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Show ELLIS ON THE "MORMONS." Tba Utah Foiltfal Situation Ac-cnr.ttljf Ac-cnr.ttljf Dtscrlbid. THE (tUiCllvMlir UIITIIK "MOIl-MUV "MOIl-MUV ITOTir. The Toligamj IJuMll.m. ".Mnrmoii" IdncMloii.-The Tro-livrll or Hi Territory. We clip the followlug, entlro, from the Denver Xcwr Hlopplng at the American la the man who started the wedge that split old conditions In Utah. He Is Mr. Charles Hills of Sstl Lslce. Mr". Kills Is an old uews taper man, an I hla name la familiar lomdcrsof leading dalllr nil over the It. Threejeara and a half ago he went In Bait Lake to write uu the place and I cople and fount the Morraotie ao rnucn. above what ho had expelled that he begou an Investigation Investiga-tion that led hlnl to take the platform In behalf of fair (lay for them. Hla claim, aa slated tu a reporter for tho A'eas, wa that since th Mormona stand on Ihe Hit le they are entitle-! lo all the rights, rlvllegea accnrdel lo all othi r sects having tho aatue foundation. Mr. Kills ha written largely on Utah questions tit eastern pafera and has lectured throuili Utah. Ho has done much to make the people belter ao-qualnted ao-qualnted with Ihe nstlonal govern, inent. Ills ooursenf thirteen Hunday evening ledum lu Halt Lake Theater last winter was said lo have been tha moat popular ever given lu the city aud drew crowds uf church eole, uotwIthsUnllngMr. Kills waa known lo be an "luOJel," eo-called. The gontlemau la hero vlalllng a sick friend. Knowing of Mr. UHls' acquaintance with Utah coedltlona a Nr.us representative re-presentative sought liliu ycalerday. The rejiortor quietly opuuud the way for a conversation by Inquiring If Mr. Kill had evertiuen In Denver prior to this visit. IS JIG.tVKII IlEfOltK. " Vc," aald be, "I spent aome time hare In 1873, aud boarded In the aame houae where 1 now get my (Juaker oata. It waa then thelargeat and best hotel In Colorado. You need nut ask If I realize the rhange that baa come while nineteen yeara have been going. The change la admitted. It la almost marvelous. I have already male up my mind that tho InovJUUe for your clly Ian great future." "Cannot you tell me something In-lercattng In-lercattng almut Utah and her Irrepressible Irrepressi-ble contllcl?" "Yes, much. In faof, I Ilk nothing halter than to tell what I know about Utah and he r peculiar peofje, the Mormons. Mor-mons. The Mormon or Teople'a parly Is dead, and the aull-Mormon or 'Liberal' 'Lib-eral' tiarty la dead outside of Bait Lake, but the political situation la more complicated com-plicated tojay thai ever. A yrar ago h jiortlon of Ihe Democrats, who had hrcii In Ihe Liberal I arty, withdrew from that hodv aud lolLe.1 with lior- Hon of tho Mormona of the defunct Teople'a party, forming the Democrats Demo-crats party of the Territory. A few weeka later a twrtlon of the Itiubll-ran Itiubll-ran In the Liberal party withdrew and Joined with Mormoua who bad been lu the Teoj le'a party, forming the Ho-publloau Ho-publloau party of th Territory. Coiomltleca regularly appointed by theme two bodlea male application to the national commltteu of the two great parlies for recognition. The application ap-plication was granted, ltoth of these partita In Utah havereceutly held their convention and arqioluted th. Ir delegate to Chi jogo and Mlnneapolla. Hut aome of tho leadera of thould Liberal party, fearlmj that audi a re-cognltlou re-cognltlou if new Utah woJld lay them on the ahelf, have organized Democratic and Hepubllcan parlies In the Territory, clalmlog to tie tho only geuultio Democracy and Jlepbllcau-Isoi Jlepbllcau-Isoi lo be found In those 'valea of Deseret.' I'.acli ha held It convention conven-tion and at pointed It delegates to Chicago and Minneapolis. The Democrat Demo-crat met only j csterday for thla purpose, pur-pose, lotin DlLKOATIosa. "Consequently there will be four delegations from Utah. Theunrecog. nlzeu will go for the purpose of damaging dam-aging the claims of the recognized luirtlce. The result will be great harm to Utah, for. whichever of tho ) arlle are recognised, tho old prejudlcu egalmt the Mormona will be revive 1 aud the settlement of the Utah unrest bo pushed far away." "What la the object of thu anil-Mormons anil-Mormons In thus trying to force their delegates Into the national conventions?" conven-tions?" "I cannot answer that question without seeming tu cast aome reflection reflec-tion ujiou the man. I lelieve their real otject Is to keep Utah lu the Territorial condition. You know It Is a very rich pasture lor n great many laolltlcal ofllco holders, few of whom would eer bo hoard of If Utah were a Btate. Hut while thla la In my opinion the real otject, tho alleged one la to kill uolygamy and compel thu Mor mons tu bee. me loyal, that Is, the old Mormon batera of Utah pretend to believe that polygamy 1 not dead, an 1 that the Motmoue hate and would destroy the nation.'1 THINK Tilt: UOVt-ltNMF.NT UN.Alll. "I hare had as goo 1 opportunity as non Mormon erer had to know what the Mormon rroplo are. There his I ten a feeling among them for year that the gorerninent haa beau very unfair In Ita treatment ol their church; while they recogt i ard con cede now the right of the giVernmei t to Insist upon obedience lo thu lews, Ihey feel that the conflsca'tou of their Church nroiieny was a great Injustice, Hut the Mormona a a whole are an liocet,law-allllngieople. Thole are 'black sheep' among tnem, as lu all teclsandtut of all aecta, but laklrg them u a people I believe they ar more thoroughly American than are many of tho.e who oppose and con deuiu Ihem, For Instance, the American Ameri-can govrrumoot la pirely secular. It la pledged to non-interference ulth the right of worship. The Mormon Church, while very rigid In Ha requirements upjn Ita own people, malntalna that all pro) le ate free lo worship as they choose. 