Show SOMEBODY FISHING FORA CO CONTRACT 1 I 1 tim THE philadelphia menan 0 june 14 vis Vas theau lexe nexe paragraph Y who has served e aks ais d the national government in str gir U utah makes wakes a suggestion which maht ht prove exceedingly usef nim ulm breaking up the institution of polygamy Toly gamy in that territory he proposes by privat private benevolence a hone home or refuge f for tor or women who wish to renounce poly polygamy should be es in salt luke lake city As matters noy now nov stand a fM monnon ormon wife who renounces the authority of hgr her husband Is deprived at once of all means of derived livell livelihood ond her neighbors are made her enemies by b her be r ren renunciation J tion of their practices imd ad she has to look to but the chance charity of the he Gen gentiles tilds who olten shrink from frob incurring mormon hostility by harboring such refugees the establishment 1 ot I such a home would involve the anva invasion of nob odys rights and it might be the means of df collecting the testimony needed tor for the tha alle alie convie conviction tion xion of those who i violate othe laws lawo against fa su ilu i ilu jsu S i ye we endorse the project for building the home it would f furnish employment me nt for some workmen who are now idle and find bonx a fittie little more wore money into the territory business is now rather rathe r lull dull because cash is scarce aud and any movement t that wiil will provide labor for mechanics and others and utilize material waiting to be returned turned into cash h would be a benefit in proportion to the magnitude mag 0 of the work the tiie effect upon polygamy would be about as appreciable as the attraction of the aroon in raising a house the means of livelihood of a mormon wife who renounces the authority of her husband are not so limited as the anle ahle american rican has been led to believe the I 1 stories which it has credited are drawn from the imagination and there is about as much need for the institution which it advocates as for a spoonful of sugar in a hive full of lioney honey but bat we are quite willing that tile experiment should be tried somebody is figuring for a contract that is the real root of the matter but the chief benefits of the building would accrue to the community so go ahead with the structure and call it by what name you please |