Show tt tte ie chicago times ssi hyl HIL KINGDOM I PARADISE MADU A POLITICAL FOOTBALL foot foor nall DALL AD AND AN A alua alus alu AIU A OF STRIPE ITS alif ally ED bas ban genous AND IMMORAL considered IN TILE LIGHT OF TILE tiie statistics OF CRIME crulie nolya POLYA motis MARRIAGES SALT balte LAIVE CITY jan 24 Spec special lal lai Iso isolated lafed and yet central on the great highway odthe of the trans traus missouri region elevated and yet sheltered by the rocky mountains on the east cast and north and the sierras on the west insular and yet more cosmopolitan than any rural population on the face of the feinbe ph physically I 1 ally aily attractive and yet rent teut with the turmoil of political and religious distractions home of the sage hrush brush and gt yet vet raising eighty bushels of tain tain to t the e acre a day and nights tourney loumey from anywhere and yet in the verv very ery eye of the world an empire of paradoxes and antitheses this is the utah luah of today to day and of the past twenty years the capital city Is one of singular attractiveness in its air of spaciousness and liberality of plan it is second only to washington even durino during durine during this winter season what is not intrinsically beautiful is suggestively so when spring shall have opened the livers flowers ta wd lil iii 1 quickened I aters the foliage and let loose the waters that shall cover the valleys in nh ith verdure endure in ever everything athing the farm like blocks the wide avenues the stately and often graceful giace glace ful fui architecture ie waterways for irrigation se sewage ivalle and sprinkling the edifices for worship pi education anu and amusement the employment of gas the electric light and ralpl rafi i ays in everything is seen on the part of this nion alon mormon non people eople the evidences of unbounded faith in themselves and theW future and a wise use of whatever whatever adds to the comfort and advantage of the community and salt lake city is the magnified prototype of a dozen or more lesser but beautiful cities and towns town scattered through the atah utah valleys all are laid out on the same tame comprehensive plan looking to the comfort of the future dense populations as well as the present there is 60 in the tokens revealed on every hand of the faith of this thih singular sin bin gular guiar people in themselves elves and their destiny they plau plan and build not for the day there are centuries of anticipation in every representative rc tentative senta tive act the mormon inhabitants comprise about 7 78 8 per cent of a population which numbering in 1880 must now count nearly in the 22 per cent minority are represented tile the most prominent of the christian sects though generally with slender following ing the bulk of the outsiders I 1 as they are classed arc are or openly irreligious they comprise almost exclusively the mining population the adventurers and in le the towns a fair p proportion ro portion of the business class the farmers are with scarcely an exception cep tion mormons cormons Mor mons no special OT dislike seems to exist between the mormons cormons and the various christian sects on the contrary courtesies which have quite the seeming of christian charity are fre fro gui gut bently exchanged often enough to tar bi jr inferential testimony oil on the part ot lach each th that at the others are not totally depraved ed and really setting aside the one dogma of plural martl marri marriage martlage age there is iio no essential ess difference between mormon theology aad any other of tile the hristian christian sort and such as exists is lc ieko ieno a question of difference than agree di gree then TheU the mormon ormon creed is omnivorous it assimilates all of all creeds present and past the mormon is a more latitudinarian congregationalist than beecher a more inore veritable baptist tuat st bt john and lie he out any catholic in his arrangements for tiiu thu reclamation of the impenitent dead II 11 swallows without gulping 1 u I I 1 a and nd or c est ests s without griping the e entire bib bible bibie ae genesis to inc int intruded eluded and thrives on tile the mass as literal manna from niom heaven supplementing by way tay ray of dessert his vis reli rell religious ious lous menu with 4 a dainty bit of bible of 61 his own so it is not stra strange tige to find among e the strait laced of the christian ci clergy lt agy those like rev dr tuttle I 1 p copal ii i bishop of utah who are will lii iii nife to bear testimony tod toA to mormon lormon merit II 11 us lis liberal lil lib teral feral prelate in a lecture delav ra r dm in new now york et a few years tears ago said ot thim them thi m 11 1 I know know the people of the east cast have stained hta ined the opinion of theiu them unjustly I 1 dey iley have many traits that are worthy of admiration and they believe with a f fervent ident faith that their religion Is a direct revelation from god we of the i j st are to look upon the mormons cormons dior Alor mons as either the licentious ar 1 cotant or rebellious mob moh mou bent only oil on jing the tiie united states government gov eminent a D n nd deriding the faith of the christians this is not so I 1 know them to be honest faithful prayerful erful workers and anet prayerful linest lynest in t