| Show I i iI I Mormon Polygamy i An Obsolete Question Reproduced From the Chicago Chicalo Saturday Oct 16 Oct ot 1 la lM SAUT S l in Uw U Murmon c b ut th thI I of h nM 1 h to 10 A not m to I Ml nu h it c t i 1 on nn the th h rt of lor i 1 WM H Intended Int Hta n p n 01 to 10 h hv v fallen on un ground The Th bUt rn i between the tta at II Ind Mormon pol n particularly on thi th former unit hi lw ha own n m moir mn I n lm hi lt ami t llIe tt k nn tM Moi mon man I 11 1 nd It tM h ut nt h I h t lie a awre w M lM 1 e bon I 1 und more bet M HUH Senator Smoot t t a Mor I with Ith on wife If and nd op OJ J of nr i had charge h of th I mid entertain entertainment ment mentA I A 11 1 t to under I the th here hr and nd a friend iI Yoh who hM h 11 hero lt n his lift Ufe d ItIN 1110 not to tf any In I l tr II to muli II It II He U laid Id the I 1 between the th and aDd lit the I I Renting l to a few people but buti 15 i and and i i th y could not agree er on any ct l J The hi I 1 Thi Ih AID find of ot the th I 1 inon except t a I to 10 of or plural M aa Ju tind and ami authorized not only by J I Smith r vol klIon but bul by b of Ht the tia I th to 10 They aMert that plural marriage IB 18 forbidden but In t nc by the th but no log BB I It I f by the Uon and tho laws IA of It cannot be practised and they th 11 1 their convictions to their civil obliga obligations lions my h he b ben n by br every of till uh and by b bOvery Overy cry confer no hall haa haal halll l ern tn held the bill wa d There been t an all ur ono n year tIU entered Into liy at of or nu nuI I but who lio hAV r havo I t n by th the presidency In a II an to make an for tor tho Iho of or A prominent member of ot the Church ChurchIn In r the other day duy Ull t tho prohibition laws that recently liao bern been d In the states Intes to UI sentiment and the attl of or tho Church toward a n large and rr i element In 1111 nl and Georgia which ha hll re recently visited winch tho re recent recent cent legislation prohibiting the tho rale and of 0 I to HOT an of or their ram and Md but their fl civil au u them tn submit ami In l cho jr The Church r l the a of ot the tJI l If of th and the r l of th In th me although It r be that their Uon nn RII l and n the Ih law la plural malT ta tyrannical and tin un JuM juat aH an of the hI plural Ill h Ita v hope pot pUI 1 ami nt th r hui hu blind bAnd n R a nil nt are living with the tho to whom they theT were we first mill l but the dl l WINO w n nIDe b bIne Ine IDe liberally I supported and an their d arc II being the ramn Mm orpo opportunities and an tho e f of ot the first The of It th the Stale t appropriated to toI provide and polI I t W and a comfortable nan tM for that t purpose but it nOr had an M Inmate The Th women nomen for whom It van mill Intended either de dr declined or not require the th hi too to escape I the themen th men Tt Jt has been Into a 1 The polygamy having b t como obsolete the Mormon Church In III now no l with the th Constitution tion and to destroy American homo because the the th apr tle other officials In a manner how ho the mem members bers belll of the Church hurh shall Iho and anI work and exercise their privileges clu du U an ILl The Church tn S called an whose practise i and prin principle ciple I pies lire repugnant to tf the th American A of or liberty and civilization It It I not to nay that thin hili charge Is III not made m do by the members member ot I Church those whoso Interests aro 1111 moot affected The of ot tho tyranny seem Mm to be l contented and at tt with their situation and there thereto to III no more prosperous class of ot Cople under the tho sun aun The officials of the Church hurch exercise n IL paternal interest over all tho mem member ber lIfors both bolh temporal on IU well as spirit spiritual ual over their morals as us well as their i over amusements omu as IV well ns nil their worship over their do relations 01 well nell as nil their com comm m and financial attal No mat mai mailer ler tr that a I Mormon family or Individual Is I too trivial to fJ the vigilance of the elder or nr the bishop The Th Unman Catholic chunh hunh extends b protecting wings over all the children of ot thai faith particularly In but It does doos not b h half HO far or go halt half so deop det p pM an M that of at the Mormon hierarchy I have hae already written and told Ou about the activity a the tha Church ha chonn In n Iho physical development the I I I I I I ADOLPH 0 O EBERHART I ThO new governor