| Show FAR WEST SKETCHES f ija OGDEN sept soth editor idee bce three weeks atso today to day we made our entree into info mormon society and now we are on our to cor cori i 1 inne a strictly gentile town we may be said to have completed our sta stay y with this peculiar people of whom much has been written while but little has hag been said without deep prejudice believing that candor and impartiality are the prerequisites of true journalism ed to discharge alir our duty fearlessly and without it blas bias and bild while ahil w we i may in some cases M have ar gly egiy given eu f rense our oal only y apology lw lilal lilau we have written the truth aa it had w we e been situated lipi we won woud id 1 perhaps e chaps ha have seen been differently bil wil balitas it 19 13 we have expressed P r pua I 1 pur awn thoughts aud and 16 leaving ieng bing lo 10 othe others othes s the privilege of commenting on them through the columns of the bee eee te are ever open for both sides bides wany story ye yo cannot say good goot bye byo byo bye to thia this people people without th aking them for the tho courtesy A everywhere show shown it W u and atiq thal that spirit of hOpi talUy and seems t tp be cliar cilar not act of the as a community during our stay in utah behave we have seen lebs less of riotous conduct less jess of drunkenness drunken ness profanity and ill ili breeding than in any other country we have ever visited and tile jhb few instances of m broi brol brought to our notice were not tl the lie work ef of nw who like ilke otiler ther christian denominations teach the golden rule ruie to their fol fok fowers filth crime debauchery and every villainy in the catalogue ard arg are daily charged to their account and we awe came carne to utah fully pre predated to find fidd such things prevailing in the tilt 7 mormon cities boutwe but we have looked for it in vain undoubted 15 ivoun dreis are among the high men of the church villainy mccu occupies ples pies public places fraud peculation and crime exist exise but if we strike out the one ond offense against the lawa lawn lassof or the united states that of poleg polygamy amy we will iii find rind as little of thia this in utah in oun our bumb humble e belief as n s in in any country having a population of people the great neat nent reat trouble seems seema to be that the elective ollices are held by mormons cormons and are not attai attal attainable anable by gentiles this thia how bow ever will always bo be the case where any sect la Is largely in the adjo majority rity in C anada canada for instance elections are beliz rc lieou ous i andio and so it is now iu raue il ziad I eul huk pik a religion mixed nixed with politics hi ia a bad had state of tiffalo nu tiff alm Taire and this is the banhof bane of utah today to day still itcan it can hardly be expected that the mormon party would relinquish their hold of power any than yost could be expected to resign the omaha post postmasters maste mayte arsh nip ap ra hanger ngar in in omaha see bee |
