| Show 04 et AH AN ILLINOIS EDITORS VIEWS WE have received calved rc a number of papers from illinois containing accounts of the visit recently made by a party of editors from that state they all speak well of this city and its surroundings but they were unfortunately 19 stuffed most moat unmercifully by those pleasant gentlemen who make mate it a business to fill up tourists with anti mon mor imor ddn mon legends and some 0 the editors however took an impartial view of our people and affairs afna afra irs and we clip the following from the kankakee Kan kakea gazette gazelle as a sample of the opinions of one who tried to relate what he saw for foe f or himself salt sait lake will surprise tho thom those w who have thought of it simply as the headquarters of mormonism when it is a live business city of probably people and the centre of an au extensive outlying trade its streets are eight rods wide ss sidewalks are found the thi e electrio electric light throws its glaring light some of tho the stores would do credit to chicago in their ornamental construction st and the extent and variety of their thein stocks the hotels are large and well weil many of the private dwellings are modem modern in style expensive in construction rich in internal nitting fitting and elegant in outward surroundings whua the public buildings and church property pen per tiffi are in keeping with the possession and profuse use of wealth living water from the surrounding mount mountains I 1 flows along tho the bide aide ot 0 the streets and furnishes the menns means of irrigation tion which give a cori coli constant stant bloom to trees rubbery shrubbery Bh and vegetation but the alkaline dust ye nye wish we could forget forge t it but its penetrating et properties and mid abundance will keep it in remembrance long after its ita disagreeable effects have passed the lord or good judgment in a locating band bands surely burely led the saints to a locality that ia la attractive now whatever Is original condition may have been concern concerning which by the way the tho saints and the gen gentiles tilen disagree as they do about most other matters the excursion party attended services at athe the tabernacle sunday afternoon where it is suspected a leany able and logical sermon from the mormon standpoint stand point was pre fre preached ched for their especial benefit by one of the bishops of the church it put the peculiar doctrines of the eeck in its most favorable light though itaro it probably failed to change tho the opinions of a single hearer in regard to the subject of mormonism he as follows and although making some gome mistakes has evl evi evidently denty tried to speak impartially A problem which has troubled the wisest and beat men of the nation who are familiar with all its aspects and ia im still troubling them cannot be solved in a three days observation by a stranger who has given it nothing but a general attention yet there were some facts obtained which may be of interest to other others B first the number of polygamists ista Is generally overrated over rated the gentile authorities do not place the number over 10 per yer gent benc and some Intel intelligent ll fent mormon mormons place it at less it Js Is rare to find nind any min among the polygamists witti more than two wives all the mormons cormons believe in a plurality of wives though mos most moat of them find it either convenient ment went or desirable to confine themselves to one they defend tho iho system by the old testament testaments just as the they have built bulit their church upon that at part of the bible we found among the opponents of the mormon church less jess complaint about this lit ile peculiar cullar feature than bome some others time it is a argued will vill eradicate it the strongest complaint was ivas the claim of the predominance domins domina ilce of the church over the state vibe where re the edicta edicts or doctrines of the tho church come into conflict with tire tn Q laws ot of the tho state another complaint was the entire exclusion of the gintole gentila portion from any participation in the civil administration of the affairs of tb the a territory when a popular vote ch chooses ocies oties the ahe officers the feeling between the two sects for really there are only two sects mormons cormons and anti and mormons cormons and the remark is common that lUtah ia is the only place placa where a jew jev ia Is a gentile Is ii very bitter and extends to social intercourse and relations wo we found however more inore of this hitte bItte bitterness meks mebs on the part of nUlo lili A than the cormons mormons Mor mons perhaps becchine because we came more in contact with the gentiles and end hoard heard more free ex pres presa ions iong of feeling the edmunds bill Is not regarded with much favor by the federal off meers officers in utah and it is not believed it provides an adequate quate remedy for the evils it designs to cure indeed we do relves reives see bee how any remedy in the power 0 congress which would be bri sal fae tory to them can bo be effective unless the territorial government is abolish ed and the territory ory orV put under the control af a gentile commission bo long as the territorial legie legislature slature and the municipal officers of the terri 1 tory