Show AN untruthful WRITER A of the shenew X ew yo rork rac heram lately forwarded to fo that journal bom birmingham alabama what he claimed to be ej a detailed foti foh of the ipg ing process adopted in the northwestern portion of that state by I 1 mormon elders from utah he states that in order to get at ai the facts without impediment he visit ed that section in the pretended capacity of a railroad passenger agent seeking to dispose of tickets to this territory and at other times falsely impersonated a mining prospector his report is as a whole about as aa correct in some of its features as was the nature of 01 these claims had he visited the northwestern part of alabama io in his real character that of an expert economizer of facts he would have been equally as successful sfa 1 in the portrayal of the picture be has drawn it is conspicuous for goulty gruit yand and discoloration after stringing out oat a mass mass of raw representation tati on mixed here and there with a glimmer of truth to the extent of a couple of column the correspondent whose ailet throughout is evidently to flo float at with the current of popular prejudice speaks regretfully of the fact tbt ehlt efforts to drive the elders out of that thai section have been feeble and spasmodic intimating in this WRY way that he would prefer them to be b vigorous and continuous on fh point he reaches the conclusion of his article by quoting from the be aby william adell a baptist minister who spoke to him as follows 1 11 I have preached and worked against them and done all in ov my power howerto to arouse the people to action against these men but ta to no avail you ou see they first interest our broo peo pie by their promises of good hosac and rich lands in the V west our 0 people here kaow nothing but pov erty and hardship it is all ww and f dal can do to live they are in debt anu the future looks very dark aa ad gloomy to many of them and n d aboy eli eagerly gerly accept any chaiet chance to 0 beaw bei their fortunes more than ose olae baa of their converts are made by glow v rath ing representations of the ease which fortunes are made in the far west one thing to which my attention of was called was the fact that none a the converts carried west ever ver wr arito to their friends or relatives W wets were left behind it is supposed suppose 0 that all their cor correspondence aice is isea by mormon elders an and d vw 10 letters odthe bittel bitte dio IM point mente menta and the horrors of a vv in I 1 n a country of mormons cormons are ar to f lowed to find their way diw fields which have been so fruita prom from the counties of clay C burne randolph and talladega over a five hundred converts have idaho sent to utah arizona and lw during the past four years yearl aj and Q ANS away r tva W elders expect to send hundred more early next auen adf there is no longer any prate ilso opposition to their work io in this wj n wa tion they Ther preach where and I 1 they vh 11 distribute literature literak belo J T e hoube boube to house and no one tho th thinks iuka of molesting akem j y 4 r stir go about their work as qa q as possible but their only ft lle seems to be beto to avoid newspaper W g alid kofl not attract the attention of in people at atthe the present rate it is only a question estion of a few years when the mormons cormons will ill almost depopulate several sections of this state stated these statements alleged to have okbae from a professed follower of ibe we meek jesus could scarcely b be diore absurd or inconsistent this mark MI who pretends to preach and practice the gospel of peace confesses that he has done all he could 10 arouse the people to action against men en belou belonging ging to another body of that means that hi he has 88 incited the people to commit violent acts of persecution even af the elders were not engaged in preaching the truth we claim they his position would be without al least j justification on the azo ground u nd at va the persecutor is always in the londt wrong i ft harthe atthe elders are in the habit Oum wing rosy pictures of material erity and comfortable homes in ia the he west vest as a leading inducement to MIL converts to is incorrect alding landing that there would be a r of truth in the represents gioya if they did it will not be Ua tt tended ded that the facilities in direction are not much greater qt the wide west than exists among abe TO of the south taking the description given by mr jip 0 dell as a basis abib of the th argument Mg moment ment fae be elders the preach glad tidings 46 fUle the uness of the gospel of faith leanee lt anee baptism by immersion fol the remission of sine bins and the im pation of hands for the imparting the 6 holy ghost the people be ift ae converted to these doctrines I 1 belve telve ive the spirit of gathering with w e C hurch church and exhibit tenacity to T the religion the corres correspond poad elat eat of the herald himself states V PW at he f found OU nd among the converts con verte evl visited sied a wonderful devoti devotion onto to he e principles preached by the adert olt here is what he said of or sia AS 81 sample while than some of his sabora sab orB to he ec e was above the average being able to read a r lie he was an enthusiastic be r ila the tae doctrines of the latter A ants saints and from a large up pastes box filled with old circus circuit amt aad patent medicine almar alma 1 law heared he drew forth a packet of mor va d wh h ho he ins instate latell ja ald ft ally illy reasons for blaitt h that was in m him y 1 k taft 0 its it love for teh and not uie the pros of future luxurious homes that ftc b 18 which ac counte of the elders and th the e ayam impo efty of the efforts rian preachers AIX theold chestnut about mormon elders examining all letters is too I 1 absurd for anything and unworthy the consideration of any person pelson of ordinary intelligence such buch a 4 state of surveillance is utterly impracticable even if there were any necessity for or disposition to operate it but some reason must be adduced for the nonappearance appearance non 0 ot tales of the horror of a life among the mormons cormons Mor mons and this transparent one is considered better than none although itis it is not as its absurdity destroys the intent of IU ite perpetrator if I 1 f such horrible tales were to be written they would rel require to be penned by the hand of an artist rexcel to the uninviting crafted to rev bev william odell as being descriptive of the life of a certain claps in anthe the soum if the correspondent of ae the ne new york paper had aimed at eney ency he would woud have observed ed thab that PA admitting the correctness of th abo statement made by him that one 01 of the brethren visited was above th tho avera average goin in intelligence being abas to read a little it furnished the reason why the horrible letters desired were not written why should letters be expected from people who are said to be unable to write one who is able to read a little being above the average of course we do not believe that illiteracy exists to the extent that this person clai claims nik but that makes his position no moro more logical i the assertion that the elders aldere axe are afraid to come in contact with newspaper men and intelligent persons does not accord with their anxiety to get their message before the people as widely as practicable Neit neither heitker ker does it harmonize with the statement made repeatedly that in 14 many instances the converts to mormonism have been from among the most respected and intelligent people in various sections of the south such anti mormon portrayals as the one referred to and to which the new york herald opened its columns are no credit either to those who manufacture them nor those who give them wide publicity they are ara self conflicting because they axelso abeso manipulated I 1 5 as to enter eater to popular prejudice the ends of truth and justice not being taken into consideration in connection with them |