their air pral mth a th th that at heaven will wil I 1 I 1 I 1 less loss the Cli cil kirch of latter iatter day saints another strong stroll st roii roli and admirable feature in the Mori morl mormon noli religion is the tenacious and efficient organization thee Ther thet they follow the greatest care all the borms forms of tiie tile old church nuta cut the reciprocal of the ull un ec gentile antl anol mormon can call not be exaggerated this on the gentiles part does not have its root in reli rell religious ious lous antagonism it of doctrine or it springs from froin political though not necessarily party jealousy it Is a strife for THE mastership OF UTAH utan and it is marked by an intensity of bitterness without parallel lu in any other section the two institutions of Mormon doin dorn which are the subjects of severest criticism are their secret courts or councils and their system of off polygamy ol 01 agamy the first is that which ch anti mormons cormons assert to be a complete system of government through which the rights duties interests and affairs of the mormon population are defined imposed conserved and regulated Z secretly and ana through priestly intervention and control to the detriment and danger of the community it is charged chard g e eat mat these councils make ap a government within the government an in imperio and so are not merely institutions disrespectful to the legally constituted authorities but schools of treason and a menace to the state 1 the mormon answer to this criticism is that these councils are simply conciliatory cili atory courts for the arbitration of matters arising between brethren of tile the same faith voluntarily resorted to by those involved in disputes and whose awards must bo be voluntarily acquiesced i 1 ced in or remain without effect tu the il 1 mormon theory is that the bulk of differences which result in widespread quarrels frequently involving entire communities may readily be composed and adjusted if taken in hand at their beginning b egl egi nn and before the passions of the dl disputants tats ta ts become seriously excited ltd e for ort this h 1 purpose in each of the smallest divisions of 01 church jurisdiction agents called teachers are arc employed whose business it is to acquaint grievances ana and by trl dri bringing bringing nging neighborhood the tae parties together mether 6 ether seek their composition coin coln position failing railing IN in this the matter is reported to th the bishop of the district or ward who offers his services with those of of ills his counselors as a court of arbitration appeals lie from the award of this bishops court through other similarly constituted bodies of higher dia diw dignity anity cunill that of last resort is reached neachea before thel first president and council if the final award is rejected the church discipline allows a sentence of diefel howship against the contumacious party larty no penalty is attempted to 0 o be enforced as in the nature of the case none could be it is difficult to see how this course of proceeding pro deeding differs from that of other ecclesiastical tribunals except that it covers a wider range and seeks in the interest of harmony and goodfellow good fellow ship to adjust secular as well as doctrinal rinal disputes but this mormon al 0 system while it exceeds in its scope the similar courts of mann many other religious bodies is no more extensive than that employed by the sect of quakers which in its furtherance of peace on 04 earth good will to men has always been held to be one of their highest titles to tile the respect of mankind that substantial justice is the rule of the bhe awards of these conciliatory courts is shown by the fact that they are habitually resorted to by the mormon laity it is idle to say as it is frequently dently gently said that they are forced t thither ither by bv the terrorism of priests riest to become the subjects of spoliation and wrong for whatever their average in t l ylo no iio habitually unjust in temporal affairs could retain the support of any people and that it does command their confidence Is shown by this fact that the records of bf tile the civil courts reveal scarcely an instance where plaintiff and defendant ure both of the mormon faith falth G gentiles ell eil eliere sue mormons cormons Mor mons and mormons cormons sue gentiles but mormon suing mormon is a proceeding so rare a as s pra practically eti ett to be unknown to the judicial history of utah now whether the average quality of justice administered in these tribunals is above or below that of the civil courts is it would seem a question solely for the solution of those who resor to them there is no legal compulsion attaching to them they are self imps ed and self endured and if they fall fail to answer ans the purpose of their existence will be self abiog abrogated abed by disuse no harm can come of their employment but much good from the private and and speedy SY eedy settlement of neighborhood quarrels and least of all need they be the ocea occasion sion slon of public jealousy as ar 0 e functions of the public judiciary lu lela leia litigation iti gation gatlon is not a a plant of so rare val vai value e that teat its growth should be fostered and stimulated and society would be the gainer if arbitration were