are elected by a popular vote the power which controls eon cen treb tres local legislation will remain in the mormons cormons Mor mons mormonism niam as it now exists in certainly an uncongenial i element jn in our republican govern 1 ment b but ut whether such an extreme measure as depriving any c immune ty ot all political rights ia is desi deel desirable rabie rable I 1 we do not undertake to bay say the he problem in its as pacts is a 0 hard one ono to solve and with what wo have said we leave it 20 no one can question the sincerity of ortho tho the belief of or tho the mass maas of the mormons cormons Mor mons or their thorough n devotion to their church and its interests te they regard themselves aa as a persecuted people and hold their falth faith wilh with a tenacity inspired by a belief that they are persecuted for righteousness bake eake they use uhe their political power as other comment corm corn muni ties would where a similar condill n exists and where a majority is on their baide ride A gentile majority major ity iry would soon coon change conditions but that kind of a ma majority bority does not now exist and aa long as the agricultural emia emig emigration rations which is chiefly mormon continues larger than all other classes of emigrants there ia la no prospect of a change in this as ia in many other cases cayes it is easler easier to seo ace and deplore depiore an evil than tharl deviak and enforce a remedy which shall ba be jush just to all parties patties involved THE mormon NORMON PROBLEM I 1 FACTS and ARID TO wrom WHOM JT may MAY read BEAD AND ponder ronder my readers m must not confound nor associate in their mindi the thou bands sands ot of upright uprights honorable non Mor mormons Mormon cormons mons sin in utah wa with lb the small ning ring of soulless and utterly cipley local anu and cormons mormons Mor mons whose hosie v so acts nets sayings and fruita traits are as antipodal to every sentiment of tj truth charity probity and honor aa as the north and south poles are distinct and apart with the scriptural rip tural tursi logical philosophical and honorably orally sentiments acts fruits and general gen eral conduct ot or the latter day saints and nm for we would not in the remotest sense associate in la though thoum bobp ohp ton tor oi word these two dis dia distinct classes of outsiders in the same category the united states census of 1880 1680 classifies cl as the population of utan as follows mormons genii Genit les ies apostate mon Mor mormons cormons mons Josephl josephites tes ngo cr doubtful 1716 total gentiles cuder coder 13 12 per cent OB OR agao mormons cormons non nod under 17 pr per cent about or oneth one cne th rd ot the cormons mormons me are over OM 21 years sears ol 01 old oid 4 about 2500 of tho gentiles or 15 per cent compare comp compared old ane are d mith with ah the asaro asare ove over F sl 21 yeal yew about of the mar man marmont mormons Mor mons aro ol 01 foreign birth with this preface I 1 would like to submit some sonde FACTS for tho the thought ful readers of the NEWS and it ammy not be inapt to present them in the form of a series of bf pertinent cate cato gotich I 1 queries the answer to which cabi can cam bo be touched rqn fir by the records ruid raid verified by the tho perjured attestations atte stations of any respect respectable ible man and woman who hays has lived livid in utah 6 5 years or upwards and who has used his bis eyes and eard eara who rese raso rase the cereals vega voga tables fruits and flowers eo abu abundant in utah the cormons mormons Mor mons who planted the thie coune count countless easm tresa shrubs and Pla plants tits been on an every hand and und opened and maintained fi water course to every one cne of these numberless trees shrubs and d plants the untold labors of a tilted and happy people the cormons mormons Mor mons 11 1 who laid inid out and made the ter territorial county fand and city ancl aad callon roada roads built the bridges killed fhe the ibe snakes shakes placated and subdued the indians imd and the arid aria was tB the mormons cormons Mor mons 1 i who dwir the my many thousand J farms and ranches and bave have made the vast improve improvements ments seen in every valley at a cost of many the mormon mormons Mor monk mons w who own the almost numberless flocks and herds of and hine kine and horses homes and mules and who have imported at great expense the valuable thoroughbreds and grades of all thes these e animals ani mait malt the mormons cormons Mor Alor mons who own the principal tile tiie and banking hanking houses grain and feed leed and notion houses art ant artilleries ii allerlei all ali erles eries tailoring and will inary music bew EC vying machine and furniture houses the cormons mormons Mor mons who own the principal tinn erles plumb plum eries berles stone and marble riel lime and brick kilns kalns theatre museum butcher chops green groceries coal erles fisheries and legitimate pleasure re resorts sorts sorte the mormons cormons Mor iMor mons who are the principal bunders builders and contractors druggists gas gaa alt plumbers art artists lats farmers mech mechanics altes autes freighters common la borer borers mons aho aho vho own 90 odd per cent of all tb the e school and nt cycling eting houses pie ale temples s