1 hgve heard many Mormon sermous, buthavo novurhtard a word against the right of any sect to tfrct freedom of worship. Thus, while many Btctarlana condemn the Mormons, the latter defend the former lu tbelr re. Ilgloua liberties." ' "Do ou think the Mormona have any Intention of reviving Ihe practice of pal) gamy?" mj .Mono) rcLYuust a , "No. q here are a few old men still alive who went luto that relation be fore the law ol 1892 waa enacted. The mistake made wa In tutting the lllble, which leacheB (nlygamy and their new revelation whh.li re-etal IMicd It nlore the government. Their mistake was natural fuaamuch as religious re-ligious iTOple had for age been placing tho word of Ood above that of man. They did not realize that the American Ameri-can government doe not recognize the word or Old. Having established their marriage at the command of Uod, aa they believed. Ihey felt thematlve bound to aland by It, an I ao teste I II Incouil. Tbey were thrown. Borne of those men may ointlnue to violate the law, but will be precisely as some uou-Mormon violate their marriage vow. Itiat Is, It will lie tho crime of adultery. Hut In the nature of thing! there can le little or that. "ptoon the iBlyganilet will all be lu their graves. II there were uo law against polycramy I bellevo It would le Iraposalile to coax or drive the young peoil Into lural marriage. When Ihero waa no money in Utah, when the Mormon wero all )ioor, when there waa uo class dlstlncllou among Ihem, Kwaiabuut as easy to raise nvc faralllea aanne Hut today the young Mor non men aro aa keenly alive to the acquirement of wealth aa any other christian. The coit of living haa Increased fire fold, an I It la more exrensleu la raise one family In Halt Lake now than It waa to raise everal, thirty years ago. The existence or disappearance of plygnIny ' 7uestion uf political eoouomr. The ii liana aa savagea are polygamlat. The Indiana oa farmer are monogamist, monogam-ist, llesldes, the Mormon men lu polygamy were never more than n iracttoual part of the whole num'icr No, the Mormona will never attempt to revive lolygamy In Ihe United Btate. ItllltMON KJlUCATION. "ttlathe general opinion that the Mormona have been opposed to education. educa-tion. That la a very unjutt opinion. From the Ural the Mormona have been educators That was ounnf tho causes or the opposition to them In .Missouri. One or the rlrel provisions made by them lu Utah was that for eduostlou. Hcfore Congress organized thu Terrl. toryofUteh the Mirmons lul Incorporated Incor-porated a university. As raat a they becantn able to supi-ort tcho da the public pub-lic aehool ayatem waa spread through the Territory. In UlSllio government aehool commission reported 430 publlo schools In ItieTcrrllciy, all under con trol of Mormon superintendent and allopento the whole ople, ToJay there are many non-Mormon tcachera employed In public achrole under control con-trol of Mormon aiiperlnleulenla. Today To-day there are non.Morruon children attending the. Itrlgham Young academy acade-my In Trovo, Utah, because It la the beat aehool In the Territory. Today Ihe Mormon Church la working to ea-tabllsh ea-tabllsh a church university In Bait l.ake, and Captain Wlllard Young, Hrlgham'e sou, la at the head ol the movement. "Mormonlsm will bo largely modi-fled modi-fled aa llaaoung people grow under the encouragement of teittcr and better bet-ter e Ideational facilities, and I predict that Mormonlsm will glvo to the world many very bright men and womon. In tlmn Ihe old prejudices will die out, net In Ihe anti-Mormon churches, but among the van' uuchurched portion of the American people, and It will lie admitted ttiat the Mormoua have the same right to make a religion aa any c titer iiropte, and that they are entitled en-titled hi the aame protection given to other aecta, aa long aa they obey iho lawa and glre allegiance tothe government." govern-ment." "You aeam to lie on earncat friend of the Mormons. Havo you ever been employed by them?" not A iimro UMIIMUS IIAU. "That la rather au Impudent qura Hon, eh? Hut I am glad you asked It, because I have been accused by the antl-Mormousof 'lalt I, eke of lielug n 'hired 'Mormon liar' I cau answer your quettlun with a clear conscience and ea that I havo never been em-p!o)cd em-p!o)cd by the Mormona or any part ol them for an hour. Indeed, I have worked In their behalf at no Incou ilderablo loaa to myeelf." eTATritoon. "The men who went lu Washington lact autumn aud started the home rulo and statehood agitation have done Utsh much harm. Thing were working work-ing excellently, and If those fellow had atayent nt home trie chance for elate-hood elate-hood today would havo been good. There are too many men lu Utah whu want cfllcc. If the Territory could take an emetlo and get rid of a number of olltlclaua It would be a good thlug. Hut Utsh la a graud country, and lu spite uf all iinre.tll will get II rcper place In the Union befote long, and then Colorado will find by her aide a powerful ally In all matters concerning the welfare of 'silver' Blatta.'" |