Show W RITES Of THE MORMON CAPITAL rIT L Visitor From California Says it Il is rounded Founded on a Rock of Permanence Perma Permanence nence hence and Convenience ATTENDED SUNDAY SERVICES And Heard a Splendid Sermon and The Great Organ Makes Passing lassing Reference to the thc Smoot Case A 1 correspondent of ot tho the Hanford Cat Cal Sentinel contributes the following to a tIo recent Issue of ot that journal Ede B Your correspondent now bound for tor tho Iho malo his first stop lop lopAt fit At the tho city ell of ot Soil Snit take Lake Why h IH Is It n city Be Ile entice It Is li tho the Ion of the Mormon Church or to t bo be technical The Church of 01 Jesus Christ of ot Sainte Its members and followers follower are arc recruited front from nearly all ull parts of the globe This Church has lias beer been and Is a prominent factor In tho commercial Industrial and ethical devel development o ment of Utah To ro the critical observer ob er cr Salt Ial o City boars bears all alt the tho evidences of 01 being founded on the tho rock of ot permit entice convenience beauty and tint Us lift streets are or all broad broadways whys ways 11 toot feet wide from Irom curb to curb sidewalks It 16 11 fret feet wide and nil streets ex extended extended tended through the thc city without a turn or break giving to every ono one a sweeping vista 1 la of the tho great valley alle In one ono turn lion till 11 and In an nn opposite direction break breaking ing log against a hoot t the mho rocky rock battlements e of tow towering ering mountains which at nt this thin tine Bra Bran mantled n with snow enow noll The city Is 18 largely largey built of 01 brick In both the residence o and business factions the lima latter containing many elegant II story structure structures In tn are cl ll tI appointed stores summits and business H or offices flees nut Hut the great Interest of 01 the tourist centers In the tho scenes and historic structures nt at anti and around Temple le Square the tho Mormon Tem Fem Temple de Tabernacle Assembly Halt hall statue of tiC Young Eagle i late laic Beehive walls of ot defense from the tho Indians Indiana In tho the early curly carl days of or Mormon settlement tho the modern hou house haUle o of or the Deseret News New N Pub lashing Co Cn Amelia built buill by hy Young Voun and tor lor for his hili first wife the tho graves of ot and situ several of or liU Imla II II wives lv The Temple Templo was wan begun In tn and finished In tn consuming consuming 40 44 J Jar yearn ar time lime to a day da from the tho laying of oC the tho first foundation stone atone to the finishing finishing capstone ne Thin Timis long time was Avns flU not from Irom choice but from necessity jo 0 n great nt was wall the tho Ih work and ond In early years yearn so rude and ancl deficient were the means at nt hand j i for tor In Instance instance stance It I took look tour four yokes ok 8 ot or oxen olCen six to go 10 to the quarry miles distant loud lOAd anti transport ono one foundation stone to its 1111 pin place en In the the h vast structure Its Ita history Is le too long for tor a newspaper nOI article but tho the heroic efforts of ot the Mor Mormon Morman mon man people the th sanguine purposes mil and com management of or their their the r lenders lenden In fn planting fostering nail defending attending d their convictions conviction Is M worthy worth of f praise Vo Wo attended the tho th Sunday services In time tho great mind Inti heard a I splendid from Mr Penrose 1 editor ot of time the Deseret News which Is tl the tho official paper of ot the tho Church They have no pastor ev every C cv cry ery mala member of ot the Church who Is 21 years of ot ago age Is expected to 10 be a 1 preacher of ot tho the faith and nn an Inspire i emu stu student dent In doctrine The Th service was wan devoid of If pomp hut but was WM simple and very er Im tm Impressive When th tho tones of oC the great Kr at organ largest In the world until limo tho ono one lately constructed for tOl the RI fit Lein imposition exposition rolled like sounds of 01 mellow thunder anti and it a trained choir of ot Vi voices sang Ran In spirited but precise measure m u and beautiful expression the tho hymn of ot the ser eer service er ervice vice wo we were fully tullY assured that the tho music of ot tho time Chinch was ot of first grade rade The rime vast ul were not occupied but hul butan an nn audience of ot OO people was com coin comfortably seated below The rhe whole rapacity ity If of ot tho the Tabernacle IH Is for tor 1000 people The Fhe great vacation of ot Salt Lake City nt rut tI present Is III over oer tho the political controversy ersy Incident In to th the Smoot trial trtat In Iho American Congress Congre Involving Invoicing tho the practise of at polygamy I Interviewed three Mor Mormons mops mon and several and found to In tomy tomy my satisfaction that the question In is of very cr doubtful clearness One Una Mormon said saki the tho Church believes In to polygamy nn lid strongly n ns over ever but bUI foregoes Its II proc tine In deference renco to tho Iho law of ot the tho land lund land which ins IIA says the time Mormon people an fire patriotically and loyally pied pledged ed to main The he crucial test with with the tho ultra Mormon religionist rein is Is 1 yet et to como come tint that will he bo whether whether he will will rather stand In contempt of ot Jho the tho law of p the tho land or stand Jf In contempt or of f hie his 11 convictions conviction One On Gentile e nn an Intelligent business man told me mute that h M he did I not think Smith could bo b convicted because the tho slate statu law lo forbids the conviction of or n man roan on hi his own evidence and It would bo bt a difficult matter otherwise o to 10 prove proe that ho he had cohabited with more than ono one wo woo woman weman man Ho lie said Mid the Mormon male imputation tion llon Is II 43 46 per cent coni and the he 0 male luale population Is le W r f per cent of ot the city but the tho excess of ot Mormon women over len Gen Gentle lenlie tie lie women throws harrows tho the balance of ot power at nt the polls In favor tavor of ot the Mormons as ns women vote voto timer there so O that time tho scheme to organize on an n party to 10 retire the thc Mormons from all nil official lal power Is III a n one ont The Tho question question In Is Indeed a n Smoot one ono and promises 1 to bring forth more martyrs for lor tho the Church and aliI hard harl trials trial i for tor the tho state |