and tabernacles printing and aud publishing P u b lishing houses book bind eries erles etc the mormons cormons Mor mons who in utah are the sie sao producers and who live in 95 per cent of their own houses and on their own lands and ate aie ai e steadily following the peaceful pursuits of industry economy y r sobriety etc ete th thy 3 mormons cormons Mor mons who a mind their own bugl busl business nErs and let their neighbors alone the mormons cormons Mor mons who graded arld flud tied 1200 miles milea of oatha the transcontinental trans continental and local rhu raU roads roada and und built 1000 miles of the first transcontinental trans continental con tinen tai tsi telegraph iines linea and some 1600 miles nailes of local telegraph lines P pud nd and introduced into utah the first honea and phonograph no graph the bior mormons cormons Mor Alor mons who for a great many yeats years protected the united states malls mails and overland travel from indian depre depte cat cai dacons fong long and white brigandage the mormons cormons Mor mons who built and own the street rail railways ways gas and water works etc tho the mormons cormons Mor mons who own the woolen and cotton mills and factories boot and shoo soap broom and match factories canneries tanneries tann eries machine and carpenter shops smithies grain flour lumber shingle lath and mills bakeries confectioneries confection eries etc in utah the tho cormons mormons Mor mons who jad laid out established and built up this beautiful city end find her and odd sister cities towns and villages tho the mormons cormons Mor mons who made the opening and practical working of tho the utah mines possible and comparatively easy eavy the fhe cormons mormons Mor mons who made male it practically possible to open up the mining and oher ohen 0 her hen industries dus tries of the tha neighboring states and terri tori tort edw west cst cat ani awl nol not th of u us the Mor mons who own the mines and shelters smelters sm elters and other mining industries of utah flor for the tho must part nonresident non resident non mormons cormons Mor gAlor mons 11 the interests held in the mining pursuits by utah leopla auevery are very veny largely in tho the hands of bentle jentle gentlemanly manly non mormons cormons who understand and ap appreciate predate the eminently good qualities of the mormon people who without letup let up shamefully the mormons cormons Mor mons and abuse t everybody who doos does not side with them thom the antl anti mormons cormons Mor mons who io in utah are the speculators doad dead beats litigants aal agitators gators cz con premium ors ers malig malis nels neis nuM flers flere lie breed ers era and to a man non producer rho rhe anti mormon who are in iii practical possession of the tho city prisons dounty county jails renitent fary gin mills breweries brewe rios gambling dens bowling alleys pool otolea brothels assignation houses and kindred institutions rho alti aral mormons cormons Mor mons who havo have tho the unenviable local reputation of being the most lecher and who commit the greatest numb number cr of homicides and other crimes in utah the anti ariti moz mor mons MODS who favor javor and promote lawful wedlock and tho raising of healthy and ul children to the honor and glory of god and of the nation and detest and oppose with tho supreme reme sentiments of their bings tho the prevailing laxity ct of morals seen in tho the goe see evil free love and kindred hendred malignant sexual disorders so universal throughout through cufa christendom the Mor mons muns 1 I who oppose childbearing child b bearing aring and forbid to mayry marry and anvor lavor and encourage by percept and practice wasi Vasi bastardy arde ardi infanticide brothels promiscuity divorce and every species of bf diabolism the anti antl what territory according to the U S census and other sources of official information and the ratio of population has by far the fewest sinks of corruption and dens denn of vice U eltah tah tab what territory according to the U B S census and other sources of off omm official lelal information and ratio of population liss the fewest number of I 1 insane idiotic illiterate drunken persons with kindred tendencies cless habits and conditions of body and mind utah what territory according to the US U B census and other sources of information and the ratio of population has the few newest fewest oat cat number of paupers haupers pau pers convicts homicides suicides divorces etc 2 utah what territory according to the U B S census and other sources of official information and the tho ratio of population has the greatest number of day schools sabbath schools and school attendants churches print ng lish ment and anil kindred institutions utah visitors should be invited to be take tate themselves them selves to the foothills overlooking the city valley and lake notice tha toa millions ot of trees shrubs plants flowers flower sand and the gane g no ral rat vegetation which abound as far aa as the eye reaches and recall this FACT that the miles mid and miles of canals dykes ditches aqueduct a and minor waterways which convey the ilfe life fluid to every eing loone of these trees shrubs plants and flowers were kept in unceasing ing repair by n hands perpetually incurring u untold jabor |