substituted iu its it 8 place more generally than it now is and chati eliat too I 1 whether under priestly or secular control the anti antl mormons cormons charge that the arbitration business of these ecclesiastical las councils is only an incidental IncIdent aI not the actual purpose of their creation and that under its cover i TREASON IS FOSTERED j and organized until the system has become dangerous to the country whose safety demands its destruction this charge is unsupported supported Illi by any public evidence and asit aritis is strenuously denied by the mormon auth authorities authority e S it becomes simply a disputed assertion asserts on and is placed without the pale of profitable discussion it is not proposed to consider at this time tile religious lous ious as aspects acts al 01 pol lol polygamy if it were not OY of divine insi insl institution it would appear from biblical history to have been at least of divine toleration and that in the ancient days those who enjoyed the peculiar favor of god enjoyed also the un peculiar favor of multitudinous wives abraham jacob moses david are names which the pious world have uttered reverently for thousands of years and the measure of their lc sins if such they we were re is left for those who have heave taste for religious disputation it is pertinent however to take into account the influence of polygamy upon t the e morals of the people addicted to its practice atice and to ascertain the condition of public morals there is no guide so trustworthy as the public records of criminal statistics the inherent vice of a people can not be suppressed it must rise to the surface and find at last its condemnatory record in the calendar of crime the criminal statistics of utah are kept with unusual precision and care not only the nativity nativi of criminals is registered but the c charter arter of religious belief bellef or non on belief bellef as the case may be this system lurnis larnis furnishes hes a sound souna basis for the prosecution of the inquiry in hand these statistics for the year prior to 1882 1883 have been use of the facts educed deduced from the criminal records of 1881 by the ilon hon james W barclay 11 P in an article which lately appeared in the nineteenth century has excited much comment here and abroad this gentleman stated that with mormons cormons constituting the bulk of the population of salt lake city in 1881 there were about mormons cormons to VM non mormons cormons ahe the convicts contained in the city prison were 29 and in the county prison of these only 9 were mormons cormons Mor mons in the tho territorial penitentiary in 1881 there were 51 convicts but only 5 of them were mormons cormons Mor mons and of these 2 were there for poly polygamy omy gomy ou of prisoners in the lockup lock up 11 only were mormons cormons Mor mons and some of these for poly ramy y tie the the returns of arrests in salt fa lake hake ape ate city in the same year showed log mormons cormons against non mormons cormons thatis that is with over 0 er three quarters of the he population of salt lake city the cormons mormons furnished only one sixth of the number of arrests in 1881 these records which correspond substantially with those of former years exhibited the mormons cormons in a favorable light compared with those who denounce them as licentious brutal and degraded the statistics at hand for 1882 which it it is believed have not hitherto been published cover a wide field taking in all the populous districts of the territory the total number of all arrests for crimes and misdemeanors in these localities during 1582 1682 was 2198 of which the 78 per cent of the mormon population furnished too and the 21 per cent of the non mormon 1898 A tabular exhibit of the grosser crimes embodied in the above total show son non N 0 n mor 31 mormon ormon mon assault and battery assault with with hith intent to kill killi u 0 2 assault with 7 assault with intent to commit rape I 1 5 threats IS murder 1 15 I 1 attempt pt to murder 4 accused of murder a threatening to murder 1 mayhem t 2 dueling 7 1 n 05 keeping brothels 2 27 lewd conduct 0 6 insulting women 1 I 3 Exposing berson person 9 ms ance e 5 obscene and profane language lan ian gnage guage 4 24 forgery orggry org eny cry and counterfeiting 8 drunkenness run kenness 68 drunk and disorderly j 29 runk drunk and profane 13 12 selling liquor without license 18 gambling and keeping gambli gambling ug houses 1 52 tio mail mall and highway robbery I 1 6 grand larceny 3 n is 48 burglary al lf 8 disturbing peace zi 4 lii iii 11 bigamy t k 1 destroying property 15 1 20 6 arson 26 obtain obtaining na Q p property iv under dw ix faise false 7 i pretenses 15 25 opium smoking etc ig stealing railroad rides i 19 vagrancy 47 violating prison rules 6 so that the mormons cormons Mor mons comprising comp 78 8 per cent of the population of the T territory er contributed one eighth of the arrests made during 1882 and thenon the tha jin mormons cormons Mor mons having 22 per cent contributed tri buted seven eighths in enose pursuits having a demoralizing tendency the distribution was a as llo ilo follows haws ron non 1 I 1 i mor nor cormons mormons Mor mons mons no saloons and breweries 16 no billiard tables and bowling alleys t 1 46 no 0 o gambling 10 total 17 wom |