of Minnesota the lato John A Johnson literary and musical culture of ot its It member and It exerts a similar In Influence fluence over their and re recreations reo creations One of at tho first things Young did after founding his hili empire In tn the Wasatch valley was to build a IL a 1 social hall for tor dano Ing In and other assemblies and the oin of ot the tho Church have havo always exer exercised a censorship over the manage management mana ment of ot these popular places of ot amuse amusement ment The erection of ot pavilion at tho lake waa WM simply Imply a con continuation continuation of ot the philanthropic policy to promote the and thereby thA contentment of the masses From tho ho beginning the officials of fit the thO Church has endeavored to control the political opinions and actions of Its members although this effort has haa not been entirely l uCC The mom mem of ot the tho Church Is I ami Always his hu been divided In lon Ion on national Issues such 01 a atho the tho tariff and Ind the currency the forestry policy and the disposition of public lands landl but wherever there M been I n an attack or a threat against Zion they hey have stood unanimously to tD It And today the he officials of ot the presidency presidency dency Ilka those of every other organ organization organIzation In existence secular or le 11 endeavor to use uso their power and Influence to control every lote ote they oran can reach for tho election of or ouch men menas as all they the believe bellevA to be favorable lo 0 their Ideas doos and their Interests This U Is done by several vernl other religious denominations Tho Methodist church the Christian church the Romin Catholic church and every eel other de denomination denomination nomination Invariably endeavors endeavor to unite Its Ita members In the support or orthe the defense of ot what It believe to b 11 bright right and to Its prosperity The Ill Mormon Church does the tho same with the advantage of a more mora compact and thorough organization lIon It 1111 ti that t the tho Church ha bl l lx m and still t of or of and method lo to increase Its wealth and thereby lt I Influence As an nn evidence of ot this disposition db lI critics point out tho policy that M III followed In commercial and Industrial matters matter mid the tho Investment of or ecclesiastical funds fund in business In reply Iho tho of or the Church that the cooperative Idea Idla luLl has pre prevailed pr from Its organization and that the office omeo of ot l wai Willi first held by the Prophet Joseph Smith at Nauvoo III Ill and was established hed hedIn In conformity with tho laws law of or that th t which require every religious body to have a IL financial agent to 10 act lIet tOT for It and to hold the tho legal Ial title to Iti real estate and other property Ever since that time the president of at the Church or one of ot the tho apostles has haa been el chosen at a 1 general confer conter conference ence enee to act an trustee for tor the tho body bolly of or religious known as the Church of or Jesus Christ of or I lAtter atter day Saints The powers and spon l attached to this office ome are pie thoe Imposed on the ll of or the tho Roman Catholic church hurch In whole vho o name nil all the real and properly pro t elands and the bishops are expected II d to exercise lh lr judgment with the advice of suc i laymen as they have confidence In whenever U it Is III nac s sMI MI r advisable to expend or Invest the funds to 10 their caN caro The e of or tru l t has hall h Nn n held by Jow ph Smith John Taylor Wilford Woodruff I lorenzo renzo Snow Sno Joseph K Jo and a other r men who have shown hown hn In the management l t tint financial affairs of ot the Church hurch Young for tor example Invested th Church Chunh funds In n the Tele Telegraph It graph line which wan built entirely Ure with Mormon ami labor he In heavily In promotion of the and nd central Pacific railroads he organized Men tercan an III tile a com rn which does dOli the larger part rt of ot the he m r cantlie of ot fhe State SUte of ot Utah and ha II be hn n with remark remarkable remarkable able ability Provident wilt built th Pioneer r rower Power company at ata a R cot eMt of ot several million dollars tile the Church ha ball promoted the Ih beet sugar In with rr at and enter It t Is I the J owner of or v largo i and oth other r 11 In to develop the and the of lIU ha hu how ho lIr r b en n S and I wim Informed l It y a II r bl authority that