| Show 7 Tin noun IN NIW 1IlIny Elder John II Whltnker of this city Mho recently took Ills departure on n mission to the Atlantic states has written from New Ilninsnlck N J under date of Jan 1 to Elder IVanklln D Richards enclosing n number of newspaper clippings nnd the recipient has kindly handed the letter and enclosures en-closures to the News The missile names tile Elders I seven Including its rllrr ANho he their headquarters nt New Ilrunswlck and says the public mind has been much prejudiced by antiMormon literature Two dally papers published In New Brunswick the Rome News and the Times have contulnedln their news columns somewhat some-what lengthy accounts of the arrival of the Elders and of their methods and Intentions These articles were andlire written by reporters and arc In the main fair The Home News published n long Interview with Elder Whltaker In which It was evidently the aim of the reporter to be truthful and accurate accur-ate and the Times opened Its columns for a series of articles written by Elder Whllalr In explanation and defense de-fense of the principles of the Clospel 110 far as their news columns are npcrnd both 1 papers seem 10 have been fair to the verge of generosity to Elder Whitaker and his companions but editorially they are not so friendly though neither takes a position of pronounced pro-nounced hostllll The Times of Dec 17 had the following editorial lit ternnce Whatever may be the ultimate result sult of the effort of the five Elders of 11 the Mormon Church to establish a mission mis-sion In I this city It Is I certain that the effort will meet with opposition on the port of the representatIves of the established es-tablished churches In this lclnlty The first gun 01 the campaign writs sounded recently at Bound Drunk when Tie T E Davis n minister Prominent throughout the state hy reason 01 his connection fill Christian Unueavor mark hurled a lhllllpplc at the Latter day balnts und their belief lie denounced de-nounced Joseph Hmlth the founder of the religion as a man who shunned no crime lie painted him na a man of the wont typo and declared like Job of old that nothing good could come out of 00 unclean n thing It will be Interesting to hear what the representatives repre-sentatives of the religion ot Joseph hmllh have to say In their own behalf and the Times has arranged with Elder El-der Whltaker for a special article on the subject which will appear tomorrow tomor-row For Its own part the limes think that we IIrunswlck can get along very well without any Mormonism In ours and It will be very sorry Indeed If I any local people 5 leld tt the arguments nt our visitors from Malt Lake City Hut the < religious conltlono 01 our town fire not so kknced and so poorly founded that hey cannot resist the fair Presentation of a hostile cause arid so It will be Interesting to note just what the Mormon Elders will do and how they will do It Thee two editorial paragraphs appealed ap-pealed In the Home News of Dec Irlh The New York Tribune commenting on the heading Mormnnlm In our Midst advIseii I that 0 Physician he called The suggestion Is probably what Induced Elder hltnker the first evangelist ot what he calls the Church uf Christ or Latterday Saints to call to his aid In this city several other JoIrs Jlr Whltnker has been here for one week but lie has held no meetings though lie Is I calllne upon prominent citizens with n Mew ot getting A fair hearing and with the understanding that polvgamy shall not be advoca led that tennnt ot the Mormon Church having long ago been abrogated by Proclamation ul the hol ul Ihe Mormon lrnomlnlltlon In accordance with Il revelation fruits IIIun The Mormon ivangtllsti are not likely to get u foothold here nq we already have every hi and of politics and religion he Held 14 I preempted All effort U I to be mnilo In this city bv 1 n missionary of tho Church of Lat terday Saints to establlih n footing fort for-t Union The prophet who comes to preach this new gospel tvlll tint Peek to preach polygamy for ho says that that principle of the Mormon faith Is I now but sllphtly adhered to but will show 1 the beauties of his creed ns preferable to thnt of any oilier The Elder from Bait Lake nnot expect ex-pect nn enthusiastic reception In New Brunswick a center of tho Dutch I leT le-T church ofr collegiate culture t hOlt II place where every wntb limited denomination of the church hon ho-n tells tollowinv lie may not wall hop to find recruits among the pious minded the Indlffeient say the > have nil the varieties now they coull wish to choose from and ills whom filv alone call nonhllelnl will find nu undiscovered joy s In the new faith Probably these newspaper utterance represent fairly well the prevailing sentiment While unfavorable they are not bitter In his letter Elder Whltaker says that some of the min latem In tire toNn have warned their nocks ngalnit the Elders und that the latter Were soon tu commence system title Minding but the results must be 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