Show BEGINNING AT THE WRONG END WK WF did not propose making mak ing farther allusion to the industrial home project for the present A public reception tendered last night to mrs angie F Y newman the originator of the scheme has caused us to change that intention the enterprise is being introduced with a flourish of trumpets all this pomp and noise sounds tt hose for whose benefit the institution is aid to be intended very much like the performance for mance of a lively tune at a funeral it is scar scarcely consistent to believe that it could be otherwise than discordant with the feelings of the mourners still we have no disposition to detract fl frew the credit due those who are connected with the affair notwithstanding that having gone up like a rocket it is likely to come down like a stick governor west was among the speakers last night and the sentiments expressed by him did honor to his heart which is evidently kindly among his expressions was this nothing appeals to the human heart like a suffering woman or child B by parity of reasoning the heart to whick which such objects of commiseration does not appeal must be inhuman of such is the merciless Dist district fiet attorney in anaw answer erroa to a pathetic word picture of the suf sufferings feringo of the tender sex and little ones caused by the strained and remorseless prosecutions of the heads beads of families tor for unlawful cohabitation mr dickson retorted in a manner peculiar to himself lie he assorted asserted that those women had bad themselves to blame they knew the plural wife relationship was a felony when they engaged in it the entire tenor lenor of his reply to the statements of mr rawlins was in substance serve them right yet those tender victims of the malevolent administration of i a disruptive statute were innocent of any offense against the law their fact act an in entering the marital relationship was both morally and legally guiltless how much does suffering and helpless innocence appeal to such a nature as his such sentiments Kenti ments as inspire him judging from his bis conduct and expressions are inhuman and disgraceful that aba t such a myan man should 0 occupy the position of plic prosecutor and be allowed to transform the office into that of persecutor is a damning discredit to the administration Is there a genuine philanthropist who takes in the situation of affairs here hare and appreciates the amount of suf suffering feriA entailed upon women and children by the crusade against the saints does boes he desire to alleviate tile the afflictions of the distressed if there is it appears to us that his efforts will wall be directed towards checking the manufacture of misery rather then than wasting enin aw enatt attempts to alleviate it after it c alved it is a shame that this 44 t government should through a of f its officers be transformed into a story t for the production of human distress genuine and intellectually directed effort would endeavor so far as practicable to dispense with such institutions as the industrial home those who seek to alleviate suffering by such institutions without attempt attempting inK to stem the tide of its production are in the position of a physician who allows disease to make ghastly inroads upon the physique ol of his patient and then applies no ido strums in the form of a cure almost as disastrous as the complaint proper and intelligent endeavor would be to give such in an institution as the alleged rome home as little necessity lei existence as possible the question arises as to the feasibility of such philanthropic effort for the sake of argument the position of one who wishes to see polygamy abolished may be safely reasoned from in support rt of the practicability of curtailing the pio production of suffering without diminishing the prospect of the attainment of ahe the primary end here comes a case casein in point james 1 I steele aged somewhere about seventy years was before the T third h ird district court this morning to receive sentence for unlawful cohabitation he had bad given the officers no trouble s having straightforwardly acknowledged his marital relationships this fact was iras represented to chief justice zane a misson mission judge both by mr varian the attorney lor for the prosecution tio nand nd mr moyle for the defense rhe representation was made in the hopu hope that the j judge adge would bi be merciful their efforts were of no avail the court drove the veteran into a corner to cot compel pel him to promise to te obey the law as construed by the courts he could not conscientiously make the covenant which he be believed to amount to a repudiation of his wives lie he ha had d married his bis plural wife in 1854 and had bad lived with both since that time ills his case was a segregated one the indictment containing two counts oneace on each odthe of these se counts he be received the full penalty of the law six months imprisonment and a fine of and costs this Is a sample case can any one tell how b ow much that proceeding will tend to the solution of the question of polygamy goly polygamy gamy here was a man who never roke broke any an law he entered into the plural relationship eight years before there was any statute against polygamy consequently the step was innocent when taken then acernes a law in 1882 twenty eight years afterwards the vindictive id ministration of which holds his status to be criminal robs him ot his 14 liberty and property while in the sunset J of life and plunges his bis wives and children inta into grief and distress bistre s how much will this instance hofmans of mans mans inhumanity to m mr 91 tend to wipe out plural marriages marria gelt gew solve the mormon problem lem it does not cause james I 1 problem steel teel to change his convictions neither does dorsit it impress any right thinking person with the righteousness of the cause that oppresses him its effect is opposite opps site to that which is claimed to be desired efforts in the direction of abb abolishing lishing such disgraceful scenes perpetrated in the name of the government would stop much of the suffering buffering which some people appear to be so anxious to alleviate in doing so they would not conf conflict list with the government but merely with the villainous perversions of a few men who officially misrepresent it |