th Church has hu v r held A or took stock The tru l fe prom I ae tit In H U Is a are dl tit re tor ctr In tn many Rl ll l by UI from his hi re lee eHor A 8 the t of 01 the church hur h he ex r 1 eI a t UH In bank Nn log lal commercial Industrial and ad a A the tl 1 of 0 the Church he h control wv of r rIh Ih hi lar ea bulking hv 11 I mh b building and loan loa aU on om Muil CU and a d which are at Mormon and arr 10 of ot III the M 10 i mini element ot the I hI That however l I one II of or the th l 1 lf f r ih I II 1 to ri n UK II a w U M WI l pirn UMI I of 01 lu 1111 It mot lOt du als I lh m and th Ute ni ulin IIi 1 It II in km thi h III fi fion on m and Q UK Ih of Ith a II lull ll ai the 01 f tar This U I i r fell Th Itu ar 1 Ite th Ib larger the th th br r ih Individual the th nor lit ar artill aN till paid by hy t tOI iy Mormon lonnon 01 n 1100 MM r high or I I or labul lo tB UK thc tl nt tit r n or lil 11 a MIL liu l I HM The III nu n hi th 1 ff vs iIII a tl tI humbler humbUr and nd i Ii d art are ud fc or r th Ue f ol 01 I sick the b of ot til lite Ut l Ih i 11 IT f lb k Itin n Mill for lor i Id 1 11 lug IMm l HI t I f n for Ini a migration tor tin th w r si hool and oi U a foi teu I n lilt fi i II t din 1 n I II ii 1 l I l t i in n tr n 1 th 1 t IBM Ia l I rc n etI j j wr f jr H i 1 4 J 1 t t a 1 o by the finance committee of ot Iho tho dency dener In the name of the for tor the th bod of or worship firs known as the Church of ot Jesus Christ of V Thero Is III a It difference of ot opinion con concerning on the aggregate amount of those th se Home people Insist that the tho Church Is as rich on John D will declare that It ItIs Is l frequently d financially and haa ha suffered red enormous losses lOOIe but bUI It may ma bo said sahl that Its lIs credit U Is sound and undoubtedly equal to any demands mands that may be mode upon It and that nobody knows the tho extent of or Its hold bold holdings ings The Mormons Monnon as M a rule mil have an all ex excellent excellent reputation for and they the aro almost Invariably successful In business en on enterprises their credit Is I better than that hal of or tho of ot citizens because everybody knows knowlI that the h officiate of or ortho tho Church will not commune with a n member w who ho does not pay his hilt debts or respect raped his hlo obligations or with a IL of ot Intemperate or habits There are 0 no paupers no beggars no trumps trum Improvident Impecunious saints are taken care of by the Church and employment for which they are Ie competent 1 provided for them There la Is a IL disposition dl po among amon the members of ot tho Mormon Church lo to conceal every cery weakness or defect financial or otherwise among their number They Thoy aro loyal helpful and benevolent toward each other When a brother shown of ot weakness he e is III strengthened when lie e becomes offensive ho Is hustled out of 01 sight when he 8 Indigent he ho Is pro provided provided vided for Therefore the gentile world ban hlll little opportunity lo to eee ECO the nether side Ide of at Mormon affairs All AU dreamy of fit empire nil all hopes and desires of or un Independent principality In Zion have havo vanished even eln If they ever existed which Is doubtful except in III the ecstatic visions of or the early arl prophets and apostles apo The population of ot Utah Is III becoming I more and more evenly Inh divided every year Gentile Gt Im Immigration migration Is greater than that of or the tho saints and tho combination of mater materIal lal Ial among the member of community without regard to re religious sentiment has oha unity unit And thA mot moil Important fact fuet Is that tho hostile ho elements are limited In numbers compared with the tho total pop population P lo to the Church Is I confined to politicians who to tomake make political capital to a II few fow Protes Protestant Pro tant some Iome of whom are actuated bv by and by b Jealousy of the prosperity Influence e of at tho Mormon Monnon organization tion And finally to the who come lUlle here hore early arly and were com compelled lo to for tor a II foothold because of the tM determination of o oune and other leader that tha t Zion Klon should be reserved exclusively for the thet t e 1 enjoyment of tho The public generally gener the business com nt at large and at Il least SO per pilI percent 1 cent of or the population no Interest In the continuous connie conflict and proportion pro O lon will 11 gradually increase WILLIAM H |
