Show V llllbAT MISTVKL At Intervals during eovcral years the tatement has ben I made In different apcrs published In different states hat the Mormons have resumed tho rnctlce of polygamy Mlthln a few days this allegation has uipeared stv ernl times In nlrn Joumol and sllch II Icacess 01 domnnble Iteration require to be met with frequent do Ills This Is I the Justification for directing di-recting attention to the great mlstal made by tho Springfield Republican In the following paragraph The Mormons are not only showing a revival of their old splilt In Utah nnd as nil Intelligent observers agree ructlclnc polygamy ns well ns reas sorting the doctrine but they are proselyting to nn extent lerhaps never xcccled by them Their missionaries are dispersed widely over the Southern fates mainly In tho country nnd heir greatest success Is I among the noun loin eonle of Tenneee norlhern hitnma Nell Carolina and Virginia Vir-ginia Polygamy Is not being prnctliel by he Mormons cur Is I tho doctrine 11 log rrted by them In the ene itended by the Republican Intel sent observers who claim to know to lloeootrer0 never strange 10 our appear before n magllrat or gronll Jury In Utah as lInee but con bent lIetoerivctlliIiu howlng up nnanytaoaaiy In I 0010 nwspoper pub lIhd a long vny from th zreoes 01 Iho offenses they testify to As n rule mn who hIl1 more IhO1 lie wife loetore tho Ilormon Chllrch adapted a low forbidding luture mar lages In vlolitlon of the civil statute lore caring for them and their children Is there anything amUs In their doing this Hould It bo a good thing for tho husbands of polygamous vvlvea and the fathers of polygamous children to nhandon Ihnl and leao them wllholll soypoct aol protection What would erume ot theso helpless coos It their husbands and fathers should take n cou Be FO hearties What would the bprlngdild republican Itself say of former Mormon poly g imlita who would throw Lion the world tho women who became their wives tinder n cove 1onl an ecrrut us morlol con know and leave tho children of thwo wives to become homeless waifs No olyta nous marriages have been nakmnlzcd In Utah ly Iho authority or with the approval ot the Mormon Church since the Manifesto abolishing them was ndiptid ly tluU Church blob thi heads of olyiamous families are taking tak-ing a manly nttltudc In eating for the wives and children who aio pendent nyse them They refusi to be guilty or the cowardIce the Inhumonll and the dlshonoPthat would < fillow the op loMte course If this be treason tho earners and bigots may make the most o < It |