon, Alpha Iliggs, .John M. Cannon, David P. Fell, Angus .1. Cannon, .T. H. Dean, Waller C. Lyman, Thomna Hilton, Edward ,T. Wood, Eph-raim Eph-raim Bench all "elders iu Israel," and the majority of them prominent in ecclesiastical eccle-siastical position in tho Mormon church aro now polyganiists. The range of authority ia from the aposlleahip down through Iho slake presidency and tho bishopric to the piaiu elder; buL all of them hold tho highest order of priesthood priest-hood the Melchisedek iu the ohurch. In the caso of Higgs, ho was associated with President Joseph IP. Smith in the publication of tho Improvement Kra, a journal issued by the Mormon ehurdi as Ihn official organ of Hie Mutual Im provemenf. associations. The young wonmu whom he inveigled into au unlawful un-lawful mnrringo was I lie daughter of a prominent churchman and was Mo nographer in Ihu officii of t.hu Improve; menl, lira. He ran away with this giri this laat summer, deserting a good wife and splendid family. For a time jhe pair wero lost iu Die public, but it was predicted by The Tribune that fhey would eventually turn up at some point where they would be uuder lhc protection protec-tion of thc-.Morniou church. ' They arc located al a litlle (own up iu the Mormon Mor-mon colony of Alberta. Camilla. Higgs was libt. known lo have' had.ayy money, but he was novcrlhcles& enabled in some mysterious way lo buy out. a liltlo store, iu which he is earning a livelihood, nitesislcd by his illegal wife. There is uo doubt in the .world that he was 'shielded here by officials of the Mormon Mor-mon church, and that ho was helped lo oscapo by these men when exposure became inevitable. With roBpeel to the list which we hern give, it will bo understood that. The Tribuuo -by no means pretends lhat it. is complete. Where one is known scores remain hidden. Besides, tho names arc simply of those who are or wero in Ihis immodialc vicinity, with tho exception excep-tion of Waller C. Lyman, who is president presi-dent of tho San .Juan stake. It is further slated by men who ought lo know that these polygamous marriages are occurring right along at the present time, and Tlio Thibune lins no disposition disposi-tion or cause lo doubt the stalomdnl in the least. |
